NFC Notes: Micah Parsons Contract, Von Miller, Commanders, Cowboys, Eagles, Giants

Commanders

Commanders LB Von Miller has no doubts that he still has some gas left in the tank and believes that he can wake up every morning and still get after the quarterback at age 36.

“Let me rush, that’s what I do,” Miller said, via John Keim of ESPN. “I can still roll out of bed at 36 years old with my shoes on and rush the passer. I can do that right when I wake up fresh out of sleep. I love rushing the passer. When I put the cleats on, when I get in my stance, I can just feel it, still twitchy, probably not as twitchy as I was before when I was 21 years old. That’s just life. But I still got enough twitch to still go out here and do what I do and be effective in the game. I still feel like I have something to give to the game. The trick is you don’t want to get kicked out the league, but you don’t want to leave too early either. I’m still in between that sweet spot, and I’m doing everything in my power to stay there.”

• Commanders WR Terry McLaurin spoke briefly to reporters after reporting to training camp. He said it was tough to watch things go on without him but “it’s the business right now and [I’m] just trying to take things day by day.” (Nicki Jhabvala)
• Asked why he ended his holdout and reporter, he responded: “I’m here.”

Cowboys

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott and WR CeeDee Lamb both finally got paid by the team, but aren’t sure about when the new contract for LB Micah Parsons will arrive.

“I don’t know if there’s a correct way to handle it, to be honest with you,” Prescott said, via Todd Archer of ESPN. “I will say that I think he deserves to get paid. I think he should get paid, and, ultimately, going off the history of what I’ve seen, he will get paid. Hopefully, it’s sooner rather than later. I mean, it’s an each and every year conversation, whether it’s myself, Zack Martin, CeeDee Lamb, or now Micah Parsons. It’s a part of it in a sense. Now, is it something that I wish any of us were going through? Absolutely not, but I think Micah’s doing a hell of a job with it being here. He’s a great teammate, showing up obviously not just on the field and being focused, but whether it be in the camaraderie, hanging out, dinner. He’s not just doing it to sign off and say, ‘Hey, Jerry, look at me,’ but he wants to be out there practicing. And honestly, I’m glad he’s not. He can’t do that to himself. That’s the business of it. That’s the business of a holdout, so I do think he’s taken some great steps with being here.”

*“For Micah, man, he knows I love him, and being in this situation, obviously playing this media game...