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The Dallas Cowboys begin their season eight days from now, and at the moment, it is unclear whether or not Micah Parsons is going to be on the field. Right now it is also fair to wonder whether he will even be in the building.
A photo of Parsons in the DFW airport began to circulate on the internet on Wednesday, and as speculation was running wild, NFL Network’s Jane Slater chimed in to note that Parsons is headed to get a second opinion on his back.
Parsons has been citing a back issue as the reason for his not practicing. The Cowboys have noted that they are monitoring the situation on their end, but it has been reported that they conducted an MRI on him and that everything came back clean. That makes the situation cloudy.
Earlier this week ESPN’s Adam Schefter openly discussed Parsons’ back issue. He noted that while the Cowboys are saying everything is fine on their end, that Parsons claim of back tightness is “hard to argue with.” Without putting words in anyone’s mouth here, the implication seems to be that Parsons’ “back issue” (not being sarcastic or accusatory in any sense) may be a cover for dissatisfaction with the reality that his contract extension is not taken care of. This is the general assumption by many, but as Schefter noted, the claim is hard to argue with.
If you do believe that assumption, then it makes the seeking of a second opinion an interesting move. If (hypothetically speaking here) there is no actual back injury, then for what reason could a second opinion be needed?
The answer to that question is anyone’s best guess and (one would imagine/assume, but again we don’t know all of the facts) part of the contractual dance that continues to take place between the team and organization.
Ultimately the fact that Parsons is seeking a second opinion would suggest that this saga isn’t ending any time soon and that might be the most important takeaway among everything.
