The Dallas Cowboys did it to themselves. With their full lack of urgency in extending All-Professional edge-rusher Micah Parsons, the Cowboys could have price themselves tens of millions.
On Thursday, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter reported that the Pittsburgh Steelers and edge T.J. Watt had agreed to a historic three-year, $123 million extension value $41M yearly, making it the biggest non-quarterback contract in NFL historical past.
Watt’s deal units a baseline for Parsons to demand in negotiations, and it is probably greater than what the Cowboys would have owed him if that they had labored out a deal final offseason, when Parsons initially needed an extension.
“We needed to get the contract final 12 months,” the two-time first-team All-Professional just lately informed skilled wrestler The Undertaker on his “Six Toes Below” podcast.
“Clearly, possession is at all times gonna make it drag out, make it extra difficult than it must be,” Parsons added.
Earlier this week, Parsons downplayed the impact of edge-rushing friends Watt, Myles Garrett and Maxx Crosby finalizing extensions earlier than him, telling PennLive.com’s Nick Farabaugh, “I am simply going to get mine it doesn’t matter what.”
Whereas the 2021 first-round choose was at all times going to reset the edge-rusher market, that quantity has solely grown prior to now 12 months. And the Cowboys have themselves accountable.
The lackadaisical method to extending their very own gamers is nothing new. Final offseason, Dallas waited until late August to comply with phrases on a four-year, $136 million extension with huge receiver CeeDee Lamb, ending a coaching camp and preseason holdout.
Then, the Cowboys handed quarterback Dak Prescott an enormous four-year, $240 million extension on the first Sunday of the 2024 NFL regular season.
It isn’t stunning that Dallas would drag its toes in negotiations with Parsons, however it’s disappointing that it is repeating previous errors.
It was at all times going to price the Cowboys a reasonably penny to maintain Parsons, however now it is going to price them much more.
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