If Micah Parsons would have remained away from the Dallas cowboys off -season program, this would have been understandable.
Parsons, the Cowboys Star Edge Rusher and one of the best NFL players, patiently awaits a new contract. One of the rare leverage points he has is a holdout.
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But Parsons does not make this path, at least as voluntary training begins. Parsons was At the start of cowboys training on MondayAccording to Clarence Hill Jr. DLLS Sports.
It is a gesture of good faith of Parsons, which will probably get a contract which could match or exceed the agreement of $ 160 million over four years Myles Garrett Signed with the Browns of Cleveland this offseason. Parsons will earn just over $ 24 million this season after the cowboys have resumed the fifth year option of his recruit contract, but he wants a longer (and larger) agreement after dominating for his first four seasons of the NFL.
Micah Parsons is looking for a new agreement with Dallas Cowboys. (Photo by Cooper Neill / Getty Images)
(Cooper Neill via Getty Images)
Get in the training sessions is not a surprise. He said to the team site at the end of last year that He had no intention of holding.
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“I really think that I must be here in the camp because, honestly, when a large part of the defense is surrounded by your game and your presence, and others are working on you, I have to be here so that I can get these guys accordingly,” said Parsons to the team's site. “We can rush together, build this chemistry.
“So I think it is extremely important that I am back at OTA, Minicamp.”
There is a difference between saying this in December and following this subject in April. The cowboys were criticized for not having concluded an agreement with Parsons, with the owner of the Jerry Jones team saying that it did not think it was urgent to do it now and to get around the parson agent To meet directly Parsons This off -season. But the cowboys waited before to conclude a major case before the start of the season.
Perhaps Parsons will be at all the activities of the offseason and will also sign the largest without quarter agreement in the history of the NFL before the start of the season. For the moment, he follows and attends the team's voluntary training.
