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How's Cowboys Micah Parsons Reacting To Trade Rumor?

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Mike Fisher | Last updated Dec 17, 2024 5:05 PM ET

FRISCO - The perfect way to avoid saying something silly? Don't say anything at all.

That mantra doesn't exactly dovetail in the PR-pushin' philosophy of your Dallas Cowboys, who stepped in it over the weekend when COO Stephen Jones issued a series of statements that suggested that the idea of trading Micah Parsons rather than signing him is a consideration.

The remarks have become a rumor. The spit has hit the fan. Stephen has crawfished. Owner Jerry Jones, Stephen's dad, has tried to douse the flames. But it's left to Micah himself - rather incredibly - to handle the controversy with maturity and aplomb.

Parsons wisely saw need to address this junk and did so on his Monday podcast, "The Edge,

"We're gonna figure out a way for me to be a Cowboy for life," he said.

Parsons in 2025 is presently slated to play under the fifth-year option of his contract, so he will be making $24 million. But his goal is to make $40 million per year and to become the highest-paid defensive player of all time.

Stephen's unfortunate remarks aside, that is Dallas' goal here, and there are ways to accomplish all of it for a special player who in 60 career games has totaled 245 tackles, 49 sacks, 59 tackles for loss and 108 quarterback hits.

Parsons is a three-time Pro Bowler and a two-time First Team All-Pro and a foundational piece of where the Cowboys hope to go as a franchise. And all they need to do to move toward making it happen is to negotiate more ... and to talk less.