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Micah Parsons: ‘Not really much movement’ on new deal with Cowboys – Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com
Micah Parsons opens up about a few things.
As the Cowboys took the field for their first training camp practice on Tuesday, Micah Parsons joined his teammates on the field, but wasn’t a participant in much of the activities on the playing field and didn’t do any team drills.
After the conclusion of practice, Parsons held court with reporters to discuss his contract situation as he continues to seek an extension, which doesn’t seem imminent.
“There’s not really much movement man,” Parsons said. “I want to be here, I’ve always stated I want to be here, but you know, at the end of the day, they sign the checks like always, and let’s see if they want me to be here at the end of the day.”
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[referring] to the Cowboys front office, who spoke about Parsons yesterday including owner/GM Jerry Jones reiterating that he’s not in any hurry to get a deal done with Parsons. While some took Jones’ comments as shots, Parsons wasn’t hurt by them, and instead just wants to get on the same page.
“I wouldn’t say they were hurtful, I would just say that we are going to take care of each other,” Parsons said. “I think overall, I want to take care of him in the same way I want to go out there and play for Jerry Jones, I feel like that’s how we should look at each other, we’re all here, there is no difference between us.”
Trevon Diggs ‘happy to be’ at Cowboys training camp, explains offseason training decision – Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com
Trevon Diggs also opens up.
Trevon Diggs reported to 2025 training camp with his pockets roughly $500,000 lighter. That’s because the Dallas Cowboys’ front office opted to enforce a contractual clause that requires the All-Pro cornerback workout and rehab his surgically-repaired knee at the facility more this offseason than he eventually did.
Diggs was rehabilitating his knee the entire time, but in South Florida with a separate group of trainers. And while he understands the Cowboys’ decision, he did admit it “hurt my feelings” because he “didn’t expect it” — before smiling it away and delivering a drop the mic prediction for the coming season.
“I hopefully make it back in incentives,” Diggs said.
He went on to detail his decision to recover and get back to form in Florida over Texas.
“They do a great job here,” said the two-time Pro Bowl cornerback. “I just felt like it was in my best interest to go somewhere to get the full, undivided attention I needed — massages and the whole nine yards — to better and further my career, to make sure I’m good, ahead of schedule and that I can perform well. Like [when I tore] my ACL, I came back a whole two months earlier because of the work I put in during the offseason, off the field.
“My work is gonna show. What I put into it is gonna show on the field.”
Dallas Cowboys 2025 training camp preview – Todd Archer, ESPN
There are a lot of storylines to follow this offseason.
Key position battles
Javonte Williams vs. Miles Sanders: The Cowboys might choose to go with a committee approach at running back for a second straight year, but if 2024 showed anything it’s that they are better when they focus on one back. Williams and Sanders have somewhat different styles that can complement each other, but when the game is on the line in the fourth quarter, where do the Cowboys turn?
Nickel cornerback: The Cowboys didn’t really replace Jourdan Lewis, who signed with Jacksonville. Some of this will come down to health. When will Trevon Diggs (left knee surgery) practice? How about third-rounder Shavon Revel Jr. (torn left ACL)? DaRon Bland played in the slot as a rookie but excelled as an outside corner in 2023. Could the Cowboys look for free agent help here?
Keep an eye on: Defense run by Matt Eberflus
He is the Cowboys’ third coordinator in as many years, so there will be a learning curve of sorts. In the past, Eberflus’ scheme has not been overly complicated, but he has a number of pass rushers available to him who can cause offenses trouble. The run defense has been a sore subject for the Cowboys the past few years. While Mazi Smith, the 2023 first-round pick, catches the most flak, the entire unit needs to be better. Can Eberflus get more out of that part of the defense with speed and effort?
Cowboys training camp fight? Owner Jerry Jones opens up by taking jabs at Micah Parsons, Dak Prescott and others – Charles Robinson, Yahoo! Sports
We can all agree Monday’s opening press conference was a little strange, right?
At 11:04 a.m. Pacific Time and beneath an uncharacteristically cloudy Southern California sky, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones gradually ambled down a corridor toward his annual training camp-opening microphone. Trailed by parts of the team’s brain trust — including his son Stephen and new head coach Brian Schottenheimer — Jerry walked his long, straight path toward the dais until the journey to his seat necessitated a left turn.
And boy did he ever take it.
In what struck a chord as one of the more strained and seemingly unnecessary laundry list of sideways comments about several of his core players, Jerry took an unquestionably hard left turn to start a season — taking a sliding scale of passive-aggressive digs at edge defender Micah Parsons, quarterback Dak Prescott, cornerback Trevon Diggs and offensive tackle Terence Steele.
Along the way, Jerry and son Stephen also revealed that neither has spoken to Parsons’ agent David Mulugheta about a contract extension, with Jerry at several points seeming to suggest he had already worked out a deal directly with his star edge rusher during a face-to-face meeting last March.
“Let’s put it like this: We went over every possible detail you could go over and had [an] agreement,” Jerry said.
Asked if he was surprised that camp was starting without a contract extension with Parsons, Jones replied, “I’m not surprised with anything” before adding, “this is not negative at all.”
While that might have been Jerry’s personal perception Monday afternoon, some of his comments to open camp certainly didn’t appear to land positively — intermingling his contract musings with hinted notions that the team might have done two extensions too soon (Diggs and Steele) while also pointing out missed games in 2024 by Parsons and Prescott.
“Just because we sign [Parsons] doesn’t mean we’re going to have him. He was hurt six games last year. Seriously,” Jones said, incorrectly, as Parsons missed four games last season. “I remember signing a player for the highest paid at the position in the league and he got knocked out two-thirds of the year — Dak Prescott. So there’s a lot of things you can think about, just as the player does, when you’re thinking about committing and guaranteeing money.”
