Jerry Jones had his day in court on Thursday. The court of public opinion.
In a conversation that premiered on Michael Irvin’s YouTube Channel on Thursday afternoon, Jerry Jones was asked about the contract extension conversations the Dallas Cowboys have had with Micah Parsons (that is quite the sentence). Jerry noted that when the Cowboys wanted to send details to Micah’s agent David Mulugheta that they were told to take it where the sun don’t shine.
Jerry Jones and Micah Parsons’ overall representation have been at war with one another for quite some time. The Cowboys owner, general manager and president seems to feel that a deal was agreed upon when he and Micah spoke indirectly (some would say informally). Parsons has made it very clear that he will not be negotiating, regardless of what informal or indirect conversations happened to date, without his agent as a part of the process. Whatever you believe or however you feel… these are still seemingly the emotions felt by the two parties who have to come together with now two weeks to go until the season begins which spells trouble.
Micah himself has not spoken all too much since requesting a trade from the Cowboys three weeks ago (Friday is the technical three-week anniversary). On the other hand Jerry has taken a lot of opportunities to tell everyone his thoughts and opinions on the matter and in this case used the vehicle that is Michael Irvin’s platform.
Earlier on Thursday it was intimated by Jerry that Micah should take less for the overall “puzzle” that is the challenge of constructing the Dallas Cowboys roster. That is a line that we have heard from the Cowboys and all NFL teams for forever now.
Speaking of forever… Jerry brought out an old classic in saying that it would be shocking how big of a check he would write if it would guarantee a Super Bowl for the Cowboys.
Again… the season starts in two weeks. We are still here.
How long will we be?
Update: 6:10pm ET
This summarization from Nick Harris is a great look at the overall interview.
Nick also suggested we could be here a while.
The clock is ticking.
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