Jason Parkhurst-USA TODAY Sports Dallas Cowboys training camp has officially begun and we have our first open thread of the season for you to chat during it. Greetings Cowboys fans. We have reached a very important milestone today as the Dallas Cowboys hold their first training camp practice out in Oxnard, California. We’ll open these threads for every practice so that the Blogging The Boys community will have a place to congregate and discuss what is going on out at practice. Unfortunately, dropping a Twitter List into this page no longer functions the way that it used to due to changes that the platform has made. We do have a list we recommend if you want to follow it in another tab. You can access it right here. In order to keep the flow of things as smooth as possible though we’ll be dropping in updates and news items in this thread. Give us your take on them in the comments. Here we go. Editor’s Note: This post will be updated throughout practice with relevant news, information and highlights. The newest ones will be placed at the top so if you miss practice or want to see/read in chronological order make sure to scroll down to start. Someone left the backdoor open. Deuce Vaughn pic.twitter.com/G11g8ZRTBH — Jon Machota (@jonmachota) July 22, 2025 HA! Marshawn Kneeland gets an interception off Dak Prescott and the #Cowboys defense goes ballistic pic.twitter.com/2Y9D5fngFl — Tommy Yarrish (@tommy_yarrish) July 22, 2025 Yes please. Dak to Pickens on the first play of a team period here on Day 1 of camp pic.twitter.com/S3ISRUMVzB — Nick Eatman (@nickeatman) July 22, 2025 Now we know. After going through warmups and individual drills Micah Parsons is not taking part in team drills, as indicated earlier by HC Brian Schottenheimer. As expected, it’s a “hold in.” pic.twitter.com/NcE82OFFCX — Joe Trahan (@JoeTrahan) July 22, 2025 Practice apparently has a flexible definition. well well well https://t.co/CCsbOd3HRx — RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) July 22, 2025 A play is actually run at camp. We’re off! The first play of Cowboys camp pic.twitter.com/U7RM34sJrg — Todd Archer (@toddarcher) July 22, 2025 This. Dak Prescott ➡️ George Pickens. pic.twitter.com/BRKCso5wpM — Joseph Hoyt (@JoeJHoyt) July 22, 2025 Trevon Diggs is there for rehab. Trevon Diggs working off to the side at #Cowboys training camp pic.twitter.com/DLqmQolowH — Tommy Yarrish (@tommy_yarrish) July 22, 2025 Weapons. CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens — inseparable. pic.twitter.com/oygyRKzsGs — Joseph Hoyt (@JoeJHoyt) July 22, 2025 Dak is back. Dak Prescott gets a loud ovation as he takes the field at #Cowboys training camp pic.twitter.com/QGikfdRmzq — Tommy Yarrish (@tommy_yarrish) July 22, 2025 He is here. pay him or else https://t.co/msFGVUc3ya — Blogging The Boys (@BloggingTheBoys) July 22, 2025 The rookie arrives. Tyler Booker taking the field for his first NFL training camp pic.twitter.com/7F3Bi1lIn7 — Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) July 22, 2025 Looks like good news for the start of Day 1. Cowboys HC Brian Schottenheimer said that he had a good conversation with DE Micah Parsons and he will participate in today’s first practice of training camp. — Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) July 22, 2025 The Cowboys added DE James Houston earlier today. Story here.

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Trevon Diggs had some thoughts about the Cowboys reducing his salary ahead of training camp. For a football team who has had their first football practice of training camp, the Dallas Cowboys sure do have a whole lot of non-football things going on with them. During the team’s annual press conference to kick off camp on Monday, team owner/president/general manager Jerry Jones stoked a few flames relative to Micah Parsons, Trevon Diggs and Terence Steele. These situations are all different from one another as are the players who they involve. With regards to Diggs, he is arguably the best cornerback on the team when healthy. He has had exceptional highs while wearing the Cowboys uniform and they believed more were ahead when they gave him a contract extension two years ago. The contract that Diggs signed has been a high point of conversation given one portion of it. Diggs did not meet the requirement for offseason training with the Cowboys specifically, and the team held the right to reduce his financial figures by $500,000, which they did. Diggs spoke to NFL Network’s Jane Slater (so did Micah Parsons) following Tuesday’s practice. My post practice interview with Micah Parsons and Trevon Diggs. How they felt about the owner’s comments and whether they want to be in Dallas #Cowboys pic.twitter.com/W4ChP9VPcN — Jane Slater (@SlaterNFL) July 22, 2025 Diggs said in the conversation that he was upset about the situation and that the team was aware of him putting in the work needed. As true as that may be, the contract said what it did when everybody signed it. The Cowboys front office has several things that we would all do and adjust, but they have legitimate ground to stand on in terms of their Diggs decision. Obviously, it makes sense for Diggs to be upset about it, but the rules are what they are (for lack of a better way to put it). That didn’t stop him from also offering some thoughts on social media. They knew where I was rehabbing at. Was in fullCommunication with the therapist whole step of the way. I am not behind on my recovery process. — TRE SE7EN (@TrevonDiggs) July 22, 2025 If we are trying to read the writing on the wall then the Cowboys may feel like 2025 is their last season with Diggs on their team. After all, Jerry Jones was rather pointed in openly questioning the deal that the team gave him two years ago as mentioned. Diggs’ final words to Slater were that the energy around training camp was great and that everyone is in a good mood, so for all intents and purposes this matter appears to be one that everybody is moving on from.

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Here is what social media had to say about Tuesday’s Dallas Cowboys practice. Here is today’s take on Day 1 of Dallas Cowboys training camp in Oxnard, with social media highlights and key moments from around camp. We start off with roster news. The @dallascowboys signed DE James Houston on Tuesday and released DE Luiji Vilain as a corresponding roster move. The club also made the following transactions: Placed on Active/PUP:CB Josh ButlerCB Trevon DiggsLB DeMarvion Overshown Placed on Active/NFI: CB Shavon Revel — Dallas Cowboys Public Relations (@DallasCowboysPR) July 22, 2025 And some Mazi news coming in. Mazi Smith is indeed lighter because the #Cowboys intend to use him both at 1-tech (0-tech) and 3-tech, per Brian Schottenheimer. Cites Smith doing a lot learning from guys like Solomon Thomas. — Patrik [No C] Walker (@VoiceOfTheStar) July 22, 2025 Sticking with first-round picks, here’s a first look at Tyler Booker, and Micah is in the building. Tyler Booker taking the field for his first NFL training camp pic.twitter.com/7F3Bi1lIn7 — Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) July 22, 2025 No holdout. Micah Parsons is here in Oxnard. pic.twitter.com/pcaCBt9z0n — Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) July 22, 2025 Trevon Diggs and DeMarvion Overshown get into rehab. Trevon Diggs and DeMarvion Overshown getting rehab work to start camp pic.twitter.com/cUtkFbGrz2 — Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) July 22, 2025 Here come the wide receivers. Actual footage of Day 1 receivers. CeeDee and Pickens folks #Cowboys 7/22/2025 pic.twitter.com/gYNDAoBLmE — Jane Slater (@SlaterNFL) July 22, 2025 Dak Prescott to George Pickens is good news. Dak Prescott ➡️ George Pickens. pic.twitter.com/BRKCso5wpM — Joseph Hoyt (@JoeJHoyt) July 22, 2025 Booker looking strong and getting low. Cowboys OG Tyler Booker going through position drills in his rookie year training camp pic.twitter.com/hQv4wdGTGM — Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) July 22, 2025 And for the first play of camp… The first play of Cowboys camp pic.twitter.com/U7RM34sJrg — Todd Archer (@toddarcher) July 22, 2025 The excitement for QB Joe Milton has been real since he joined the team, now get excited by this huge bomb on Day 1 of camp. Joe Milton pic.twitter.com/Qsj7ee6zmY — Jon Machota (@jonmachota) July 22, 2025 KaVontae Turpin shows that speed out the backfield. KaVontae Turpin pic.twitter.com/GbPaEgng91 — Jon Machota (@jonmachota) July 22, 2025 Dante Fowler Jr. wanted to let everyone know he’s back. Dante Fowler teleported to the backfield and this play was DOA. #Cowboys #Day1 #camp he’s back. pic.twitter.com/jDHoF1e5Qu — Patrik [No C] Walker (@VoiceOfTheStar) July 22, 2025 CeeDee Lamb is looking slick. CeeDee Lamb pic.twitter.com/LSJ3YFYrLr — Jon Machota (@jonmachota) July 22, 2025 And we get to see Javonte Williams hit the hole. 12 personal action, Javonte Williams, Ferg and Schoon at TE Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders (in very next rep) taking 1st team reps #DallasCowboys pic.twitter.com/h39X6617MC — Nicole Hutchison (@nhutchisontv) July 22, 2025 We see you Miles Sanders. This running back competition is starting off good. Miles Sanders pic.twitter.com/gFOw3rJJmc — Jon Machota (@jonmachota) July 22, 2025 We got our first interception. And it was none other Marshawn Kneeland. He’s stepping it up from last year already. Marshawn Kneeland with a pick. pic.twitter.com/RPBCsoectz — Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) July 22, 2025 Johnathan Mingo making a case for WR3 early. Joe Milton to Jonathan Mingo pic.twitter.com/RCYTEC4Mbk — Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) July 22, 2025 Highlight of The Day We finally get to see Dak to Pickens and what he can bring to the offense. It was delicious. Dak to Pickens pic.twitter.com/9WzeP216je — Jon Machota (@jonmachota) July 22, 2025 Fan Section They being competitive I love it — Toosmoothblue (@toosmoothblue) July 22, 2025 I see you Guyton — Al Hamilton (@MrKingdomFit) July 22, 2025 Donovan Wilson is EVERYWHERE — Julian Strawther Muse #TradeNnaji (@StrawtherMuse) July 22, 2025 Be sure to tag Blogging The Boys with your takes and feature in our Fan Section in each installment.

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images How do you feel about the Cowboys depth entering training camp? Training camp for the Dallas Cowboys has arrived, and it’s now time to get a good look at what type of players will be donning the star this season. The team has a lot of good players, but the question will be, do they have enough good players, and are those good players spread out across the roster? Recently, former Cowboys’ coach Jimmy Johnson sat down with the media and was asked about the most important thing this year for them to be successful, and here is what he said… The biggest thing for the Cowboys – it’s a big thing for any team – is to stay healthy. I think it’s probably more important for the Cowboys to stay healthy for a couple reasons,” Johnson explained. “No. 1, they’re top-heavy salary wise. And so their 53-man roster may not be quite as talented at the bottom the as some of these other teams.” The Cowboys were decimated by injuries last year, and relying on their depth is always going to be important. That raises the question: do they have enough depth? When injuries rear their ugly head, how well will this Cowboys team be able to handle them? While there are still many questions that remain to be answered, let’s run through each position group and get a sense of how we feel about the team’s depth. QUARTERBACK All eyes will be on Joe Milton III to see if he has what it takes to be a viable replacement should Dak Prescott miss games. This is the most important depth piece for the Cowboys, not just because of the significance of the position, but because Prescott will be 32 next week and has missed an average of 6.5 games over the last five seasons. A good showing from Milton will be huge for this football team heading into the new season. RUNNING BACK From most important to least important. And that is not because running back doesn’t matter. It does. But it’s because there isn’t a huge difference between the team’s RB1 and RB4. In fact, we’re not even sure where everyone fits in. It’s believed that Javonte Williams is first up to be the lead dog, but we’ll be pulling for anyone to step up and prove themselves worthy, whether it’s Jaydon Blue, Miles Sanders, or Phil Mafah. WIDE RECEIVER The trade for George Pickens makes us feel better about this position group, so now we’ll just sit back and see how the rest of the depth unfolds. Injuries happen, so it would be nice to see one of their numerous options take a nice step forward. Will Jalen Tolbert build off his best year as a pro? Will Jonathan Mingo prove to the masses that he was worth that fourth-round pick? Honestly, we’re not picky. Jalen Brooks, Ryan Flournoy, or new free agent Parris Campbell are all options. And let’s not forget that KaVontae Turpin is a receiver weapon as long as he stays out of trouble and drives the speed limit. TIGHT END The team has some intriguing undrafted free agent options battling it out for the last tight end spots. Incumbents like Brevyn Spann-Ford, John Stephens Jr., and Princeton Fant now have two new guys, Rivaldo Fairweather and Tyler Neville, in the mix. As much as the team’s new offensive coordinator, Klayton Adams, loves to use tight ends, it should be interesting to see how all that plays out. But they also need someone like Luke Schoonmaker or possibly Spann-Ford to take a step forward and be capable of filling Jake Ferguson’s shoes should he get hurt. It’s worth noting that Schoonmaker started to look good in the short stints when he filled in for Ferguson last season. OFFENSIVE LINE The Cowboys are loaded with depth here. Brock Hoffman and T.J. Bass, who were once forced into starting roles, join veteran guard Robert Jones as interior line reserves. Jones started all 17 games for the Dolphins last year. The Cowboys don’t have a lot of depth at tackle, but they do have Asim Richards, who is entering his third year and already has 220 offensive snaps in his career. Not that we want to jinx it, but the team appears to be sitting in good shape along the offensive line. DEFENSIVE LINE The team is stacked with great edge rushing options, which is nice considering how hard this group was hit last year. It’s going to be tough for new defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus to figure out playing time because he has so many good options available. Moving inside is a different story. Free agent Solomon Thomas brings some nice 3-tech depth, but they don’t have much at nose. Mazi Smith and the rookie Jay Toia are the only defensive players they have on the roster over 310 pounds, and like a broken record, this could once again be an area of concern for the Cowboys. LINEBACKER There are a lot of questions with this position group as we’re not even sure how the starters will shake out. Kenneth Murray Jr., Marist Liufau, and Jack Sanborn will be in the mix, but if the team has to rely on Damone Clark or the rookie Shemar James early or often, that could be a big problem. CORNERBACK Yikes. This one is scary without even getting to the depth, and that is because the group is already banged up. Trevon Diggs, Shavon Revel Jr., and Josh Butler are all recovering from knee injuries. This means DaRon Bland, Kaiir Elam, and Israel Mukuamu are the team’s top options at the moment. If they get hurt before they get healthy, this could be a giant mess. SAFETY The team has some good depth here. Malik Hooker and Donovan Wilson provide quality veteran presence in the secondary, but they also have Markquese Bell and Juanyeh Thomas. And there’s been some buzz about rookie

Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys will practice football today! The day has finally come. While the Dallas Cowboys reported to Oxnard for training camp on Sunday and held their annual press conference to kick the party off on Monday (that was… interesting, to say the least), ultimately the whole point of this thing is football and that gets going today. The Cowboys will hold their first official training camp practice at 11:45pm PST and we will obviously be providing updates throughout and after the fact. For our Tuesday discussion we are asking a very simple question. How excited are you for the Dallas Cowboys to actually practice football? As is often the case with this team, a lot of things are about Not Football, so getting back to the pigskin will be a breath of fresh air for so many involved. Obviously it is the first day so we should have tempered expectations, but nevertheless there are football things happening today!

Chris Jones-Imagn Images The latest Dallas Cowboys training camp news is here. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says there’s ‘nothing new’ in Micah Parsons contract talks – Associated Press, NFL.com In this case, no news is not necessarily good news, as the Cowboys refuse to learn the lesson of what happens when waiting to pay top players. With his player personnel duties seemingly not changing anytime soon, Jones remains focused on how to get the Cowboys back to the Super Bowl. That seems unlikely to happen anytime soon without a happy, healthy and productive Micah Parsons in the fold, and the star defender’s contract dispute was primary topic of discussion Monday before the start of training camp. “There’s nothing new about what we’re talking about here today relative to contracts. That’s been going on a long time now,” Jones said. “If you say, well, if you don’t get him in you’re going to lose the first two games, then go on to win the Super Bowl, well, we’ll take that,” he continued, referencing running back Emmitt Smith’s 1993 holdout. There were no updates on Parsons’ on-field status from Jones, executive vice president of personnel Stephen Jones or new coach Brian Schottenheimer ahead of the team’s annual, nearly monthlong stop in Ventura County. It’s the second straight offseason where financial dealings with standout players risk overshadowing the Cowboys’ football preparations. Jerry Jones’ training camp comments on contract negotiations prove Cowboys still don’t get it – David Howman, Blogging The Boys A drama-free start to Cowboys camp in Oxnard will have to wait yet another year, as heated contract talks are once again the opening headline. For Jones, he feels entitled to have his players make as little money as possible for as long as possible so he can (theoretically) spend more money on more players. Just like the Cowboys did when Dak Prescott was on a fourth-round rookie salary for four years and decided they needed to cut Dez Bryant because they could get by with Deonte Thompson. Right? Jones believes in the player essentially serving out the entirety of their contract before getting a new one, which is how things were done back in the 90’s (an era he can’t stop talking about) but now how they’re done in 2025. It’s why Jerry and Stephen are comfortable with taking so long to pay their players; philosophically, they don’t seem to believe they even should be extending their players as soon as possible. Jones went on to specifically admit his non-belief in the basic concept of inflation with regards to the football market. There’s a lot of reasons why this whole business of thinking “well, my goodness, it’s pretty obvious to me everything goes up, so why don’t you catch it when it’s low?” Have you ever thought that when it’s low, they’re counting on it going up? And those are the numbers coming out? Not the ones that are going on right then. Have you ever thought about that? I’d say ninety percent of the time they’re not dealing with you in those numbers today, they’re dealing with projected numbers which, honestly, usually have more fluff than reality. They’ve usually got an expectation that those numbers are going to be higher than they are. What Jones is more or less arguing here is that players are negotiating with the belief that the market is rising and, therefore, they should be paid more relative to the market. Not unlike the cost of living adjustments that are present in most day-job compensation plans, which makes sense. Instead, Jones believes that these players who see a rising market are actually just looking at pie in the sky numbers, and that Jones is savvy enough to know that he can just wait and get these players inked to a cheaper deal once those numbers are exposed for being said pie in said sky. The problem is that second part never happens, because he is wrong. Jerry Jones ‘Not the least concerned’ on contract talks, takes shot at Parsons, Prescott – Todd Brock, The Cowboys Wire The drama did not nearly stop with just Micah Parsons, as even Dak Prescott and others were looped in as well. Parsons, who has made the Pro Bowl in all four of his seasons thus far, is widely expected to become the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL at some point. Many thought that point would have already come by now, as the 26-year-old has made no bones about wanting to get a deal done earlier rather than later. But such is not the way the Cowboys like to do business. “I am not the least concerned about having any dangling participles out here on a contract,” Jerry said, using a somewhat out-of-place grammar reference to make his point. While Cowboys fans would have liked the Ts to have been crossed and the Is to have been dotted long ago for the best defender in the game, the Cowboys owner maintains that he’s not the least bit frustrated that Parsons isn’t locked up to a long-term pact. “Not at all,” he explained, flashing back to times it has all worked out in the past between the club and holdout stars. “Two years ago we were here, and I think Zack Martin wasn’t here, and you had a situation although he had a contract. You work through that.” Micah Parsons sends loud and clear message to Matt Eberflus right before camp – Jerry Trotta, The Landry Hat On the football side of things, there is the fact Micah Parsons is starting his third straight season with a new defensive coordinator and scheme, this time former Cowboys LB coach Matt Eberflus. Speaking on behalf of Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu in NFL Network’s Top 100 countdown, Parsons praised Dan Quinn’s system and how it allowed him to move around the line of scrimmage. “That Dan Quinn system, I miss them days being off the ball and you get them one-on-ones on the back

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Jerry Jones seemed to take a shot at Trevon Diggs and Terence Steele during Monday’s press conference. The Dallas Cowboys held their annual press conference to kick off training camp in Oxnard, California on Monday and things were rather chalk, for them. You can catch up on the updates from it here. There were referenced to Jerry Jones’ appearance on Landman, the upcoming Netflix special on the 1990s Cowboys and even a question about Jerry and being a cartoon character. Like I said, it was chalk for them. As you can imagine there were a lot of questions for the brain-trust about Micah Parsons, his pending contract extension, why it still hasn’t been done and everything under that sun. The front office did their best to avoid any sort of answer as negotiations are obviously still underway. There were a lot of questions on this front so things got a bit monotonous and repetitive. At one point a question was posed as to why players like Trevon Diggs and Terence Steele received extensions earlier in the process (from an overall time perspective) than players like Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb and obviously Parsons. Jerry Jones thought long and hard for a second and responded with a question. He asked the reporter, Joe Hoyt of The Dallas Morning News, as to whether or not the Cowboys should have signed either player. Jerry Jones on what the difference is with Cowboys players who get deals early like Trevon Diggs and Terence Steele: Frankly… should we have waited on Diggs and Steele? — RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) July 21, 2025 To be clear, Diggs and Steele have both underperformed in certain respects since signing their respective extensions with the team. But for the team’s owner, general manager and president to imply this so publicly, and do it so matter-of-factly, was quite the choice to say the least. It hardly establishes a spirit of good will and probably (one would assume) upset Diggs or Steele, presuming they ultimately find out about it. This is, to say the least, a unique way of doing business. Obviously the Cowboys have made that their style over the years, but this one sort of took the cake.

Tim Heitman-Imagn Images The Cowboys just don’t get it. The Dallas Cowboys are in Oxnard, California, which means they kicked off their first training camp of the Brian Schottenheimer era on Monday. While there’s a new coaching staff, it was the same old talking points at the kickoff press conference, with Jerry Jones fielding multiple questions about yet another superstar player whose contract negotiations are still ongoing after months of anticipation. This time, though, Jones was specifically pressed by multiple reporters in attendance for his willingness to take his time on negotiations with players like Micah Parsons. At one point, he left everyone speechless when he implied regret for being aggressive in his early extensions for Trevon Diggs and Terence Steele. Then, Jones elaborated a bit on his philosophy of dragging out contract extension talks, and the ramifications of it were the most alarming part of anything said on Monday. One of the things that exacerbates this is that you have a kind of policy or a practice to have contracts, but have like it’s some kind of obligation to do something before the contract is over. In other words, not have the benefit of the contract. Well that goes completely against the benefit of the club… So there’s a lot of reasons, timing is a lot of reasons… why would you go out and, basically, spend money just to spend money and not have had to spend it [when] you can spend it three years later. Money costs money. These comments essentially sum up the issue so many have with the Cowboys’ overall approach to the contract negotiation process. For Jones, he feels entitled to have his players make as little money as possible for as long as possible so he can (theoretically) spend more money on more players. Just like the Cowboys did when Dak Prescott was on a fourth-round rookie salary for four years and decided they needed to cut Dez Bryant because they could get by with Deonte Thompson. Right? Jones believes in the player essentially serving out the entirety of their contract before getting a new one, which is how things were done back in the 90’s (an era he can’t stop talking about) but now how they’re done in 2025. It’s why Jerry and Stephen are comfortable with taking so long to pay their players; philosophically, they don’t seem to believe they even should be extending their players as soon as possible. Jones went on to specifically admit his non-belief in the basic concept of inflation with regards to the football market. There’s a lot of reasons why this whole business of thinking “well, my goodness, it’s pretty obvious to me everything goes up, so why don’t you catch it when it’s low?” Have you ever thought that when it’s low, they’re counting on it going up? And those are the numbers coming out? Not the ones that are going on right then. Have you ever thought about that? I’d say ninety percent of the time they’re not dealing with you in those numbers today, they’re dealing with projected numbers which, honestly, usually have more fluff than reality. They’ve usually got an expectation that those numbers are going to be higher than they are. What Jones is more or less arguing here is that players are negotiating with the belief that the market is rising and, therefore, they should be paid more relative to the market. Not unlike the cost of living adjustments that are present in most day-job compensation plans, which makes sense. Instead, Jones believes that these players who see a rising market are actually just looking at pie in the sky numbers, and that Jones is savvy enough to know that he can just wait and get these players inked to a cheaper deal once those numbers are exposed for being said pie in said sky. The problem is that second part never happens, because he is wrong. Go back, again, to Prescott. The Cowboys tagged their quarterback twice before agreeing to a deal, and it was often reported around that time that Prescott was looking for something similar to Russell Wilson’s deal that paid an average of $35 million a year. Prescott reportedly turned down offers of both $30 million and $33 million, and by the time he actually signed an extension – during which time many other quarterbacks had signed market-resetting deals – Prescott hit the $40 million average. Just a few weeks later, Josh Allen signed a new deal with the Bills that paid him an average of $43 million a year, easily surpassing Prescott’s deal. The market continued to rise and quarterbacks continued to get paid pie-in-the-sky numbers and now Prescott is making $60 million a year, most in the league, for the same reason. Because they waited and waited, hoping the number would go down. Instead, big extensions came for Jared Goff, Tua Tagovailoa, and Jordan Love. Not only did the number not go down, as Jones seems to believe it always does, but it went up. Simply put, the Cowboys front office does not get it. They’re living in an imaginary world where players can be talked into a lower number when the reality is that every player out there – or, more realistically, every agent out there – knows that the market keeps going up and, in turn, so should the money in their own pocket. That’s why so many teams now choose to extend their players as soon as they possibly can. Jones doesn’t seem to care, perhaps believing he’s the smartest one in the room despite reigning over a team with the longest NFC Championship Game drought in football. That’s a bleak reality for fans as they continue to hope that Micah Parsons will remain a Cowboy for the foreseeable future.

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Jerry Jones stirred the pot on Monday and Micah Parsons paid attention. The Dallas Cowboys held their annual press conference to kick off training camp and it was a doozy to say the least. Brian Schottenheimer talked a bit about what he envisions for his football team, but that was a footnote relative to Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones holding court. The Cowboys owner(s) fielded all sorts of questions about how their star pass rusher, Micah Parsons, still does not have a contract extension and how waiting on these types of things has not exactly gone well for the franchise in recent memory. As they pontificated throughout the presser, at a certain point the idea of Parsons “holding in” (as in being present at training camp but not practicing to avoid injury) was being discussed by Schottenheimer. Jerry Jones interrupted to note that just because the Cowboys might have Parsons (referencing a deal hypothetically being done) may not mean he would be available. Jerry said what he meant was that Parsons missed six games last year (it was four) and inferred that he was unreliable in that sense. Obviously that is an unwise thing to say in general, but particularly about someone with an enormous amount of leverage against you. NFL people were reacting to it on social media afterwards, including former NFL star J.J. Watt. Watt noted that Jerry’s comment was unwise. What is notable about what Watt said is that Micah Parsons reposted it, seemingly agreeing with it. *NOW* we’re talking. this is what it’s all about. pic.twitter.com/sD0zbLSO9f — Dave Helman (@davehelman_) July 21, 2025 It was last year during training camp that CeeDee Lamb had a repost himself after Jerry Jones made a comment about him when he (Lamb) was holding out. As predicted, Lamb ultimately got the deal that he wanted which made all of the posturing look even sillier. To be clear the Cowboys have not even held a training camp practice and will do so for the first time on Tuesday. But until a Parsons extension is signed, it is going to be the dominating story of all things Cowboys.

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Here is everything you need to know about the Cowboys’ opening press conference from Oxnard. The Dallas Cowboys are in Oxnard and training camp has officially begun. Each and every year the team’s arrival in California signals that football is finally (at long last) upon us. This season is no different as the team reported on Sunday and will have their first practice on Tuesday. We are rocking and rolling. Monday though marked an important moment for the franchise as the team’s brain trust held their annual press conference to kick off camp. There are a few pressers that stand out relative to others for the Cowboys in a given year and this is certainly one of them. It serves as a “State of the Union” for the team, so to speak, ahead of a season’s beginning. Below we will be providing quotes, updates and notable remarks as they happen in real time. Obviously if you are finding this later on Monday afternoon or evening, or some time after that, it is all in the past. Let’s go.