Along the way, Jerry and son Stephen also revealed that neither has spoken to Parsons\u2019 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s put it like this: We went over every possible detail you could go over and had [an] agreement,\u201d Jerry said.<\/p>\n
Asked if he was surprised that camp was starting without a contract extension with Parsons, Jones replied, \u201cI\u2019m not surprised with anything\u201d before adding, \u201cthis is not negative at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
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[Get more Cowboys news: Dallas team feed<\/a>]<\/p>\n While that might have been Jerry\u2019s personal perception Monday afternoon, some of his comments to open camp certainly didn\u2019t appear to land positively \u2014 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.<\/p>\n \u201cJust because we sign [Parsons] doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019re going to have him. He was hurt six games last year. Seriously,\u201d Jones said, incorrectly, as Parsons missed four games last season. \u201cI remember signing a player for the highest paid at the position in the league and he got knocked out two-thirds of the year \u2014 Dak Prescott. So there\u2019s a lot of things you can think about, just as the player does, when you\u2019re thinking about committing and guaranteeing money.\u201d<\/p>\n Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones (right) made some pointed comments about players and their contracts amid an ongoing negotiation with star pass rusher Micah Parsons. (AP Photo\/Mark J. Terrill)<\/p>\n (ASSOCIATED PRESS)<\/p>\n Unsurprisingly, that landed sideways, drawing the attention of former star pass rusher J.J. Watt, who chimed in on social media with his own tongue-in-cheek criticism.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cAnytime you can publicly take a dig at your star quarterback and your star pass rusher simultaneously, right before the season begins, you just gotta take it\u2026,\u201d Watt posted on X in response to Jerry\u2019s comment<\/a>. \u201cNothing makes guys want to fight for you more than hearing how upset you are that they got hurt while fighting for you.\u201d<\/p>\n That response from Watt was then reposted on X by Parsons himself \u2014 which could certainly be construed as a clear exchange in a contract negotiation that seems to be inching toward teetering. It’s especially the case with so many unknowns still hanging in the balance in terms of what Parsons is prepared to do in camp for the Cowboys. The entire Dallas brain trust passed on speculating whether Parsons would actually take part in practices or be a \u201chold-in,\u201d essentially being on hand each day but declining to take part in practices.<\/p>\n![\"Jerry](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/f9c00050-6697-11f0-be3f-f622a57f87fa.jpeg\"\/)
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