I\u2019m just going to get mine no matter what<\/a> [happens with other top pass rushers seeking deals],\u201d Parsons said Tuesday after his camp in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, via Nick Farabaugh of pennlive.com.<\/p>\nParsons became eligible for a contract extension after the 2023 season. He still is waiting, something he previously has said will cost the Cowboys more money.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just work harder,\u201d Parsons said of not having a deal completed yet. \u201cLike, to me, I look at it like if people don\u2019t see your value, you don\u2019t cry and sit down. You just work harder. You got to show people your value. I just think that\u2019s, the difference, Like I go, \u2018OK, bet,\u2019 and I just work.\u201d <\/p>\n
Parsons is headed into the final year of his rookie deal scheduled to make $24 million on the fifth-year option. He is expected to become the highest-paid non-quarterback, surpassing the $40.25 million annual average of Bengals receiver Ja\u2019Marr Chase.<\/p>\n
Cleveland\u2019s Myles Garrett became the highest-paid edge rusher this offseason with a contract that averages $40 million.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh\u2019s T.J. Watt and Cincinnati\u2019s Trey Hendrickson, like Parsons, are awaiting contract extensions. Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson became eligible for a new deal after last season, though he is coming back from a broken fibula and tibia that prematurely ended his season.<\/p>\n
Parsons said he doesn\u2019t need to wait on any of them to know his value. He\u2019s ready to sign with the Cowboys are ready to sign him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey numbers got nothing to do with mine, and my numbers ain\u2019t got nothing to do with them,\u201d Parsons said about the edge rusher market. \u201cLike, I\u2019m younger than Hendrickson. I mean, Hutchinson\u2019s coming off an injury. Everyone\u2019s circumstances is completely different. Hutch is coming off his third year. Usually guys wait four years. So, it just all depends. Watt. I mean, he\u2019s up there with Myles. So, you know, it\u2019s different. Everyone\u2019s circumstance is different.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parsons, 26, has 52.5 sacks in his career, earning All-Pro twice and making the Pro Bowl all four seasons. He had 12 sacks and 23 quarterback hits \u2014 both career lows \u2014 in 13 games last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tick, tick, tick. . . . The Cowboys report to training camp next week, and star edge rusher…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-12848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}