I don\u2019t know<\/a>. We\u2019ll see. We\u2019ll just see how long things take,\u201d Parsons said, via video from Jon Machota of TheAthletic.com.<\/p>\nWithout naming names, Parsons pointed out that the Cowboys aren\u2019t treating him any differently than they did CeeDee Lamb, Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott or Zack Martin. The team made all of them wait on extensions, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not like I\u2019m getting differently than anyone else. I don\u2019t take it personally. I just don\u2019t understand,\u201d Parsons said. <\/p>\n
Parsons became eligible for a contract extension after the 2023 season. He is headed into the final year of his rookie deal scheduled to make $24 million on the fifth-year option.<\/p>\n
He has watched as the Browns rewarded edge rusher Myles Garrett; the Raiders paid edge rusher Maxx Crosby; and the Steelers took care of edge rusher T.J. Watt. Watt signed his three-year, $123 million extension Tuesday, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL.<\/p>\n
Parsons can\u2019t understand why the Cowboys haven\u2019t yet done the same for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, yeah, when you go around the league and you see these other teams taking care of their best guys,\u201d Parsons said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen T.J. got taken care of. Maxx got taken care of. Myles got taken care of, and he had two years left on his deal, so it\u2019s hard when you see a lot of people in our league getting taken care of. You just wish you had that same type of energy.\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
He has earned an extension and sounds hurt that the team has waited so long for him to get his.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they don\u2019t want me here, they don\u2019t want me here,\u201d Parsons said. \u201cI\u2019ll go about my business. I understand the nature of the business. As long as I\u2019m under contract, I\u2019m going to do what I have to do to perform at the highest level. But if this is the end, this is the end.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cowboys star edge rusher Micah Parsons showed up to training camp despite not having a contract extension. He…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-30464","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\/30464","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=30464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}