Micah Parsons and the Dallas Cowboys are in the midst of contract negotiations and team owner Jerry Jones is using the media to point out how many games Parsons’ missed last year. J
ones seemingly took a shot at his star pass rusher when speaking Monday, and didn’t exactly have all his facts correct while doing so.Â
“Just because we sign him doesn’t mean we’re gonna have him. He was hurt six games last year. Seriously,” Jones said.
But Jones is wrong, Parsons missed just four games instead of six. Jerry went on to discuss more about Parsons’ contract.
“Contracts are four, five years, OK? There’s a lot of water under the bridge if you step out there and do something in the first two or three,” Jones said. “You can get hit by a car, seriously. So there’s a lot to look at over a lot of years that could make a big difference. Have you ever heard of any clubs committing to players and then they didn’t pan out after they committed to them? We have.”
Parsons, who enters the fifth year of his rookie contract, started 13 of 17 games in 2024, finishing with 12.0 sacks, 43 combined tackles, including 30 solo, 12 tackles for a loss and 23 quarterback hits. The former first rounder does not have a history of missing games. His rookie year, he started and played in 16 of a possible 17 games and started every game in his second and third years.
