Micah Parsons contract extension: Jerry Jones reveals where talks stand with Cowboys defensive star

Micah Parsons signing a contract extension with the Dallas Cowboys might have to wait a bit, according to Jerry Jones. They’ll have to take care of other things with free agency coming.

“I don’t believe that not signing Dak or not signing Lamb hurt us in free agency last year at all,” Jones said, via Nick Harris. Jones mentioned it wouldn’t get in the way of free agency plans.

He is heading into the final year of his five-year rookie contract and is set to make $24.007 million in 2025. Parsons is bound to make much more with a new deal.

The NFL salary cap is set to increase again in 2025, with it reportedly moving to be between $277.5 and $281.5 million, up from $255.4 in 2024. Seemingly, that would be a good thing for players looking for new contracts, like Parsons.

Despite that, ESPN’s Dan Graziano doesn’t know that the increased salary cap is actually going to help Parsons come to a new deal with Dallas. Instead, he actually speculated that the increase could delay the deal for Parsons.

“I don’t know if it has much effect,” Graziano said on Get Up. “Like if you wanted to be really cynical about the Cowboys and say they never spend their money, whatever you can say, it maybe makes it less likely. Because, remember, Micah’s cap number right now is $24 million on a fifth-year option. An extension would lower that. So, if they were up against the cap and they needed to create cap room, the extension would be a way to do that. Now, you could theoretically say this might delay it.”

In 2024, Parsons was able to play in 13 games, after playing in all but one game in the previous three seasons of his career. He put together a year with 12.0 sacks and 12 tackles for a loss on the season anyways, continuing to be one of the league’s best pass rushers.

That’s despite it being a difficult season for the Cowboys as a team, going 7-10 and finishing third in the NFC East. The increased salary cap should also help the Cowboys with Parsons’ recent call to action for the team to spend in free agency this offseason.

Wade Peery contributed to this report