If Dallas Cowboys All-Pro linebacker Micah Parsons is hoping his contract drama results in him playing for a new team, he’s going to have to wait three years before that becomes a reality. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he has no desire to trade Parsons amid stalled contract talks, saying, “Any talk of trading is BS.”
Jones made those comments during an appearance on the “Stephen A. Smith Show” on Friday.
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Jones discussed a wide range of topics during the appearance, including his health and the franchise’s Super Bowl drought. Eventually, the conversation turned to Parsons. Jones — who has been on a whirlwind media tour over the past 24 hours — mostly shared the same talking points in his interview with Smith. Jones implied that he had a deal with Parsons and then grew frustrated when Parsons attempted to get his agent involved.
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Smith then asked how Jones felt when he heard Parsons asked to be traded. After a lengthy aside, Jones eventually stated that he wasn’t going to trade Parsons, adding, “There’s nothing to it.”
Jones also implied Parsons would need to sit out for three seasons if he wanted a change of scenery. While Parsons is under contract for only one more year with the Cowboys, the team can place the franchise tag on him two more times. Jones said he would do that during an interview with Cowboys legend Michael Irvin on Thursday.
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Jones said he didn’t think Parsons would be willing to miss that much time to get his wish. “I can’t imagine anybody sitting out for three years, at all,” Jones told Smith.
Those comments are undoubtedly a negotiating ploy by Jones, who is trying to paint the worst-possible scenario for Parsons if he continues to hold out. Smith did call out an instance where the opposite can happen, though.
Following the Cowboys’ Super Bowl win in the 1992 season, star running back Emmitt Smith held out for a new contract. He and Jones could not agree on a deal before the start of the 1993 regular season, resulting in the running back missing the team’s first two games. The Cowboys started the season 0-2, and Jones quickly agreed to pay Smith. The team went on to win its second straight Super Bowl after Smith turned in an MVP season.
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Given how public the feud between Parsons and the team has become, and how aggressively Jones has pushed his narrative, it feels like it would take a lot more than a few early losses for Jones and Parsons to get back on the same page.
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