Despite all the vitriol between Micah Parsons and the Dallas Cowboys, the star pass rusher made one last-ditch effort to try and get a deal done. Two days before he was traded to the Green Bay Packers, Parsons had his agent reach out to the Cowboys to try and bury the hatchet, according to ESPN.
Parsons’ agent David Mulugheta reportedly sent an email to Jerry and Stephen Jones, telling the pair Mulugheta would come to Dallas or hop on a video call to hammer out a deal.
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Jerry Jones reportedly shut that down, saying Parsons would need to play on his fifth-year option if he stayed with the Cowboys in 2025, per ESPN.
Jerry Jones responded to the message, saying the Cowboys were prepping a trade and if Parsons wanted to play in Dallas in 2025, he would have to do so on his fifth-year option. Parsons would become a free agent in 2026, but the team could also use the franchise tag to prevent his departure at that point.
The team could use the franchise tag on Parsons twice if he played out his fifth-year option, something Jones indicated multiple times he would do with Parsons. The threat created a scenario where Parsons would have played on three consecutive one-year deals with the Cowboys unless he agreed to a deal Jones believed the pair negotiated during a March meeting in which Mulugheta was not present.
Shortly after that, Mulugheta was allowed to engage in contract talks with the Packers. The team reportedly made a formal offer for Parsons the following day, and the deal eventually was completed.
Mulugheta then worked out a record-breaking extension for Parsons with the Packers. Those negotiations were “transparent and fast,” a source told ESPN.
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Mulugheta didn’t go into that much detail about the situation during an appearance on ESPN’s “First Take” on Tuesday, though he did confirm Parsons wanted to make it work with the Cowboys.
That obviously did not happen, and Parsons now finds himself in Green Bay. He’ll get a chance to show the Cowboys they made the wrong decision in Week 4, when the team travels to Dallas to take on the Cowboys.
Tuesday’s report suggests it didn’t have to end that way. Even with both sides fighting publicly, Parsons and Mulugheta tried to give it one more go with the Cowboys. If Parsons continues to play at a similar level with his new team, Cowboys fans will be left wondering what could have happened had cooler heads prevailed at the 11th hour.
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