Micah Parsons contract: Adam Schefter suggests what Dallas Cowboys could land in potential trade of LB

The Dallas Cowboys and star linebacker Micah Parsons have been in extended negotiations for a contract extension. Now, it appears those negotiations are breaking down.

Earlier today, Adam Schefter appeared on Get Up, explaining the two sides aren’t close to a deal. With that, he would later go on in the show to emphasize that if the Cowboys were to trade Parsons, they could potentially get a massive package back from the team.

“In a case for Micah Parsons,” Schefter began. “If another team were to inquire, and Dallas ever got to the point, which it’s nowhere near right now. I want to be very clear that if it was willing to deal Micah Parsons, it would be a haul. Again, in return. I would think it would be a minimum of two first round draft picks. In fact, it came up with a team the other day, we were talking.”

Parsons is a former first round pick. He’d go on to win Rookie of the Year and has since been a four-time Pro Bowl selection and a two-time First-Team All-Pro selection. For his career, Parsons has 52.5 sacks and 63 tackles for a loss in four seasons.

As of now, there is no imminent trade. However, given who Parsons has proven to be in the NFL, it’s safe to say there’s value that the Cowboys could get out of him. Doing that, potentially, could be smarter than letting him walk away from the team in free agency. However, that’s not something Dallas would likely do until it is completely clear he won’t sign with Dallas.

For now, Dallas and Parsons do have plenty of time to come together on a deal. Parsons is owed $24 million in 2025. After that, the Cowboys have the opportunity to use a franchise tag on him. So, it’s at least two seasons before Dallas loses control over him.

Adam Schefter states Dallas Cowboys, Micah Parsons are ‘nowhere close’ on deal

For a long time, the extension for Parsons has been assumed. However, as Schefter shared, the two sides are actually further apart now than they were before.

“That deal is also nowhere close to being done. Everybody has a perception that the deal between the Dallas Cowboys and Micah Parsons is gonna get done. Maybe one day it will because negotiations take twists and turns that you don’t expect, but today, Wednesday, July 31st, they are further apart on a deal than they were in late March,” Schefter said.

“It is not trending towards getting done. It’s trending right now the other way. And I think there are major questions as to how this situation will be resolved because I don’t think the Dallas Cowboys are particularly pleased with the way these negotiations have gone, and I don’t think Micah Parsons is particularly pleased with how these negotiations have gone, and there haven’t been any significant exchanges of proposals in recent weeks or, really, months. We go back to early April when it sounded like — Jerry Jones spoke at the owners meetings and made it sound like a deal was at the doorstep, but it’s not.”