Micah Parsons and the Dallas Cowboys dont appear to be any closer to a new deal as the teams training camp wraps up in California this week.
Parsons, who demanded a trade earlier in camp after months of unsuccessful contract extension talks with the Cowboys, declined to speak with reporters on Wednesday after the teams final padded practice in Oxnard, California.
My mouth is closed, he said, via The Athletics Jon Machota.
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Though owner Jerry Jones did actually speak with reporters regarding the issue, his answer wasnt much better.
Nothing, he said when asked what is stopping the Cowboys from negotiating with Parsons, via The Dallas Morning News Joe Hoyt. We might or might not talk. The rest gets into what we do every day.
Parsons is entering the fifth-year option of his rookie contract, and hes set to make about $24 million this season. The 26-year-old has been a dominant force for the Cowboys in recent years, and hes easily proven himself to be one of the best defensive players throughout the league. He had 12 sacks and 43 total tackles last season while dealing with an ankle injury that limited him to 13 games.
Despite that, the Cowboys and Parsons have been unable to reach a contract extension throughout the offseason. That led to Parsons trade request, though Jones has said he has no intention of honoring it.
Jones appeared to back that up on Wednesday, too, when asked if things would heat up now that the Cowboys are entering the second half of their training camp schedule back in Dallas and are closer to the start of the regular season.
I dont know if necessarily talks will [pick up], but weve got a game coming, and hes under contract, Jones said.
Though Parsons has reported to every Cowboys practice in Southern California so far hes not done too much, in part due to a back issue and has avoided fines, its clear that nothing has really changed on either side when it comes to his contract extension. The dispute is as public as ever, and it doesnt sound like thats going to change anytime soon.
And Jones, at least outwardly, isn’t pressed by some sort of deadline to get it done.
“You don’t have deadlines when you’re playing under a contract,” he said, via ESPN’s Todd Archer.
What happens between now and the Cowboys season-opener against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 4 is still anybodys guess.