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Todd Archer
OXNARD, Calif. — Micah Parsons’ trade request Friday has not swayed Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones, who said he will not consider trading the star pass rusher.
“I think the world of Micah,” Jones said after Saturday’s practice. “And that [request] is just a part of negotiation.”
Jones spent 16 minutes answering questions about Parsons’ contract situation, discussed the agreement the owner believes they made in March, and sarcastically mentioned the back tightness that has kept the Pro Bowler off the field through nine training camp practices.
“That is 30 years of old stuff, some of these issues we’re hearing about trading, hurt backs, all that kind of stuff,” Jones said.
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Jones would not say whether he expected Parsons on the field for the Sept. 4 season opener against the Jones reiterated that he and Parsons reached an agreement on a deal in March when they met in the owner’s office. In his social media post, Parsons said the visit was supposed to be about leadership and Jones turned it to the contract. Parsons took that offer off the table, Jones said. Jones would not divulge specific details of the agreement but made a reference to “guaranteeing somebody almost $200 million” in comments Saturday. “What y’all don’t know is what I offered him, and it’s a helluva lot more than you think I did,” Jones said. “That’s what you don’t know. … But my point is I reached. Make no mistake about it. I reached.” Since Jones and Parsons met in March, elite pass rushers “What y’all don’t know is what I offered him, and it’s a helluva lot more than you think I did. That’s what you don’t know. … But my point is I reached. Make no mistake about it. I reached.”