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Jerry Jones confirms he wanted Micah Parsons to play on fifth-year option

Jerry Jones confirms he wanted Micah Parsons to play on fifth-year option

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones confirmed that he told Micah Parsons that if the edge rusher stayed in Dallas, he would be playing on the fifth-year option in 2025. That would have paid him either $21.324 million or $24 million depending on the outcome of the grievance he filed. “Basically I think I read where [Parsons] said that I replied, ‘We’re …

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Micah Parsons has a pending grievance over his fifth-year option salary

Micah Parsons has a pending grievance over his fifth-year option salary

From time to time, Cowboys owner and G.M. Jerry Jones skirts the issue of linebacker Micah Parsons deserving a new contract by pointing out that Micah has a contract. However, there’s a lingering fight over the value of his deal. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, a grievance was filed earlier this year regarding Parsons’s fifth-year option salary. …

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