Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones clarified any confusion about Micah Parsons: No, the club won't be trading the star pass rusher.
Jones batted down the speculation of trading Parsons during his weekly radio spot on 105.3 The Fan on Tuesday.
"That's never been uttered in this organization that we don't have a future with Micah Parsons," Jones said.
NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported on Sunday that the Cowboys plan to evaluate their top-heavy spending after giving contracts to Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb.
"Obviously we're totally all-in on Dak and CeeDee, but after that, then you still shape things, including Micah," Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones told Rapoport. But Micah's a great player. You don't do well in this league letting guys like Micah, usually, leave the house."
The comment was spun into the possibility that the Cowboys could trade Parsons to avoid another big contract on its books. Stephen Jones has since clarified that he did not intend those comments to suggest Dallas talked about trading the pass rusher.
Nevertheless, Parsons was asked about that possibility after Sunday's contest in Carolina.
"I understand how that business side goes," Parsons said at the time. "Listen, no hard feelings in this business whether I'm here or anywhere else. Obviously, I've stated how I wanted to be here. But at the end of the day, I understand the business side, and I put in a lot of work. I play hard, too. Obviously, if sides can't agree to those types of things, it happens like that. But I'm just happy to be here, and I'm just going to be playing hard while I'm here. If I'm here for the next five, six years, I'm going to keep playing hard. Then, too, ain't really nothing going to make a difference. Micah's going to play hard."
The stage is set for another offseason littered with discussions about a big-time Cowboys player getting paid. The question is how much between $30 million and $40 million Parsons will cost Dallas. Nick Bosa currently sits atop the edge-rusher market at $34 million annually.
