Micah Parsons adds fuel to Jerry Jones-CeeDee Lamb contract firestorm

Jerry Jones might have dug a hole with more than one Dallas Cowboys superstar with his latest remark.

Jacksonville, Florida, USA; Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons / Melina Myers-USA TODAY Sports

Jerry Jones has never seen a microphone he didn't want to speak into but on Thursday, the Dallas Cowboys owner might have said the wrong thing.

While discussing the stalled contract negotiations with superstar wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, Jones gave a terrible take by saying he didn't have any urgency to get the deal wrapped up. Lamb quickly responded by quote tweeting the story from Jon Machota, captioning it with "lol."

Clearly, there's going to be some frustration from Lamb's camp but he might not be the only building block Jones angered with his careless words.

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Not long after Lamb shared his laugh with the world, Micah Parsons retweeted Lamb's retort.

That 88 said it is one thing.

That 11 retweeted it is another.

(unless this is a massive troll which feels unlikely) pic.twitter.com/3ly2saMOUX

— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) August 8, 2024

Parsons enters the fourth year of his rookie deal and is one of the best defenders in the NFL. He will be in a similar spot as Lamb in 2025, which means he too will be looking for an extension.

He's paid attention to the way Jones has strung Lamb and Dak Prescott along.

Now he sees that Jones doesn't care that he's doing this, which isn't going to get the negotiations with Prescott off on the right foot.

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This isn't the first time Jones upset a player during negotiations either. In 2019, he famously said "Zeke who" when discussing Ezekiel Elliott's holdout. Jones proved he believed he was above reproach when he quickly took exception to Elliott's representatives saying his jab wasn't humorous, saying he "earned the right" to joke with Zeke.

That same mentality could lead to serious problems for Jones, who has tried to use the media to guilt players into taking less money whenever possible. At some point, players will grow tired of suiting up for a stingy franchise that refuses to pay their stars. That point will approach much faster if the owner openly expresses no desire to quickly pay them for their work.

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