If Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is telling the truth, he could be breaking NFL rules. He implied at the NFL owners' meetings this week that he was bypassing speaking with edge rusher Micah Parsons' agent and trying to talk to the player directly. This could all eventually be good news for the Seattle Seahawks.
The NFL's Collective Bargaining Agreement stipulates that an owner must negotiate contracts with a player's agent and cannot go around the agent. Jones's suggestion that he wasn't talking to Parsons' agent caused the player to react on social media by saying he would not do any deal without his agent, David Mulugheta, being involved.
As Seahawks fans have learned this offseason, an unhappy player is often not going to want to stay with the team he is on. Quarterback Geno Smith and wide receiver DK Metcalf both requested trades from Seattle in early March, and the team honored those requests by dealing the players. An unhappy player often disrupts team chemistry and can underperform.
Could Micah Parsons be a future Seattle Seahawks player?
Micah Parsons cannot be happy with Jerry Jones's talk about the edge rusher's contract situation. Jones likely wants to pay Parsons a lot, and he should. The former Oklahoma Sooner is trending toward being a future Pro Football Hall of Famer, and Parson is only 25 years old.
His current deal is up after 2025, the final year of his rookie contract. Dallas can franchise tag the edge rusher in 2026 if a new deal is not reached, or maybe the team lets him leave if an extension cannot be worked out. He would be an expensive free agent, and a team would have to have the cap room to bring him aboard. The Seahawks have that cap room.
Imagine how great of a fit Parsons would be in head coach Mike Macdonald's defensive system. The edge rusher has had at least 12 sacks in each of his four seasons, and he also excels against the run. His new deal, whenever and wherever he gets it, will pay him much more than $30 million a season.
Dallas can make that work, though they are overpaying for quarterback Dak Prescott. So can the Seahawks. If Parsons is truly unhappy with the direction the Cowboys are heading and how Jerry Jones does business, then maybe he will go elsewhere the first chance he has to do so. His new home could be the Seattle Seahawks.