Micah Parsons clearly isn't happy.
The only question, really, is just how ticked off is he at the Dallas Cowboys and Jerry Jones?
That could determine his future, and the future of the entire franchise.
And tucked into a new article Monday, Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio wrote these foreboding words:
"The ship, we're told, quite possibly has sailed."
The ship, as in, Parsons' desire to stay in Dallas. That desire may truly be gone, according to Florio and his sources.
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There's no way to know for sure until somebody makes another move here. Does Jones give Parsons a contract offer he can't refuse? Does Parsons make another public statement?
Any action at this point could be informative.
"It all comes down to whether his trade request was a Myles Garrett-style bluff, or whether Micah meant every word of it," Florio writes. "That’s where we are, only 24 days away from the first game of the season. Cowboys-Eagles, in Philadelphia."
Jones didn't say much when asked about Parsons after the Cowboys' preseason opener, which is unusual. It could really signal anything, so the meaning of those limited comments will really only be shown by whatever comes next.
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Parsons will get his record-setting contract for a non-quarterback from somebody, whether this year from the Cowboys or after a trade, or next year as a free agent.
And if he really doesn't want to be back in Dallas, that's a nightmare for the Cowboys. They could've signed Parsons to a new deal anytime in the last year or more, and they didn't.
And now, if Florio is right, that ship is already gone.
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