FRISCO - There exists a Dallas Cowboys inevitability here.
Micah Parsons will be a "Cowboy for Life.'' Sometime between now and the start of the 2025 NFL regular season, he will sign a contract with "America's Team'' that will pay him in the range of $40 million per season. It might be a four-year deal, or maybe a five-year deal.
And Parsons will experience another stellar season capped by a Pro Bowl berth.
But first? Another inevitability ... and one that is irritating Cowboys fans.
Yes, "it takes two to tango.''
But we have the scoop on what's going on at the moment - and why what's going on is "nothing.''
This offseason, Jerry and Stephen Jones obviously shifted into a different gear from where this franchise was a year ago.
No, the Cowboys' 82-year-old owner didn't go "wildcattin''' as was the case decades ago.
But entering the 2024 season, Dallas let 11 starters/rotational players leave via free agency ... and barely lifted a finger to replace them.
And they did so, by the way, on the heels of Jerry announcing theatrically that the franchise was "all in'' on chasing a title.
It was - much to the chagrin of Cowboys Nation - empty gibberish.
The Dallas front office wasn't "all in'' in any traditional sense.
"Mail it in'' is more like it.
Fast-forward to this offseason ... and yes, there is a different "all-in'' flavor.
Dallas has acquired a dozen veterans, most with starter credentials. The Cowboys made four trades, capped by a successful plan to land a No. 2 receiver to complement star CeeDee Lamb resulting in George Pickens rolling into town.
But something is missing.
A source tells CowboysCountry.com that while the Joneses and Parsons spoke face-to-face at least three times, with the parties hovering around the idea of a five-year, $200 million contract that would make Parsons one of the highest-paid players in NFL history ... the Joneses have yet to make official follow-up contact with agent David Mulugheta.
One key here: The player can talk contract with a team official; that's CBA-legal. But once the player informs the team that it must go through the agent?
The team must do exactly that.
And it's now been six weeks since Parsons issued that request to the Joneses.
How can the Cowboys claim to be "all in''? To fans of the team, they cannot make that claim until they sign Parsons - or, heck, at least until they call his agent.
We hear it constantly, in our conversations with Cowboys Nation on our Fish Report YouTube show and elsewhere: Fans are enthused about the 2025 season, but frustrated by the bad news because one major issue lingers.
And for the moment, the Joneses are doing nothing about it.
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