Dan Graziano: Cowboys banking on Micah Parsons' 'love for football' amid contract standoff for Week 1

by: Steve Samra 41 minutes ago SamraSource

ESPN’s Dan Graziano dished a bit on the Micah Parsons contract standoff during an appearance on Get Up on Friday. The Cowboys are preparing to face the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 1, and there’s still no guarantee Dallas’ star player will be on the field.

Is a resolution on the horizon? At the moment, Graziano believes Jerry Jones and the rest of the Cowboys brass are banking on Parsons’ love for football being the reason he takes the field, because there’s no guarantee they’ll agree to a new contract before Sept. 4.

“The way to look at this at this point is that Micah has a decision to make,” Graziano stated. “He could show up and practice next week, play in the game, and play on his current contract—that’s going to pay him almost $22 million this year. And then the threat of the franchise tag looms next spring. He could call his agent and say, ‘You know what? We’re beaten. Let’s just do it. Take it, go, go.’ I mean, again, these are the options available to him.

“He could sit out the game. Now, that’s the key—because until he actually does that, you can threaten to sit out, but until you do it, the other side has no real reason to believe you will. So it’s up to Micah.”

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