Cowboys HC Brian Schottenheimer says team will handle Micah Parsons’
It appears the Dallas Cowboys don’t have much to state about Micah Parsons’in-game catnap.Amid an agreement standoff that has consumed coverage of Cowboys training school, Parsons raised eyebrows Friday when put down on an athletic fitness instructor’s table with his eyes closed throughout the team’s preseason ending versus the Atlanta Falcons.Advertisement [Sign up with or create a Yahoo Dream
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the 2025 NFL season] After the game, head coach Brian Schottenheimer declined any firm remark
, only saying he didn’t understand much of the circumstance and would review film later. He had a little more to say Saturday, telling press reporters he prepares to talk to Parsons and prepares to handle the circumstance internally.Parsons has stayed off the field throughout training camp due to a back injury, which has coincided with a public disagreement with group owner Jerry Jones that has aggravated by the week. He requested a trade at the start of the month, and flashed a” call me “gesture at a fan who informed him to come to the Falcons before Friday’s game.Advertisement He protected his conduct, but only by quote-tweeting broadcaster Mike Leslie’s assertion that he spent just”a reasonably short part of the evening”resting on the fitness instructor’s table. He insisted he would never disrespect the players on the field, by lying down on the fitness instructor’s table for a prolonged period of time, we guess.It’s unclear where the line is.Despite all that, Schottenheimer reiterated that he expects Parsons to be all set for the Cowboys ‘opener versus Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 4.
He kept in mind that a current MRI on Parsons’back came back “pretty clean.”Advertisement Where Micah Parsons and the Cowboys stand(figuratively)Ultimately, Parsons spending even a little part of a game resting with his eyes closed is a show of defiance at a time when stress in between him and Jones appear at an all-time high. The Cowboys prepare to resolve Micah Parson’s catnap internally.(Picture by Sam Hodde/Getty Images)(Sam Hodde by means of Getty Images)Parsons is getting in the last season of his novice deal and wants a brand-new agreement, which is most likely to be the largest in NFL history for a non-quarterback. Jones has actually said he offered precisely that to Parsons, however that could have been back during an eventful March meeting when the high water-mark for guaranteed money was Nick Bosa’s$88 million (the new record is T.J. Watt’s$ 108 million ). Advertisement Jones has actually publicly insisted he made a handshake deal with Parsons during that March meeting, which Parsons’ agent David Mulugheta then shot down. Of course, if Jones wanted to ensure he was making a deal that would reach paper, he most likely ought to have looped in the guy Parsons hired to negotiate his contract.Jones has bizarrely turned the situation into a referendum on the basic concept of players having representatives representing them and implicated Mulugheta, one of the most effective agents in the NFL, of making use of the Parsons agreement for what would be limited personal gain in the grand scheme of things.Advertisement None of that has actually appeared to endear Jones to Parsons, who has wiped all points out of the Cowboys from his social networks channels and released a couple posts indicating he is very all set to leave the franchise over the past few days. Jones appears dug in on Parsons honoring that declared March arrangement, while Parsons ‘agreement needs remain uncertain.