“I don’t need $40 million per year. I need to be somewhere where I can have a lake house.” Micah Parsons surely depicted Championship mentality when he was asked about his soon-to-be expiring contract in December last year. The linebacker is entering the last year of his rookie contract and he isn’t worried about what he will get from the Dallas Cowboys. Why?Well, to answer this, Micah Parsons has already addressed – “I think I’m the best player in the world. I don’t throw numbers out there like that. I’ll see what they’re willing to give me.” The 25-year-old, who recorded 43 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, and 12 sacks in 2024, seems quite composed when it comes to his salary talks. But the question is how long Parsons will have to wait calmly for his payday? And you know what? The interesting part here is, the Cowboys CEO himself looked relaxed when the question of contract for LB popped up.According to NFL reporter Jon Machota on X, “Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones when asked about getting a Micah Parsons contract done sooner than later” said, “There are always extenuating circumstances to these things. Every contract negotiation is different. … We’ll just see how Micah’s deal goes. I don’t necessarily know that there’s a lot of extenuating situations out there that would (prevent) us from getting our hands around something with Micah, but we’ll see.” Hmmm…. “we’ll see” It clearly seems the Cowboys aren’t ending this contract conversation anytime soon.Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones when asked about getting a Micah Parsons contract done sooner than later: “There are always extenuating circumstances to these things. Every contract negotiation is different. … We’ll just see how Micah’s deal goes. I don’t necessarily know that there’s… pic.twitter.com/J0lraIiUeT— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) February 24, 2025Anyway, it’s not a surprise for the Cowboys nation. If they would have ended the conversation by paying Micah Parsons, then perhaps that would have been surprising for all. After all, Jerry Jones’s family is known for delaying contract scenes for the players just like they did for Dak Prescott last time. So, while Stephen Jones didn’t make any promises, he hinted that no major barriers or obstacles would come in paying Micah Parsons his money.The linebacker signed a 4 year, $17,079,793 contract with the team in 2021. At present, that means in 2025, he is slated to earn $24.007 million under the fifth-year option. His last-year rookie contract will allow him to make $21.32 million guaranteed. Hence, it remains to be seen how long Jerry Jones and his son hold the contract for Parsons. Until then, the CEO has another news to talk about.Stephen Jones is more concerned about a free agent than Micah Parsons?Stephen Jones is likely approaching things which are urgently important at the moment. And for now, according to him and the franchise, it’s not Micah Parsons’s contract. Probably that would come later for him just before the training camp. But there is another thing that Jones recently shed light on. And that is on – Osa Odighizuwa.According to StatMuse, in his four seasons of career with the Cowboys, Odighizuwa has had 99 solo tackles, 73 assists and 13.5 sacks. The defensive tackle’s four-year contract is set to end in 2025. He is about to become a free agent when the new league year begins. Hence, Stephen Jones is paying more attention to Odighizuwa than Micah Parsons, who is under team control through the 2025 season. So, while speaking about Odighizuwa’s money status, Jones expressed, “We’re certainly working with him right now, working with his agent. Have had productive talks. We’ll see where we end up this week.”It’s likely that by the end of this week or the next, Osa Odighizuwa will be signed under a new contract. But it remains to be seen when? In the start of the week, in the middle of the week, or as usual, at the end moment of the week? Time is ticking down!The post Cowboys CEO Explains Why Micah Parsons’ Contract Talks Will Not End Soon as Stephen Jones Confirms Positive Free Agent Update appeared first on EssentiallySports.