Cowboys Dilemma: Parsons, Lamb, Prescott Target Historic Salaries

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00:00Stephen Jones, Papa Jerry's kid and the COO of the Dallas Cowboys, says Michael Parsons

00:12and CeeDee Lamb both want to become the highest paid non-quarterback in football, which would

00:16be over $35 million per year.

00:19Jones says they have all that going on while also juggling the Dak Prescott situation,

00:24which is ongoing.

00:25Quote, it's not easy.

00:28Papa Jerry Jones later adds, this puts gas in my tank.

00:33Okay, Michael Parsons cannot be paid until the end of this year, his third in the National

00:39Football League.

00:40CeeDee Lamb is up for an extension.

00:42He is playing under the final year of his five-year rookie deal in 2024.

00:47Dak Prescott under the final year of his contract as well.

00:51If they do not receive an extension before the NFL season begins in 2024, both Dak Prescott

00:58and CeeDee Lamb, your two best offensive pieces by a country mile, Jerry, are going to be

01:05a free agent.

01:06You are going to have to start from ground zero.

01:10You are going to set your franchise back by multiple years, a franchise that in the past

01:1528 seasons, since you last won a Lombardi trophy in 1995, has failed to even reach the

01:23NFC championship game.

01:24So you can say that you are all in, all in on what?

01:29Being bounced from the postseason before you even contend truly for a conference championship

01:34again to not have a future after that?

01:38I'm taking crazy pills.

01:41Let's equate it to another franchise.

01:43Let's go back maybe a decade or so.

01:45And this was before like you're coming into the NFL, you're getting big contracts before

01:49they actually slotted the first round.

01:51The Detroit Lions had Matthew Stafford and Donda Kinsu and Calvin Johnson, three extremely

01:57high player guys.

01:58Calvin Johnson, yes.

01:59And they couldn't resign all three of those.

02:01Why?

02:02Because they all make so much money at once, one, two, three, and we're like, we just can't

02:05do this and break the bank.

02:07So the Dallas Cowboys are telling us now that it's good for business, that next year, three

02:12different players will reset the market at their position.

02:15I don't know how you can afford that.

02:16And quite frankly, now you can play Micah Parsons.

02:18He's up for a contract negotiation, but he's willing to wait till next year because he's

02:22laughing behind the scenes.

02:23Go watch.

02:24We put up 18 sacks this year and you're going to pay me the most money, quarterback, non-quarterback,

02:28anybody regardless.

02:29So next year, if you want Dak Prescott, that's $60 million a year.

02:33If you want CeeDee Lamb, he's already put that feelers.

02:35He wants more than Justin Jefferson.

02:37And then Micah Parsons might be paid as the highest paid player in the history of the

02:41sport.

02:42They only did it to themselves.

02:44You're supposed to stagger these, sign a guy now, sign a guy in the off season, sign

02:47a guy next year.

02:48After that, they let all three happen at the same time.

02:51What a disaster in Dallas.

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