The Dallas Cowboys often do not get through a week without making headlines, and that was the case this time, with the focus squarely on Jerry Jones and his franchise’s star, Micah Parsons . When Jones appeared on Michael Irvin’s YouTube podcast recently, the Cowboys owner was asked directly about the team’s proposed contract to Parsons during the early part of the offseason. Irvin asked outright if that contract would have made Parsons the NFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback. Jones stalled before outlining a line in the sand: “I can’t necessarily say [that]. It would’ve made him the highest-guaranteed player other than a quarterback in the NFL.”
But that’s not all. Per beat reporter Joseph Hoyt on X, “ Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to @michaelirvin88 on the offer to Micah Parsons: