Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones claimed that he offered All-Pro defensive end Micah Parsons a new deal that "would've made him the highest-paid guaranteed player other than a quarterback in the NFL" during an appearance on Cowboys legend Michael Irvin 's YouTube show on Thursday (August 21).

"Nobody appreciates Micah Parsons more than the Cowboys or me," Jones said. "Nobody has ever offered him more money than I have to play football. Period."

The deal likely would've been in the range of the $41 million extension Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end T.J. Watt recently signed making him highest-paid non-quarterback deal in NFL history. Jones claims he offered Parsons the deal in April, however, the pass rusher's that agent, David Mulugheta , was responsible for not final

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