Cowboys Rocked Before Week 1 – New Coach Schottenheimer Frustrated Over Parsons’ Uncertain Return
Cowboys Power Struggle: Schottenheimer vs. Jerry Jones Over Micah Parsons’ Future
The Dallas Cowboys are entering the 2025 NFL season not with momentum — but with a storm brewing between new head coach Brian Schottenheimer and team president/owner Jerry Jones. At the heart of the conflict: whether superstar pass rusher Micah Parsons (52.5 sacks in four seasons) will suit up for the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles on September 4.
For Schottenheimer, the answer is clear — Parsons is irreplaceable.
For Jones, contract leverage is the game.
Currently locked into his fifth-year option at $21.324 million, Parsons has grown frustrated over stalled extension talks. Jones insists there was a handshake agreement back in March, but Parsons flatly denies it, demanding negotiations go strictly through his agent, David Mulugheta. With no contact since February, tensions hit a breaking point when Jones made a tone-deaf remark that Parsons could miss games due to something as random as “getting hit by a car.” The star linebacker snapped — and officially requested a trade on August 1, 2025.
Schottenheimer isn’t hiding his frustration.
“I’m really upset Mr. Jones isn’t moving faster on this. Micah is the heart of our defense, and we can’t afford to miss him against the Eagles,” the coach told reporters.
He went further, blasting Jones’ negotiation style:
“He needs to work with Micah’s agent immediately. This delay is hurting team morale.”
Meanwhile, Parsons’ “hold-in” strategy — showing up to camp but refusing full participation — has slowed defensive preparations. Schottenheimer warned the Cowboys are underestimating the fallout:
“Without him, our defense will falter.”
Jones, however, isn’t budging. With the franchise tag option in his back pocket through 2028, he believes time is on the team’s side. But the opener against the Eagles’ high-powered offense looms large, and the Parsons standoff threatens to cast a shadow over the entire season.
The bigger question now: is this just a rocky negotiation… or the beginning of Micah Parsons’ exit from Dallas?
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