On Micah, Diggs, and Setting the Roster

We are down to just 10 days until Week 1 hits in Philadelphia. Let's get on things.

It is go time. Hopefully, the documentaries have been watched and the memories have been shared.

I gave you a few pieces from the good ol’ days last week to enjoy, but now we better get down to business on the Cowboys and the present tense. For better or for worse, the cutdown day will arrive tomorrow and then “game week” will commence for the most difficult game of the season, the Thursday night opener in Philadelphia.

There are a number of things to visit here, but below I will get to the roster construction and the look ahead.

But, of course, because we know no other way around here, we have to discuss the giant issue that has not gone away and sits right in the middle of everything.

Despite my best projections, the Micah Parsons vs. Jerry Jones match of who is more annoyed has raged on well past the normal barriers.

Let’s start there this morning:

The Parsons Situation Has Been a Mess – Even By Cowboys Standards

I have not written about this every week, because what is the point?

There has been nothing new to say for a long time, other than both sides vocalizing frustration with the other side. We all saw this coming a mile away as the Cowboys started talking about the franchise tag stuff a while back. This gives them (and some fans) the false impression that they have tons of leverage in this scenario, because it looks like they do on the surface.

Jerry tells everyone who will listen that “we have him under contract for three more years” which implies that there is a universe where Micah Parsons meekly obeys his bosses and respectfully apologizes, reports, and plays his heart out for the company.

He then lets them control his fate until the end of the 2027, when he may politely achieve unrestricted free agency after playing another 51 games for Mr. Jones under the terms set by the Cowboys.

That just isn’t the NFL we live in and I assume both parties know it. I don’t expect fans to know this – due to life, jobs, and the complications of this league – but, the people involved on both sides definitely know the realities of taking one of the very best players in this league and telling him to comply to their wishes without just a whole lot of reasonable understanding that this is not the military or even the Junction Boys where the bosses are the bosses and that settles it.