{"id":305665,"date":"2025-08-21T10:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/305665\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T10:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:34:13","slug":"dallas-cowboys-coach-brian-schottenheimer-hints-at-unexpected-micah-parsons-debut-amid-trade-request-nfl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/305665\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer hints at unexpected Micah Parsons debut amid trade request | NFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DallasBrian Schottenheimer hints at unexpected Micah Parsons debut amid trade request (Image via Getty) Brian Schottenheimer, the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, has stated that despite ongoing contract discussions, his star linebacker Micah Parsons is expected to play in the team’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Week. Following his trade request on August 1, 2025, four-time Pro Bowler Parsons has skipped training camp activities. The 26-year-old defensive star is finishing his first contract and has not held talks with the Cowboys since early spring.<\/p>\n

Brian Schottenheimer confident Micah Parsons will play week 1 despite contract standoff<\/p>\n

Brian Schottenheimer was questioned about the effect Parsons’ contract status had on the team’s season-opening preparations in a press conference on August 20, 2025. Confidently, the coach replied,\u201cNo, cause I think at the end of the day, we feel like Micah\u2019s gonna be out there when we line up against Philadelphia here in 15 days or whatever it is. So, no. \u2026 I feel good that Micah\u2019s gonna be out there against the Philadelphia Eagles.\u201dBrian Schottenheimer’s optimistic attitude is contrary to the doubt expressed by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Jones had previously indicated in early August that he did not believe Parsons would be fit for the season premiere.<\/p>\n

Louis Riddick slams Jerry Jones over the mismanagement of Micah Parsons\u2019 contract negotiations<\/p>\n

ESPN analyst Louis Riddick has publicly criticized Jerry Jones for his handling of the contract negotiations with Micah Parsons. On August 20, 2025, during an appearance on ESPN\u2019s \u201cGet Up,\u201d Riddick stated,\u201cMicah has checked every box in that way, every single box, impact player, impact position, impact statistics, timely. He\u2019s done everything exactly the way you want. He\u2019s producing at a Hall of Fame rate, a young player that you drafted. These are the easiest contracts in the world. Everything that\u2019s happening with Dallas right now is self-inflicted. It\u2019s self-caused. \u2026 To me, that\u2019s flat out embarrassing.\u201dAlso Read: \u201cThey Want To Be Married\u201d: Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Plan Marriage And Kids As Romance Grows Stronger<\/a>Louis Riddick’s remarks draw attention to the increasing irritation with respect to the circumstances and the possible repercussions for the Cowboys should they not settle the contract disagreement with one of their most highly valued players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brian Schottenheimer hints at unexpected Micah Parsons debut amid trade request (Image via Getty) Brian Schottenheimer, the head…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[57774,230,57775,229,257,436,2461,57776,7,57188,50366,6,45775],"class_list":{"0":"post-305665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-cowboys","8":"tag-brian-schottenheimer-comments","9":"tag-cowboys","10":"tag-cowboys-season-opener-2025","11":"tag-dallas","12":"tag-dallas-cowboys","13":"tag-dallas-cowboys-news","14":"tag-dallascowboys","15":"tag-eagles-vs-cowboys-preview","16":"tag-football","17":"tag-micah-parsons-contract-negotiations","18":"tag-micah-parsons-trade-request","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-nfl-player-contracts"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115066311354620771","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}