{"id":310779,"date":"2025-08-23T08:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T08:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/310779\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T08:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T08:54:14","slug":"ex-nfl-gm-cant-see-micah-parsons-cowboys-contract-drama-ending-in-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/310779\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL GM Can’t See Micah Parsons, Cowboys Contract Drama Ending In Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"

Micah Parsons, Dallas Cowboys
\n No Way Contract Feud Ends In Trade
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\n Published August 23, 2025 12:30 AM PDT\n <\/p>\n

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Breathe easy, Cowboys fans … at least one former NFL general manager is convinced Micah Parsons<\/a>‘ bitter contract feud with Dallas won’t end in a split.<\/p>\n

Doug Whaley — who served as the Buffalo Bills’ GM from 2013 to 2017 — told TMZ Sports on Friday that even though things don’t look good in Big D right now, he can’t see a situation where Jerry Jones<\/a> trades the star pass rusher.<\/p>\n

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Whaley pointed to the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ situations with Myles Garrett<\/a> and T.J. Watt — and explained those, too, at times seemed dire … but got resolved with massive deals.<\/p>\n

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“Guess what gets everybody on the same page?” said Whaley, the current Sr. VP of Player Personnel for the UFL. “The dollars.”<\/p>\n

Jones said this week he made an offer to Parsons that “would’ve made him the highest-paid guaranteed player other than a quarterback in the NFL” … and Whaley said if the Dallas owner isn’t fibbing, he fully expects a resolution soon.<\/p>\n

Jerry Jones said on Michael Irvin\u2019s YouTube channel that his offer to Micah Parsons back in March would have made him the highest-paid non-QB in the NFL in guaranteed money<\/p>\n

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“If Jerry is saying what he said,” Whaley told us, “I cannot see them going to a divorce.”<\/p>\n

Parsons is currently slated to make around $24 million this season while on the final year of his rookie contract. Dallas then holds the option to franchise tag him for the next two years.<\/p>\n

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Parsons has already requested a trade<\/a> in an effort to get a better slice of the pie — and on Thursday, he actually wiped the team from his X page.<\/p>\n

Whaley, though, made it clear, he thinks it’ll all be water under the bridge momentarily.<\/p>\n

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We also spoke with Hall of Famer Kurt Warner<\/a> on all the drama with America’s Team … and he doesn’t think the recent actions from both sides will forever impact their relationship.<\/p>\n

Fingers crossed, Dallas backers!!<\/p>\n