Cowboys Eye Chris Jones Signing; Micah Parsons New $100M Contract Set?

FRISCO - Major NFL contract moves do not happen in a vacuum. But they do operate in an echo chamber - and the echoes that will bounce all the way to The Star in Frisco now that Chris Jones has gotten his record-setting contract from the Kansas City Chiefs are loud ones.

And yes, Micah Parsons can hear them.

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Jones, who has made Pro Bowl in each of the last five seasons, has made First-Team All-Pro in the last two, and has helped Kansas City win two straight Super Bowls, has agreed to a five-year extension that includes $95 million guaranteed with the Chiefs.

The numbers can be funny and fuzzy; But this puts Jones in the range of Nick Bosa of the 49ers ($34 million APY), Aaron Donald of the Rams ($31.7 million), T.J. Watt of the Steelers ($28 million), Joey Bosa of the Chargers ($27 million) and Myles Garrett of the Browns ($25 million) ...

And yes, eventually, the smart money - "money'' being the operative word - is that Micah Parsons will be asking the Dallas Cowboys for a deal that surpasses them all.

To the credit of the Chiefs and Jones' side, they got this done about 36 hours before NFL free-agent "legal tampering'' begins on Monday.

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Will the Cowboys follow suit? Parsons is presently eligible for his extension. Dallas will be picking up his fifth-year option of $21 million for 2025 ... but there is no expectation that will be his actual salary; it is but a placeholder.

How soon will Dallas get down to the business of doing a deal with Micah Parsons? Sooner seems like a better idea that later, but either way, it will put one of the NFL's brightest stars - who is making big promises for the Cowboys in 2024 - in the guaranteed-money range of $100 million.