Picture this – “You were a driver of a car and you had a wreck and your hand was almost severed off, but you didn’t understand your anatomy.” Jerry Jones used a vivid metaphor in 2019 to describe his approach to a difficult situation. He compared it to a car accident, mentioning that a person without knowledge of anatomy might panic, run away, and ultimately make things worse.

But someone with experience, like him, knows to stay calm, and wait for help – “The educated man… knows his best chance is to wait for help… So I’m squeezing and waiting for help.” Hilarious, right? This anatomy episode, presented by Jones, transpired when various America Team players sat around waiting for their contracts. Fast forward to the present, the Dallas Cowboys are right there, once again, this offseason.

The leading contract work in front of Jerry Jones for now remains that of Micah Parsons. But as the Cowboys’s owner likes to “squeeze and wait for help,” he is doing that. Great! But the problem is many other non-QBs are taking away enormous amounts to their home, such as Myles Garrett (six-year deal for $204.795 million).

And Parsons wants to become the top-paid non-QB this offseason. You can feel the stress, but ah, Jones won’t! Because he knows the anatomy. But the question remains why the delay, especially when you know the price is rising and rising?

Senior NFL reporter Albert Breer tried to answer this in his podcast segment, posted by Sports Illustrated on Tuesday. A fan asked Breer what he thinks about Micah Parsons’s future in Jerry Jones’s team. The analyst hinted the team remains divided over whether to pay Parsons or not.

He expressed, “I think one of the big things about paying a guy (is) – when you pay a guy at the level that they would have to pay Micah Parsons to retain him over a longer period of time – you want the entire organization behind it. You want the entire organization to feel good about it because that player, whether you like it or not, is going to be a leader for you.”

Along with these lines, Breer also gave a recent example. He revealed that there was tension behind the scenes. For instance, Micah Parsons’s recent X exchange with DeMarcus Lawrence, who just signed with the Seahawks, hints at friction within the Cowboys’s locker room. So, Jerry Jones and Dallas know that giving the linebacker a massive deal makes him a leader.

Breer explained, “Now he can lead a bunch of different ways. He can be a leader in the traditional sense. You have a C on his chest. He is leading, stretching, he is the guy who’s speaking up in the locker room, he can be your traditional front… this can be a guy who doesn’t have to actively lead but carries a big voice because of his stature on the team, because of the money he’s making, because everybody in these locker rooms whether they admit it or not keeps score by salary… and so the Cowboys know all of this.”

Hence, as per Albert Breer, the Cowboys are divided over Micah Parsons now. Although he addressed Parsons as a great player, in terms of ethics, as well, the real question remains – is he capable enough to handle the highest-paid non-QB crown? Will he be good at leading the row or voicing for his team?

Jerry Jones and the franchise are checking up on him this offseason, and probably that’s why they are delaying. But Breer thinks it’s likely that they will re-sign him to an extension. And if we suppose, in case they don’t, then the NFL Draft is upcoming for them too.

But we can’t forget that delaying could just nearly wipe out Jerry Jones’s pocket even further. It’s like they had to lose their interest from Cooper Kupp.

Jerry Jones’s Cowboys backed off early from getting Cooper Kupp?

The Cowboys went after Cooper Kupp. According to the reports, Jerry Jones and the team made a real push for him. The evidence is that even Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb got involved, personally calling Kupp to sell him in Dallas. For a moment, it felt possible. But then came the numbers.

Jerry Jones heard what Kupp wanted and immediately backed off. They weren’t willing to pay that price, especially after giving Lamb a massive contract last summer. So, Kupp took the deal that made the most sense – three years, $45 million with the Seahawks.

Dallas hasn’t spent big on a free agent in over a decade, and they weren’t about to change that now. Instead, their only move at wide receiver? Parris Campbell (one-year, $1.2 million contract). That’s not exactly the splash fans were hoping for!