The Cowboys officially exercised Micah Parsons’ fifth-year option.
On Wednesday, one of the NFL’s better wide receivers receive a long-term extension with their team as the Detroit Lions took care of Amon-Ra St. Brown. Whether or not that was incentive for the Dallas Cowboys to get something done with CeeDee Lamb remains to be seen.
But the Cowboys were a bit active on Wednesday, and in a way that we all expected. As the afternoon unfolded it was reported by ESPN’s Todd Archer that the Cowboys are officially exercising Micah Parsons’ fifth-year option for the 2025 season.
The Cowboys have officially picked up Micah Parsons’ fifth-year option for 2025 at a cost of $21.324 million, per source. The price is determined by the position where he took the most snaps in 2023, which was defensive end. Ultimately, team hopes to sign him to long-term deal.
— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) April 24, 2024
The option value of $21.324M was one that had come a bit under fire when numbers for the 2021 draft class were initially reported. Incidentally, the option number for linebackers is higher than pass rushers, but as Archer notes the value for Parsons is calculated based off of where he took the most snaps this past season and that was obviously at defensive end.
Dallas picking up Parsons’ option was an inevitability as he is one of the better players in the league. It would behoove the Cowboys to get a long-term extension done with him this offseason given that the likelihood of numbers at his position going down is incredibly low. Hopefully they learn the lesson with Parsons that they did not with Lamb and many others.
Onward.
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