Micah Parsons at Cowboys' Voluntary Offseason Program amid Contract Rumors

Micah Parsons is in attendance for the Dallas Cowboys' voluntary offseason program on Monday, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

Parsons remains without a contract extension—one expected to make him the highest-paid defensive player in football—and is eligible to become a free agent following the 2025 season.

While there have been questions about whether Parsons would hold out at some point this offseason as a negotiating tactic, he has regularly given the impression that he wouldn't go that route.

"I definitely think I need to be here in [training] camp because, honestly, when so much of the defense is surrounded by your play and your presence, and others are getting lined up based off of you, I need to be here so that way I can get these guys accordingly," he told Patrik Walker of DallasCowboys.com in December. "We can rush together, build that chemistry. So I think it's of extreme importance that I'm back at OTAs, minicamp [etc.]."

Parsons has also indicated that the type of players he's surrounded with is as important as the size of his next deal.

"It would just be nice to be surrounded by good players, you know what I mean?" he said. "Players that are going to help you win championships. To me, having $40 million and being chipped every play and slid two with three, four people—I don't think that sounds too fun. So, to me, it's about people that can keep making a difference."

The Cowboys haven't offered much on that front. While they re-signed defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa to a four-year, $80 million deal and added Dante Fowler Jr. on a one-year, $8 million deal, most of their offseason moves have been minor upgrades around the margins, if that.

Many have focused on stockpiling pass-rushers, however, with Solomon Thomas and Payton Turner also signed. That should at least make Parsons' life a little easier in 2025.

The four-time Pro Bowler and two-time first-team All-Pro selection still managed 12 sacks last season in 13 games, his fourth straight year with double-digit sacks, but it's also clear that opposing offenses have gotten better at game-planning around him, which was exacerbated last year by the team's injuries on the edge.

Parsons is a game-wrecker, and he's going to get paid like one soon enough. Until that happens, it doesn't sound like he plans to be an offseason-wrecker while negotiating his new deal.