Cowboys CEO and co-owner Stephen Jones briefly updated where negotiations stand last weekend with a comment that was quickly circulated and portrayed as the ball being in Parsons' court. "We want to pay Micah, too. He's gotta want to be paid," Jones said via The Athletic's Jon Machota.

If the Dallas Cowboys reach a point where they have to part ways with Micah Parsons, just how expensive could the veteran pass rusher be? An expert weighs in.

Micah is entering the fifth-year option on his rookie deal, paying him $24 million (“An easy $20 million sitting at practice…” as Jerry Jones has said), but his contract-related hold in is continuing to nag at the Cowboys faithful pleading for something to change.