Dak Prescott knows plenty about the type of elongated contract negotiations that Micah Parsons is dealing with this offseason.
Having gone through multiple franchise tags and waiting until the eve of the 2024 campaign to ink his current massive deal, Prescott understands it's a process. He said late last week at the Children's Cancer Fund gala that his advice to Parsons would be to "stay positive."
"I don't have the full answer for it, or I think all of mine would've been done a lot earlier than they were," Prescott said, chuckling, per the team's official website. "For him, just stay positive. Understand and make sure that his team knows what he wants and what he believes."
Parsons reported for voluntary offseason workouts on Monday. Given that he's still waiting for his big payday, it was unclear if the star pass rusher would skip the start of the program under new head coach Brian Schottenheimer -- he hasn't been at the beginning of offseason workouts the past two years.
With Phase One of the offseason program consisting of meetings and strength workouts, Parsons isn't risking much by reporting, and he'll score points with the coaching staff for being a leader. We'll see if he fully participates once the offseason moves to actual football work, including mandatory minicamp in June. A hold-in is always possible as negotiations continue.
"Very confident in [Micah Parsons] and what he can do," Prescott said of his star teammate. "Who he is and what he wants to is as important as anything. And that's in being a leader."
