Lamb was drafted in 2020, one 12 months earlier than Parsons. The previous is on the books for $17.99M in 2024 on his fifth-year possibility, however Parsons will little doubt have his possibility picked up this spring.
That transfer will maintain him in place by way of the 2025 marketing campaign. In consequence, Lamb represents a extra urgent order of enterprise for Dallas.
Parsons acknowledged as a lot throughout a recent appearance on NFL Community’s Tremendous Bowl Stay. In consequence, he isn’t aggressively pursuing an extension, one which can doubtless put him at or close to the highest of the pecking order amongst edge rushers.
Lamb, too, won’t come low cost on his second contract; he has publicly acknowledged a need to become the NFL’s highest-paid receiver.
Lamb posted single-season franchise information for each receptions (135) and yards (1,749) in 2023, scoring a career-high 14 complete touchdowns alongside the way in which. The 24-year-old earned a first-team All-Professional nod together with a 3rd profession Professional Bowl invite in consequence, and he might command an AAV at or close to Tyreek Hill‘s market-setting $30M on his subsequent pact.
Negotiations on that entrance will doubtless take priority over talks with Parsons, although the latter is amenable to hammering out a deal within the close to future.
“In the event that they’re prepared to speak a couple of deal and get a deal finished, I’ll be tremendous excited,” Parsons stated. “ I’m able to be [with the] Cowboys for all times, that is the staff I needed to be with, that is the staff I wish to win a championship with.”
Parsons has racked up 40.5 sacks in his three seasons with the Cowboys, posting no less than 13 in every marketing campaign. That consistency has earned the previous Defensive Rookie of the 12 months quite a few accolades (three complete All-Professional honors, three Professional Bowl nods) and upped his market worth.
A brand new Parsons contract won’t kick in till 2026, by which era the sting market might have seen additional progress from what has already taken place. Nick Bosa obtained the league’s largest deal for a non-quarterback in September, inking a $34M-per-year 49ers extension with $122.5M assured.
Parsons will little doubt be aiming for a pact comparable or bigger in worth to Bosa’s when the time involves work out a mega-extension. That point will doubtless not come this offseason, although, or no less than not till the Prescott and Lamb conditions achieve extra readability.
In any case, developments on the Parsons entrance will probably be value monitoring given his significance to Dallas’ protection.