Same as it ever was. Training camp is on the horizon and the Dallas Cowboys have a franchise cornerstone marred in ongoing contract negotiations, because Jerry Jones can never just pony up before the final buzzer. We all know Micah Parsons is going to become the highest-paid defensive player of all time. It's a matter of when... not if.

Parsons' penultimate sentence -- "But it's in the owner's hands." -- is noteworthy. He's entering the fifth year of his rookie deal, which will pay him just over $24 million in 20