Cowboys head coach predicts Micah Parsons will play Week 1 despite ongoing contract dispute: report

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The Dallas Cowboys are set to kick off the 2025 NFL regular season against the Philadelphia Eagles, and one very large question looms over the team. 

Will star edge rusher Micah Parsons be on the field for the Cowboys? 

While Parsons and the Cowboys’ front office remain silent on a potential contract extension, head coach Brian Schottenheimer said Wednesday that he believes the pass rusher will be playing Week 1. 

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Micah Parsons of the Dallas Cowboys walks toward the locker room during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game at AT&T Stadium on Dec. 22, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

"I feel good about that, yeah," he said when asked if he thought Parsons would be suiting up Week 1, per The Dallas Morning News. 

"I feel good that Micah is going to be out there against the Philadelphia Eagles."

Parsons has been at the Cowboys’ training camp facility in Oxnard, California, but he has been watching practices from the sideline. And though he’s been spotted next to Jerry Jones, the team owner and general manager, talks between the star edge rusher’s representatives and the Cowboys’ front office have not progressed at all.

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Parsons was asked about contract talks this past week at training camp, where he simply said, "My mouth is closed."

Jones said publicly he does not intend on trading Parsons despite his request, which he posted on social media.

"I would say to our