In the NFL, the thinnest of margins often separates a win from a loss. A fingertip deflection, a half-yard calculation, a referee’s angle. Now, for Micah Parsons , that razor-thin distinction isn’t about football. It’s about job titles. Linebacker or defensive end? The answer would swing millions of dollars and set the stage for one of the more complicated financial battles of the Cowboys’ future.

Parsons’ pending grievance over his 2025 fifth-year option salary feels less like a standard business dispute and more like a case study in how the modern NFL struggles to categorize its own stars. The difference is dizzying: defensive end means $21.324 million; linebacker means just over $24 million. That $2.676 million gap is where frustration, perception, and contract fine print colli

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