We can put an end to any speculating. A few hours after head coach Brian Schottenheimer said he expects Micah Parsons to be at the Dallas Cowboys’ mandatory minicamp next week, Parsons noted on social media that he will be there even if his contract situation is not resolved.

The situation in question here is that Parsons is currently set to enter the final year of his rookie contract, his fifth-year option season. Nobody seriously expects this to actually happen as Parsons has proven to be an incredibly valuable player to the Cowboys, but given that he was first eligible for an extension at the beginning of last offseason and that it still hasn’t been taken care of (and the Cowboys’ history in this realm) nothing feels off the table.

With regards to the team’s history, it was just last year when they were stuck in negotiations with both CeeDee Lamb and Dak Prescott through training camp (Lamb got done when the team returned from Oxnard, and Prescott on the day that the season started). Waiting on extensions for superstar players who play big-time positions of heavy prices has not exactly proven to be successful for the Cowboys or anybody in the NFL… yet here we are.

Whatever the case, Parsons is going to report to minicamp next week. It is worth noting that this is, unlike recent OTAs, is a mandatory event and therefore he would be subject to fines if he were not in attendance.

Notably, Parsons said in his post that the situation was “in the owner’s hands” which would suggest that Jerry Jones and Co. are the ones (at least in his perception) holding this process up still. Given the aforementioned history, the Cowboys front office does not exactly have the benefit of the doubt to lean on in the eye of the public.

The clock, as it has been for some time now, is ticking. But at least we know that Parsons will be in attendance next week.