“I think it’s important just building the knowledge of the defense, understanding what [defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus] and them are trying to do. Very dynamic scheme, and I’m pretty excited about it after just going through a couple of installs and a couple of plays with the guys,” Parsons said at the time.

The 26-year-old is currently set to enter the final year of his rookie deal in 2025, and Parsons previously told CBS Sports he’s looking for a contract with an annual average value over $40 million. The market for edge rushers exploded this offseason: the Raiders’ Maxx Crosby signed a three-year, $106.5 million extension ($35.6 million average per year), the Texans’ Danielle Hunter signed a one-year, $35.6 million extension, and Garrett’s four-year extension lifted him to the $40 million club at four years for $160 million. 

Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt reset the market again at the position and for non-quarterbacks as a whole on Thursday with a three-year, $123 million extension that gives him a $41 million average per year salary.

“They numbers got nothing to do with mine, and my numbers ain’t got nothing to do with them,” Parsons said told PennLive’s Nick Farabaugh at his football camp in his hometown of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. “Like, I’m younger than Hendrickson. I mean, Hutchinson’s coming off an injury. Everyone’s circumstances is completely different. Hutch is coming off his third year. Usually guys wait four years. So, it just all depends. Watt, I mean, he’s up there with Myles. So, you know, it’s different. Everyone’s circumstance is different.”  

Jones can finally stop the contract demands from increasing, but only if he pays up. 

“I just work harder. Like, to me, I look at it like if people don’t see your value, you don’t cry and sit down,” Parsons told Farabaugh. “You just work harder. You got to show people your value. I just think that’s the difference. Like I go, ‘OK, bet,’ and I just work.