Who might skip mandatory minicamp? Micah Parsons, Kirk Cousins among players to watch

At this constituent successful the NFL offseason, we cognize astir of the large names who person missed OTAs, and (for the astir part) what they're angling for. Some privation to get paid, immoderate want a trade, but for immoderate the motives are inactive a mystery.

Even amid each the tumultuous news, determination are inactive astonishing omissions for OTAs that could person a large interaction connected teams -- and perchance pb to fines if the players miss mandatory minicamp starting Tuesday (save for the Chicago Bears, who held their minicamp past week with nary holdouts). According to the NFL corporate bargaining agreement, players are taxable to a $17,462 good if they miss 1 time of mandatory minicamp, past a $34,925 good if they miss a 2nd day. If a subordinate misses the 3rd and last day, the good is $52,381.

But players are circumventing those fines by showing up for practices and simply not participating.

Here's the latest our NFL Nation reporters person been proceeding astir OTA absences and what to expect astatine minicamp.

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Cousins | Cook | Hendrickson | Stewart | Parsons | Alexander | Jenkins | Ramsey
Smith | Watt | Metcalf | Reddick | Lattimore | McLaurin | Tunsil

Atlanta Falcons

Kirk Cousins, QB

Status: Present astatine a fewer OTAs; didn't practice

Cousins wants to beryllium a starting backmost this season. That isn't going to hap successful Atlanta, wherever Michael Penix Jr. replaced him arsenic the starter past season.

Cousins' penchant is to beryllium released, but the Falcons won't bash that. He's owed $27.5 cardinal successful 2025 whether he's connected the roster oregon cut, and the enactment would alternatively him person arsenic a backup than beryllium saddled with dormant money. Atlanta would emotion to research a trade, though lone if different squad picks up a important chunk of that guaranteed money, which includes a $10 cardinal bonus successful 2026. Cousins besides has a no-trade clause. -- Marc Raimondi

Buffalo Bills

James Cook, RB

Status: Skipped voluntary OTA practices portion seeking a caller contract

The Bills rewarded 3 members of the 2022 draught people -- Khalil Shakir, Terrel Bernard and Christian Benford -- with caller deals this offseason. Cook, however, was not 1 of them contempt discussions betwixt his representatives and the Bills. The 2 sides were not adjacent arsenic helium enters the 4th and last twelvemonth of his contract.

Cook, 25, is coming disconnected the champion play of his vocation -- 1,009 rushing yards,16 touchdowns connected the crushed (tied for the league high) -- and the squad has acknowledged his importance. "He was evidently immense for america past year," violative coordinator Joe Brady said. -- Alaina Getzenberg

Cincinnati Bengals

Trey Hendrickson, DE

Status: Skipped voluntary OTA practices; vowed not to play without caller contract

Hendrickson received a substance from manager Zac Taylor reminding him astir the good docket for players who skip minicamp, which triggered Hendrickson's media circuit during offseason workouts.

He is seeking a caller declaration and has nary volition of playing the last twelvemonth of his existent deal.

Hendrickson had been granted support to question commercialized offers.

Shemar Stewart, DE

Status: Skipped voluntary OTA practices portion awaiting caller connection successful rookie contract

This is simply a unsocial concern due to the fact that Stewart isn't technically nether contract. However, it efficaciously volition beryllium a hold-in if helium misses mandatory campy due to the fact that the rookie has not signed his information waiver and is not partaking successful drills due to the fact that of a declaration dispute, according to a root acquainted with the negotiations.

If the 2 sides tin hold connected the declaration language, it should creaseless things implicit with the team's first-round pick. -- Ben Baby

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Dallas Cowboys

Micah Parsons, Edge

Status: Seeking declaration extension

Parsons was successful and retired of the offseason program, but was not portion of the OTAs. He said helium volition beryllium astatine the minicamp, but it's not known however overmuch on-field enactment -- if immoderate -- helium volition do.

Coach Brian Schottenheimer said Parsons has remained connected to the squad adjacent if helium has not attended everything. Perhaps showing up to the minicamp tin jump-start declaration talks. -- Todd Archer

Green Bay Packers

Jaire Alexander, CB

Status: Skipped the full offseason program

At first, the 2 sides appeared headed toward a split, but the longer Alexander remained connected the roster, the amended the accidental they volition enactment thing out. Both sides were frustrated erstwhile past play ended, with Alexander refusing to remark due to the fact that helium wasn't definite whether he'd beryllium backmost with the team, and with the Packers disappointed that helium played successful lone 7 games for the 2nd consecutive season.

When they didn't commercialized him earlier the draft, the Packers past began discussions astir a renegotiation to little his wage from $17.5 cardinal this season.

Elgton Jenkins, OL

Status: Skipped the full offseason program

According to sources, Jenkins was OK with the Packers moving him from defender to center, but helium wanted his declaration adjusted to support against the nonaccomplishment of aboriginal income (centers are typically paid little than guards). Though the Packers don't usually renegotiate contracts with 2 years remaining, arsenic Jenkins has connected his deal, possibly they could connection to warrant immoderate oregon each of his remaining wealth considering determination are nary guarantees near connected his contract. -- Rob Demovsky

Miami Dolphins

Jalen Ramsey, CB

Status: The squad is seeking a trade

Ramsey is connected his mode retired of South Florida aft conscionable 2 seasons.

General manager Chris Grier said successful April that the squad was actively looking to determination Ramsey, but the fiscal ramifications were excessively large to commercialized him earlier June 1. Now that the calendar has turned, a commercialized mightiness materialize soon.

Jonnu Smith, TE

Status: Seeking caller contract

Smith signed a two-year, $8.4 cardinal woody with Miami past offseason and turned successful the champion statistical play by a Dolphins choky extremity successful past (88 receptions, 884 yards, 8 TDs). Now he's looking for a wage increase, and though Miami concisely entertained a trade, that looks improbable to happen. -- Marcel Louis-Jacques

Pittsburgh Steelers

T.J. Watt, LB

Status: Skipped voluntary OTA practices portion negotiating extension

It's excessively aboriginal to accidental Watt is decidedly holding out, but 1 of the league's premier walk rushers and the Steelers are moving connected an hold arsenic helium enters the last twelvemonth of his contact.

Though helium hasn't talked publically since the extremity of the season, Watt appeared to telegraph that negotiations aren't going to his liking erstwhile helium posted a representation to his Instagram communicative holding up a bid motion successful a Steelers jersey. With Cleveland's Myles Garrett signing a grounds $40 million-a-year hold earlier this offseason, Watt's terms seemingly keeps going up.

DK Metcalf, WR

Status: Skipped voluntary OTA practices

Despite attending much than fractional of the archetypal 2 offseason workout phases, caller Steelers receiver Metcalf wasn't spotted astatine immoderate of the team's OTA practices. That apt won't beryllium the lawsuit astatine minicamp with Aaron Rodgers present successful the fold.. -- Brooke Pryor

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Haason Reddick

Status: Opted not to enactment successful OTAs

Given his extended holdout with the New York Jets past year, Reddick's deficiency of information successful Buccaneers OTAs raised immoderate eyebrows. The squad didn't explicit concern, arsenic caput manager Todd Bowles said he's keeping tabs connected Reddick done presumption manager Larry Foote. -- Jenna Laine

Washington Commanders

Marshon Lattimore, CB

Status: Skipped voluntary OTA practices

Washington acquired Lattimore successful a midseason commercialized with New Orleans, but a hamstring wounded constricted him to 2 regular-season games (and each 3 playoff games) with the Commanders.

Lattimore has lone $2 cardinal successful guaranteed wealth near successful each of the last 2 years of his contract, but this appears much astir what he's ever done alternatively than angling for an extension. He skipped the voluntary OTA sessions portion playing for the Saints arsenic well, including each of the anterior 2 years.

Terry McLaurin, WR

Status: Skipped voluntary OTA practices

McLaurin, coming disconnected his astir productive play -- with 82 receptions, 1,096 yards and a career-best 13 touchdowns (one less than helium had the erstwhile 3 years combined) -- is entering the last twelvemonth of his contract. The 2 sides person been discussing an hold but person not struck a deal.

McLaurin skipped voluntary sessions arsenic good arsenic the mandatory minicamp successful 2022 earlier signing a three-year extension.

He had been attending each offseason workouts until the week of May 20.

Coach Dan Quinn is not concerned. "Terry's had a large offseason," helium said.

Receiver Deebo Samuel, who held retired for respective days aboriginal successful the 2022 grooming campy with San Francisco, said, "I recognize the concern broadside of the things, and erstwhile helium stopped coming, I recognize his broadside of the story."

Laremy Tunsil, OT

Status: Skipped voluntary OTA practices

Washington acquired Tunsil successful a March trade, and helium has showed up to immoderate of the voluntary offseason work. But helium often missed voluntary enactment portion playing successful Houston, truthful it wasn't a large astonishment that helium did not be Washington's archetypal OTA practices.

His beingness would help, considering he's with a caller radical and there's a bully accidental he'll beryllium playing adjacent to Brandon Coleman, who is not lone a caller teammate but besides caller to near defender successful the NFL.

But Tunsil's way grounds of in-season occurrence volition alleviate concerns. -- John Keim