Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has delivered a brutal verdict on Micah Parsons’ decision to submit an official trade request.
The Cowboys’ top defensive star, 26, had been locked in a tense standoff with the franchise throughout the offseason as they continued to fail to reach an agreement over a new contract extension.
And with no deal in sight heading into the second week of training camp, the pass rusher has officially attempted to force his way out of Jerry Jones’s team.
Parsons announced that he had formally submitted a trade request in a bombshell statement on social media Friday afternoon, saying: ‘I no longer want to be here.’
Reports later emerged that a number of Cowboys stars had turned on owner Jones in the wake of Parsons’ contract demand but it appears their owner is unbothered.
Speaking publicly about the matter for the first time on Saturday afternoon, Jones told reporters: ‘I would say to our fans, don’t lose any sleep over this.’
Micah Parsons has officially requested a trade from the Dallas Cowboys
Dallas owner Jerry Jones has urged fans not to ‘lose any sleep’ over Parsons’ decision
‘What y’all don’t know is what I offered him,’ Jones said. ‘And it’s a hell of a lot more than you think I did. That’s what you don’t know.’
In the wake of Parsons’ bombshell request, multiple Dallas stars have turned on notorious team owner Jerry Jones after he has fumbled the contract situation.
CeeDee Lamb posted a message to X about the situation, while Trevon Diggs, DeMarvion Overshown, and Juanyeh Thomas all switched social-media profile pictures to images of Parsons.
The messy situation puts the team in a bind, as Parsons looks for a raise, appearing to want to become one of the NFL’s highest-paid defensive stars after the contract Myles Garrett signed with the Browns earlier this year.
‘Never fails dawg. Just pay the man, what you owe em. No need for the extra curricular,’ Lamb said on social media.
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