The Dallas Cowboys held a scrimmage with the Los Angeles Rams on Tuesday and it was pretty standard as far as football procedures are concerned. This is ultimately what most Cowboys fans want these days.
Unfortunately matters turned to the less-than-standard when practice was over. Cowboys owner, president and general manager Jerry Jones held court and discussed (obviously) the Micah Parsons situation and noted that the team has yet to reach out to Micah’s agent, David Mulugheta.
The reason that this is significant is that Micah Parsons publicly requested a trade from the Cowboys last Friday. He noted that, as he is obviously discontent with the state of negotiations surrounding a contract extension, he would not be conducting any business on this matter without his agent as a part of it.
Given that this is the case one would assume that the Cowboys would have, oh I don’t know, called the agent in an effort to broker a deal. In case you are unaware the publishing of this post came over four full days after Micah’s request/statement and that the Cowboys are standing pat is… a decision.
These weren’t Jerry’s only comments on the matter on Tuesday, for what it’s worth. The man in charge (as he seems to want to remind us all he is) made it a point to cast doubt on whether or not Micah would be on the field for the Cowboys in the season opener. A reminder that Dallas visits the Philadelphia Eagles less than a month from today.
This entire story has been predictable from the very beginning. We all anticipated the Cowboys dragging this situation out and here we are… in the first official week of the preseason with things as toxic as ever. The Cowboys have now played this silly game with their franchise quarterback, star wide receiver and perennial pass rusher (arguably the three best players on the team) within the last 365 days alone.
It is madness and indefensible to the highest level. It is also a normal day for the Dallas Cowboys.
Such is life.
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