Jones has gone public with his side of the ongoing dispute over contract negotiations, which has only added more fuel to the fire. He recently claimed that he offered Parsons a massive new deal, one that Parsons’ agent, David Mulugheta, outright rejected. But that was later disputed, with Mulugheta refuting the claim as false.

Thirteen days away from the Dallas Cowboys' first game of the 2025 NFL regular season, Jerry Jones went on Friday's episode of The Stephen A. Smith Show to talk about Micah Parsons' contract status.

Dallas wide receiver Dez Bryant played out his first five seasons with the team before contract talks started to get testy. Bryant, who was coming off an impressive campaign in which he hauled in a league-high 16 touchdowns, was then franchise-tagged ahead of the '15 season.