The reports began to emerge Thursday afternoon.
The Dallas Cowboys were out on the training camp practice field, but Micah Parsons wasn’t there, even on the sideline. Neither was Jerry Jones.
Was a negotiation happening? Had Parsons left camp? The rampant possibilities quickly took over social media.
But just as quickly as they started, it turned out there may have been nothing doing.
NFL Network’s Jane Slater wrote this on X: “Currently being told nothing is happening. Micah Parsons is still at camp and does not appear (to be) any talk behind the scenes.”
MORE: Rams legend Aaron Donald hints at return from retirement to play with Micah Parsons
This checks out. Parsons only requested a trade at the end of last week. Why would something change so quickly?
The Cowboys had reportedly not even been negotiating with Parsons before he posted his, “I no longer want to be here,” message on X.
The owner Jones has suggested this is all part of the process, but it’s hard to be sure that it’ll all end OK.
Parsons seems content to keep pushing the envelope here. He and everyone else knows that he’s due for the biggest contract ever given to a non-quarterback.
MORE: Dak Prescott had an NSFW reaction to Micah Parsons’ trade request
If Dallas doesn’t want to give that deal to Parsons, someone else will.
The questions will continue as August rolls on. Could there really be a trade? Is a deal closer? What are Parsons’ demands?
It’s all crucial, of course. Parsons is the best young defender in the NFL, coming off four consecutive seasons of at least a dozen sacks to begin his career out of Penn State.
But right now, it appears a lot of to-do is being made out of nothing.
MORE NFL NEWS:
