OXNARD, CA — Jerry Jones is clearly in no hurry.
Why has it taken so long to strike a deal with Micah Parsons?
“It took a long time with Emmitt Smith,” the Dallas Cowboys owner replied, turning back the clock to the Hall of Fame running back’s epic holdout in 1993. “Same thing with (Zack) Martin two years ago. (Cee Dee) Lamb last year. When you have the ability for players under contract to basically renegotiate or say, ‘I’m not going to play the contract,’ then you have those things happen.”
And here’s what else can happen: Parsons, the All-Pro defensive end, rocked the NFL universe on Friday when he took to social media to publicly demand a trade, intimating that negotiations for a new contract have stalled to the point of no return.
Two days before Parsons’ bombshell, though, Jones seemed to have already drawn a line in the sand during an interview with USA TODAY Sports that might have indicated where these negotiations with the defensive centerpiece could be headed.
