We already know how this will end. At some point, like always, Jerry Jones will rope his scraggly arm around his star player at a press conference announcing a generational contract and we’ll realize that no matter of huffing and puffing can blow the house down. The Cowboys’ quest for maintaining a star-studded mediocrity—kind of like the 2015 attempt at a Fantastic Four movie—is absolute and unchanging. It is a constant in the universe.
However, what matters about the Micah Parsons situation in particular is how both sides have attempted to go about it. On Friday, The Athletic reported that Parsons was browsing the nuclear manual, before settling on his weapon of choice. After trying to decide between a trade request and—I believe this is a first—simply severing all ties with the team that drafted him, Parsons posted an official trade request on X, formerly known as Twitter. While the mechanics behind that are hazy at best, one has to give a commendation for the theatrics.
