Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and hold-in All-Pro linebacker Micah Parsons made no formal progress in their contract showdown on Wednesday, and only one of the principal parties was willing to talk.
Parsons only said, ¡°my mouth is closed,¡± as he left the field after watching the team workout.
Jones resisted feigning optimism about a breakthrough in talks when the team breaks training camp and heads back to Dallas from Oxnard, California.
¡°I don¡¯t know that necessarily talks will,¡± Jones said. ¡°But we¡¯ve got a game coming, and he¡¯s under contract.¡±
Jones said there is ¡°nothing¡± standing in the way of the team negotiating with Parsons, who said he formally and directly requested a trade out of Dallas to executive vice president Stephen Jones, Jerry Jones¡¯ son, earlier this month.
¡°I stayed quiet but again after repeated shots at myself and all the narratives I have made a tough decision I no longer want to play for the Dallas Cowboys,¡± he wrote in a social media post on Aug. 1. ¡°My trade request has been submitted to Stephen Jones personally.¡±
Jerry Jones said Wednesday there is no deadline for the two sides to come to terms on a deal when asked if he could see negotiations ceasing before the regular-season opener on the road against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 7.
¡°You don¡¯t have a deadline when you¡¯re playing under contract,¡± he said.
Parsons, 26, was present on but never took the field as the Cowboys went through their final padded practice of camp on Wednesday.
The two-time All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowl selection is in the final year of his rookie contract and scheduled to be paid $24 million this season.
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