Micah Parsons has played his entire four-year career with the Dallas Cowboys. Jones made the Parsons' negotiation public with his controversial comments the day prior to training camp. Parsons then publicly requested a trade.

And that, in turn, led to a weekend of responses, including a wild thread involving Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, entertainment mogul Jay-Z, “Queen of Rap” Nicki Minaj, and former Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant. As strange as it sounds, those characters were all joined together by the contract standoff between Parsons and the Cowboys.

Jay-Z and Dez Bryant have responded to Cowboys owner Jerry Jones after comments he made about negotiating with Micah Parsons.

Bryant was the first to respond to Jones invoking their negotiations from a decade ago, making clear that if Jones wants to bring up his name, he has a story time of his own about things he's kept quiet from his time in Dallas.

Stephen A. Smith explains why he is disgusted with Jerry Jones for playing games and not speaking with Micah Parsons' agent.

Micah Parsons' contract frustrations have spilled into public view, and he isn't the only one in the Dallas Cowboys locker room feeling the strain. Quarterback Dak Prescott, who has weathered his own drawn-out negotiations with team owner Jerry Jones in recent years,

Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones has not spoken to Micah Parsons since the star defensive end publicly requested a trade on Friday

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones also said that he's unsure if Micah Parsons will be available for the team's Week 1 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Jerry Jones says he's not confident Micah Parsons will be on the field when the Cowboys open the season against the Eagles.