Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones claims that Pro Bowl edge rusher Micah Parsons reneged on a "handshake" agreement they made in March about a contract extension. His repeated insistence that he thought he had a deal contradicts his statements at the NFL annual meeting held March 30 to April 2.

Jerry Jones has cited the time when the Cowboys didn’t have Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith for two games amidst a contract negotiation and how the Cowboys still won the Super Bowl that year. He’s cited it often this camp as the Cowboys deal with star pass rusher Micah Parsons,