The familiar decay in negotiations shared an underlying theme inside the agent community, with reps alleging that Jones had a history of attempting to manipulate players into discounted deals.

In his trade request Micah Parsons shed light on a March meeting with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones that led to the team believing a deal was 'all but done.'

Jerry Jones thought he could quietly drag out Micah Parsons' contract talks, but the star decided to turn up the nasty noise instead.