Overview

• Parsons submitted a formal trade request to Stephen Jones on Aug. 1 after offseason extension talks stalled.
• He has been present at camp but has not participated in official practices, citing back tightness and declining comment beyond “My mouth is closed.”
• Owner Jerry Jones publicly reaffirmed Parsons’s existing contract, ruled out current trade plans and said there is no deadline to resume talks.
• Reports from multiple outlets say that no substantive extension negotiations have occurred since Parsons’s request and that “no deal is even near.”
• With Parsons entering the fifth-year option and cap space limited by recent mega-deals, active trade speculation is swirling around teams like Green Bay, Carolina and Detroit.