Overview

• Micah Parsons sat out Thursday’s practice, citing back tightness as he continues his training-camp hold-in after submitting a formal trade request on August 1.
• Owner Jerry Jones has refused to engage with Parsons’s agent David Mulugheta or speak directly with the linebacker despite the Cowboys holding $32.2 million in salary-cap space.
• League insiders report that at least six NFL teams, including an NFC East rival, are tracking Parsons for a potential trade package if Dallas opts to move him.
• Quarterback Dak Prescott and several analysts have publicly supported Parsons’s leverage tactics and criticized Jones’s decision to exclude his agent from negotiations.
• Cowboys management retains the option to issue a five-day letter and place Parsons on the reserve/left squad list, a move that would end his 2025 campaign if the hold-in continues.