Don’t worry, Dallas fans. Parsons and Jones’ game of chicken won’t end as calamitously as Nico Harrison’s Luka Doncic trade.

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.'