In typical Cowboys fashion, a story that started ominously only took a matter of minutes to get so much worse. First it was reported by The Athletic that Parsons was considering distancing himself even further than his current “hold in” status at training camp, the details of which were ambiguous for just a moment.

Russini noted one of the key issues involved a situation earlier in the offseason when the Cowboys came away from a direct conversation with Parsons feeling it was a negotiation a

He told them he didn’t believe a deal was in place, and that they need to talk to his agent. He told them, we’re told, on several occasions to speak to his agent, David Mulugheta. To date (or at least as of Thursday),