This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/cowboys as Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones calls Micah Parsons' trade request 'nature of negotiations'. The Dallas Cowboys are taking on the Los Angeles Rams in their first preseason game of the season, and that still isn't the current talking point of the season.

"The Dallas Cowboys'' and "long, drawn-out contract talks in the offseason''? Last year it was Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb, this offseason, it is Micah Parsons doing the contract dance with owner Jerry Jones.