The standoff between the Dallas Cowboys and Micah Parsons reached a new level Friday when their star pass rusher posted a statement on X detailing his frustrations with the lack of progress and requesting a trade. How did it get to this point? Here’s a timeline of notable moments regarding Parsons’ contract:

In the mind of ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is trying to take advantage of star defensive end Micah Parsons.

Cowboys stars Prescott (twice), Ezekiel Elliott, Zack Martin and CeeDee Lamb all had ugly holdouts and negotiations. All of them eventually got paid, big time. But was it worth it, especially to the Cowboys' organization?