{"id":73541,"date":"2025-08-04T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=73541"},"modified":"2025-08-04T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:00:49","slug":"breaking-bill-simmons-floats-cowboys-conspiracy-theory-amid-micah-parsons-holdout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=73541","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Bill Simmons floats Cowboys conspiracy theory amid Micah Parsons holdout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex w-full max-w-[980px] flex-col px-4 pt-4 font-secondary lg:px-0\">\n<p class=\"dek prose mb-2.5 italic text-secondary\">Bill Simmons posed a theory about Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones amid the contract holdout and trade request involving star Micah Parsons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full max-w-[980px] flex-row gap-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col lg:max-w-[660px]\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-video w-full max-w-full object-contain object-center px-4 lg:px-0\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bill-Simmons-floats-conspiracy-theory-about-Micah-Parsons-holdout-v1.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys defensive end Micah Parsons (11) at training camp at the River Ridge Fields.\" \/><\/figure>\n<article class=\"article-body prose max-w-none pb-7 pt-5 prose-figure:max-w-full prose-ol:pl-10 prose-img:max-w-full prose-video:max-w-full md:prose-ol:pl-6 [&amp;_iframe]:m-auto [&amp;_iframe]:block [&amp;_iframe]:max-w-full\">It is not an NFL offseason without heavy drama from the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys. That would be like Texas barbecue without a smoked beef brisket. This summer, it&#8217;s all about the\u00a0contract holdout involving defensive end Micah Parsons.<\/p>\n<p>With the supposed negotiations about his deal extension going nowhere,\u00a0Parsons requested a trade from the Cowboys\u00a0on Friday. In a\u00a0lengthy statement on X, he claimed that there hasn&#8217;t even been a \u201csingle conversation\u201d about the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the development with the three-time All-Pro, sports host\u00a0Bill Simmons\u00a0shared his conspiracy theory\u00a0about Cowboys owner\u00a0Jerry Jones.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPart of me wonders, does he just do this sometimes with these holdouts just to get people talking about the Cowboys all month? When he knows this is how it is going to end. They&#8217;re not trading Micah Parsons. Nobody&#8217;s doing that. He&#8217;s one of the seven most important guys in the league. You&#8217;re not trading him,\u201d said Simmons on The Ringer&#8217;s podcast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI am convinced that he does this s*** sometimes just so, like, \u2018First Take&#8217; will lead with the Cowboys and people write the stories. 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Last season, it was wide receiver CeeDee Lamb. Further back, it was quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliot.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons&#8217; guest, The Athletic&#8217;s Dianna Russini, stressed that it&#8217;s not Jones&#8217; first rodeo in terms of dealing with players.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think the Cowboys&#8217; perspective on it, or at least Jerry Jones&#8217; perspective on it is, \u2018Look, I&#8217;ve done this with other players. I asked Dak to do it with me, and Dak said no, talk to Todd France, my agent.&#8217; That&#8217;s how they did it, and Micah never spoke up. Micah never said that. I think that&#8217;s how Jerry sees it,\u201d said Russini.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It will be highly interesting to see how the situation plays out for Dallas and Parsons. 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