Dallas Cowboys defensive end Micah Parsons. Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Do Micah Parsons, Cowboys not 'like each other' amid stalemate?

By Ernesto Cova | Last updated Aug 11, 2025 1:33 PM ET

It's been more than a week since Dallas Cowboys star edge-rusher Micah Parsons announced that he wanted to be traded.

There haven't been many updates about his situation, but it looks like Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and executive vice president Stephen Jones are in no rush to get a move done, be it a trade or a contract extension.

On Monday's edition of "Get Up," former NFL QB and current ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky speculated that the two sides don't even like one another.

"I don't think they like him. I don't think they like each other," Orlovsky argued. "That gets personal, a lot of that money stuff gets personal. There's something that feels like he doesn't like them, they don't like him."

When asked about the Cowboys' Super Bowl aspirations and how losing a player of Parsons' caliber could hurt them, Orlovsky didn't sound convinced of their actual desire to keep him around.

"Do they wanna sign Micah Parsons?" Orlovsky asked. "I'm not talking about the talent, the production. Do they wanna sign Micah?"

"I don't think they like each other."

—@danorlovsky7 on Micah Parsons and the Cowboys pic.twitter.com/tfzmExZCrL
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) August 11, 2025

Parsons is an outspoken, high-character player who's always said it like he's seen it, even when that has meant calling out his teammates and/or the organization.

That usually doesn't sit well with Jerry Jones, who's usually the one in charge of stirring the pot and running his mouth to make sure the Cowboys are always on top of the news cycle, even if it's not for positive reasons.

Jones may have finally found his match, and Parsons doesn't look willing to budge. He wants out, and it doesn't appear to be about the money anymore.

Ernesto Cova

Ernesto is a bilingual (English-Spanish) sports writer with over eight years of experience covering major leagues such as the NBA, NFL, and MLB. Ernesto’s work focuses on providing insightful, up-to-date coverage of sports, blending his expertise in sports psychology with a passion for analyzing player performance, team dynamics, and trade developments across various sports leagues

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