Cowboys' Jerry Jones responds to Micah Parsons' complaint after blockbuster trade to Packers

In August, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones traded defensive end Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers. Like two former friends who recently had a falling out, they're still not over it.

After the Packers tied the Cowboys 40-40 in Week 4, Parsons said Jones disrespected him by not letting him know he had been traded to Green Bay. During a Tuesday interview with KRLD-FM in Dallas, the owner responded to that comment. 

Jerry Jones says Micah Parsons told him to quit calling after requesting a trade

Parsons requested a trade on Aug. 1 amid a tense contract dispute. Jones said the pass-rusher wanted no contact after that. 

"I really don't want to respond to that at all, in deference to you very much," Jones said Tuesday. "But that phone call thing got stopped when he told me to take his number off his dial. It was don't call him anymore. So, I quit those calls."  

However, Parsons made one last effort to remain with the Cowboys. Parsons' agent, David Mulugheta, has said he sent an email to the Cowboys on Aug. 26 to strike a deal. The team told him to take it or leave it. Two days later, he was traded to Green Bay and signed a four-year, $186M contract extension.

Parsons shouldn't have told Jones to stop calling if he wanted to stay in Dallas, but the owner should've contacted him after the trade. It clearly bothered the 26-year-old pass-rusher. 

"I didn't even get to talk to my owner, the person that drafted me," he said postgame, via The Athletic's Jon Machota. "I found out through my agent. So, to me, that (emotional) side was pointless because the same way he called me into his office as a man, he couldn't tell me as a man. So, to me, that (emotional) side was gone, it was more about a respect factor at that point."

Both parties could've handled things better, but don't expect them to admit that. Instead, they'll probably continue to trade barbs while NFL fans wish they would get over it.