Schottenheimer added that the team is not altering any of their defensive game plans as they expect to have Parsons in the fold this season. This, one day after Jones said that Cowboys fans shouldn't lose any sleep over the situation .

A proposed trade package that would land Micah Parsons with the Las Vegas Raiders sends a defensive starter to the Dallas Cowboys.

And that, in turn, led to a weekend of responses, including a wild thread involving Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, entertainment mogul Jay-Z, “Queen of Rap” Nicki Minaj, and former Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant. As strange as it sounds, those characters were all joined together by the contract standoff between Parsons and the Cowboys.