This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/cowboys as Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones calls Micah Parsons' trade request 'nature of negotiations'. The Dallas Cowboys are taking on the Los Angeles Rams in their first preseason game of the season, and that still isn't the current talking point of the season.

Unlike his boss, Micah Parsons has been quiet since his trade request from the Dallas Cowboys last week. Amid stalling contract extension negotiations, the star defensive end has grown tired of the pace at which Jerry Jones & Co.