However, we live in a world where the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers. Just for the sake of the exercise, we've picked five AFC teams that could hypothetically trade for Parsons (financially and draft-capital wise) and what that would even look like.

The standoff between the Dallas Cowboys and Micah Parsons reached a new level Friday when their star pass rusher posted a statement on X detailing his frustrations with the lack of progress and requesting a trade. How did it get to this point? Here’s a timeline of notable moments regarding Parsons’ contract:

The Cowboys' Micah Parsons, one of the NFL's best players, has requested a trade out of Dallas, he announced on social media Friday.