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.

Dallas Cowboys edge Micah Parsons demanded a trade request Friday, citing a lack of movement on a contract extension. He made the request in a post on social media site X (formerly Twitter). After his post, several players came out in support of Parsons with posts on X.

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: