The Dallas Cowboys added linebacker Micah Parsons to Friday’s injury report with an illness. Although, it doesn’t sound like the organization is too concerned about the All-Pro’s status for Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Cowboys chief operating officer and co-owner Stephen Jones denied saying the franchise would trade star pass rusher Micah Parsons. “I did not,” Jones said in a text message to The Dallas Morning News after the Cowboys’ 30-14 victory over the Panthers when asked about the recent NFL Network report.

Micah Parsons handled this well. Stephen Jones did not. And a lesson, just maybe, can be learned about Cowboys contract talk in the media.