Bryant was the first to respond to Jones invoking their negotiations from a decade ago, making clear that if Jones wants to bring up his name, he has a story time of his own about things he's kept quiet from his time in Dallas.

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.

The Cowboys and their Micah Parsons/Jerry Jones saga took a new turn. This time involving Dez Bryant and a Jay-Z reference.