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Dez Bryant and Roc Nation are calling out Cowboys owner Jerry Jones for dragging them into the messy Micah Parsons negotiations.
Bryant called out Jones for being “disrespectful” in comments made Saturday rehashing negotiations between the former wide receiver and the team’s front office in 2015.
“Jerry Jones I don’t think it’s smart to mention my name,” Bryant posted Saturday on X. “I kept quiet about a lot of unfair s–t…We can have story time if that’s what we are doing.
“Y’all don’t understand the amount of s–t I let slide,” he added in another post. “Do not mention my name about s–t.”
Jones had brought up Bryant to reporters Saturday while being questioned about the recent trade request by Parsons, the Cowboys’ four-time Pro Bowl edge rusher who had posted Friday on X that “I no longer want to be here” and “no longer want to be held to close door negotiations without my agent present.”
When asked about the latter contention, the 82-year-old Jones told reporters, “When we have a problem with the player, the agent is nowhere to be found.”
Jones then brought up negotiations a decade ago with Bryant and Roc Nation Sports, the agency run by Jay-Z.
“Jay-Z said that Dez would make all meetings. Jay-Z and I negotiated the contract, spent hours,” Jones said. “He said, ‘Anybody in my organization is on time.’ He said, ‘My office used to be on the street corner, and I’ve always been early. So, they will be on time.’
“And what did I say? I said, ‘I’m going to call you [if I have a problem].’ He quit taking my call.”
Bryant landed a five-year deal worth $70 million before the 2015 NFL season, but he was released in 2018.
Roc Nation also issued a statement Saturday on X refuting Jones’ claims.
“In 2015, at the 21 Club, on a napkin, Jerry Jones, Juan Perez, Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter and Stephen Jones negotiated a five-year, $70 million deal, which included a $45 million guarantee and a $20 million signing bonus for Dez Bryant,” the post read. “At the time, it was the second-largest contract for a wide receiver in NFL history. The claim that Mr. Carter or Roc Nation representatives did not return a call from Jerry Jones is not only a false statement, but it’s also a comical one.”
