Ahead of the matchup against the Atlanta Falcons on Friday, Parsons walked by an AT&T Stadium tour group on his way to the locker room. One of the tourists, a Falcons fan, yelled, "Come to the Falcons" at him. Parsons responded with a "call me" gesture as he passed by while eating nachos.

In a clip from a soon-to-be-released episode of “The Stephen A. Smith Show” that was shown on ESPN’s “Get Up” Friday, Jones described the negotiation process as turning into a child trying to go to his mother and father, pitting each one against the other to get his way, something Jones is steadfastly against.