"Why did I think that would be the first question?" Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer joked to reporters on the first day of mandatory minicamp. He was talking about inquiries on whether or not Micah Parsons and Trevon Diggs were in attendance for the required phase of the offseason kicking off Tuesday.

Micah Parsons went through a round of calls with several Cowboys teammates, including Tyler Smith, Trevon Diggs, Osa Odighizuwa, and KaVontae Turpin. Parsons took it a step further and reached out to his head coach, Brian Schottenheimer.

Micah Parsons showed up for mandatory minicamp with the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday and had a long conversation with owner Jerry Jones on the practice field while his teammates went through drills. The discussion went on for about 30 minutes,