The Dallas Cowboys host Micah Parsons and the Green Bay Packers in Week 4, but don’t expect team owner Jerry Jones to honor the former Cowboys superstar defender in a grand way.
“I don’t think that’s appropriate this way,” Jones said about giving Parsons a video tribute, according to The Dallas Morning News. “Emmitt [Smith] was a distinct story. That is to not diminish Micah. I believe Micah has sufficient welcome on the market, and we simply want to indicate that we have antidotes for that.”
Final month, Dallas traded Parsons to Inexperienced Bay for defensive deal with and three-time Professional Bowler Kenny Clark and two first-round draft picks. This commerce was a results of a chaotic offseason between Parsons and the Cowboys with combined alerts relating to how shut the 2 sides ever had been to signing an extension, with the defensive lineman going forth with a hold-in throughout coaching camp. As a part of the commerce, Parsons signed a four-year, $186 million extension with the Packers, with the $46.5 million common annual wage being an NFL file for a non-quarterback.
As for Jones’ comparability referring to a possible Parsons tribute, Smith, who’s first in NFL historical past in speeding yards (18,355) and speeding touchdowns (164), was the driving pressure of a Dallas offense that gained three Tremendous Bowls within the Nineteen Nineties (1992, 1993 and 1995), however the Corridor of Fame operating again spent the final two seasons of his 15-year NFL profession with the Arizona Cardinals.
Parsons, a two-time All-Professional and four-time Professional Bowler, totaled 12.0-plus sacks in every of his 4 seasons in Dallas. He is tied for ninth in Cowboys historical past with 9 recorded compelled fumbles and is thirteenth with 52.5 sacks. As for this season, Parsons has logged 1.5 sacks and 5 mixed tackles in three video games for the Packers, who’re 2-1.
With out Parsons, the 1-2 Cowboys have struggled mightily on the defensive finish, as they’re seventeenth in opponent speeding yards (109.7 per recreation), twenty seventh in opponent factors (30.7 per recreation), thirtieth in opponent complete yards (397.7 per recreation) and final in opponent passing yards (288.0 per recreation). In the meantime, the Packers are first in opponent factors (14.7 per recreation), third in opponent speeding yards (64.3 per recreation) and opponent complete yards (232.3 per recreation) and seventh in opponent passing yards (168.0 per recreation).
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