Dak Prescott sounds off on Micah Parsons’ behavior during Packers-Cowboys Week 4 SNF
While Micah Parsons and Dak Prescott did not share the field in NFL games during their time together with the Dallas Cowboys, they had their fair share of battles in practices. For four seasons, Parsons donned Dallas colors and emerged as one of the greatest defensive players of his generation — if not, of all time.
Now with the Green Bay Packers, Parsons is continuing his journey in the NFL that, on Sunday, brought him back to his old stomping grounds, as he faced off against Prescott and the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
Dak Prescott opens up on battling against Parsons in Week 4 Packers-Cowboys
Stopping Parsons was certainly a point of emphasis for Dallas in the contest, but despite repeatedly winning his matchups in the trenches, the four-time Pro Bowl pass rusher only managed to sack Prescott once — and it was in overtime.
Prescott was as locked in as Parsons. He shared that following the 40-40 tie that he never heard Parsons talk junk to him.
“Zero,” Prescott said (h/t Rob Demovsky and Todd Archer of ESPN). “Not at all. Not at all. Until afterwards and it was great, good talks afterwards, staying healthy, great job, it was fun competing against you. But no talks happened at all during the game.”
The high-scoring game that did not have a winner nor a loser saw Prescott putting together an elite performance. He went 31-of-40 for 319 passing yards and three touchdowns with zero turnovers. As for Parsons, he got three quarterback hits and three total tackles on top of his lone sack.
Parsons is now up to 2.5 sacks so far in his first season with the Packers. A long way to go for him to match the 52.5 sacks he racked up during his stint in Dallas.
Tyreek Hill Contract Drama a Blessing in Disguise, Mike McDaniel Admits
A recent offseason of uncertainty surrounding star wide receiver Tyreek Hill‘s future might help the Miami Dolphins going forward without him, amid his knee dislocation.
Hill sustained the injury
“Adversity is an opportunity,” Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters after the 27-21 win over the Jets. “I think that that time where we did have to really go at a lot of work without him on the field, I was optimistic about the energy and kind of like the leaders on the offense because they started to develop their own personality. Tyreek brings a lot of juice and energy and competitive spirit to an offense and to our team when he’s on the field.”
“I thought where in years past, when he would be out for a day or two or something would come up, we didn’t have the same competitive spirit,” McDaniel said. “I thought this offseason, we were able to develop that during joint practices and doing all that. That’s productive. It should be helpful for the guys so they’re not going into uncharted territory.”
Dolphins Have Quality Receivers After Tyreek Hill
Hill led the Dolphins receivers with 15 catches for 198 yards and a touchdown through three games. After Hill, running back De’Von Achane has been quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s second-favorite target with 141 yards and two touchdowns on 18 receptions.
Wide receiver Jaylen Waddle came into Week 4 as third on the team with 14 receptions for 137 yards and two touchdowns. Fellow wideout Malik Washington had six catches for 34 yards through three games, and tight end Tanner Conner has the best stats for his position group on the team with three receptions for 33 yards ahead of Monday’s game.
“And certainly your team has to continue to develop and get better at everything they do any time you lose a good player on your team,” McDaniel said. “But regardless if you don’t lose anyone, it’s the same setup. You have to continue to get better at your football, because if you’re not, the other half of the league is, and it’s about stacking wins and trying to get in the win column as much as possible as your team does develop.”
Miami Could Look For an Additional Receiver
Miami could find a free agent wide receiver in the meantime or make a trade ahead of the November trade deadline. Notable available free agents include Nelson Agholor and Tyler Boyd. Either way, McDaniel is clear that the current receivers on the roster will need to step up without Hill.
“I guess it’ll take what the players were doing after he left. It’s football. It’s 100% injury rate,” McDaniel said. Man, he’s great, valuable and a very important player to us, but every team has the same situation going on, different cadence. Everybody has injuries no one cares about.”
