Micah Parsons needed to watch the Philadelphia Eagles win Tremendous Bowl LIX, and now the Dallas Cowboys star desires to see his workforce function with urgency this offseason.
“Yeah, that makes me damage, man,” Parsons mentioned about watching the Eagles win the title, in accordance with the Cowboys’ team website. “Over the previous couple years, we type of received our wins and losses towards them, and battled with them. Clearly, expertise is right here, however we have simply received to complete and go be aggressive the identical means they did, you realize?
“I do not wanna sit again and simply watch different folks construct and construct and construct and [we] keep the identical. So we positively want some name to motion.”
Dallas is coming off a 7-10 season throughout which the workforce misplaced quarterback Dak Prescott after eight video games as a consequence of a hamstring damage, missed the playoffs after which parted methods with head coach Mike McCarthy after 5 years.
Parsons, a two-time All-Professional and a Professional Bowler in every of his 4 seasons within the NFL, totaled 12 sacks, two compelled fumbles and 43 mixed tackles in 13 video games; he missed 4 video games as a consequence of an ankle damage. On the entire, although, the Cowboys protection struggled mightily underneath coordinator Mike Zimmer, as they surrendered 218.1 passing yards (seventeenth within the NFL), 137.1 dashing yards (twenty ninth), 355.2 whole yards (twenty eighth) and 27.5 factors (thirty first) per sport.
Dallas is now led by former workforce offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, who introduced in former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus to be the workforce’s defensive coordinator.
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Dallas, which can choose twelfth within the 2025 NFL Draft, is projected to be over the cap this offseason. However Parsons does not need cap restraints to hinder the Cowboys from upgrading their roster.
“I wish to see us be aggressive, and I wanna see us get gamers that is gonna assist us — that is gonna are available and make an influence,” Parsons mentioned. “And I wanna see us deliver again our personal gamers which can be simply as necessary, and let’s examine what we will do there. There’s been a brand new wave within the NFL. You noticed it with the Rams, and [even though they] drafted a few of these guys, you at all times cannot hit like that.
“The 49ers went and received Javon Hargrave, they usually went and received some impactful gamers on their facet. … You take a look at Philly and the way they went and received Saquon [Barkley] and the way they went and received Zack [Baun]. Everybody does not want a max deal. There are nice high quality gamers that may do one-year or two-year offers. Clearly, we have seen that this 12 months. There’s been a pattern.”
As for Dallas’ gamers, guard and seven-time All-Professional Zack Martin, working again Rico Dowdle (1,079 dashing yards in 2024), linebacker Eric Kendricks (team-high 138 mixed tackles in 2024), vast receiver/returner Kavontae Turpin, receiver Brandin Cooks and defensive linemen Demarcus Lawrence, Osa Odighizuwa and Chauncey Golston are among the many Cowboys’ impending free brokers.
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Final 12 months, Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones mentioned that the franchise was going “all-in,” however that was adopted by an underwhelming offseason. Then within the weeks main as much as the 2024 common season, Jones prolonged Prescott (four-year, $240 million deal) and vast receiver CeeDee Lamb (four-year, $136 million deal).
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As for the Cowboys’ NFC East foes, the Washington Commanders — who made the NFC Championship Recreation this previous season, led by Offensive Rookie of the 12 months Jayden Daniels — have roughly $75 million in cap area, the third-most within the league, in accordance with Over The Cap. In the meantime, the Eagles have roughly 18.1 million in cap area, and the New York Giants, who’ve the No. 3 decide on this 12 months’s draft, have roughly $43.4 million in cap area.
Parsons, who has registered 12-plus sacks in every of his 4 professional seasons, is extension-eligible and has one 12 months remaining on his rookie contract. He is already thirteenth in Cowboys historical past with 52.5 profession sacks and is tied for ninth with 9 compelled fumbles.
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