FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys three-time All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons is the NFL’s best at getting after quarterbacks.
He led the NFL with 103 quarterback pressures in 2023, and he racked up an NFL-best 11 pressures, tied for the most in the league with Lions Pro Bowler Aidan Hutchinson, in Week 1 against quarterback Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland Browns in a 33-17 Cowboys win. Parsons also totaled a sack, but he stunning got beat out for a second one by second-year linebacker DeMarvion Overshown. The 24-year-old 2023 third-round pick out of Texas lost his entire rookie season after tearing his ACL in the preseason. In his first game post-ACL and first career NFL regular-season game, he made the explosive Parsons look slow on a fourth-and-six sack of Watson in the third quarter that resulted in a turnover on downs for Cleveland. In the video of below, he hits the afterburners to corral the Browns mobile quarterback.
Parsons couldn’t believe his eyes.
“I don’t even know what happened,” Parsons said of the play on Wednesday. “I’m going to tell you. I was like, ‘Bro, you’re gonna have people who think you’re faster than me now.’ I say, ‘I can’t take no more breaks. That’s what those fresh legs is getting you.’ He’s [Overshown] so fast. He’s explosive, though. I told him after the game how proud I was of him. Me and Overshown had a great relationship last year. Over his time he was recovering, just kept checking on him. To see all those talents and everything we saw in camp, just happened to have that injury, come out there like that in the first game, his confidence through the roof, it just got me super excited.”
How excited is Parsons? He has seen enough to declare Overshow a future All-Pro after one regular season game in the linebacker totaled a game-high 11 tackles and the explosive sack.
“He’s going. There’s no doubt about it. He’s going. I’ve been telling people how…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-09-13 20:49:53
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