Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Micah Parsons celebrates during the second half of an NFL football game against the Washington Commanders Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Micah Parsons celebrates during the second half of an NFL football game against the Washington Commanders Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
Sacking Dak Prescott would be bittersweet for Micah Parsons.
The two-time All-Pro pass rusher his upcoming return to Dallas and expressed his feelings about potentially taking down his friend and former teammate in a conversation with The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Parsons and the Green Bay Packers (2-1) face off against Prescott and the Cowboys (1-2) in front of a national television audience on Sunday night.
鈥淚t鈥檚 going to be painful,鈥 Parsons told the AP about getting a chance to . 鈥淭hat鈥檚 my guy. He was always like a good mentor for me. But you know how it is, he always told me if I ever faced him that it鈥檒l be a great matchup, so I鈥檓 excited to see what Sunday brings itself.鈥
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Parsons plans to treat it like an ordinary game, though it鈥檒l be his first time inside AT&T Stadium as a visitor.
鈥淚 accepted my fate weeks ago when the trade happened,鈥 Parsons said. 鈥淪o for me, it鈥檚 just all about playing another game and just doing what I do best, and that鈥檚 just be a disruptive football player. I think the media and the fans are trying to blow it up to be such a big thing. But I just look at it as just another game at AT&T.鈥
Just a game that was circled on everyone鈥檚 calendar after Cowboys owner to the Packers one week before the NFL鈥檚 season opener, ending a lengthy contract dispute.
The Packers increased their Super Bowl hopes with Parsons, and made the 26-year-old the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history by signing him to a $188 million, four-year contract that includes $136 million guaranteed.
The Cowboys (1-2) have struggled without Parsons, especially on defense. They鈥檝e allowed the third-most yards (397.7 per game), most passing yards (288) and sixth-highest points (30.7).
Despite missing all of training camp and arriving in Green Bay a week before the first game, Parsons made an immediate impact on defense in a 27-13 win over the two-time defending NFC North champion Lions in Week 1. The Packers defeated Washington soundly 27-18 four days later. But the offense couldn’t get on track in a 13-10 loss at Cleveland in Week 3.
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鈥淏esides the fans, just the teammates, the support staff, I mean they made this transition so great and I鈥檓 just extremely honored and blessed to be with such a great group of guys that want to win and that just want to play football and I think we鈥檝e been playing really good football so far, so that helps and I just hope we continue that,鈥 Parsons said.
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