Parsons wants his tribute to be a win vs. Cowboys

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  • Rob DemovskySep 24, 2025, 05:52 PM ET

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      Rob Demovsky is an NFL newsman astatine ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN successful 2013. Demovsky is simply a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year arsenic selected by the NSSA.

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- No tribute, nary problem.

That's however Micah Parsons said helium feels astir his erstwhile squad not doing thing to admit his instrumentality to Dallas arsenic a subordinate of the Green Bay Packers to play his aged team, the Cowboys, connected Sunday night.

Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones said this week that the squad has nary plans to grant Parsons, who played 4 seasons for the Cowboys earlier helium was traded to the Packers soon earlier the play pursuing a declaration dispute.

"No, there's a batch of things I tin see disrespectful passim this process, but I wouldn't accidental the tribute is 1 of them," Parsons said Wednesday. "I would say, I conscionable deliberation there's hard feelings possibly determination for them. But for me, I'm blessed wherever I'm astatine and we got a truly bully shot team, truthful I conjecture I tin [receive] my tribute successful a win, I hope."

Parsons besides said he's not acrophobic astir however helium volition beryllium received by Cowboys fans connected Sunday.

"You know, I deliberation Dallas loves me," Parsons said. "I deliberation they're going to springiness maine a bully circular of applause. There's nary hard feelings there, astatine slightest from me, and I deliberation it's going to be, similar I said, it's going to beryllium a large atmosphere."

While Parsons inactive has plentifulness of friends and household successful the Dallas area, helium did not person immoderate occupation getting tickets due to the fact that helium inactive has his suite astatine AT&T Stadium. He had already booked it for the 2025 play agelong earlier helium ever thought helium would beryllium playing elsewhere.

"No refunds," said Parsons, who said helium tried to get Pro Bowl antiaircraft tackle Kenny Clark, who went to Dallas successful the trade, to rent the suite from him.

"The suite's going to beryllium packed retired for sure," Parsons said. "Trust me, I've got a large suite."

Since his arrival, Parsons is tied for archetypal successful the NFL with 14 backmost pressures, according to ESPN Research, and 1.5 sacks done 3 games. The Packers fertile 3rd successful full defense.

The Packers (2-1) are coming disconnected a nonaccomplishment to the Cleveland Browns successful a crippled that they led by 10 points successful the 4th quarter. That has helped the Packers enactment focused connected bouncing backmost alternatively than connected Parsons' instrumentality to Dallas.

"I don't cognize what that feeling is similar -- going backmost to evidently the enactment you played for, the squad that drafted you -- but I'm definite it's astir apt a weird feeling for him," Packers backmost Jordan Love said. "But for the remainder of us, conscionable absorption connected different week for going 1-0."

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