Prescott: Packers tilt not about 'Dak vs. Micah'

FRISCO, Texas -- Earlier this week, Green Bay Packers walk rusher Micah Parsons said it would beryllium achy to sack Dak Prescott, his bully person and mentor erstwhile they were Dallas Cowboys teammates, erstwhile they conscionable Sunday.

"I anticipation it's not [painful] for me," Prescott said Thursday. "And I anticipation helium doesn't get to me, for one."

Parsons' instrumentality to look the Cowboys, the squad that drafted him successful the archetypal circular successful 2021 past traded him to Green Bay connected Aug. 28 aft the sides couldn't hold to a semipermanent extension, has been the communicative of the week. So overmuch truthful that Prescott's household has talked astir it, too.

"It'll decidedly beryllium fun," Prescott said. "Yeah, it's 1 maine and my fiancée were conscionable talking astir the different time and conscionable each the reps of practice, going against Micah successful times erstwhile helium couldn't deed maine whether him getting backmost there, conscionable the trash speech backmost and forth, maine telling him helium wouldn't tackle maine anyways, helium inactive can't bring maine down. You got to get to that point.

"Just getting to spell retired determination and vie with a feline that's a bully friend, that I've competed with successful numbers of ways passim this building, extracurricular of this building. Yeah, conscionable excited to spell and person that matchup. But he's got 5 guys up front, positive choky ends and moving backs that he's got to get through. Then we'll interest astir if helium tin get to me."

Prescott has been sacked conscionable 5 times successful 3 games, but helium volition beryllium without 2 starting violative linemen successful close defender Tyler Booker (ankle) and halfway Cooper Beebe (foot) connected Sunday. He besides won't person his apical playmaker, CeeDee Lamb, who is expected to miss 3 to 4 weeks with a precocious ankle sprain.

"It takes each of america to protect, myself included," Prescott said. "We each cognize that. Nothing changes this week. He's a helluva player. We respect that, and he'll person immoderate attention."

The Cowboys' defence misses Parsons. It has recorded conscionable 4 sacks and has allowed 13 walk plays of 25 yards oregon much connected the season.

"You truly can't dwell connected the past. You truly can't," antiaircraft coordinator Matt Eberflus said. "I cognize a batch of speech oregon chatter retired determination astir that, but to me, our eyes are forward. We person guys successful the gathering that we're coaching, guys are moving their process disconnected and we've got bully capable walk rushers."

Prescott called the Packers' walk rush, which has 10 sacks, "great" -- and not conscionable due to the fact that of Parsons. Rashan Gary has a league-leading 4.5 sacks.

"In this league, you're usually throwing against the walk unreserved much than you are the coverage," Prescott said. "You crook connected the tape, and that's what makes this a bully defense. They recognize that. That allows them to beryllium carnal outside, leap things, get arsenic overmuch extent arsenic they request to connected definite plays that are a small spot much underneath connected man. You tin bash that erstwhile you've got a walk rush."

Prescott said this is not a "Dak vs. Micah" week, conscionable arsenic it wasn't that mode erstwhile Ezekiel Elliott returned successful 2023 with the New England Patriots.

"Those are ne'er the headlines and ne'er tin be," Prescott said. "This is Dallas Cowboys vs. the Green Bay Packers, and we've got to spell get a win."

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