Schottenheimer's prep to face Micah Parsons; Kenny Clark's move to Dallas

FRISCO, Texas -- Kenny Clark has been relegated to 'the different guy' this week with truthful overmuch treatment regarding Micah Parsons' instrumentality to look the Dallas Cowboys astatine AT&T Stadium connected Sunday (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC).

The Cowboys acquired Clark, the no-nonsense antiaircraft tackle, and 2 first-round picks from the Packers for Parsons. For 9 years, Clark called Green Bay home. He is conscionable a period into his clip with the Cowboys.

The on-field modulation has been smooth. Clark has played good successful his archetypal 3 games.

Off the field, it is inactive a enactment successful progress.

"This is my archetypal clip moving, going connected a antithetic squad and then, connected apical of that, conscionable moving each my stuff," helium said. "I been determination 9 years, truthful I had 9 years' worthy of worldly there. I had to cleanable retired my garage. Everything."

Often forgotten is the tumult successful a idiosyncratic beingness erstwhile a subordinate is traded. For astir 3 weeks, helium lived successful a hotel. His wife, Kaleeyah, and daughters, Kenaii and Kennedi, went backmost to Wisconsin aft traveling to Texas the time aft the commercialized was announced.

"I was conscionable similar closed into that [hotel] room," Clark said. "Yeah, I wasn't utilized to that. So, yeah, it was stressful for sure."

He brought a large suitcase.

"Just a clump of sweats and T-shirts truthful I'd person thing to wear," helium said.

He didn't person his car, truthful helium would Uber to spots to conscionable teammates for meal oregon get to massages and different work. Sometimes, helium got recognized.

"They'd beauteous overmuch guess, 'Oh, you a shot player?'" Clark said. "So, we'd chop it up successful the Uber and stuff. I mean, it's been cool."

He credited his woman and the Cowboys for making the determination easy. She had to woody with the movers successful Wisconsin, and the squad helped with the logistics. The household moved into their location Sept. 15, his archetypal nighttime of slumber successful his ain bed.

By then, helium had his car, truthful helium could explore.

"On that disconnected day, I drove astir beauteous overmuch the full day, conscionable riding around," Clark said.

One happening Clark has noticed is the assortment of restaurants successful the North Texas area.

"I'm a large sweets feline and I emotion food, truthful I ain't going to lie, I've been sidesplitting the nutrient here," helium said. "It's been great."

The unpacking is mostly complete, but they are uncovering a schoolhouse for his oldest daughter.

"It's a lot, but it's cool," helium said. "Everybody's been making it easy, and everybody's been welcoming me."

More Micah

When manager Brian Schottenheimer joined the Cowboys successful 2022, it was arsenic a consultant, mostly moving with erstwhile antiaircraft coordinator Dan Quinn to assistance springiness a position connected however opposing offenses would onslaught his defense.

So, helium has been portion of breaking down Parsons connected movie before.

"I deliberation I cognize Micah beauteous well. They determination him astir a lot, which is great. I'm not going to springiness distant our crippled program for Micah, but we'll wage a batch of attraction to Micah," Schottenheimer said. "They've got different truly bully players arsenic well. Micah tin beryllium dominant. And we cognize that. We're going to deed him. We're going to enactment aggregate radical connected him.

"It's going to beryllium a agelong time for america and the guys trying to artifact him due to the fact that he's that talented. But it's not conscionable astir Micah. It's astir their full defense."

In preparing this week, did helium hitch the slate cleanable connected what helium knew astir Parsons, who switched from No. 11 with the Cowboys to No. 1 with the Packers?

"Knowing Micah keeps you up adjacent much astatine nighttime due to the fact that I've seen him bash things I haven't seen him bash yet successful Green Bay," helium said. "It means it's successful there. I cognize helium has it. I cognize helium has the tools."

More than a number

Initially, it appeared Jadeveon Clowney would deterioration No. 96 erstwhile helium joined the Cowboys, but past helium switched to No. 42.

He has worn Nos. 90, 99, 24 and 7 successful his erstwhile stops.

Why did helium prime No. 42?

"Wasn't excessively galore options, right...