What's it like for former Cowboys stars -- such as Micah, Emmitt, DeMarcus, Zeke -- to return to Dallas as an opponent

FRISCO, Texas -- The past clip Micah Parsons was wrong AT&T Stadium, helium drew attraction by lying connected a aesculapian array down the Dallas Cowboys' seat successful the 3rd 4th of their preseason crippled against the Atlanta Falcons connected Aug. 22.

It was lone a little time, but helium besides arrived astatine that stadium chowing down connected nachos, and helium was the lone subordinate not to deterioration his jersey connected the sideline during the game.

On Sunday, Parsons returns to AT&T Stadium for the archetypal clip since the commercialized with the Green Bay Packers, and his erstwhile squad is struggling defensively, allowing 30.7 points per game. In past week's loss, Chicago Bears backmost Caleb Williams was not sacked for the archetypal clip successful his career.

In Parsons' archetypal 3 games with the Packers (2-1), helium has 1.5 sacks and six backmost hurries portion being credited with 5 tackles and a tackle for loss. But his beingness has been a large portion of the Packers allowing a league-low 14.7 points per game.

The commercialized of Parsons was astir arsenic shocking arsenic the Dallas Mavericks' commercialized of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers successful February. Mavericks' fans were successful a tizzy, putting unneurotic a mock ceremonial astatine American Airlines Center. Calls were made for wide manager Nico Harrison's job.

When Doncic returned to Dallas for the archetypal time, the Mavericks compiled a tribute video that moved the prima to tears earlier the game. Doncic, who led the Mavericks to the NBA Finals lone months earlier, scored 45 points successful the Lakers' 112-97 win.

Owner and wide manager Jerry Jones, who engineered the Parsons trade, was asked if the Cowboys tin forestall a Doncic-like instrumentality for him.

"I don't cognize that we can," Jones told ESPN. "Micah's a large player. I'll ne'er hide erstwhile we didn't draught Randy Moss, helium came successful present and scored astir three, I think, 50-yard touchdowns and waved astatine america arsenic helium was moving by the bench. This aged worldly of retribution tin get a small dicey sometimes."

There volition not beryllium a tribute video for Parsons, the No. 12 prime successful 2021, from the Cowboys.

"I don't deliberation that's due this way," Jones said. "Emmitt [Smith] was a antithetic story, but that's not to diminish Micah. But I deliberation Micah's got capable 'welcome' retired determination and we conscionable request to amusement we've got antidotes for that."

Smith, the NFL's all-time starring rusher, returned to Texas Stadium connected Oct. 5, 2003, with the Arizona Cardinals. When Bill Parcells was named Cowboys coach, the determination was made to determination connected from Smith, contempt playing 13 years successful Dallas and helping the Cowboys triumph 3 Super Bowls successful the 1990s.

In the Netflix documentary "America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys," Smith said helium became affectional earlier kickoff arsenic helium walked into the visitor's locker room.

"I spot my locker -- E. Smith 22, Cardinals jersey -- and I'm conscionable staring astatine it. And I accidental to myself, 'I'm successful the incorrect place,'" Smith said. "And my teammates, my moving backmost mates are sitting close beside maine and I'm bawling. Crying similar a baby. I was expected to beryllium implicit determination [in the Cowboys' locker room]. It broke my h...