Micah Parsons downplays his return
to Dallas, says sacking his mentor Dak Prescott will be 'painful'
[September 24, 2025]
By ROB MAADDI
Sacking Dak Prescott would be bittersweet for Micah Parsons.
The two-time All-Pro pass rusher downplayed 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.
“It’s going to be painful,” Parsons told the AP about getting a
chance to sack Prescott. “That’s 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’ll be a great matchup, so I’m excited to see what
Sunday brings itself.”
Parsons plans to treat it like an ordinary game, though it’ll be his
first time inside AT&T Stadium as a visitor.
“I accepted my fate weeks ago when the trade happened,” Parsons
said. “So for me, it’s just all about playing another game and just
doing what I do best, and that’s 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.”
Just a game that was circled on everyone’s calendar after Cowboys
owner Jerry Jones traded Parsons to the Packers one week before the
NFL’s season opener, ending a lengthy contract dispute.
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (10) and Micah Parsons (1)
celebrate after an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions
Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
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’ve 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.
“Besides the fans, just the teammates, the support staff, I mean
they made this transition so great and I’m 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’ve been playing
really good football so far, so that helps and I just hope we
continue that,” Parsons said.
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