Cowboys LB Micah Parsons on Dan Quinn's future: 'He might take me with him, you never know'
Come Saturday, Super Wild Card Weekend will kick off.
However, hiring-cycle season is already underway.
One team dealing with both is the Dallas Cowboys, as they're hosting the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, but also have a hot head coaching candidate in defensive coordinator Dan Quinn.
One of Quinn's star pupils, Micah Parsons, isn't enamored with the prospects of Quinn leaving, but understands it's all part of being in the NFL. And perhaps Quinn would even take Parsons with him.
"Dan's my guy," Parsons told reporters Thursday. "And if he do leave me, it's always love. He might take me with him, you never know."
Parsons was laughing when he delivered the line and it's next door to impossible that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones won't be locking up his all-star backer with an extension sometime in the near future. Nonetheless, the comment underscores how fond Parsons is of Quinn and might be a subtle play on contract talks. The 2021 first-rounder is signed through 2024 on his rookie deal with a fifth-year option, and Jones has already emphasized the importance of a Parsons extension this summer while dealing with guard Zack Martin's holdout.
Losing Quinn, on the other hand, could be inevitable.
NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported earlier this week that Quinn was a candidate to succeed Pete Carroll as the Seattle Seahawks head coach. Quinn has also received interview requests from the Carolina Panthers, Los Angeles Chargers, Tennessee Titans and Washington Commanders.
Thus, when asked Thursday if he felt this could be his last chance to win a Super Bowl with Quinn, Parsons replied in the affirmative.
"It's the nature of the business," Parsons said. "It could possibly be my last ride with Q. And if it is, we're gonna make sure it's a
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