When you cover sports professionally, there is a danger of over-hyping players too early in their careers. We see it happen all the time across the spectrum of sports and it's no different in the NFL.
Within a few games of taking the field for the Dallas Cowboys as a rookie in 2021, linebacker/edge rusher Micah Parsons was turning heads and being compared to the great and destructive pass rusher from the New York Giants teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor.
It was a lofty comparison, but all Parsons has done since entering the league is live up to such a billing. He is everything that LT was to the Giants – relentless, dominant and capable of taking over entire games on his own. The comparisons are proving to be fair and not over-hyped at all.
Parsons makes plays all over the field and demands your attention. Your eyes are drawn to him. If you took all of the names and numbers off the backs of the players in Dallas Cowboys games, you would still find Micah Parsons every time.
In Sunday's 30-10 beatdown of the New York Jets, Parsons delivered further evidence of his growing greatness. Yes, I'm going to use that word already even though he is only in his third season because talents like this do not come around too often in the NFL. It's a whole new level with Parsons – he has the potential to be one of the top four or five defensive players in this game's history.
Parsons recorded four tackles, two sacks, four quarterback hits, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and he knocked down a pass. Through his first 35 NFL games, Parsons has now recorded 29 ½ sacks. It is one heck of a return and his quick start to 2023 has helped the Cowboys open the season with back-to-back wins over New York
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