{"id":11273,"date":"2024-12-16T02:54:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T02:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=11273"},"modified":"2024-12-16T02:54:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T02:54:36","slug":"breaking-cowboys-micah-parsons-fires-strong-message-to-teammates-after-week-15-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=11273","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys\u2019 Micah Parsons Fires Strong Message to Teammates After Week 15 Win.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2190113595-e1734303228290.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2190113595-e1734303228290.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2190113595-e1734303228290.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2190113595-e1734303228290.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys star Micah Parsons\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"321\" data-dom-ready-time=\"845\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Cowboys star Micah Parsons<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It would have been decidedly easy for the\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0to take the view of the Week 15 game they played against the\u00a0Carolina Panthers\u00a0on the road that many in the team\u2019s fan base were hoping the team would take. The Dallas season is over, a wreck of injuries, terrible management decisions and general underachievement, so why not punch out and instead improve the 2025 NFL draft position?<\/p>\n<p>There is much the Cowboys need, after all. Getting into position for the best possible pick sure sounds like a the best play for the team\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>The problem, though, is that edge rusher\u00a0Micah Parsons\u00a0was never going to let that happen. He said as much two weeks ago, and after Dallas flexed its way past Carolina in Week 15,\u00a0with a 30-14 win, thanks in large part to a dominating defensive effort, Parsons reiterated his feelings.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with reporters after the game, Parsons was emphatic in his message to his teammates. There were, entering Sunday, four games to play, and Parsons expected a level of professionalism from all four outings.<\/p>\n<p>That started with Carolina: \u201cWe\u2019ve got to step up defensively, understand that we\u2019re missing offensively, missing some guys on that side, but we just gotta keep stepping up.\u00a0 This was a good team. They gave the Eagles a fright, Chiefs, Broncos\u2013this is a team that coming in here, we didn\u2019t want to take lightly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But he wants to carry that approach forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not gonna give up,\u201d Parsons said. As long as I am part of this unit, as long as we believe in each other, and I can look to my left and know I can count on them. We fighting for each other, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cowboys Stars Came Through<\/h2>\n<p>The Cowboys had a solid day offensively, as quarterback\u00a0Cooper Rush\u00a0overcame a fumble to throw three touchdowns without an interception, and fed nine passes for 116 yards to receiver\u00a0CeeDee Lamb. Running back\u00a0Rico Dowdle\u00a0racked up 149 yards on 25 carries.<\/p>\n<p>But the defense consistently set up the offense in favorable situations. They sacked Bryce Young six times and forced four turnovers\u2013two fumbles and two interceptions. Parsons said those around the NFL can expect that kind of effort to continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of guys fighting for new contracts, guys fighting to take care of their families. There\u2019s still a lot of football to be played.\u00a0 You don\u2019t want to put nothing bad on film or nothing like that. We fighting for each other at this point,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>At 6-8, the Cowboys are not really fighting for the playoffs anymore. But they can, Parsons said, fight for each other. \u201cThe record is the record, the game is the game. You\u2019re going to win some and we\u2019re going to lose some. But it\u2019s a special feeling when we can fight for each other,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Cowboys star Micah Parsons It would have been decidedly easy for the\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0to take the view of the Week 15 game they played against the\u00a0Carolina Panthers\u00a0on the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Cowboys\u2019 Micah Parsons Fires Strong Message to Teammates After Week 15 Win.. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=11273\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Cowboys\u2019 Micah Parsons Fires Strong Message to Teammates After Week 15 Win.. - 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