{"id":23407,"date":"2025-02-04T02:02:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T02:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=23407"},"modified":"2025-02-04T02:02:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T02:02:39","slug":"cowboys-micah-parsons-turns-heads-in-video-going-viral-at-pro-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=23407","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys&#8217; Micah Parsons Turns Heads in Video Going Viral at Pro Bowl.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">Dallas Cowboys defensive star Micah Parsons competed at the 2025 Pro Bowl Games over the weekend and showed off his dominant athletic prowess in a skills competition.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>FRISCO \u2014 Four years of evidence show how dominant Micah Parsons can be when he is competing on a\u00a0football field. In fact, his absence for an extended time in the 2024 season showed how much the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0miss him when he is unavailable.<\/p>\n<p>Usually, Parsons puts his talents on display make a ridiculous chase down play or bulldozing through an offensive line to swallow up a helpless\u00a0quarterback\u00a0in the backfield.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div id=\"_adr_abp_container_3\" class=\"_adr_abp_container\" data-section=\"7db9a01170294858359598238868b29f\" data-packetid=\"00000001-6b6c9490-c0b9-40bf-8526-7e552429d58f\" data-render-time=\"1738633543931\">\n<div>AD<\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"iframe-ad-container-7db9a01170294858359598238868b29f\" src=\"https:\/\/delivery.adrecover.com\/recover.html?siteId=46584&amp;dataDogLoggingEnabled=false&amp;dataDogLoggingVersion=1\" name=\"7db9a01170294858359598238868b29f\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>However, this past Sunday, Parsons took the spotlight without his pads on to compete in a skills competition at the Pro Bowl Games in Orlando. He faced\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0linebacker Patrick Queen in\u00a0the first leg of The Great Football Race.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\"><a><picture class=\"is-loaded\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjEyNTgxNTA3MzU5ODQzODQ5\/01jf69b4ftcd111cgtk2.webp 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjEyNTgxNTA3MzU5ODQzODQ5\/01jf69b4ftcd111cgtk2.webp 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEyNTgxNTA3MzU5ODQzODQ5\/01jf69b4ftcd111cgtk2.webp 700w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjEyNTgxNTA3MzU5ODQzODQ5\/01jf69b4ftcd111cgtk2.jpg 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjEyNTgxNTA3MzU5ODQzODQ5\/01jf69b4ftcd111cgtk2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEyNTgxNTA3MzU5ODQzODQ5\/01jf69b4ftcd111cgtk2.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"m-detail--tml-image m-image\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjEyNTgxNTA3MzU5ODQzODQ5\/01jf69b4ftcd111cgtk2.webp\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"01jf69b4ftcd111cgtk2\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEyNTgxNTA3MzU5ODQzODQ5\/01jf69b4ftcd111cgtk2.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/a><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\">Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Parsons blitzed through the obstacles and dashed away from his competition in the\u00a0viral clip.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/1886167563844964789\">VIDEO<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div id=\"_adr_abp_container_5\" class=\"_adr_abp_container\" data-section=\"f93a952a73a4c8719dd32e0528f6eee3\" data-packetid=\"00000001-6b6c9490-c0b9-40bf-8526-7e552429d58f\" data-render-time=\"1738633543956\">\n<div>AD<\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"iframe-ad-container-f93a952a73a4c8719dd32e0528f6eee3\" src=\"https:\/\/delivery.adrecover.com\/recover.html?siteId=46584&amp;dataDogLoggingEnabled=false&amp;dataDogLoggingVersion=1\" name=\"f93a952a73a4c8719dd32e0528f6eee3\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"2\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As far as footage to put on tape, this may serve as Parsons&#8217; final image to present the Cowboys before the offseason gets into full swing. Many will have eyes toward The Star over the next few months, waiting to see what Dallas decides to do in terms of their future with their defensive star.<\/p>\n<p>Parsons is due a contract extension with one-year left on his deal. One would assume that deal would be a guarantee to get done for a player of his caliber.<\/p>\n<p>But the Cowboys dragged their feet in similar situations with Dak Prescott and\u00a0CeeDee Lamb\u00a0last summer. Lamb held out of training camp and Prescott did not get his extension until hours before the start of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, the Cowboys show some sort of learning curve in their negotiations with &#8220;The Lion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas Cowboys defensive star Micah Parsons competed at the 2025 Pro Bowl Games over the weekend and showed off his dominant athletic prowess in a skills competition&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23407","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>Cowboys&#039; Micah Parsons Turns Heads in Video Going Viral at Pro Bowl.. - 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=23407\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cowboys&#039; 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