Cowboys’ Micah Parsons embracing ‘wild bull’ role, says Jalen Hurts next on ‘hit list’ of QBs in 2021

“I will be again.” After seeing rookie Twelfth-overall decide Micah Parsons terrorize former sixth-overall decide Justin Herbert” on Sunday, admitting openly that he “really wanted” to get his shot on the Los Angeles Chargers quarterback, you are left to marvel if Parsons dropped the notorious film line a time or two through the Dallas Cowboys 20-17 victory at SoFi Stadium. Parsons is maintaining that vitality for Week 3, within the absence of All-Professional defensive finish DeMarcus Lawrence, having bullied Herbert to the tune of a league-high eight whole pressures in Week 2, together with a team-high 4 quarterback hurries and a game-changing 18-yard sack within the waning minutes of regulation. 

His subsequent project is to fluster former second-second decide Jalen Hurts, a QB that is not as doubtlessly deadly within the air as Herbert, however presents a a lot greater problem on the bottom. Hurts has been recognized to make issues occur along with his legs — both extending performs for downfield heaves or carving off chunks himself within the speeding recreation — presenting a special kind of problem for Parsons on Monday evening. 

For his half, the Cowboys defensive rookie dynamo sees Hurts as subsequent QB on his listing to bury.

“I’d say each quarterback that is on the season is on the hit listing,” Parsons instructed media on Wednesday. “I need all of them. Herbert was simply the man I had that week. However Hurts, he is on the hit listing now too. You bought to take a look at it such as you’re making an attempt to be the Terminator on the market.”

That might make Hurts this week’s model of John Connor, hoping to flee each Parsons and Skynet, i.e., the defensive scheme of Dan Quinn. Thus far within the season, Hurts has proven he can benefit from porous secondaries — throwing for 264 passing yards and three touchdowns to no interceptions within the common season opener in opposition to the Atlanta Falcons — however battle in opposition to those that current an issue on the defensive entrance and drive him into turning into nothing greater than a halfback who takes snaps.

Final week in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers, Hurts was sacked twice and hurried a mixed 18 instances (six by Arik Armstead alone), resulting in solely 12 completions in 23 makes an attempt for 190 yards with no passing touchdowns. He’d get his manufacturing on the bottom, however his 82 speeding yards and one speeding landing on 10 makes an attempt was futile within the 17-11 loss on his personal discipline. He should now journey to face Parsons and the Cowboys within the first house recreation of the season at AT&T Stadium, and his potential to take off and run is not misplaced on Parsons in any respect.

“He is a terrific menace,” stated Parsons of Hurts’ mobility. “You have a look at gamers who [are] altering the sport of soccer like Lamar or Herbert, Hurts. Simply the mobility of them getting exterior the pocket to increase performs. You have to learn to include them. 

“You have to do some stunts. You have to field and cage them into that factor to allow them to’t go nowhere. It may be a terrific problem, nice participant. You have a look at him by Alabama to Oklahoma. 

“He is all the time been a menace along with his legs and you have to learn to sluggish him down and spy him up a bit of bit. Get to him, get him off his level to the place he will not wish to come out of the field.”

It will be an fascinating matchup to look at on Monday, contemplating neither participant is precisely thought-about sluggish within the open discipline. The sting goes to Parsons in that regard although, as a result of whereas Hurts clocked in at 4.59 seconds in his pre-draft 40-yard sprint, Parsons obliterates that quantity with a 4.39-second sprint of his personal. That’s to say if Parsons must chase down a sprinting Hurts, he can.

And the added problem for Hurts and the Eagles is to determine the place Parsons is on the sector.

“I do not assume it actually issues whether or not it is linebacker or D-end,” Parsons added, noting the flexibility the Cowboys look to proceed utilizing to maintain opposing offenses off-balance. “I really feel like I am an every-down participant. Every week I’ve acquired to show that. This week, I’d get much more snaps than I did final week. 

“It is all about proving and exhibiting you are able to do it. Perhaps final week they only wished to see if I might actually fill his footwear and the way I’d do. Proved them proper. Going to play much more. You simply by no means know the place I will play it at, although.”

Wherever his subsequent snap places him, he isn’t desirous about doubtlessly paced going ahead, i.e., having his snap counts measured. With an ankle harm to Dorance Armstrong possible sidelining him for a spell, it isn’t one thing Parsons has to fret about, however he needs to be clear in that he by no means needs to fret about it, ever.

“Nah. I do not want tempo,” he stated. “If you’ve acquired a wild bull, you do not simply let him tempo, you let him run. I am simply on the market operating. If I am drained, I will inform them I am drained. 

“I am on the market — I simply wish to play. I will give one hundred pc. If I am unable to give 100 [percent], then I will not be on the market taking part in.”

It appears like Monday is perhaps somebody’s judgment day.

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