FRISCO, Texas —  Dallas Cowboys two-time First-Crew All-Professional linebacker Micah Parsons create what could have been his maximum dominant all-around time out within the Cowboys’ 30-10 defensive deconstruction of the Fresh York Jets in While 2. He completed with two sacks, six quarterback pressures, 3 tackles for loss, a pressured fumble on Professional Bowl operating again Dalvin Prepare dinner and a fumble fix. Parsons additionally nearly got here away with a landing in this play games, however replay evaluation perceptible Jets preserve Laken Tomlinson was once touching him as he recovered the soccer at the AT&T Stadium turf. 

For the ones efforts, the NFL named Parsons the NFC Defensive Participant of the While, an accolade he has now accrued for the 0.33 week in his three-year occupation. He additionally received the award in While 8 of the 2021 season, his rookie yr on the Minnesota Vikings, and in While 5 of the 2022 on the Los Angeles Rams. The win for While 3 of the 2023 season ties Parsons with Cowboys two-time Professional Bowl linebacker Sean Lee for the second-most Defensive Participant of the While accolades in group historical past. Must Parsons win the award yet another week, he would secured franchise legend and Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer DeMarcus Ware for probably the most in Cowboys historical past with 4. 

Then again with Parsons as much as 3 sacks (fix for the 0.33 maximum within the NFL) and 12 quarterback pressures (third-most within the NFL), he has his optical on larger awards this season as he’s powering a Cowboys protection that leads the NFL in issues allowed (10), takeaways (seven), general yards in keeping with recreation allowed (193.0), yards in keeping with play games allowed (3.5), pink zone landing share allowed (0%), sacks (10, fix with the Commanders), quarterback power price (63.6%) and passer ranking allowed (34.2). 

“When I talk about Defensive Player of the Year, I don’t look at the subject of the award,” Parsons stated later Sunday’s recreation. “I look at the subject and say ‘I want to be the best player in the NFL.’ So whatever comes with that, I don’t think just qualify myself as just a defensive player. I think I’m a most valuable player.”