Parsons and the Cowboys now sit at 5-8 on the year.
The Dallas Cowboys are slogging through another season that seems destined for failure. A 3-7 start out of the gates, combined with the loss of quarterback Dak Prescott put them in position to need a miracle to somehow sneak into the NFC playoff bracket.
As the Bengals melted away the final seconds, Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons took a dejected solo walk to the locker room in leiu of sticking around for postgame pleasantries. Which, of course, is perfectly fine. Parsons is a competitor and his comments to the media after the loss showed that he was
Still, it's yet another indelible image summing up a year that's gone awry, often on the sport's biggest stages.“This one hurt me more than any loss this year, probably even worse than a playoff loss to be honest, because of where we were going, how we were playing, playing good football,” Parsons told the media postgame. “I’m going to sit on this, but I have to find a way to keep these guys alive. There’s still football to be had. There’s still openings to be had.
Dallas must now win its final four games and get a tremendous amount of help from other NFC contenders to somehow make it into the postseason field. Considering how things are going it likley won't be too long until they are statistically and officially eliminated.Kyle Koster is an assistant managing editor at Sports Illustrated covering the intersection of sports and media. He was formerly the editor in chief of The Big Lead, where he worked from 2011 to '24.
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