- Emillia Hawkins, Sports Reporter
DALLAS COWBOYS quarterback Dak Prescott has responded to a pre-game message from ex-teammate Micah Parsons.
Parsons will face his former team on Sunday for the first time since leaving the Cowboys for the Green Bay Packers in August.
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Ahead of the game, the 26-year-old said it would be “painful” to sack Prescott in Arlington.
And in response, Prescott said on Thursday: “I hope it’s not [painful] for me!
“And I hope he doesn’t get to me, for one.
“It’ll definitely be fun. Yeah, it’s one me and my fiancée were just talking about the other day and just all the reps of practice, going against Micah in times when he couldn’t hit me, whether him getting back there, just the trash talk back and forth, me telling him he wouldn’t tackle me anyways, he still can’t bring me down. You got to get to that point.
“Just getting to go out there and compete with a guy that’s a good friend, that I’ve competed with in numbers of ways throughout this building, outside of this building.
“Yeah, just excited to go and have that matchup.
“But he’s got five guys up front, plus tight ends and running backs that he’s got to get through. Then we’ll worry about if he can get to me.”
Parsons had spent three years with the Cowboys before joining the Green Bay Packers.
The defensive end requested a trade away from Dallas earlier this year and shared a statement confirming his decision on social media.
He said: “Yes I wanted to be here. I did everything I could to show that I wanted to be a Cowboy and wear the star on my helmet.
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“I wanted to play in front of the best fans in sports and make this Americas team once again.
“The team my pops and I grew up cheering for way up in Harrisburg, PA. Unfortunately I no longer want to be here.
“I no longer want to be held to close door negotiations without my agent present.
“I no longer want shots taken at me for getting injured while laying it on the line for the organization our fans and my teammates.
“I no longer want narratives created and spread to the media about me.
“I had purposely stayed quiet in hopes of getting something done.”
He was eventually traded to the Green Bay Packers just under a month ago, with defensive tackle Kenny Clark heading the other way.
