{"id":97810,"date":"2025-09-24T09:25:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=97810"},"modified":"2025-09-24T09:25:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:25:44","slug":"%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8f%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8f%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8f-cowboys-receive-discouraging-statistic-on-michah-parsons-replacements-the-team-is-facing-troubling-numbers-as-they-look-to-fill-parsons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=97810","title":{"rendered":"\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f COWBOYS RECEIVE DISCOURAGING STATISTIC ON MICHAH PARSONS\u2019 REPLACEMENTS The team is facing troubling numbers as they look to fill Parsons\u2019 role, raising concern among fans and analysts. Questions about depth and defensive performance are intensifying. The upcoming games will test whether the Cowboys can adapt or struggle without their star linebacker."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2231007168-e1758683978848.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2231007168-e1758683978848.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2231007168-e1758683978848.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2231007168-e1758683978848.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys Receive Discouraging Statistic On Micah Parsons' Replacements\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Former Dallas Cowboys edge rusher, Micah Parsons, putting his hand to his face after a pre-season game against the Baltimore Ravens on August 16, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys made a huge decision to trade away Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers late last month.<\/p>\n<p>The franchise decided to spread the wealth amongst its other key players, such as cornerback, DaRon Bland, and offensive lineman, Tyler Smith \u2013 both of whom got paid in the aftermath of Parsons\u2019 high-profile departure.<\/p>\n<p>But ultimately the trading of Parsons was a signal to the fans and the media that they at least had some sort of faith in the other components of their edge-rushing group. Particularly the younger talents like rookie, Donovan Ezeiruaku and second year pro, Marshawn Kneeland \u2013 both of whom were second round picks over the past two draft classes.<\/p>\n<p>Both received strong praise coming out of training camp in August \u2013 and it was thought by some that, over time, the pair would ultimately supplant the team\u2019s incumbent starters, Dante Fowler Jr. and Sam Williams, to lead the defense into the Post-Parsons era.<\/p>\n<p>However, a strong start defensively against a not-quite-right Philadelphia Eagles in the season opener has not continued on, as the team conceded a combined 68 points against the Giants and Bears \u2013 not exactly two of the league\u2019s more renowned offensive powers \u2013 in weeks 2 and 3.<\/p>\n<p>And to make matters worse, a new statistic has emerged about Kneeland and Ezeiruaku\u2019s play during the most recent loss in Chicago, which states that both players \u2013 along with fellow backup edge rusher, James Houston, all had a 0% pass rush win rate against the Bears last Sunday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"200d83e36ac37b089c90f9c12d0c3b01\">\n<div data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfessorO_NFL\/status\/1970155494716457223\">\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Per PFF: Donovan Ezeiruaku, James Houston AND Marshawn Kneeland all had 0% pass rush win rates against the Bears.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfessorO_NFL\/status\/1970155494716457223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1970155494716457223%7Ctwgr%5E1c12e7a9cd017096fc8f199e57b276f00c69f38d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fheavy.com%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fdallas-cowboys%2Fzero-percent-pass-rush-win-rate%2F<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cPer PFF: Donovan Ezeiruaku, James Houston AND Marshawn Kneeland all had 0% pass rush win rates against the Bears.\u201d NFL statistics afficionado, Matt Owen, wrote on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN, the metric can be defined as the following.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur pass rush win rate metric tells us how often a pass rusher is able to beat his block within 2.5 seconds. Likewise, our pass block win rate metric conveys the rate linemen can sustain their blocks for 2.5 seconds or longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pro Football Focus does not outline the exact timeframe for how quick a rusher must beat their block in their modelled calculations, but it is probably safe to assume it is similar to that of ESPN\u2019s.<\/p>\n<h2>The Cowboys\u2019 Defensive Front Needs Improvement In Week 4<\/h2>\n<p>By this statistic \u2013 and against the Bears\u2019 certainly non-elite offensive front \u2013 those three players did not manage to beat their blocker just one single time.<\/p>\n<p>This statistic is brutal for both the individuals themselves, and for fans hoping that the team could Moneyball-ing their way into replicating \u2013 at least in part \u2013 Parsons\u2019 disruption on the defense.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into Sunday night\u2019s game against the Green Bay Packers, where Dallas is currently a 7-point underdog, the Cowboys will not exactly be confident of an easy win at home in a get-right game against a team that still have realistic expectations of a deep playoff run.<\/p>\n<p>But Green Bay\u2019s offensive line struggled to handle the pressure exerted from the Browns\u2019 front four during their shock defeat on last weekend. So whilst a win could be a tall-ask, this could be a game for Ezeiruaku and Kneeland to show that they are still competent, developing players, capable of impacting games and disrupting offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Arwas Daniel Arwas is a sports writer who covers the NFL for Heavy.com.\u00a0Daniel began his career in sports writing in 2022 and has covered the NFL and college football for Gridiron Heroics\u00a0and\u00a0The Hammer. More about Daniel Arwas<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Cowboys&#8217;s young edge rushers, Marshawn Kneeland, Donovan Ezeiruaku, James Houston all have a 0% pass rush win rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":97817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f COWBOYS RECEIVE DISCOURAGING STATISTIC ON MICHAH PARSONS\u2019 REPLACEMENTS The team is facing troubling numbers as they look to fill Parsons\u2019 role, raising concern among fans and analysts. Questions about depth and defensive performance are intensifying. 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