Cowboys’ Micah Parsons gets shout out and award from Hall of Famer Ed Reed

It’s no secret that Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons is amazing at what he does. In his first season in the NFL, the young linebacker already needed a big enough trophy case to fit awards and honors like PFWA 2021 Rookie of the Year, Pepsi Rookie of the Week (twice), All-Pro, and unanimous Defensive Rookie of the Year.

Parsons hasn’t slowed down at all in his second year. In eight games, the linebacker has two passes defended, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery for a touchdown, 36 tackles, nine tackles for loss, 14 QB hits, and 8.0 sacks. He’s shown off his speed to make game-saving tackles and proved his athleticism is incredibly unique.

These things, among many others, have earned the Cowboys LB an award from someone who knows a thing or two about great football — Hall of Fame safety Ed Reed. The 9x Pro Bowler, 6x All-Pro, and 2004 Defensive Player of the Year named Parsons the second winner of The 33rd Team’s Ed Reed – Dominating Player of the Month Award.

This is the first year of this award and each honoree (it was Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick who won the first award for September) gets a special message from Reed himself. The one for Parsons had quite the praise.

Cowboys LB Micah Parsons wins the second-ever Ed Reed – Dominating Player of the Month Award

Here’s what the Hall of Famer said in his personalized video:

"When I tell you this guy does everything, he does it all! He’s lining up at defensive end, defensive tackle. He’s lining up at linebacker. He’s in the pass throws. He’s rushing the passer. He’s defending passes. Fumble recoveries. He’s doing it all. He did it all last month. Hopefully, he keeps it up and keeps those Dallas Cowboys running towards the playoffs.Micah Parsons. Congratulations. Keep dominating. Keep being the player that you are. And you also see guys around him making plays, so that’s what it’s about."

The video also points out that Parsons has 29 tackles for loss since 2021 (the most in the NFL) and 44 QB hits since 2021 (second most in the NFL).

This wasn’t even the only honor that the linebacker had this week. EA Madden, a game that has grossly underrated him in the past, named him a member of the All-Madden team, which made Parsons very excited as he is a massive fan of the video game.

Parsons has been an integral part of this Cowboys team, but he doesn’t do it alone. Another Cowboy to win an award recently was running back Tony Pollard who took home the FedEx Ground Player of the Week Award after his impressive performance stepping in for Ezekiel Elliott against the Chicago Bears.

This team is full of stars who are well worthy of these honors.

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