When the Dallas Cowboys welcome the Green Bay Packers to AT&T Stadium on Sunday night, most eyes will be on Micah Parsons. And deservedly so, as the four-time Pro Bowler is now the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history and returns to face the franchise that basically booted him out the door last month.
But let's not forget that Parsons won't be the only player facing his former team, as veteran defensive tackle Kenny Clark will line up against the Packers for the first time in his 10-year career.
Just as Parsons has said that Sunday will be just another game, Clark shares the same sentiment, although he did admit in a recent interview with the Cowboys' official website that emotions will be running a little high.
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"When you've been somewhere for nine years, it's hard to not have those emotions, but it's another game," Clark said. "It's another game at the end of the day. I'm definitely going to be amped up. I'm gonna be ready to go, and prepare to do everything I gotta do in order to help my team win, but at the end of the day, yeah, we're trying to get a win."
The Cowboys, of course, have only one victory through the first three weeks of this young season, but Clark certainly can't be blamed, as he's easily been one of the only bright spots on an otherwise dreadful Dallas defense that's given up the sixth-most points per game (30.7) in the league and the third-most yards (397.7).
With one of the team's only three sacks and 10 total tackles, the 29-year-old has earned a 73.7 overall PFF grade thus far, ranking third among Cowboys defensive players, sitting behind only Osa Odighizuwa (77.5) and Dante Fowler Jr. (75.0), while also ranking 22nd among all interior defensive linemen in the NFL.
Dallas will undoubtedly need Clark to be productive on Sunday night. While the Packers' offense didn't look great this past week in a devastating loss to the Cleveland Browns, the Cowboys certainly haven't forgotten the 48 points Jordan Love & Co. dropped on them in the playoffs a couple of seasons ago. And outside of the loss to Cleveland, Green Bay has looked fantastic.
And speaking of Love, just as Parsons has discussed what it would be like to sack Dak Prescott, Clark is looking forward to the opportunity to take down his former quarterback as well.
"Yeah, you get to hit now," Clark said when talking about Love. "I'm excited, bro. I'm excited. It's been a long time coming, and it's definitely something I've been thinking about since I got traded here. I'm excited to go."
And football fans are excited as well. Clark and the Cowboys versus Parsons and the Packers gets rolling at 8:20 p.m. Eastern on Sunday night.