There is only a month left in the NFL regular season, and it hasn't gotten any easier watching Micah Parsons suit up for the Green Bay Packers every Sunday. It's fairly easy to envision how the Dallas Cowboys can survive, and even thrive, in a post-Parsons world, but it's admittedly hard seeing him dominate while Dallas' defense continues to spiral in mediocrity.
If you completely checked out of the Parsons business after the trade, just know that he's been one of the best defenders in football this season. Shocking, right? And for all the back-and-forth jabs in the immediate aftermath, he has kept his head down concerning Jerry Jones.
In a great mood after the Packers' big divisional win over the Bears on Sunday, Parsons dished out some love to Dak Prescott while discussing Jordan Love's case for MVP.
"I don't think, besides Stafford, there's a guy that's playing better football (than Love). And Dak Prescott, he's playing really good, too. Those three guys, I think, are playing the best football in the league right now," Parsons said, via Matt Schneidman of The Athletic.
Cowboys QB Dak Prescott is on Micah Parsons' MVP ballot
Parsons added that Prescott is someone who "goes unnoticed."
The former Cowboy has taken notice of Prescott's level of play this season. Unfortunately for Prescott, his chances of taking home MVP evaporated with Dallas' loss in Detroit. The Cowboys will likely need to catch the Eagles in the NFC East and win the division for the Prescott MVP talk to resurface again at a serious magnitude.
But that should not take away from the excellent year Prescott has put together. For the season (pre Monday Night Football), Prescott is first among quarterbacks in passing yards and QBR, and second in touchdowns. If you take a deeper dive into QB play, Prescott is seventh in EPA per play and sixth in completion percentage over expected.
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What makes the latter stats so impressive is that Prescott hasn't had the support of a good defense, or even a functional defense, for most of the season. The same can't be said for Stafford and Love. Prescott has had to play near-perfect ball every week, and he's largely delivered.
The Cowboys would be flirting with 10 wins if their defense were somewhat reliable. In other words, the front office flat-out wasted arguably the best season of Prescott's career. Trading Parsons weeks before the start of the season with no available pivot was begging to end in disaster, even if there's a light at the end of the tunnel.
The national perception of Prescott has changed for the better ever so slightly, thanks to him playing out of his mind on multiple national stages. It's nice to see that Parsons, even in Green Bay, is still fighting the good fight.