Packers' Micah Parsons responds to perceived Cowboys slight

Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones raised eyebrows when he revealed that the club will not have any kind of tribute for Micah Parsons when the Green Bay Packers star pass-rusher returns to Dallas' AT&T Stadium as a visiting player for the first time this coming Sunday night. 

While speaking with reporters on Wednesday, Parsons indicated he isn't losing any sleep over Jones' decision.

Does Micah Parsons think tribute decision is disrespectful?

"There’s a lot of things I can consider disrespectful throughout this process, but I wouldn’t say the tribute is one of them," Parsons said, per Matt Schneidman of The Athletic. "I would say, I just think there’s hard feelings maybe there for them, but for me, I’m happy where I’m at and we got a really good football team, so I guess I can (receive) my tribute in a win, I hope."

The relationship between Jones and Parsons allegedly grew "frosty" amid a contract standoff that involved the 26-year-old going public with a trade request on Aug. 1. In the end, the Packers made Parsons the new highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history by acquiring him and then giving him a four-year, $188M contract that included $136M guaranteed. 

Does Micah Parsons think Cowboys fans will boo him?

Parsons featured for the Cowboys from 2021 through last season. It sounds like he expects to be warmly welcomed by the Dallas faithful when he first steps onto the field ahead of the upcoming prime-time showdown. 

"You know, I think Dallas loves me," Parsons explained, according to Rob Demovsky of ESPN. "I think they're going to give me a good round of applause. There's no hard feelings there, at least from me, and I think it's going to be, like I said, it's going to be a great atmosphere."

As of Thursday morning, ESPN BET had the 2-1 Packers as 6.5-point road favorites against the 1-2 Cowboys. Parsons suggested Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott will be ready to make a statement against a Green Bay side that began Thursday ranked third in the league in total defense with 232.3 yards allowed per game and first in points allowed per game (14.7), per ESPN stats. 

"I think Dak is so good because he’s overly confident and he believes he can make every throw," Parsons added. "And I think 90 percent of the time, he does do that."