Micah Parsons chose not to attend the Dallas Cowboys OTAs, which clearly was a source of frustration for head coach Mike McCarthy as he called it a “missed opportunity” for Parsons to learn the new defensive scheme under new defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. But Parsons has a much different perspective.
After returning to the team for the team’s mandatory minicamp, Micah Parsons explained that his absence from OTAs was because he is “an undersized rusher that gets banged up every year” and that the spring is a time for “letting my body heal and grow, strengthen, and get ready for the year.”
Parsons explained that all of his value as a player comes from his physical ability and health, and he wants to preserve that to maximize his earning potential.
“Understanding the business side of it, too,” Parsons said, via the team’s website. “This is all I have. This is all I have to offer to the Cowboys. Before you sign a contract, you go through a physical, before you’re even on a team. This is your engine. This is where all of my equity lies. I have no other equity to offer them, and availability is the best ability. If I’m not available when it really matters because my body is not healing property or I didn’t get all of the rehab I need to be successful, then that’s on me. It’s not on them. They’ll just find the next me.”
Clearly, Parsons was very intentional about every decision that he made.
