The Dallas Cowboys lost their first game of the season on Sunday courtesy of an inspired Arizona Cardinals side. Dallas was expected to come out of this game with a victory to improve to 3-0 for the new season, but unfortunately for them, they were unable to hold off Arizona, who themselves marked their first win of the campaign.
Dallas Cowboys Star Micah Parsons Vocal on Loss Vs. Cardinals
After the loss, a disappointed Micah Parsons got brutally honest in sharing his thoughts about the game. The former Defensive Player of the Year slapped the Cowboys with some harsh reality in what turned out to be a very disappointing performance against the Cardinals:
“I think we just beat ourselves,” Parsons said, via Dallas beat reporter Jon Machota of The Athletic. “We put ourselves behind the eight ball a couple times. It just wasn’t championship football. … The outcome was definitely shocking. It definitely hurts. I take full ownership. … The last two weeks we were on fire and today we came out and we got lit. … We got to take on every game like it’s the Super Bowl. We got to play up to our standard. We can’t play down to (our opponent), and that’s what I felt like we did today.”
Parsons, of all people, knows that Dallas just wasn’t good enough on Sunday. They may have underestimated their opponents, and for their part, the Cardinals made sure to make the Cowboys pay for their fatal mistake.
Parsons and the rest of the squad will need to be much better than this if they hope to establish themselves as a serious contender for this year’s title. The silver lining here is that they are still on track to achieve their lofty objectives this season. Their Week 3 loss could be considered as a bump in the road. That is, of course, under the assumption that they are able to bounce back on Sunday against the New England Patriots.
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