Following a lengthy and fruitless contract standoff, Parsons was traded by the Cowboys to the Packers shortly before this season kicked off. Roughly a month later, Parsons will be back in Dallas aiming to help Green Bay to its sixth consecutive win in the NFC rivalry.
With Parsons providing a major pass-rushing boost, the Packers sprang out to an impressive 2-0 start before stumbling in Week 3 by way of a 13-10 loss to the Cleveland Browns.
Parsons has five tackles, 1.5 sacks, six QB hits and, per Next Gen Stats, is second in the NFL with 19 QB pressures.
The Cowboys, meanwhile, are 1-2 with a defense that’s 30th in the league in yards allowed so far in the post-Parsons era.
Prescott will also be without his top wide receiver, CeeDee Lamb, and two of his starting offensive linemen, Tyler Booker and Cooper Beebe, who are all out with ankle injuries.
Parsons downplayed the significance of the upcoming Sunday night showdown in Texas, even though the pomp and circumstance accompanying the game will be overflowing.
“I accepted my fate weeks ago when the trade happened,” Parsons said. “So, for me, it’s just all about playing another game and just doing what I do best, and that’s just be a disruptive football player. I think the media and the fans are trying to blow it up to be such a big thing. But I just look at it as just another game at AT&T.”
As he tries to view it as any other game, he admits Prescott isn’t just another quarterback he’ll be zeroing in. He will potentially be the 26th quarterback Parsons has sacked in his thus-far tremendous career. Painful as the proposition is for him, the new Packer will be bringing it on Sunday.