With two of their targeted players off the board, the Cowboys instead settled for LB Micah Parsons. It’s worked out pretty well.
Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons holds a team jersey after the was chosen by the Dallas Cowboys with the 12th pick in the NFL football draft Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Cleveland. were poised to select a corner heading into the first round of the 2021 NFL draft to pair with Trevon Diggs. But when the two players the club had targeted went off the board, Dallas was forced to shift gears.Corners Jaycee Horn and Patrick Surtain were taken directly before Dallas went on the clock at No. 10.
“From my perspective, I wanted a player there that really impacted strategy, a way for us to load it up and give offenses unique problems. He gives us that kind of upside.The Cowboys would select 11 players before the 2021 draft was done. The first six — and eight overall — were devoted to a defense that had been historically bad the previous season.
Parsons has accumulated a staggering 40.5 sacks in his first three seasons. He’s the first player in franchise history with double-digit sacks in each of his first three seasons and only the second player in the NFL since 1982 with 12 or more sacks in each of those seasons.Odighizuwa’s best season was this past one. The defensive tackle had three sacks and recorded a pass rush win rate of 18.2%. That’s when a defender beats his block in 2.5 seconds or less.
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