Micah Parsons reveals what Cowboys need to be successful in 2025

The Dallas Cowboys will not be finishing the 2024 season the way anyone envisioned. The team will finish with a losing record for the first time since 2020 and will be at home watching the hated Philadelphia Eagles attempt to win their second Super Bowl in the last decade.
Many things went wrong for the Cowboys this season, including major injuries to key players. One of those players was linebacker Micah Parsons.
Parsons missed some action this year but returned to playing at a level that everyone is accustomed to watching him play.
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However, the former All-Pro knows the team wasn't good enough this season, and he has one focus heading into 2025.
Cowboys DE Micah Parsons when asked about what it's going to take to get back on top of the NFC East: "One, we're gonna have to get healthy. I mean, we got 3 or 4 starters who aren't coming back until mid next season. We got to plan for that. We got to get healthy. We got to keep…
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) December 29, 2024
When asked about how the Cowboys can return to the top of the NFC, here's what Parsons had to say:
"One, we're gonna have to get healthy. I mean, we got 3 or 4 starters who aren't coming back until mid next season. We got to plan for that. We got to get healthy. We got to keep coming together."
Parsons' comments are not an excuse but, rather, a reality; this team has dealt with significant injuries all season, and in the end, it cost them. Health is something that is absolutely necessary for this team to be competitve next season.
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