News: CW: Parsons No. 16 in NFL Top 100, highest ranking LB, Cowboys player

[Reality]

 

[Aven8]

Tom Brady is #1. Should be fun in a couple of weeks.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Zach Martin is the best player on the team, but Micah is close.

I really hope he continues to get better and improves upon his rookie season.

 

[MarcusRock]

Love Parsons but he clearly got a Cowboys bump. No way he should rank above 3-time All-Pro LB Shaq (formerly Darius) Leonard from the Colts nor Justin Jefferson at this point. But these lists are never perfect. Brady at #1 is proof of that.

 

[stilltheguru]

I look forward to seeing if he can create turnovers. He needs to watch tape of Darius. Not all about sacks

Love Parsons but he clearly got a Cowboys bump. No way he should rank above 3-time All-Pro LB Shaq (formerly Darius) Leonard from the Colts nor Justin Jefferson at this point. But these lists are never perfect. Brady at #1 is proof of that.

 

[john van brocklin]

He's really fun to watch.
Hope he does not get dragged down by our culture.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

I would have had Parsons somewhere in the Top 12.

I was just looking at TJ Watts' career stats (which are amazing) and thinking the football gods must have given us a Mulligan with Parsons for screwing up and missing on the opportunity to draft Watt.

 

[tyke1doe]

I look forward to seeing if he can create turnovers. He needs to watch tape of Darius. Not all about sacks

Didn't he do that against Mahomeboy and the Chiefs and Ryan and the Falcons and Heinicke and the Commodes?

 

[jazzcat22]

Tom Brady is #1. Should be fun in a couple of weeks.

Did TB12 change his number to #1?
That TB owner trying to profit off of this selling jerseys.

 

[Denim Chicken]

Love Parsons but he clearly got a Cowboys bump. No way he should rank above 3-time All-Pro LB Shaq (formerly Darius) Leonard from the Colts nor Justin Jefferson at this point. But these lists are never perfect. Brady at #1 is proof of that.

If its based on 2021 performance only I think you could make the argument.

 

[stilltheguru]

Didn't he do that against Mahomeboy and the Chiefs and Ryan and the Falcons and Heinicke and the Commodes?

I'm not talking about sacks.

 

[xwalker]

Love Parsons but he clearly got a Cowboys bump. No way he should rank above 3-time All-Pro LB Shaq (formerly Darius) Leonard from the Colts nor Justin Jefferson at this point. But these lists are never perfect. Brady at #1 is proof of that.

Leonard had zero sacks in 1001 snaps played in 2021...

Also, I don't think he coverage a WR on a go route...

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Leonard had zero sacks in 1001 snaps played in 2021...

Also, I don't think he coverage a WR on a go route...

He’s a middle LB genius; apples-to-oranges.

He also has 11 INTs and 30 PDs in his career.

 

[stilltheguru]

He’s a middle LB genius; apples-to-oranges.

He also has 11 INTs and 30 PDs in his career.

Catty for no reason smh

 

[JJHLH1]

Too low.

Based on 2021 should be:

1. Brady
2. Donald
3. Rodgers
4. Allen
5. Parsons

 

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[Aerolithe_Lion]

Too low.

Based on 2021 should be:

1. Brady
2. Donald
3. Rodgers
4. Allen
5. Parsons

Do you think a LB getting 13 sacks is bigger than a WR getting 1900 yards?

 

[xwalker]

He’s a middle LB genius; apples-to-oranges.

He also has 11 INTs and 30 PDs in his career.

It's a list of the top NFL players, not a list of the top LBs.

I'll reference you as non-genius.

 

[MarcusRock]

Leonard had zero sacks in 1001 snaps played in 2021...

Also, I don't think he coverage a WR on a go route...

Already covered but sacks aren't the end all, be all. You might have even said that yourself around here previously. Last year Leonard had 4 INTs, 8 passes defended, and forced a league-high 8 fumbles. Parsons had 0, 3, and 3 by comparison. Sacks are great but stopping a scoring drive and giving your offense the ball, sometimes deep in enemy territory is greater in my opinion

But my major point is Leonard has been doing it for longer and has more accolades to his credit. It would be like ranking Ja'Marr Chase above Tyreek Hill because Chase had more receiving yards than Hill last year. But they didn't. Again, Cowboys bump for Parsons. It is what it is.

 

[xwalker]

Do you think a LB getting 13 sacks is bigger than a WR getting 1900 yards?

Parsons did far more than get sacks.

He was terrific playing the run.

He often shutdown passes in the flat to RBs.
- He covered RB Aaron Jones on those better than any LB that I've seen.

Parsons even covered starting WRs, including on a go-route.

He changed the entire defense. The fact that QBs have no idea what he will do from snap to snap is an incredible asset.