Micah Parsons explains why he is confident in Dak Prescott

Ahead of Dak Prescott‘s eighth season as the leader of the Cowboys, the franchise quarterback still has an equal share of doubters to match his supporters. Joining the Pivot this week, Dallas Cowboys edge rusher Micah Parsons explained why he believes Prescott is the man and player that can take the team to the top.

“I see the dog, I do see it,” Parsons said. “The one thing about the boat going faster, you have to believe in everybody. It ain’t my job to worry about what the next man doing, but all I can do is say, ‘I got you, 4.’ I can’t do nothing but say, ‘I got you.’

“If you ain’t scoring, don’t worry about it, it’s my job to get stops… Everybody’s got a job, not everybody’s going to get the job done every week. It’s impossible. There are games I go for no sacks or games I go for two sacks. Some people just have really good game plans.”

“Everything ain’t easy, but Dak’s a 1-percenter,” Parsons added. “He’s making 1% money in the world. If you don’t believe in him, he already believes in himself.”

In the NFL’s new NFL Top 100 rankings, voted on by the players, Prescott is the No. 8 quarterback in the league. The Walter Payton Man of the Year threw for 2,860 yards with a 66.2% completion rating last season after returning from a thumb injury. He hit a career-high in interceptions with 15 in the regular season but still took the Cowboys to the second round of the playoffs before falling short, once again, to the 49ers.

Parsons makes his case for Dallas as top team in NFC

For as good as the Dallas Cowboys have been at times over the past few seasons, they’ve still been unable to break through to even the NFC Championship. However, considering their continuity, Micah Parsons expects that to change very soon.

Parsons believes NFL fans should consider Dallas as the best team in their conference. He pointed to their experience, specifically their experience together and on the defensive side of the ball, as the main reason that you should be betting on them as the top contender in the NFC.

“People don’t understand – experience is a gift,” Parsons said. “I’ll never go against experience because experience is a gift. That’s one thing we have. This is a team that’s played together. Our defense didn’t break up, our defense is still the same defense.”

“We only got better, learned how to communicate better, learned how to play together better. We understand what we like, we’ve got people that’s interchangeable,” explained Parsons. “Everyone is learning a new role and how to fit in sync to become a better one.”

Parsons used the example of what a wide receiver has to do with a new quarterback. It takes time to build that relationship in order to produce at a high level.

“It’s okay, like, you can bring guys in but guys don’t know how to work with each other all the way right now,” said Parson. “It’s like drafting a wide receiver. You’ve got to build chemistry with your quarterback. Know where you want the ball, know where the ball is being thrown.”

On3’s Sam Gillenwater contributed to this report.