The Cowboys were humbled Sunday night in what was supposed to be a NFC heavyweight bout against the 49ers. Instead of a back-and-forth showdown, it looked more like an older brother bullying his younger sibling without remorse.
Despite the lopsided 42–10 loss, Dallas linebacker Micah Parsons told reporters that he still sees Dallas as a postseason contender and San Francisco’s peer.
“I don’t think they’re really a higher level than us,” star pass rusher Micah Parsons told reporters in the locker room after the game. “I think we’re the same caliber playoff team. Same talent, same standards as them. I just feel like we need to really reconsider some things, get together, and fix some things.
“I feel like it was a few plays away. The score don’t really shape what really happened out there.”
Parsons added that Dallas simply needs to “fix some things.”
“I just feel like there was nothing that they did, besides us beating ourselves,” Parsons said. “You look at the third down, I jump offsides, and then they get seven [points] five plays later. … I feel like we beat ourselves. Good teams like this, if you beat yourselves it shows in magnitude.
“Today, we were the four-turnover team. We were the team that couldn’t get off the field. But I don’t think we’re off the same caliber at all.”
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Here is how fans reacted to his comments:
San Francisco had no trouble with the Cowboys’ defense, with its offense racking up 421 yards.
The 49ers have eliminated the Cowboys from the playoffs in each of the past two years, and now they once again find themselves as the big brother to their NFC rivals.
The Cowboys fell to 3-2 on the season, with losses to the 49ers and Arizona Cardinals. Their wins come over the bottom-dwelling New York Jets, New York Giants, and New England Patriots, three teams who have a combined record of 4-11 through five weeks.
