School’s out for summer, but Micah Parsons has signed up for extra tutoring sessions with one of the masters of his field.
The second-year linebacker is looking to build off a transcendent first season that earned him Defensive Rookie of the Year honors. And the self-professed student of the sport who watches historic game replays, profiles on athletes ranging from Michael Jordan to Mike Tyson, and even nature documentaries to tweak his own style of play is looking to a Cowboys legend for a little skills boost heading into 2022.
DeMarcus Ware forged a friendship with Parsons last season, with the pair doing some workouts together and the nine-time Pro Bowler offering technique advice, sometimes from afar.
They’re about to pick up where they left off with some summer study.
“It’s a blessing,” Parsons said of Ware’s mentoring. “Obviously after OTAs, we’re going to have a break where I can really tap into him. Obviously, I’ve been working out at different places, but during this break, I’m going to be in Dallas and have a good timeframe for me and him to just get a one-on-one.”
The 39-year-old played his final three seasons in Denver, winning a Super Bowl with the Broncos. But then he came back to Dallas and signed a one-day contract to retire as a member of the team that drafted him 11th overall in 2005, the franchise that he amassed 576 tackles and 117 sacks for over his first nine years as a pro.
The body of work that will surely land Ware in Canton is already proving to also be excellent source material for Parsons as he figures out how to show some new wrinkles in his second NFL campaign.
“I’ve watched a little bit of him,” Parsons told reporters this week in Frisco. “I watched a little bit of everybody this offseason, just learning how different people play and how different people react to things. But I’m going to play my own style, though. I think everyone is different, but how he saw the game and his reads, I can adapt that…
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