Micah Parsons is gone from Dallas, but he’s not done talking up what the Cowboys could be.
On his podcast, “The Edge with Micah Parsons,” the Green Bay Packers linebacker was asked who he thinks will lead the NFL in passing touchdowns in 2026, and he landed on Dak Prescott.
“I might say Dak Prescott,” Parsons said when the question was posed to him. “(George) Pickens looked like the best receiver in the NFL... He's coming off a tag year and he said he's going to show he's the best receiver in the league.”
Parsons didn’t stop there. He pointed to the pairing of Pickens and CeeDee Lamb as the kind of receiving duo that can tilt a season.
“When you got that tandem of CeeDee (Lamb) and (Pickens),” he added, “we didn't really see it last year and we saw what Dak did, 30 (touchdowns) last year without CeeDee there... I think this is gonna be the year.”
There’s a real case for Prescott, too. He has already led the league once, throwing for an NFL-best 36 touchdowns in 2023.
And with Pickens and Lamb both in the fold, Dallas has the kind of wideout combo that can push a quarterback into huge numbers. Lamb also didn’t play a full season last year because of injury, which leaves room for even more production if the group stays on the field together.
Still, there’s a wrinkle that could cut into Prescott’s chances: a better Cowboys defense. If Dallas is giving up fewer points, the offense may not need to throw as much. That could mean fewer passing attempts and more runs, especially if the Cowboys spend more time playing with a lead.
Then there’s the even-year issue hanging over Prescott. Since 2020, he has dealt with injuries in every even-numbered season, appearing in five games in 2020, 12 in 2022 and eight in 2024.
In the odd years during that stretch, he played 16, 17 and 17 games. It’s the kind of trend nobody wants to see, but it’s hard to ignore heading into 2026.
Pickens is another major storyline. The Cowboys used the franchise tag to keep him for this season, but this could still be his last run in Dallas. The money simply gets tight when a team is trying to pay two receivers at the top of the market, and another tag doesn’t sound like the most likely path if Pickens has a big year again.
Stephen Jones made that reality plain.
“The situation we have with George Pickens going alongside CeeDee... I don't know of any teams that really can pay two top receivers top of the market,” Jones said.
“So, yeah. That's going to be a real difficult situation as we move forward.
We've managed to figure out how we can do it for this year.
“Certainly, if everything works out the way we think it is, which CeeDee and George both have huge years again, then it'll be a bigger challenge next year. George is really wanting to put back-to-back years on top of one another so it'll help his market.
And certainly I know at some point, as does every player in this league, will want to be rewarded with a long-term contract. So that certainly puts pressure on us to have a unique situation there.”
A tag-and-trade setup feels like the most realistic outcome, which makes this look like the final season of Dallas’ current receiver pairing.
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