It was Parsons’ words, not his play, that stole the spotlight. Parsons was asked after the game about the job status of head coach Mike McCarthy, which is understandably a topic of interest as the Cowboys fell to 3-6 in McCarthy’s final year of his contract.

That’s above my pay grade about if Mike is coaching again next year,” Parsons said. “All coaching aside, coaching, you know, Mike can leave and go wherever he wants. But