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NFL Training Camp News: Cowboys avoid disaster with Micah Parsons hit on Dak Prescott

Micah Parsons is nothing if not outspoken. Throughout the offseason, the Dallas Cowboys pass rusher has been talking about helping to take the team and himself to the next level. On his way to that next level, though, he almost created an absolute catastrophe on Tuesday at Cowboys training camp.

During a rep when he beat his matchup on the offensive line to get after quarterback Dak Prescott, Parsons came in a little bit too hot and awkwardly hit his starting signal-caller low.

Per all reports from the practice, Prescott avoided an injury of any kind. However, Parsons probably had to run a few extra sprints after breaking the golden rule of training camp: Don’t hit the guys in the red jerseys.

Though the Cowboys were able to bring Cooper Rush back in free agency, that’s not a world where Dallas wants to be living — with Rush starting games in the regular season. Prescott, who has been (unfairly) criticized for his interception total from a season ago, is the engine that makes this offense go. And if he goes down, it’s going to be a big dropoff on that side of the ball.

Thankfully, Mike McCarthy and his team don’t have to live in that reality after the near-disaster on Tuesday. But you can bet that there will be an extra emphasis on the red jersey rules of camp after the incident with Parsons.