Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys kick off the NFL season 2025 on Thursday, which means that preparation is already well run for each club.
Following Micah Parsons’ giant bombing last week, Eagles can adapt his schedule, now that one of the NFL’s best defender will not be on Linc on Thursday night.
Philly left Jordan Mailata on Sunday to face the cowboys without Parsons.
“A sigh of relief,” he said, passing through Tim McManus from ESPN. “I say that as a joke, but at the same time it’s just kind of crazy. The last four or five years we have played Dallas Cowboys, we have come up with a game schedule because micah is a game. It is a sigh of relief that you don’t have to organize them anymore. They have been in the league for a long time.
Parsons led the cowboys with 12.0 sacks in 2024 (no other player had 6.0 or more). No player who had a 5 plus sack for the cowboys in 2024 will play for them in week 1.
Parsons leads the NFL with 335 QB pressure since it was composed in 2021 despite being in 30th place in Pass Rush Snaps (1,585) since 2021 (next gene Stats). At the next gene statistics, Parsons has 21.1 pressure rate in the process (highest since 2021, min. 1,000 snapshots).
The above two paragraphs are a statistical way to say: No duh, it will be easier to block the cowboys without Parsons.
Dante Fowler came from Washington last year and should take on a bigger role, even after prospered in the rotation with the commanders. Donovan Ezeiruaku, a newcomer to the second round, will be a player to watch on Thursday night. He blinked in the camp and should see an increased role now that Parsons is out of the movie.
Eagles are constantly boasting from one of the league’s best offensive lines, even having to replace right -wing guard. Mailaata allowed 1.5 sacks in 2024, per NG (T-Fewest among 31 left tackles with 350 plus past blocks, bound with Garett Bolles and Tristan Wirfs).
Even by adding Clark, the cutting battle on Thursday will lean even heavier towards Philly than it appears a week ago.