During a video convention with reporters Tuesday, Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien referred to as Cowboys move rusher Micah Parsons a top-5 participant within the NFL no matter place.
“He’s a great football player. (Cowboys defensive coordinator) Dan Quinn does a good job of using them in a lot of different areas. And it just jumps out to you on film,” O’Brien stated. “So it’s important to do an incredible job of understanding what they’re making an attempt to do with him, the place he’s. But on the finish of the day, like there’s going to be some battles that you just’re going to need to battle one on one.
“You can’t always double him. You can’t always run away from him or whatever because they do a lot of different things with him. So we have to be aware of him on every single play.”
Parsons is a two-time Pro Bowler and All-Pro coming into his third season. He posted no less than 13 sacks and three fumbles in every of the previous two years. Parsons is presently tied with Patriots edge rusher Matt Judon for the fourth-most sacks within the NFL this season with 4.
Extra factors
O’Brien additionally revealed Tuesday he and tight ends coach Will Lawing approached Bill Belichick and director of participant personnel Matt Groh about signing tight finish Pharaoh Brown after Brown was launched in Indianapolis on cutdown day. Brown scored a 58-yard landing versus the Jets. … Safeties coach Bill Belichick revealed he underwent three surgical procedures to handle a major knee damage this spring that stored him out of coaching camp. Belichick has continued to serve his game0day duties as a coach up within the sales space.
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