The Dallas Cowboys won’t finish the 2024 season the way anyone imagined. The team will finish with a losing record for the first time since 2020 and will watch at home as the hated Philadelphia Eagles try to win their second Super Bowl in the last decade.

A lot has gone wrong for the Cowboys this season, including serious injuries to key players. One of those players was linebacker Micah Parsons.

Parsons missed some action this year, but was back playing at a level everyone is used to from him.

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However, the former All-Pro knows the team wasn’t good enough this season and he has one focus heading into 2025.

When asked how the Cowboys can return to the top of the NFC, Parsons said the following:

“First of all, we have to get healthy. I mean, we have three or four starters who won’t be back until the middle of next season. We have to plan this. We have to get healthy. We have to move forward together.”

Parsons’ comments are not an apology, but rather a reality; This team struggled with significant injuries all season, and in the end it cost them. Health is absolutely necessary for this team to be competitive next season.

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