FRISCO, Texas -- As he stepped toward the blocking sled Friday, the sound of metal on metal made a screeching noise Micah Parsons has been used to hearing ever since he started playing football, but it had been a long time since he heard it.
"Last time I hit a sled?" the Dallas Cowboys' rookie linebacker asked himself, repeating the question as the thoughts went through his head. "Cotton Bowl practice."
That was the 2019 Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium, when Penn State beat Memphis on Dec. 28. Figure it was a few days earlier than that game when Parsons last punched the sled with any kind of ferocity.