Dallas Cowboys Tyron Smith, Micah Parsons, & Randy Gregory | Minicamp News

Smith had season-ending surgery on his neck last season as a result of those stinger issues, which have bothered him for multiple seasons. Asked about it Tuesday afternoon, he acknowledged it's been an issue for much of his football career. "It's been an issue pretty much ever since I've been playing ball, since I got that first stinger way back when I first started," he said. "Ever since I've been there, it just started getting worse and worse as I got older." The issue caused Smith to lose strength in his left arm – strength he has since started to recover. The hope is that finally having surgery will alleviate some of those issues. From the sounds of it, Smith is getting exactly the relief he needed. "I started to feel a huge relief because I could move my neck around a lot more than I usually can," he said. "It was like right away it started feeling like a huge relief." Dallas Cowboys rookie linebacker Micah Parsons has raised some eyebrows so far at the team’s rookie minicamp and OTA’s. Selected No. 12 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft out of Penn State, Parsons elected to opt-out of the 2020 college football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In his freshman and sophomore seasons in 2018 and 2019, Parsons totaled 191 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, five pass breakups, and six forced fumbles. Following Thursday’s OTA’s, Parsons met with the media and discussed how quickly he is picking up the Cowboys’ defensive scheme. "I would still say I'm like 50-50 right now,” Parsons said, via the team’s website. “I've got a base, and I'm just building off the base of what I know and understand so far," he said. "There's a lot more checks and a lot more play calls here than I had before. Former Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn will serve as Dallas’ defensive coordinator in 2021 and will attempt to turn around what was one of the NFL’s worst defenses in 2020. Parsons elaborated following last weekend's mini-camp on how he believes Quinn will use him in his system. Randy Gregory said "refreshing" to have the opportunity to be a player who a team can rely upon. "In my past, I had a lot of time to myself not being with the team," Gregory said of the time that he was serving suspensions or when his status was in limbo. "That was a tough time. Being around the guys in the locker room, day to day, week to week, being around the coaches, it kind of just gives me a purpose." Gregory only played 271 defensive snaps in his 10 games in 2020, despite being healthy, available, and performing well according to both him and the coaching staff. Eager to prove himself on a struggling team, Gregory naturally wanted more playing time. "There were a lot of factors at play," Gregory said, fairly diplomatically of his snap count. "I wasn't happy with my playing time. Were there conversations around that? Of course. I think that's more internal." Gregory then went on to say that he is thrilled to be working with the current staff and that he believes they love what he is bringing to the team. He said that Dan Quinn worked him out before he was drafted in Nebraska and that he loved Quinn's energy and attention to detail. "He's a player's coach," Gregory said of Quinn. "He knows how to relate to the guys. I'm really excited to have him in the next leg of my career." This channel (((Law Nation))) primarily consists of NFL Film Session + Breakdown and Reviews of complete NFL Games and Quick Film Sessions. Plus, other sports talk and information around the world. ***************************** Subscribe And Like On All Social Media Accounts https://solo.to/lawsnation *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS* If you find that I have used your content that does not fall within those guidelines please feel free to contact me directly at (682)-214-4087 Law Nation LLC 5000 Eldorado Parkway, Suite 150-158, Frisco Texas 75033 And remember you're listening to nothing but the best!!