Cleanup on aisle 11.
Micah Parsons’ on the spot response to the Cowboys taking Alabama guard Tyler Booker with the twelfth total decide on Thursday evening within the first spherical of the 2025 NFL Draft was, shall we embrace, tepid.
Parsons, who was on a stream with Bleacher Report, made a face when the decide was introduced and began to shrug his shoulders earlier than rapidly resetting, realizing the optics weren’t very best.
He clarified that he reacted that means as a result of he hoped the Cowboys would draft a defensive participant, not as a result of he was towards Booker, a guard, being taken.
“Hold on, hold on. I am excited about this pick,” Parsons mentioned on the stream. “This man is a beast. He’s a beast. And I have a look at him and Tyler Smith, guard on guard with Zack Martin leaving. That is considered one of them picks, I imply, wow. He’s a beast. He’s a beast.
“I just wanted to see that on my side of the ball. But this guy is a beast. I’m not mad at the pick. I get — look. That’s the type of excitement I had when I was a Cowboy. That’s what I’m talking about!”
Whereas the Cowboys had wants at working again, large receiver and cornerback, changing Martin — a future Corridor of Famer who retired this offseason — appeared just like the motivation behind taking Booker.
“Our grades are very similar to what we had with Zack,” Cowboys VP of participant personnel Will McClay informed reporters on the workforce’s post-draft presser on Thursday. “And then some of the character traits, there are a lot of things that are very similar. He’s his own individual, but he’s a grown-ass man like Zack is. So you put someone in there that makes us a stronger, more physical team.”
The 6-foot-5, 321-pound Booker performed left guard at Alabama and can doubtless have to change to the best facet within the NFL.
“I’m just going to get to work,” Booker informed reporters. “Wherever you put me on a football field, I’m going to be ready to get after it. I’m going to be ready to go. It doesn’t matter if I’m at left guard, right guard, right tackle, center, slot receiver, running back. It don’t matter. I’m going to give you my all.”
