By the time Super Bowl 60 rolls around next February, it will have officially been more than three decades since the Dallas Cowboys last hoisted the Lombardi Trophy.
And not only has America’s Team not won a Super Bowl in the last 30 years, but the most valuable sports franchise in the entire world (yes, that’s a real thing) hasn’t even reached the NFC Championship Game since that same 1995 campaign. That’s the longest futility streak in the conference, by the way.
Despite the lack of championships, though, it’s not as if Dallas hasn’t had some great players roll through town during this drought. One such player, of course, is future Hall of Famer Zack Martin, who recently informed Jerry Jones that he’ll be retiring after 11 seasons, all of which were spent with the Cowboys.
Taken in the first round of the 2014 draft with the 16th overall pick, the Notre Dame alum quickly became one of the top guards in the league as a rookie and went on to earn nine trips to the Pro Bowl and nine total All-Pro selections (seven First Team, two Second Team).
Martin’s seven First-Team nods are tied for the most in team history with Bob Lilly and Randy White and also good for the most all-time among guards alongside Randall McDaniel and John Hannah.
What’s wild is that the number seven also represents the total accepted holding penalties Martin amassed during his career. Yeah, he was pretty good at his job, which is why it was so unfortunate that he was never able to compete for a championship.
Following the announcement that Martin would be hanging up his cleats, Blogging the Boys writer Brandon Loree took to X to call the 34-year-old the latest in a lengthy line of “legacy players” who never got the chance to appear in a Super Bowl with Dallas.
Never one to shy away from expressing himself, Micah Parsons saw the post and promptly took the opportunity to make a bold statement, one which Dallas fans should love.
Micah Parsons says the list of Cowboys players not to make a Super Bowl is “coming to an end”
In addition to Martin, Loree included a plethora of players on his legacy list, those being Tony Romo, Jason Witten, DeMarcus Ware, Tyron Smith, Dez Bryant, Sean Lee, Travis Frederick, and Ezekiel Elliott. He then closed things out by saying, “Legacies could have been different.”
And this is how Parsons responded:
That list is coming to an end!!! https://t.co/cBMiShz75M
— Micah Parsons (@MicahhParsons11) February 20, 2025
“That list is coming to an end!!!” Now, that’s how you call your Super Bowl shot.
Parsons, of course, is in the midst of trying to work out a contract extension to remain with the Cowboys beyond the upcoming 2025 season, which represents the final year of his rookie deal.
The four-time Pro Bowler has made no secret of the fact that he prefers to remain in Dallas, even going as far as to say that he’d accept less money if Jerry Jones is willing to add pieces to make the Cowboys a genuine title contender.
Whether Parsons’ prediction comes to fruition obviously remains to be seen, but Cowboys fans certainly have to feel good about him talking as if he’ll have a star on the side of his helmet for the foreseeable future.