FRISCO - We all seek motivation from wherever we can find it, and if ultimate success is the goal, there are no wrong answers. ...
Unless your motivation is somebody else's girlfriend.
It's all in good fun here, as Dallas Cowboys superstar Micah Parsons is at just 25 years old one of the game's finest all-around players and one of its best sack artists. Parsons has the highest percentage of pass rushing snaps generating a pressure (20.3 percent) of any player since he got to the league, a four-year period during which he has amassed 52.5 sacks, good enough to earn him a Pro Bowl selection for every year he's been in the NFL.
But he wants more.
So ... he wants Latto.
Latto, for the uninitiated, is an attractive and popular rapper. As it happens, she likes football, having taken part in a celebrity flag football game with various YouTube personalities during Super Bowl Week in February.
And if we could get her acquainted with Parsons?
"I'm not gonna lie: If Latto came up to Dallas and went crazy,'' Micah said, "I might have five sacks.''
So ... with all due respect to Taylor Swift showing up for Kansas City Chiefs games to watch boyfriend Travis Kelce, and with all due respect to Hailee Steinfeld showing up for Buffalo Bills games to watch fiancee Josh Allen ...
Five sacks? Cowboys Nation hereby invites Latto to all the games!
For reference, Parsons' prediction of five sacks in a game would be just two short of the NFL record. Oh, and five sacks times 17 games would be 85 sacks. And ... yeah, that would be a record, too.
Parsons and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones remain involved in contract extension negotiations, and that is a delicate dance. But yes, somebody needs to escort Latto to AT&T Stadium at her convenience this year ... and another All-Pro season worth $40 million per year is in the bag ... all due to a fun celebrity crush.