WASHINGTON:

A chaotic off-season for the Dallas Cowboys, capped by the trading of star defensive end Micah Parsons to Green Bay, concludes Thursday when they visit reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia.

The NFL's 106th campaign kicks off with the Cowboys trying to come together under Brian Schottenheimer in his first season as an NFL head coach.

Since winning the 1996 Super Bowl, the Cowboys have not made it past the second round of the NFL playoffs. Last season, they missed the playoffs at 7-10 and fired coach Mike McCarthy.

Parsons, the 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, is among the league's elite pass rushers with 52.5 sacks in four seasons and was seen as the defensive stalwart to build around but he was unable to agree a new contract with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

That

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