Bill Parcells on Marion Barber’s death: ‘He was almost like a perfect player’

By Calvin Watkins9:23 AM on Jun 2, 2022 CDT — Updated at 1:45 PM on Jun 5, 2022 CDTFRISCO — If there was anyone that knew Cowboys running back Marion Barber, who was found dead in his Frisco apartment on Wednesday, it was his former coach Bill Parcells.“I hold him in high regard,” Parcells told The Dallas Morning News on Thursday morning from his home in Saratoga Springs, New York. “I hate to bring up football now because that’s not important, but he was almost like a perfect player. In this respect, he could run, block, he could catch, he was tough and he was always there. So that’s what I’ll say about him.”AdvertisementParcells said he was sad Barber had passed and he didn’t know the specifics of his death. Barber was drafted in Parcells’ third year as Cowboys coach (2005) in the fourth round from the University of Minnesota. Parcells noted Barber’s father played for the Jets and his grandfather also played for the Dolphins.Advertisement“I would say I found him to be a very nice, res...