Despite being one of the best players in the NFL, Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons was inexplicably invisible during Dallas’ nightmare Wild Card loss to the Green Bay Packers last month.
The devastating 48-32 loss caught the majority of the country off-guard. Not only was the Cowboys offense out-of-sync, their dominant defense – led by Parsons – was a total no-show.
Only one more season before the Dallas Cowboys have to pay 2 MAJOR pieces in:
• CeeDee Lamb (All-Pro)
• Micah Parsons (All-Pro)And yet they wasted another year of them on rookie contracts getting blown out basically by the 7th seed…something has to change quick pic.twitter.com/b7ugD05OHU
— FergSZN (@FergSZN) January 28, 2024
Breaking his silence, Parsons summed Dallas’ defensive performance against the Packers as “embarrassing and unacceptable.”
Speaking on his podcast, Parsons went on to seemingly blame defensive coordinator Dan Quinn and the coaching staff for the playoff disaster.
“We were just outperformed, outschemed, however you want to put it. They had an answer for everything,” he said.
“The packages are in for me to go to linebacker. There’s multiple packages, multiple variations, but I can only play what is called. Whatever the call is, whatever personnel they’re putting on. I’m not putting out personnel. I’m not putting out the calls. Nothing’s coming from me.”
"Completely embarrassing and unacceptable."
Micah Parsons keeps it real about Cowboys' early playoff exit 🗣️
(via The Edge with @MicahhParsons11) pic.twitter.com/WFurOSDmEx
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 1, 2024
Of course, Quinn was just named as the new head coach of the Washington Commanders.
Interestingly, fired-Washington coach Ron Rivera is rumored to be one of the favorites to replace Quinn … We’ll see what happens with that.
Micah Parsons shared his thoughts on the Dallas Cowboys season #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/8WjrBc1Qrb
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) February 1, 2024
What are your thoughts on Parsons’ comments?
Who was most to blame for the playoff loss against the Packers?
In fairness, he admitted that some of the responsibility falls on the players (which is obviously does) … But it’s never a good look to call out your coaches – especially publicly.
"Keep the drama out of the locker room" 👀@RealMikeRob gives some advice to Micah Parsons pic.twitter.com/hyWvdJCpf0
— NFL Total Access (@NFLTotalAccess) February 1, 2024
Who should the Cowboys hire to replace Quinn as defensive coordinator?
Looking at the bigger picture, what does Dallas need to do this offseason to turn things around?
As far as Parsons, where do you rank him among the top defensive players in the NFL???
"What Micah Parsons said is completely disingenuous."
— Coach Mangini was not happy with Parsons saying, 'Hope we get the players we're missing' & takes us on a Micah Parsons' journey: pic.twitter.com/4ub9dYF0ka
— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) February 2, 2024