{"id":4894,"date":"2024-11-26T08:51:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T08:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=4894"},"modified":"2024-11-26T08:51:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T08:51:07","slug":"micah-parsons-harsh-message-to-cowboys-front-office-turns-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=4894","title":{"rendered":"Micah Parsons\u2019 Harsh Message to Cowboys Front Office Turns Heads"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"l-article__meta\">\n<div class=\"l-article__meta-item l-article__meta-item--dates\">\n<ul class=\"c-meta c-meta--post c-meta--list c-meta--dates\">\n<li class=\"c-meta__item c-meta__item--updated\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2186688136-e1732545226630.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2186688136-e1732545226630.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2186688136-e1732545226630.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2186688136-e1732545226630.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys star Micah Parsons (left)\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" data-img-load-time=\"761\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1055\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Cowboys star Micah Parsons (left)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For some, especially the crusty veteran NFL vets who played before the ubiquity of the modern sports podcast,\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0star\u00a0Micah Parsons\u00a0does too much talking on subjects outside of his own team. Parsons has a popular podcast on Bleacher Report\u2013\u201cThe Edge With Micah Parsons\u201d\u2013and uses it to comment on issues around the\u00a0NFL.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s fine when his team is winning. But as the Cowboys have sunk deeper into the misery of the 2024 season, having Parsons discuss other teams\u2019 issues has been a bad look.<\/p>\n<p>So on Sunday, when Parsons stood in front of the Dallas media and thumbed his nose at the notion that the Cowboys front office might be OK with a down season in 2024 so that they can nab a high draft pick in 2025, Parsons finally did what the crusty vets wanted: Showed leadership on his own wayward team.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cowboys \u2018Don\u2019t Plan on Tanking\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>In case you missed it, here\u2019s\u00a0what Parsons said\u00a0after the wild, 34-26 win over the Commanders:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not done yet. I don\u2019t plan on tanking. The higher-ups are looking for a draft pick, hope that\u2019s wrong. Because we got a lot of football left to play. If I\u2014as long as I am part of this team, we are always going to fight. I am always going to give maximum effort. I owe it to these guys, I owe it to the fans that come out, I owe to the brothers in the locker room.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo, you know, me not playing at my best, me not being here, I am hurting other people and their families. So this is deeper than just wins. This is, at one point, this is just about pride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parsons said the goal was not just to win games, but to get to the playoffs\u2013at 4-7, they\u2019ve got a\u00a01% chance of doing so\u2013and show some dominance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s easy to play when we\u2019re up,\u201d Parsons said. \u201cPeople call us front-runners. Now we are playing behind the eight-ball, let\u2019s see how we can handle adversity and see how we can make a playoff run. We got a long way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Micah Parsons Showing Leadership Amid Adversity<\/h2>\n<p>Parsons\u2019 message and leadership garnered considerable attention around the NFL, and on Monday morning\u2019s edition of the ESPN show, \u201cGet Up,\u201d he got worthy praise.<\/p>\n<p>As former NFL great\u00a0linebacker Tedy Bruschi\u00a0noted, it was refreshing to see Parsons discussing the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-4 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_4\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHis play is there, but for him to be commenting on his team, on the future of his team, not quarterbacks on other teams or other situations or anything like that\u2013what we need to do to win next, I like that a lot,\u201d Bruschi said.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow former NFL great Damien Woody chimed in, too. \u201cI was very critical, a lot of people were very critical of Micah and what he said. But I\u2019ve got to give him credit. First of all, he played a heck of a game. Then to hear what he had to say in that moment, I think speaks to the true character of Micah Parsons.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_5_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-5 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_5\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Next up for the Cowboys, of course, is a quick Thanksgiving turnaround. Fortunately, they play the\u00a0Giants, which ranks among the most dysfunctional franchises in the NFL and should give Dallas a chance to capitalize on its Week 12 momentum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyCowboys star Micah Parsons (left) For some, especially the crusty veteran NFL vets who played before the ubiquity of the modern sports podcast,\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0star\u00a0Micah Parsons\u00a0does too much talking&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Micah Parsons\u2019 Harsh Message to Cowboys Front Office Turns Heads - 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