{"id":56754,"date":"2025-06-18T03:48:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T03:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754"},"modified":"2025-06-18T03:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T03:48:50","slug":"breaking-stephen-a-smiths-latest-micah-parsons-hot-take-goes-completely-off-the-rails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Stephen A. Smith\u2019s latest Micah Parsons hot take goes completely off the rails.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">Stephen A. Smith has another Dallas Cowboys hot take and this might be his most bizarre one yet.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_70,w_4611,h_2593\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/129\/01jxxfrnbavhvwb25978.jpg\" alt=\"Nov 18, 2024; Arlington, Texas, USA;  Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons (11) reacts during the first quarter against the Houston Texans at AT&amp;T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Seemingly everyday, Stephen A. Smith is saying something about the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys. That continued on Monday, when the ESPN media star dropped arguably his most bizarre take yet. That may seem like a tall task considering everything he\u2019s ever said, but this is a new high, or low; however you want to look at it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">During a segment on First Take, Molly Qerim read Micah Parsons\u2019 latest comments about how the\u00a0Cowboys waiting to extend him is only costing the team more money. Qerim then asked Smith if he was surprised the franchise is doing this again, and he immediately responded no, arguing that Dallas doesn\u2019t always make the wisest decisions. A subtle jab at the franchise was to be expected. Smith\u2019s next words, however, is when things really went off the rails.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The commentator went on to say the current situation isn\u2019t solely Jerry Jones\u2019 fault. According to Smith, Parsons is also at fault for not having a contract because he previously expressed he wants to remain in Dallas long term and that there wasn\u2019t a rush to get a deal done, emboldening Jones to take his time.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Stephen A. Smith blames Micah Parsons for not having an extension<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Again, Smith is arguing that because the veteran defensive end made it clear how happy he is with the Cowboys, he deserves some blame for not having a contract yet. That doesn\u2019t even sound right. Was Parsons just supposed to mope around and demand a new contract the very second he was eligible for an extension? Since when did expressing commitment absolve others of returning that commitment?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Additionally, Parsons has made it clear that the wait is beneficial to him. He has already seen Myles Garrett, Danielle Hunter, and Maxx Crosby get new deals this offseason, and Trey Hendrickson and T.J. Watt are on the verge of extensions. Every deal that gets done before his adds another digit to his inevitable market-setting contract, so why should he be in a hurry?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Like head coach Brian Schottenheimer said, Parsons has been handling this situation perfectly. The onus to get a deal done is on the Cowboys, and they shoulder all of the blame for why one isn\u2019t complete yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen A. Smith has another Dallas Cowboys hot take and this might be his most bizarre one yet. Seemingly everyday, Stephen A. Smith is saying something about&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Stephen A. Smith\u2019s latest Micah Parsons hot take goes completely off the rails.. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Stephen A. Smith\u2019s latest Micah Parsons hot take goes completely off the rails.. - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stephen A. Smith has another Dallas Cowboys hot take and this might be his most bizarre one yet. Seemingly everyday, Stephen A. Smith is saying something about...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-18T03:48:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-112.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"508\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754\",\"name\":\"BREAKING: Stephen A. Smith\u2019s latest Micah Parsons hot take goes completely off the rails.. - 24\/7 News America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-112.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-18T03:48:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-18T03:48:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-112.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-112.jpg\",\"width\":508,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BREAKING: Stephen A. Smith\u2019s latest Micah Parsons hot take goes completely off the rails..\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"24\/7 News America\",\"description\":\"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BREAKING: Stephen A. Smith\u2019s latest Micah Parsons hot take goes completely off the rails.. - 24\/7 News America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BREAKING: Stephen A. Smith\u2019s latest Micah Parsons hot take goes completely off the rails.. - 24\/7 News America","og_description":"Stephen A. Smith has another Dallas Cowboys hot take and this might be his most bizarre one yet. Seemingly everyday, Stephen A. Smith is saying something about...","og_url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754","og_site_name":"24\/7 News America","article_published_time":"2025-06-18T03:48:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":508,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-112.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754","name":"BREAKING: Stephen A. Smith\u2019s latest Micah Parsons hot take goes completely off the rails.. - 24\/7 News America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-112.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-18T03:48:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-18T03:48:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-112.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-112.jpg","width":508,"height":450},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56754#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BREAKING: Stephen A. Smith\u2019s latest Micah Parsons hot take goes completely off the rails.."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/","name":"24\/7 News America","description":"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56757,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56754\/revisions\/56757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}