Micah Parsons says he was reluctant to show his face in public for a while after the Cowboys’ devastating wild-card round playoff loss to Green Bay. The Dallas linebacker got out of the country with family for a while to purge the 48-32 defeat from his system, but he nevertheless heard some of the chatter that followed about how he didn’t seem to care much when things went off the rails early versus Jordan Love and the Packers.
Speaking Wednesday from Orlando, he answered some of those questions.
Saying he was ready to “speak my piece,” the third-year superstar came right out of the gates on his latest episode of The Edge with Micah Parsons on Bleacher Report by stressing how badly he wanted to win that game and see Dallas advance in the postseason.
“If you think I was okay with that loss or how we lost,” Parsons said, “you’re obviously delusional. Very delusional.”
The 24-year-old called the team’s performance “completely embarrassing and unacceptable,” and tried to explain to fans how it went wrong.
“At the end of the day, we were just outperformed, outschemed, however you want to put it. They had an answer for everything.”
“Completely embarrassing and unacceptable … It took me a while to even show my face in public.”
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That goes for both defense and offense, but Parsons was quick to throw his support behind embattled Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, who simply couldn’t dig his unit out of a deep hole despite having turned in an MVP-caliber year.
“We gave up over 40 points. What do you expect Dak Prescott to be? Do you expect him to be Superman? He cannot win games by himself,” Parsons said. “I do not put that on Dak Prescott.”
The three-time Pro Bowler also addressed buzz over his usage on the field. While technically listed as a linebacker, Parsons has become used more as an edge rusher. And he was extraordinarily effective, tallying a career-best 14 sacks on the season.
But whichever slot Parsons occupies most, when the Cowboys get exposed as they did by Green Bay, the knee-jerk reaction has been to complain that Parsons wasn’t deployed enough at the other position.
Some have even intimated that Parsons himself refuses to line up as a ‘backer because it would reduce his sack totals.
Parsons tried to put that rumor to bed.
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