Cowboys: Micah Parsons puts the NFL on blast with loud social media posts
Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy revealed on Friday that he's talked with star pass rusher Micah Parsons about his frustrations with NFL officiating. It seems, per Calvin Watkins from Dallas Morning News, that Parsons wanted a conversation about being held often against the Washington Commanders, which resulted in zero holding penalties against their division […]
Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy revealed on Friday that he's talked with star pass rusher Micah Parsons about his frustrations with NFL officiating.
It seems, per Calvin Watkins from Dallas Morning News, that Parsons wanted a conversation about being held often against the Washington Commanders, which resulted in zero holding penalties against their division rival.
Parsons' posts on social media echo his sentiment as he recently posted on Twitter/X that the officials don't understand his speed: "I really don’t think they ever seen someone win at the same speed rate so they don’t quite understand! Honestly, this is the difference between 1.5 and 3 sacks this game!"
Additionally, Parsons called out the NFL suggesting they're not calling the flags to not stand in the way of offensive output.
The no-calls are nothing new for the Defensive Player of the Year candidate as teams often need to hold him to slow him down. Sometimes, double-teams and triple-teams aren't enough but a piece of 11's jersey gets the job done. Sometimes, not even that, as the Commanders learned in Parsons' sack of Howell last Thursday.
The film doesn't lie, though, and Parsons knows it. Unfortunately, that won't necessarily translate into holding calls in favor of the Cowboys.
Parsons has reached the rarefied air where he can bet on three things: 1) An extremely high rate of double-teams, 2) blockers consistently reaching for his jersey, and yes, 3) refs not calling it every time.
Whether that's because of biases from the officials (just like the book Scorecasting outlines that an umpire is likelier to call a strike on an outside ball for an All-Star slugger than an average batter) or because they understand the game can't be delayed with so many calls, we can't know for sure.
But at the very least, one or two flags per game are in order based on the tape. That being said, Parsons will need to take a stoic approach to the whole thing and not let what he can't control get to him. He's doing enough damage as it is without the help of a zebra's whistle.
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