Dallas Cowboys LB Micah Parsons talks about being a leader while exhibiting bad leadership


Micah Parsons

Micah Parsons
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It’s been an excellent week in Dallas following the Cowboys’ first win of the season over the Cincinnati Bengals, with backup Cooper Rush operating the present at quarterback. All is effectively proper now in Large D, and their finest participant, Micah Parsons, appears to be his common talkative, jovial self throughout Twitter.

The identical couldn’t be mentioned after Week 1, the place the Cowboys acquired beat handily by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 19-3. The protection definitely wasn’t the first cause for that loss, and Parsons even had two sacks. Two days later, Parsons had an marketed look scheduled for Undisputed with Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe that he ended up no-showing.

Life occurs typically. All of us perceive that, however Parsons is consistently on Twitter throwing out opinions on all the things beneath the solar, cracking jokes, and throwing photographs in all places. It’s humorous how silent Parsons was following that loss to the Bucs. Being upset following that loss is anticipated, however you agreed to go on FS1’s flagship present every Tuesday of the common season. Absolutely, Parsons didn’t suppose Dallas would go undefeated this yr. It got here off as unprofessional and flakey.

When Parsons lastly commented on his failure to seem, Dak Prescott’s damage, the loss, and management had been used as excuses.

“My beginning QB went down, and we misplaced,” Parsons mentioned, per Hill. “I simply didn’t suppose it was acceptable for me to be on the present at that time. I have to step up and be a frontrunner. It shouldn’t be on TV, it needs to be on this locker room. That is the place my focus needs to be proper now.”

It’s arduous to imagine that anybody can discuss “management” after not displaying up for an engagement they’d agreed to weeks prior. And this was speculated to be for all the 17-week common season. Had the Cowboys gained that first recreation towards Tampa Bay, please imagine Parsons would’ve proven up with a giant grin on his face, able to go at it with Sharpe, the resident Cowboys hater on Undisputed.

Since Parsons determined to go there in his clarification, skipping a scheduled look isn’t an indication of excellent management. It shouldn’t have taken Prescott getting harm for him to step up and be a frontrunner. In his second yr, Parsons isn’t simply Dallas’ finest defensive participant however one of the best total participant on the crew. The 23-year-old is now not a rookie. It’s time to step up and be a locker room chief, regardless of who’s there.

If the Cowboys proceed successful, this slip-up will doubtless be missed and forgotten, however Parsons owes one to Undisputed. FS1 went out of their option to arrange gear in his dwelling for this weekly spot solely to have him no-call, no-show them the primary week. Neither Parsons nor anybody on his private crew could possibly be bothered to let producers of the present know he wasn’t going to make it. That’s Busch league, and Parsons appears a lot better than that.

Dallas performs the Giants on Monday Night time Soccer in Week 3. Parsons is but to indicate up for his weekly spot on FS1, and at this level, it hasn’t been talked about a lot since he missed the primary present. It makes you marvel why a participant would even decide to one thing like this. Both method, it’s a horrible search for Parsons, particularly when he’s proper again on Twitter spouting off after a win.