Cowboys’ Micah Parsons on defending Zach Wilson, Daniel Jones: ‘I’m just calling out the social media bullies’

FRISCO, Texas — It’s now not steadily in the NFL that avid gamers speak about previous warring parties weeks got rid of from taking part in them, however that is precisely what Dallas Cowboys two-time first-team All-Pro linebacker Micah Parsons has carried out, defending each New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson and New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones after each have come beneath heavy complaint from analysts and fanatics on social media alike for his or her rocky begins to the 2023 season. 

Wilson’s heaviest complaint came about after his highest recreation of the season in Week 4 in a 23-20 loss in opposition to the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs. He totaled 245 passing yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions on 28 of 39 passing for a 105.2 passer score, as Sunday evening marked the first recreation of Wilson’s profession through which he had more than one passing touchdowns and no interceptions in a recreation. He even outplayed reigning NFL and Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes, who threw for 203 passing yards whilst additionally collecting a landing and two interceptions on 18 of 30 passing for a 63.6 passer score. Those statistics resulted in Wilson being the first quarterback to have extra completions, extra passing yards, extra passing touchdowns and less interceptions than Mahomes in a recreation reverse the two-time Super Bowl champion throughout his 127 begins in faculty and the NFL, in line with OptaStats. Yet, retired protection Rodney Harrison, a present NBC Sports analyst, referred to as Wilson “garbage” in a line of main inquiries to Chiefs All-Pro defensive take on Chris Jones postgame. 

“I just feel like so many times the media just always puts those negative things on certain players,” Parsons stated Wednesday when explaining why he has used his social media presence to shield Wilson and Jones. “I just think it’s almost like bullying online. We’re just being social media bullies. You really hate to see that. It’s one thing if you say I’m garbage to my face on the field and we’re competing and we’re hammering out and we’re in the moment. But, it’s another thing when a guy can’t defend themselves. You don’t know what’s going on in his [locker] room. You don’t know what’s going on in the team, and you’re just out there calling another man garbage on live TV. We see that in the draft where guys use these moments where this should be a special moment for a kid and bash him for his past. 

“I just really feel like as people and as individuals who have those platforms, we will have to just be higher and extra aware of the way we speak about folks and the way the ones issues can have an effect on any individual. You by no means know what any individual’s adventure is. You by no means know what their tale is. So I’m just calling out the social media bullies as a result of we truly should not be like that.”

Parsons was once much more fired as much as have Wilson’s again given his most harsh, maximum derogatory critic was once a former NFL participant. 

“I think it is worse from a former player because you should know better than anyone how it goes, how you’re treated, how things can be misinterpreted,” Parsons stated. “Especially because no one knows your defense better than you do. No one knows their offense better than they do. So, we don’t know if Zach Wilson is making bad reads. We don’t know if the receiver is making the wrong route. We don’t know any of that stuff. We just know what we see from our own two eyes and it’s all about perspective. Perspective of the judgment is what I’m talking about. I would never speak down on someone.”

In the case of Jones, folks throughout the web piled on to him after the Giants have been smoked on “Monday Night Football” on their house turf at MetLife Stadium in Week 4, shedding 24-3 to the Seattle Seahawks. Jones threw two interceptions, together with a 97-yard pick-six to rookie cornerback Devon Witherspoon, and was once sacked 10 occasions, making him the maximum sacked Giants passer since Phil Simms was once taken down 10 occasions at the San Francisco 49ers in Week 12 of the 1980 season. 

Many have been wondering the rationale in the back of the G-Men handing Jones a four-year, $160 million contract this offseason, the similar deal Rams Super Bowl champion quarterback Matthew Stafford and Cowboys two-time Pro Bowl quarterback Dak Prescott are signed to. Parsons defended Jones on Tuesday and pointed to the Giants’ offensive line, which is permitting force on 46.9% in their quarterback dropbacks — the third-highest fee in the NFL forward of most effective the New York Jets (47.1%) and the Chicago Bears (47.4%) — as an extra in charge birthday party to take the warmth off of the quarterback. 

“The Daniel Jones play, they talk about Daniel Jones so much, but I saw five people just come free like how is he supposed to make that read when he has six to eight defensive linemen in his face?” Parsons stated. “It’s just perspective, and I think people need to take better perspective on how they talk about people and how they treat people online.”

Parsons and Harrison may have the probability to engage in individual since the Cowboys are taking part in the San Francisco 49ers on NBC Sports’ “Sunday Night Football.” The NFL’s co-leader in quarterback pressures (27) stated he would absorb the top street when seeing the former protection. 

“To be honest, I would go on it [NBC Sports’ postgame show in which Harrison is an analyst],” Parsons stated. “I have no hate toward Rodney. I was just calling out that particular moment. A guy like Chris Jones would come up there, and it’s like, ‘Oh you’re special.’ I just don’t want fake love. Fake love is always bad for me. You know, fake energy. You keep the same energy for everyone. We’re not one to decide who is special and who is not. If Rodney came up to me and said I’m garbage too, I’ll take it. Just be as real with me as possible. Be real with everyone. I wouldn’t say I wouldn’t do anything with Rodney because I have nothing, no hate. He has never done anything to me.”

These occasions have hit house for Parsons as a result of when he was once decided on twelfth general in the 2021 NFL Draft out of Penn State, he too was once on the receiving finish of a few on-line backlash. A work of a lawsuit filed via a former Nittany Lions soccer participant alleged that Parsons was one of four teammates who hazed and harrassed him. The Cowboys linebacker was once now not a defendant in the go well with, and he called the allegations “false” in 2021. The college and head soccer trainer James Franklin have been sooner or later dismissed from the lawsuit. 

“Yeah, for sure,” Parsons stated when requested if his draft evening reasons him to empathize with Wilson and Jones. “I know what it feels like to have everyone go against you. I know what it feels like to have people bash online. It’s never good. You see the stuff, people tell you about the stuff. Even my mom would say ‘Oh you see so and so got released?’… I’ve had 10 and 11-year-olds ask me, ‘Do you like Dak? He throws interceptions.’ I was like, ‘What the hell, parents got to get them from Twitter.’ You have to realize the influence that you guys have in these platforms because, listen, I don’t want no 10-year-old telling me that my quarterback stinks. I definitely think we need to be mindful of what we see on TV and what we see online because these kids look up to us. We see more NFL players using their voice.” 

NBA avid gamers have lengthy used their platforms for social justice reasons, and Parsons believes it’s a must to do this and to talk your thoughts given any media alternative. In his case, he will get how he truly feels out to the international with no need rumors unfold about what he thinks.  

“I’m a perfect example, I have a free mind on Twitter and social media because to be honest with you, it’s bigger,” Parsons stated. “You should share your story, you should share your spirits and put it on other people because it just takes one person to see belief, bravery and courage. I’m big on courage. It’s easy to do what everyone else is doing. It takes courage to do something different.” 

It seems simple for an All-Pro participant of Parsons’ stature to be as passionately himself as a result of when he does communicate trash, he typically backs it up on the box. However, the 24-year-old maintains he would nonetheless be this similar model of himself if he have been a benchwarmer. 

“Even if I was trash, I would say what I say,” Parsons stated. “God gave you a vision. God gave you everything, the tools you need. Use it. Speak on it. That’s why you have your own mind. Speak your mind.”