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The Green Bay Packers entered the season as one of the strongest Super Bowl contenders. They were even talking about an undefeated campaign after starting 2-0.
Notably, plenty of that had to do with the Micah Parsons trade. Adding him took their pass rush to a whole new level, and gave them the difference-maker they needed.
That’s why losing him right before the playoffs was such a lethal blow. Then again, he stayed close to the team and tried to do his part behind the scenes.
With that in mind, Parsons wanted to make sure to have his coach’s back. When asked about the disappointing end of the season, he called out the fans and the media for calling for Matt LaFleur to be fired:
“You talk about do your job, right? You talk about coach, I mean this team put up 27 points? In a playoff game, I’ve always told you, if my team puts up 21 points, we should win that game,” the former Cowboys told the media, per ProFootballTalk. “We put up 27 points and we missed six, seven on special teams. That’s 34 points, and you’re talking about you want to get rid of a coach.”
“At one point, players have to have accountability. And that’s something that I’m challenging us as players that we need to take. We need to have accountability. How do we let that game go? Like, coaching can only do so much. It’s about timeouts and Xs and Os — great. Sometimes, it’s about playing football at the same time,” he concluded.
This isn’t the first time that Parsons has made the rounds for his fiery nature. Just this season, he took a vicious swipe at Cowboys owner/GM Jerry Jones, and he’s always been vocal and outspoken about everything that goes on in the league.
Parsons didn’t stop there. On top of defending his coach, he also warned the Packers about moving on from such a good coach as him.
He even revealed that he was one of the reasons why he wanted to be a Packer in the first place.
“I’ve had my fair share of coaches and people around this league that I’ve been around, and Matt is one of the best guys — and people, as a person — I’ve been around since I’ve been in this league,” Parsons said. “I reached out to him when I started seeing this [stuff about a coaching change] and I said, man, when I agreed to come here, you were part of the reason why I came here. I want you [to be] a part of this, and I love you, and I think you’re a great coach. He appreciated those words and we had a brief conversation. But Matt, I think he’s a great guy. And I just think he cares so much — he cares so much about the players. I don’t think people realize...
