Cowboys’ Micah Parsons upset with officials after loss to Dolphins: ‘Free me dawg!!!’

Linebacker Micah Parsons of the Dallas Cowboys voiced his displeasure to reporters and on social media following the team’s narrow loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday due to poor refereeing.

Parsons took issue with the Dolphins’ lack of holding penalties. He has gone 38 straight quarters without receiving a holding penalty, according to the team website. He has 53 total tackles this season, 13 sacks, and 30 QB hits, which ties his career high.

“It’s mind-blowing, the things that are getting called, the positions we get put in,” he said via the team’s website. “We just got to learn to fight the adversity and know a lot of it is BS. It’s football plays, but it’s the world we live in. We got the star on the helmet.”

On one play, Parsons did indeed draw a penalty for hitting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. The quarterback fell to the ground after he gave Tagovailoa a back push. It was the only roughing-the-passer call he had received all season.

“[The official] said my intent was to punish the quarterback,” Parsons stated. But if all I’m doing is trying to fire him, how am I supposed to discipline him? It’s not as though it arrived late. I stayed put on my feet. I didn’t take the initiative. I’m not sure how you make that decision.”

“I got there so quick, how was I supposed to know he got the ball out? It was within a second. I didn’t leave my feet. I didn’t lead with my head, so I don’t know what a roughing the passer is anymore. In reality, I ran into D-Law. We both met at the quarterback. Like I said, it’s just hard to play defense.”

On social media, Parsons posted a photo on his Instagram Stories that showed him trying to break free of two Dolphins linemen.

“Free me dawg!!!” he wrote. “Whatever I did to the officials I’m sorry.”

Miami kicker Jason Sanders gave the Dolphins the 22-20 win in the closing seconds.

Parsons had seven tackles in the game.

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