Micah Parsons Says He Couldn’t Show His Face in Public After Cowboys' Wild Card Playoff Loss
Dallas Cowboys star pass-rusher Micah Parsons was brutally honest about his team’s stunning postseason exit earlier this year.
On a recent episode of his podcast, The Edge, Parsons revealed that the Cowboys’ 48—32 wild-card playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers was “unacceptable” and so “embarrassing” that he couldn’t show his face in public for a while.
“It’s sad, man, that you lose the way you do, especially at home,” Parsons said on Wednesday. “To go out like that at home was completely embarrassing and unacceptable. I couldn’t even look at that loss or feel any type of way because of how embarrassed I felt… It took me a while to even be able to show my face in public. I disappeared completely.”
“Embarrassing” is certainly one apt adjective for the Cowboys’ choke job against the Packers—owner Jerry Jones couldn’t even bear to watch the game at times.
The Cowboys entered the 2023 postseason with Super Bowl-level aspirations but were dealt a quick and fatal blow in the first round. MVP candidate Dak Prescott threw two costly interceptions while Jordan Love connected on key plays, and Dallas had dug themselves an unsurmountable 27—7 hole by halftime.
Parsons, who registered just one quarterback hit and zero sacks that game, was part of a defense that allowed an egregious 48 points as the Cowboys suffered one of their worst playoff blowout losses in recent history. The franchise currently owns the second-longest championship game appearance drought in the conference.
With coach Mike McCarthy retained for at least one more season, fans will be desperate to see how Dallas will pick up the pieces this offseason.
