Marcus Spears feels Micah Parsons seemingly threw Mike McCarthy under the bus only to stay in Jerry Jones’ good books

In the absence of a separate GM, Micah Parsons has a direct line to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones over Mike McCarthy.

Marcus Spears feels Micah Parsons seemingly threw Mike McCarthy under the bus only to stay in Jerry Jones’ good books

Jerry Jones is who matters for Micah Parsons, not Mike McCarthy, feels Marcus Spears (Image via Imago/SS)

Another week in the 2024 NFL season passes, but the Dallas Cowboys continue to be a dead center in media coverage. If their embarrassing loss to the Philadelphia Eagles was not enough, now owner Jerry Jones, Mike McCarthy, and most importantly, Micah Parsons have made reporters set up camp at AT&T Stadium.

To start, debates were already aplenty after what looked like the end of the season for the Dallas Cowboys. But it was made worse when their star young pass rusher seemingly threw his head coach under the bus.

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Since then, every other analyst and fan has been calling Parsons out as his words seemed to indicate a fragmented locker room. Be it leadership from Mike McCarthy or his coaching staff, or the lack of it from players. Either way, all signs indicate that the losses are affecting them pretty badly.

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People continue to raise questions about the future of the 61-year-old head coach with America’s Team. Even Jerry Jones poured cold water on any rumors of it happening mid-season. But with a possibility of it happening in the off-season, Marcus Spears had a different take on this situation.

The elephant in the room is Jerry Jones. There’s always another tier beyond the head coach in Dallas. That’s the problem with the culture. Micah Parsons feels more responsible to be in the graces of Jerry Jones than he does Mike McCarthy.

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What the ESPN analyst and former Cowboys star was trying to say is that on other teams, a player has a line of hierarchy that usually stops with the GM. But with the Cowboys, as they have a direct line to GM and owner Jerry Jones, they are more obliged to him.

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Micah Parsons’ words indicate a problem with the Cowboys culture

Marcus Spears played for the Dallas Cowboys long enough to know how things work there. When a player is upset with something about his head coach, he can approach and speak with Jones. That seemingly undermines the head coach tremendously.

Micah Parsons return to the Dallas Cowboys yielded in an embarrassing loss to the Philadelphia Eagles
Micah Parsons’ return to the Dallas Cowboys yielded an embarrassing loss against the Philadelphia Eagles (Image via X)

As in other organizations, if a GM has enough negative points to fire a head coach, he needs to get approval from the owner. After all, it is they who are footing the remainder of the coach’s contracts. Therefore, GMs tend to tackle player complaints differently.

But here, since the 82-year-old owner is directly getting feedback, and discussing it, it brings a certain divide. Players are first answerable to their head coach. Only if matters become that serious do they take their conversations to the next level.

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But the Cowboys’ losses this season are due to a combination of injuries, lack of talent, and some coaching mistakes. For Micah Parsons to throw his head coach under the bus speaks of the problems with hierarchy this team faces. Now that they are losing, it is all becoming evident.