Micah Parsons Alleges NFL Allows Offense to ‘Load Up Points’ For Entertainment

Despite not training in the offseason with the Green Bay Packers, Micah Parsons has still emerged as one of their best defenders.

Micah Parsons Alleges NFL Allows Offense to ‘Load Up Points’ For Entertainment

Micah Parsons wants NFL to call more offensive penalties (Image via NFL/X)

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Micah Parsons has grown to become quite the vocal superstar. Be it expressing his opinions on the trade from the Dallas Cowboys to the Green Bay Packers this past offseason.

Or how his former team did not think it was apt to give him a tribute video on his return to AT&T Stadium. The 26-year-old has become a media darling over the years, as he continues to say what he has on his mind.

The pass rusher and his Packers are 3-1-1, the lone tie which happened on the day he returned to Dallas. A week before that, they suffered an embarrassing loss to the Cleveland Browns.

Other than that, the team were billed to be Super Bowl contenders, especially after the Penn State alum arrived. However, Parsons has yet to truly dominate at his position.

He does have 2.5 sacks and 11 tackles showing up on the stat sheet. But he believes he could have had a lot more if not for the constant offensive penalties he faces during games.

They don’t call offsides for offense, but they’ll call it on defense. They won’t call offensive pass interference, but they’ll call defensive pass interference immediately. We know what they’re trying to do. They wanna load the points up so fans can be happy. They’ll call defensive holding, but they won’t call offensive holding… Let’s just wake up.

Micah Parsons told reporters, as captured by Matt Schneidman

Parsons added that these decisions come from the higher-ups in the NFL, as officials know penalties when they see it, but do not call those. He claims this is all for entertainment.

Micah Parsons bats for defensive players while risking fine

Micah Parsons is not the first player to talk about no-calls on offensive penalties. The Packers star believes the NFL does not look out for defensive players as they do to offensive personnel.

We put so much emphasis on protecting the offense. Protect the defense. A guy can be trying to catch the ball, and you make a defensive play so he doesn’t catch it, it’s targeting, it’s a flag. A defensive end can be rushing and engaging with another player, a guy can come and blow his ribs out. We’re not considered defenseless.

Micah Parsons said

Parsons added that offensive players are not looked at or officiated the way defensive players are. That is not good football, and he believes, is not consistent with the NFL’s motive to protect players.

The 4-time Pro Bowler also talked about how defensive players are fined for tackling. At the same time, offensive players do not get similar fines. He then joked about how he could be fined for just revealing all this in that interview.

Matt LaFleur hoping to have conversations with NFL about Micah Parsons getting held by O-linemen

Before talking about the egregious officiating, Micah Parsons had a conversation with head coach Matt LaFleur and other coaches. It seems they are going to have a talk to the officiating crew before their next game.

Micah Parsons playing for the Green Bay Packers
Micah Parsons playing for the Green Bay Packers (Image via NorthStar Bets Sportsbook/X)

That’s definitely going to be a conversation pregame.

Matt LaFleur as quoted by Ryan Wood

It is unclear if their conversations will have a desired effect on the penalty calls come Sunday. But if the officials do take the Packers’ complaints into consideration and call offensive penalties, it could have a direct impact on the result.

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