Parsons rants on one-sided officiating, tush push

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Micah Parsons hates the tush push, thinks violative players get distant with holding acold excessively often and had to alteration his facemask during the past crippled due to the fact that helium got poked successful the oculus and popped a humor vas connected a play that didn't gully a penalty.

And the Green Bay Packers antiaircraft extremity said it each knowing that it could backmost to haunt him -- some erstwhile his squad plays the Philadelphia Eagles adjacent period and erstwhile the NFL hears his comments.

Though Parsons said Thursday that helium doesn't deliberation the NFL volition bash thing astir the situation, Packers manager Matt LaFleur said helium plans to astatine slightest speech to the officials earlier Sunday's crippled astatine the Arizona Cardinals astir what helium perceives arsenic missed holding calls.

"That's decidedly a speech pregame," LaFleur said.

LaFleur said earlier successful the week that helium believes Parsons is "frustrated by it and determination are immoderate that are egregious, and I deliberation those request to beryllium called."

It doesn't dependable arsenic if Parsons thinks overmuch volition change.

"Naw, I don't deliberation it matters," Parsons said. "The refs are going to telephone what they call. All we tin bash is conscionable anticipation we get called a just game. I don't attraction what the fans privation sometimes. If your squad holds, they should get amended tackles, amended guards. S---, don't blasted that connected us."

According to ESPN Research, Green Bay has had lone six holding penalties called connected its opponents this season, tied for the 3rd fewest successful the league (although the Packers person already had their bye and person played 1 less crippled than each but 5 different teams).

"Like 5 years of not getting a call, you yet halt worrying astir it," Parsons said. "I deliberation I've conscionable got to support going. That's the hunt, yeah. That's portion of the challenges. You've got to support going. And that's bothersome. That worries them. They cognize that.

"That's the portion of being 1 of the best. That comes with immoderate territory, parts that you hatred and the parts that the league lets go. They know, you tin archer however they telephone the games. They don't telephone offsides for offense, but they'll telephone it connected defense. They won't telephone violative walk interference, but they'll telephone antiaircraft walk interference. We cognize what they're trying to do. They're privation to load the points up truthful fans tin beryllium happy. They'll telephone antiaircraft holding, but they won't telephone violative holding. Let's conscionable aftermath up."

Parsons leads the NFL with 4.6 pressures per game, according to ESPN Research. He was credited with 5 pressures Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals but did not grounds a backmost deed for the lone clip this season.

Parsons besides said there's a treble modular erstwhile it comes to subordinate safety. He said helium got poked successful the oculus by a Bengals subordinate and popped a humor vessel, but determination was nary telephone for amerciable hands to the face. He said helium changed to a much protective facemask during the game.

"If you're going to accidental it's astir protecting players, past support each players," Parsons said. "Don't conscionable support 1 broadside of the ball. Like, I don't caput guys chipping from the outside, but moving backs privation to travel and [hit] players portion we're engaged with violative linemen, that's implicit bulls---. That's not bully football. That's not harmless football.

"You privation to good guys for putting their caput down [and starring with the helmet], but you tin beryllium engaged with an violative tackle and a defender tin enactment his caput close into your head. What are we talking astir here? Look astatine however galore times that's connected film, guys putting their caput down and trying to travel cleanable your clock. But you can't bash that to violative players. S---. You'll get a $50,000 fine. I mightiness get a good for this [news] conference."

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