
Whoever said the NFL Pro Bowl game was a frivolous, secretive affair didn’t pass the memo to Micah Parsons of the Dallas Cowboys and David Njoku of the Cleveland Browns.The two Pro Bowlers got into a back-and-forth after Parsons’ shot against the Browns at a side event in Orlando on Saturday. “Cleveland is Cleveland,” Parsons said.Njoku appeared in his first Pro Bowl and dismissed Parsons’ comments with a “America’s Team” response.”You have to understand one thing: ‘Cleveland is Cleveland,’ but we’re both here [in the Pro Bowl],” Njoku said. “So we both played Madden. So you have to do it logically. … So what do you say? Cleveland is Cleveland and Dallas is Dallas?Parsons, now a three-time Pro Bowler, doesn’t seem to want to follow the “Dallas is Dallas” slogan.
But then host Charissa Thompson started the conversation.Micah Parsons is calling for a playoff loss for the Cowboys.For the record, the Browns have never hoisted the Lombardi Trophy. In fact, they are one of only four teams to never make it to the Super Bowl. While recent history has been good for Cleveland (11-6 and making the playoffs in 2023), the franchise has long been the butt of all jokes. It’s been nearly 30 years since the franchise won a Super Bowl championship, so the Cowboys know the feeling. Dallas is 12-5 in three seasons but has just one playoff win. Their last playoff upset came in the NFC Wild Card round, a 48-32 loss to the Green Bay Packers at AT&T Stadium. Parsons struggled to impact the game, recording just two tackles (one solo) and a quarterback hit. Seventeen days after the loss, Parsons spoke about the dramatic end to the Cowboys’ season. Parsons admitted he was “completely lost”.”It’s like you (Cowboys) losing at home,” Parsons said Wednesday on CBS Sports’ “With Micah Parsons” podcast.
“We talked about how much fun we had at home, how important it was to be home, and how embarrassing and uncomfortable it was to go home like that. I could not see or feel this loss because of my shame. I don’t show my face in public. It took me a while to do it. “I’m completely lost.”
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