It is never a good idea to make a player like Micah Parsons lose his temper. After tempers were high, New York Giants center – Nick Gates accused the Dallas Cowboys marquee figure to have crossed the line with him, punching him to the chin after his provocation in their latest matchup.
To those who are unaware, during the team’s 28-20 win over the Giants in Week 11, Micah Parsons was actually called for unnecessary roughness with 45 seconds left, leading to a 15-yard penalty to Jerry Jones’ team. On one hand where the score suggests a different tale, a late TouchDown allowed Giants to bridge down the gap.
After the above-mentioned contest, Nick said that Micah Parsons gave him a “full-on punch” in the chin after he baited him to do so. He said, “I told him, ‘Come on, I know you want to.’ He took me up on it.”
“I’m not the best football player, so I’ve got to do other things to try to help out the team,” Gates added, even though the TV broadcast didn’t show the interaction.
This seemed to be enough to trigger Micah parsons to reveal his side of the truth. He claimed that not only he did not punch the accuser, rather it was Gates who used dirty antics against him. Parsons claimed how Gates ‘hurts’ his opponents.
“When he says others things that means, play dirty, take cheap shots and try to hurt other opponents!! I’m never going to intentionally try and hurt another player but we constantly allow this in the league!” Parsons wrote on Twitter.
Given the importance of Micah Parsons for his team, perhaps he should stay away from players who approach the ‘heads’ of their opponent.
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