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Micah Parsons Slams NFL For Bad Officiating

Frustrated by constant no-calls for offensive holding, the defensive star was highly critical of the league’s referees.

 

Micah Parsons has had enough of bad officiating.

During the Green Bay Packers media session on Thursday, Parsons called out referees for the lack of penalties being called in his team's favor.

"It's just one of those things, it is what it is," Parsons said. "Five years of not getting a call, you eventually stop worrying about it. I think I just gotta keep going. That's part of the challenges—like you just gotta keep going... That's part of being one of the best."

Parsons expressed his frustration by “accusing NFL officials of having an agenda.”

“You can tell how they call the game," Parsons continued. "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."

Parsons also said because  the NFL promotes offense, he claims that defensive players are at disadvantage.

"I think there's like two or three a game," Parsons said when asked how many calls he believes are missed a game that would benefit himself. "...The ones that are close, like whatever, that's football. It's competitive. I get it. But the egregious ones need to be called. That's how guys get hurt.”

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

"But like we said, it's an offensive league. I think a lot of the rules are bulls--t." Parsons added.

Backing up his star player, Packers coach Matt LaFleur said he plans to address the issues with the officiating crew before Sunday's game against the Cardinals.

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