Stephen A's Take: Micah Parsons claims he was misquoted when criticizing head coach.

Published Nov 12, 2024, 5:00 PM

Stephen A. Smith is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Executive Producer, host of ESPN's First Take, and co-host of NBA Countdown.

Stephen A. discusses the continued spiral of the Dallas Cowboys after their 34-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles and Micah Parsons’ post-game comments about Head Coach Mike McCarthy. In political news, he comments on the paid celebrity endorsement for VP Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s sweep of the swing states.

Conservative political commentator Sean Hannity, host of Fox News' “Hannity” joins Stephen A. to discuss Donald Trump’s victory, what the Democrats did wrong, and what to expect in the next four years of a Trump administration. 

I got to get started or a quick note about the NFL and what took place yesterday. Before I get to the political headlines, I want to talk about the Dallas Cowboys, who lost again at home yesterday to the Philadelphia He's thirty four to six if I remember correctly. The Cowboys have now fallen in three and six and are now zero to four at home. But that's not the biggest headline coming out of this game. Did y'all see what Michaeh. Parsons themselves said about head coach Mike McCarthy after the game?

In case you missed it, let me read it for you.

When asked about his head coach, Michael Parsons, who's the defensive leader in the locker room, had this to say, quote that's above my pay grade. If Mike's coach again next year, all coaching aside, Mike can leave and go where he wants to.

Guys icond to.

Feel bad for are guys like Zach Martin and guys who might be on their last year, on their way out, because that's who I wanted to hold the trophy for. You want to win games and do great things, and those type of legends who put in more time and work than Mike McCarthy ever did. So those are the kind of guys I have so much sympathy and hurt for.

End quote.

Wow, before I get.

Into my comments, I want to point out that I said earlier today that Michael would.

Backtrack and say he was misquoted.

Well, here's what he posted on X this morning after watching my man Damian Woody on My Day Job, First Take on ESPN every.

Weekday morning from ten am the twelve noon, and he said this as well on get up quote.

You would think guys who played and coached the sport would have.

Better journalism, but I was very wrong.

They try.

They're trying to use my name, image and likeness with the Dallas Cowboys to continue to tear the beautiful organization and with drama and bad media attention, be better.

End quote. A couple of things Michael.

Parsons, respectfully, you know you and my brother I got nothing but mad love for you.

That was a bit excessive.

Anytime you sit up there and you say that and you just speak so dismissively about your coach, you know that's a bad thing. Come on, now, you know better than that. Number two tier down the beautiful organization? Was beautiful about Dallas Caboys? What am I missing?

What's beautiful? You ain't had the trophy since nineteen ninety five. What's beautiful? You three and sixty three games under five hundred. What's beautiful?

You got a quarterback getting paid sixty million dollars, highest bayed quarterback in the league.

That brother home for the rest of the season.

What's beautiful was the talent.

It's a running a game. It's the offensive line, it's.

A receiver other than Ceedy Land, which your defense. What's beautiful about the Dallas Cowboys stadium is beautiful.

Cheerleaders are definitely beautiful.

Crowd that ain't beautiful.

You got little kids, You got adults crying, the little kids throwing.

Stuff at people.

It's pretty bad in Dallas.

It's pretty bad. But I'm here for you, my brother. I got the solution.

And this is why I opened the show today by saying this. If the Dallas Cowboys want to resurrect themselves, they want to elevate to a level of prominence, not just twelve or five seasons in the regular season before going home early. You need to make three moves. Are you ready? Are you listening. I want you to get it. Put in your ear with you, write it down, record it the hell you gotta do.

Listen to me, Listen to me.

Good.

First things first, got fire Michael Carthy. You don't have to do it this year. There's no reason they're doing it until the end of season. But sees ain't gonna no whey anyway, So why not keep him around?

You paying it right, even around? Fire him at the end of season.

He's done.

He's a dead man walking, no disrespect. It's just the truth. It's just the truth. Okay, just the truth.

It's Number one, might as well playing a walking dead.

It's that bad for him. Number two, tank the season.

Tank the season so you could position yourself to have the number one overall pick in the upcoming NFL draft. Step number three, and this is the big one. You hire prime time Dion Sanders as your head coach and you let him go draft his son Dr Sanders to become a Dallas cowboy. Worry about what you're gonna do with Dak Prescott later. And it's sixty million dollar contracts sixty million dollars a year, by the way, worry about that later. What you doing immediately is you get prime Time because you see Jerry's gonna be Jerry. But man, Jerry loves and respects that man. That man delivered them a super Bowl. Jerry gonna listen.

Jerry gonna talk, but he's also gonna listen.

He's also not gonna mind when Prime Tom talks. Not only is he not gonna mind when Prime Tom talks, he knows that Prime Tom's gonna go out there and get other players to wanna play for him, and he knows he's an evaluator of talent.

Look at what they're doing at Colorado.

Prime Time's in a position to win Coach of the Year. Colorado, who was four and a last year six game lose the Street seven of eight weeks they lost, is on the verge of making the playoffs. Prime Time has shown you something special. Bring him the big d getting out of ball to Colorado. Put prime Time as your head man with the star and his helmet.

Put prime Time as the face of the franchise. I know that's a lot for Jerry Jones to.

Do, but you're in your eighties, Jerry, in your eighties.

Come on, Jerry, you're in your eighties.

Come on, Jerry, you gotta let it go at some point. Come on, Jerry, whatever it takes to elevate that level of shine on that star is what you do, Because what good is a star that dims instead of shining brightly.

Primetime?

Deon Sanders tank the season, get the number one overall pick drafted sun shad Door Sanders as the new quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys that could be better off, better performing somewhere other than the pressurizing environment of Big d Shadore Sanders shines under.

The bright lights.

Come on, Jerry, you know I'm telling you the truth.

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