When Green Bay Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons addressed the media Thursday about NFL officiating, five years of frustration came pouring out of him. He risked a fine from the league by addressing the way defensive players are treated differently than offensive players in the NFL. The bottom line is that Parsons is right about most of his criticisms, but they likely won’t change anything.
Parsons was direct and specific in his criticisms. He went as far as to call many of the NFL’s rules “Bull----.”
The basis of Parsons’ criticism was the double standard between the way penalties are called against defensive players as compared to offensive players.