Cowboys edge rusher Micah Parsons pushed back on the perception that he was taking shots at coach Mike McCarthy in his postgame comments Sunday.
“I never threw, or even intended to throw, Mike McCarthy under the bus,” Parsons said on his podcast The Edge with Micah Parsons. “The question that was asked about here and the Dallas Cowboys. Did I see Mike McCarthy in our future? I said, ‘That’s above my pay grade.’
Parsons wasn’t happy that critics were turning his comments into something he didn’t mean.
He was asked about McCarthy’s future after a fourth straight loss and said the coaching future was not his main concern.
” It is above my salary levelabout whether Mike would coach again next year,” Parsons said after the Cowboys’ 34-6 loss to the Eagles. “All coaches aside, Mike can leave and go wherever he wants. The guys I feel a little bad for are guys like (right guard) Zack Martin and guys who might be on their last year, about to come out, because that’s what I wanted to hold the trophy for.
“You want to win games and do big things with these type of legends who put in more time and work than Mike McCarthy ever did. So he’s the kind of guy that I have so much sympathy for and feel so bad for.
McCarthy said Monday that he and Parsons discussed Parsons’ comments after the game, and Parsons apologized.
McCarthy is in the final year of his contract, as is the rest of the coaching staff, and the Cowboys are expected to move on after this season.
