Talk about piling it on.
Less than a week after the Packers fell 10–7 at home to the Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay’s star defensive player was hit with a fine. In the closing minutes of the loss, Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons extended his leg to trip Eagles running back Saquon Barkley as Barkley began to run rampant in the secondary.
Parsons’ trip of the All-Pro RB prevented a potential explosive play, but it drew almost instant scrutiny on social media. The refs missed it in-game, though, and Parsons wasn’t flagged. During their weekly review, the league office didn’t miss it, and decided Parsons’ antics were worthy of a $12,172 fine for unnecessary roughness, categorized under the umbrella of striking/kicking/tripping.
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Getty Green Bay Packers edge Micah Parsons was fined for tripping Eagles RB Saquon Barkley Week 10.
Parsons has already voiced public frustration about officiating this season, previously calling out NFL refs for what he perceives to be a systemic bias that favors offense and punishes defensive physicality, the fine kinda-sorta reinforces that perception. That said, Parsons did trip Barkley, and got away with it during the game. The NFL wasn’t going to waste an opportunity to collect money for it when the time came for review.
The five-figure fine also won’t hurt the Packers star’s pocketbook.
Considering Green Bay inked Parsons to a four-year extension worth $186 million (with $136 million guaranteed and a hefty signing bonus in excess of $44 million), we think he can afford to pay it.
Parsons, Packers Look to Rebound Week 11 vs. New York Giants
Green Bay’s defense played well against Philadelphia, but Jordan Love and the offense couldn’t get things going.
“It’s just one of them things like, we gonna win together and we’re gonna lose together, regardless of the outcome,” Parsons said after the loss to Philly, via CBS Sports. “Being there for our teammates, regardless of who’s playing better, which side (of the football) is playing better. When everyone gets rolling, we’ll be a really good team.”
Parsons and the Packers will have the perfect chance to get right Week 11, going up against a flailing New York Giants squad in the midst of a reset.
Following the dismissal of former head coach Brian Daboll, Mike Kafka has stepped in as the the Giants‘ interim head coach. This will be Kafka’s first time ever serving as a head coach at the NFL level. He made his first major personnel decision earlier this week when he named veteran Jameis Winston the starting QB until rookie Jaxson Dart returns from concussion protocol.
“The way we just played, we’re going to win a lot of football games,” Parsons added after holding the reigning Super Bowl champion eagles to just 10 points. “So I would not panic, I wouldn’t stress, we’re going to win football games, I promise you.”
After losing two games in a row, Parsons and the Packers have to some of that winning starting with their Week 11 matchup vs. New York.
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