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Former Steelers player gets involved in Cowboys’ Parsons/Hooker drama
The drama between Cowboys’ Micah Parsons and Malik Hooker has become so public that even former Steelers receiver Plaxico Burress had to give his two cents.
Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons and safety Malik Hooker have been making headlines lately for a bit of offseason drama. Parsons recently signed a multi-year extension deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, making him the president of the subsection B/R Gridiron. As part of that, he hosts a podcast on Bleacher Report called The Edge with Micah Parsons.
For some reason, Hooker thought he needed to mention on another podcast that Parsons just better not let all that podcast business distract him from playing well during the upcoming NFL season. This comment was just a bit strange considering Parsons has given no indication that he would not be 100% focused when the season starts. He ended up tweeting a comment back about how Hooker should have just spoken to him in person if he had concerns.
Alas, Hooker did not do that, and so the little feud went public, leaving whoever to weigh in.
Plaxico Burress gives his two cents on Parsons/Hooker drama
In yet another podcast (Up On Game), former Steelers wide receiver Plaxico Burress decided to give his opinion on the beef between Hooker and Parsons.
“This would never happen in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room,” said Burress. “These things would never happen because everyone is their own leader. If you’ve got a problem with somebody, it’s gonna get addressed. This is how we governed our football team. You got a problem with somebody, whatever they’re doing, if they ain’t out there giving effort that you think they should be playing with, we address you to your face like a grown man in Pittsburgh. That’s the difference between playing in a locker room with the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants versus the Dallas Cowboys.”
That’s easy for Burress to say. When he played with the Steelers from 2000-2005 and then again in 2012, social media wasn’t quite where it is now. Plus, the Steelers have definitely had their fair share of public drama, especially when Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell were on the team.
Still, since then, it does seem that Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin does a decent job at keeping his players in line and the drama inside the locker room and out of the public. And regardless of what other teams are doing, it’s simply not a good look for the Cowboys to have two of their players publicly feuding online before the season even starts.