What did C.J. Stroud say about Micah Parsons and his podcast?

Dallas Cowboys edge rusher Micah Parsons and Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud have formed a friendship that they took to Asia over the summer, hosting a football camp in China and sumo wrestling together in Japan. They provided draft coverage for Bleacher Report in April and got into some heated debates.

While the two have definitely become good friends, Stroud had some criticism to dish out for Parsons regarding his podcast antics.

Stroud’s comments on Parsons’ podcast antics

Micah Parsons hosts a podcast for Bleacher Report called “The Edge” and recently got promoted to president of its subsection, B/R Gridiron. Over the summer, he and fellow Cowboys defender Malik Hooker got into a bit of a tiff over the podcast when Hooker said on another podcast that he thought Parsons’ hobby could be a “distraction” from football.

Parsons didn’t take that very well, taking to social media to let Hooker know he didn’t appreciate him talking about him behind his back instead of to his face. He defended his side (what he does best), basically saying that everyone has hobbies outside of football and he’s always remained focused.

On his podcast, Parsons has had some hot takes, and not everyone agrees with his thoughts. C.J. Stroud is one of those, saying that Parsons has “terrible takes”.

“He has terrible takes,” Stroud said. “But also, he’s a great friend of mine. I have nothing but great things to say of him...other than his takes.”

Some of those “terrible takes” include encouraging NFL stars to pursue relationships with celebrities after Travis Kelce started dating Taylor Swift (including Zendaya, who is already in a relationship with Tom Holland), and claiming that NFL analysts want NFL players to fail so they “have something to talk about”.

Parsons said he doesn’t intentionally try to be controversial and again defended his podcast.

“I don’t think no one really cares about what I’m doing on a Monday afternoon when I’m at home with my kids. So, why would they care if I’m on Xbox? I think we all get our own free time. When y’all away from here, are y’all thinking about me at home? I would hope not,” said Parsons. “I try not to say [anything] controversial, but everyone always is gonna be drawn to something. They’re going to try to take one thing. We all have opinions. We’re not going to agree to what everyone says. That’s life.”