Times have changed a lot since Drew Pearson played football.
During Pearson’s Hall of Fame career, a situation like that happened between Micah Parsons and Demarcus Lawrence on social media, literally impossible.
The two now-earlier cowboys teammates had a spat of X late Thursday that came from Lawrence’s apparent decision to sign with Seattle Seahawks after 11 seasons.
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Dallas Cowboys Linebacker Micah Parsons (11) celebrates with the defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence (90) and Defensive Tackle Osa Odighizuwa (97) after making a sack during the game between Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles on December 10, 2023, at Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“Dallas is my home. Made my home there, the family lives there, I will forever be there,” he told a reporter this week. “But I know for sure I’m not winning a Super Bowl there, so we’re here.”
Parsons called the comment “Clown St” and said it was “what rejection and envy look like.”
Despite being teammates for four years, Lawrence did not go down easily.
“Calling me a clown doesn’t change the fact that I told the truth. Maybe if you spent less time twitre and more time winning I wouldn’t have back,” Lawrence replied.
Pearson was asked by TMZ sports about the beef and he kept it real.
“Too much social media,” he said. “This would drive coach [Tom] Landry crazy.
Dallas Cowboys defensive than DeMarcus Lawrence (90) and Linebacker Micah Parsons (11) during training camp at River Ridge Playing Fields in Oxnard, California. (Jason Parkhurst -usa Today Sports)
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“We had problems like this. There is time when I was talking about the noise in the dressing room, holding out for money and similar things. But we kept it in the dressing room. And the reason we kept it is because this was a dressing room. Now it was easy to keep it in closet rooms will be viral, especially when it is in a negative light … We have to be careful with the things we say.”
Parsons have been criticized in the past for being active on social media and hosting a podcast.
Lawrence, who accepted a three-year deal with Seahawks, was a draft of the second round of Dallas in 2013 and signed the biggest contract for a defensive player in club history six years later, after consecutive seasons with double-digit sacks.
Lawrence never had more than 6.5 sacks after signing the big contract, while the cowboys came to the divisional round four times in his 11 seasons. He said cowboys had not offered him a contract this season, yet his deal with the Seahawks could be worth $ 42 million.
The 32-year-old was limited to four games of a sprained foot in 2024 and missed at least half the season for two of the last four years, but early in his career he made four Pro Bowls.
DeMarcus Lawrence from Dallas Cowboys goes off the field during a Forsy Season match against Los Angeles Rams at Sofi Stadium on August 11, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Ric Tapia/Getty Images)
With Parsons entering the last year of his rookie contract, Cowboys could be on the verge of making him the highest paid non-quartal in the NFL. Cleveland defensive than Myles Garrett just took that title with an extension that average $ 40 million per day. Season.
