Micah Parsons slams teammate for giving unsolicited advice

The feud between Cowboys teammates Malik Hooker and Micah Parsons is over…or maybe it isn’t.

During the off-season, Hooker publicly questioned Parsons’ dedication to his podcast prompted Parsons to post and then delete an angry retort. Mike McCarthy, Hooker and Cowboys coach, said at training camp this week that there was no problem between Parsons and Hooker.

Parsons, however, does not appear to have given up.

“It’s just one of those things. It’s like that“What people do in their spare time is what they do,” Parsons said Friday, via Joseph Hoyt of lonestarlive.com. “I know what I do in my spare time, so make sure you catch ‘The Edge’ if you get a chance on Monday or Tuesday night. What he does on Monday and Tuesday nights when he’s not in the building, that’s his business. What I do is me, my business and my family, so I’m going to stick with that.”

“It’s not a misunderstanding. It’s clear as day. That’s what it is, everything we said. I’m just ready to move on and get ready for the season.”

Parsons’ podcast, “The Edge with Micah Parsons,” on Bleacher Report, has been taping Tuesdays during the season. His role within the company will expand after Parsons was named president of B/R Gridiron, its football division.

Parsons’ parting shot came a month after Hooker appeared on Keyshawn Johnson’s podcast and offered Parsons unsolicited advice.

“My advice to Micah would be to make sure we’re doing well,” Hooker said on the podcast. “Because if we’re at work and the running game is terrible, but you’re doing a podcast every week and you know the running game is terrible, then what do you really care about? Do you care about the audience that was watching the podcast or do you care about the success of our team and the Super Bowl that we’re trying to achieve?”

Parsons responded on social media, tagging Hooker, asking why Hooker didn’t call him to speak on the phone rather than making the matter public.

Hooker said Friday that his comment was exaggerated and that everything was fine between him and Parsons.

“The people around me that really know me know that I’m not a guy that says anything to hurt or affect anybody because I’m a team-first guy,” Hooker said. “That’s just the way it is. They took it that way. Like I said, Micah and I don’t care. We have the same goal and we’re here to compete and try to improve the defense in whatever way we can.”