Eagles star advocates for Cowboys’ Madden rating, ‘Parsons is an alien’

“The guy can run six inches off the ground.” Chris Long has won two Super Bowls and is in total awe of the Cowboys LB’s skill, and he’s pissed at Madden. | From @KDDrummondNFL

Everyone in the world thinks Cowboys LB Micah Parsons is an incredible athlete and one of the best players in the world. The media thinks so; he was the NFC defensive player of the year as voted by 101 national media members and came in second in defensive player of the year voting conducted by the Associated Press. His peers thinks so, he was rated as the top linebacker and No. 16 overall in the (admittedly flawed) NFL top 100. Everyone thinks so, except for EA Sports and Madden’s rating czar.

Parsons is going through a bit of rookie hazing in that the only licensed NFL video game, and therefore most popular by default, is given just an 88 overall rating out of 99. On Tuesday, Parsons put out a plea for fans and game players to reach out to EA Sports to petition for a serious upgrade in his ratings. A surprising figure stepped up to the plate, and then some. Not only did former Eagles DE Chris Long call in, he filmed it (live on his podcast of course) and let them have it for so woefully underestimating Parsons’ ability.

First, here’s Parsons’ plea.

Hilariously, Parsons isn’t even complaining about his overall rating. He’s mad about his man and zone coverage ratings, just two of several components that go into an overall score. Then, here’s Long’s response, complaining about his overall rating.

“You guys are a bunch of idiots,” he starts. “He’s 10 points better than anyone else on that team,” he continues. “What are you guys smoking over there?” he wonders about the low rating. “I mean, Micah Parsons is an alien. Ankle flexion, ever heard of it?” he quipped. “Guy can run six inches off the ground.”

“How bout the spin move that he put on Joe Haeg the other night?” the exasperated fanboying continued.

When an Eagles favor comes to your defense, you know what the deal is. Parsons is clearly one of the NFL’s best and everyone knows it. But the czar.

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