If you happened to be making popcorn on Thursday night you got a free movie to go with it. The movie? That would be a social media back-and-forth between Dallas Cowboys superstar Micah Parsons and now-former teammate DeMarcus Lawrence.
Lawrence signed with the Seahawks, who gave him a lofty three-year, $42 million contract with $18 million guaranteed on the first day of the new league year. It's a great deal for Lawrence, who is coming off a Lisfranc injury and entering his age-33 season.
No more than 24 hours after signing, Lawrence threw serious shade at his former team, saying he knows he didn't stand a chance at a Super Bowl with the Cowboys, which is why he joined Seattle.
Parsons took it personal, calling the comments "rejection" and "envy" and labeling Lawrence's behavior as clownish (Parsons used a different word).
It wasn't long until more of the Cowboys' core jumped in. Osa Odighizuwa, Trevon Diggs and DeMarvion Overshown - all players who are part of the solution - led the charge. While their posts were cryptic, the message was clear as day: it's time for a passing of the torch in Dallas.
Cowboys stars rally behind Micah Parsons amid DeMarcus Lawrence drama
COWBOYS vs everybody.
— DeMarvion Overshown (@AGENT0__) March 14, 2025
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Diggs has since deleted his tweet, which was much more direct than Overshown's. Every post was seemingly anti-Lawrence, who potentially burned more bridges with his reply to Parsons.
"Calling me a clown won’t change the fact that I told the truth" Lawrence posted on X. "Maybe if you spent less time tweeting and more time winning, I wouldn’t have left."
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That comment does not help Lawrence's case whatsoever. He's certainly entitled to his opinion, but he hasn't come off as a player that would stoop to that level. He took a needless shot at Dallas in explaining why he picked Seattle before snatching the low-hanging fruit by mocking Parsons' social media presence.
The same social media presence that has distracted Parsons from becoming one of the game's premier players. You can't name five defensive players who are currently better than Parsons and not many players are more valuable to their team. His vibrant personality is part of his greatness. You don't have to agree with everything he says, but it is the least of the team's problems.
What does it all mean? Well, it certainly hints that Parsons and Lawrence didn't see eye-to-eye as teammates, which is a theory that has been floated more than once in these parts. Again, it took all of 24 hours for Lawrence to leave before jabs were traded. There's little chance this "bad blood" appeared out of the blue.
While Parsons and Lawrence didn't let that impact their play, there is no way to know how it might have damaged the locker room.
At the very least, we are starting to see why Brian Schottenheimer's introductory press conference started and ended with "culture." By the looks of it, Schottenheimer has his work cut out, though it was pretty cool to see all the current Cowboys in unison.
That is a good sign.
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