NFL star says he didn't talk to girlfriend for 2 days after losing to her in Scattergories

Green Bay Packers prima Micah Parsons whitethorn beryllium 1 of the astir competitory players successful the NFL arsenic helium suggested helium carries the aforesaid mentality connected the tract arsenic helium does disconnected it.

Parsons told reporters connected Tuesday that helium is simply a large instrumentality of committee games and admitted that helium didn’t speech to his woman aft losing a game.

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Green Bay Packers antiaircraft extremity Micah Parsons celebrates aft sacking Minnesota Vikings backmost J.J. McCarthy astatine Lambeau Field connected Nov. 23, 2025. (Tork Mason/USA TodayNetwork via Imagn Images)

"There was a clip I was playing a crippled nighttime with my girl. She went against maine and I mislaid and I didn’t talk to her for astir 2 days," Parsons said. "That mindset, I conscionable hatred to lose.

"I hatred the feeling of idiosyncratic beating me. I hatred the feeling of idiosyncratic stopping me. We’re each tired. We each get tired, that’s normal. We each person injuries, challenges of what we got to spell done to get acceptable for the game. I deliberation those are normal, but what’s not mean and what I tried to make is, the mentality of pushing erstwhile we’re tired, pushing erstwhile we’re hurt. It’s challenging but erstwhile you get into that space, you find a batch of country to turn in."

Parsons admitted that helium was playing Scattergories.

Packers antiaircraft extremity Micah Parsons aft sacking Minnesota Vikings backmost J.J. McCarthy, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, successful Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

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"Scattergories. I similar Scattergories. There’s times like, you know, I hatred to accidental it but I deliberation this is the lone clip I’m similar a prima donna successful beingness is erstwhile I’m playing committee games," helium said. "Now, I got definite household members that don’t privation to play unless they’re connected my squad due to the fact that they mightiness get kicked retired oregon get excluded from the remainder of the activities for the week if they spell against me."

The walk rusher added that he’s besides a instrumentality of Code Names and Connect Four.

"I astir apt haven’t mislaid successful Connect Four successful similar 5 years," helium said.

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Parsons is hoping to airy the Packers’ occurrence for their Thanksgiving Day matchup against the Detroit Lions, which starts astatine 1 p.m. ET and tin beryllium seen connected FOX.

He had 10 sacks and 30 tackles successful his archetypal play successful Green Bay.