Tag: Micah Parsons

Dec 14, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons (1) walks off the field with help from medical personnel following an injury during the third quarter against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images

Report: Packers’ Micah Parsons may miss first 3-4 games

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Green Bay Packers pass rusher Micah Parsons is expected to miss the first three to four games of the 2026 season while recovering from his torn left ACL, The Athletic reported Thursday.

Parsons, 26, underwent reconstructive knee surgery on Dec. 29 after sustaining the season-ending injury in a Week 15 loss to the Denver Broncos on Dec. 14.

Parsons finished his first season with the Packers with 12.5 sacks, 41 tackles, 27 quarterback hits and two forced fumbles, making the All-Pro first team for the third time in five seasons.

Green Bay acquired Parsons from the Dallas Cowboys in a stunning trade on Aug. 28, 2025, then signed him to a four-year, $186 million contract extension through 2029.

A five-time Pro Bowl selection, Parsons has recorded 65.0 sacks in 77 games (76 starts) since the Cowboys drafted him with the No. 12 overall pick in 2021. He was the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2021.

–Field Level Media

Jerry Jones to injured Micah Parsons: ‘I wish you the very best’

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones offered his best wishes to Micah Parsons on the heels of the Green Bay Packers’ star defensive end sustaining a torn ACL over the weekend.

Parsons will miss the remainder of the season after he was injured in the Packers’ 34-26 setback to the Denver Broncos on Sunday.

“I’m sad for Micah,” Jones said Tuesday on 103.5 The Fan. “That’s quite a challenge. I wish him the very best on his recovery. Michael Irvin said when he had his big surgery during, I think, his second year with the Cowboys, he said he realized what football really did mean to him.

“And he said the surgery really launched him into the best part of his career, because he got to feel what it might look like not to play again. There’s a lot of ways you can couch this thing. But, Micah, I wish you the very best.”

Parsons, 26, recorded 12.5 sacks in 14 games (13 starts) during his first season with Green Bay. He was traded to the Packers from the Cowboys in August following a contract dispute.

Immediately after the trade, Parsons signed a four-year, $186 million contract with Green Bay that included $120 million fully guaranteed and $136 million in total guarantees.

The two-time All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowl selection has collected 65 sacks and 11 forced fumbles in 77 career games (76 starts) with the Cowboys and Packers.

“I may be sidelined, but I am not defeated,” Parsons wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “This injury is my greatest test — a moment God allowed to strengthen my testimony. I believe He walks with me through this storm and chose me for this fight because He knew my heart could carry it.”

“I’m deeply grateful to the Packers organization and my teammates for their unwavering support, love, and belief in me during this season. I trust His timing, His plan, and His purpose. I will rise again.”

–Field Level Media

Report: MRI shows ACL tear for Packers DE Micah Parsons

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An MRI on Monday confirmed Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons has a torn ACL in his left knee that will end his season, ESPN reported.

In Sunday’s 34-26 road loss to the Denver Broncos, Parsons collapsed in a heap and clutched his knee after attempting to take down Broncos quarterback Bo Nix in the final minute of the third quarter. The two-time All-Pro walked to the locker room with the help of medical personnel. The Packers quickly announced he was questionable to return before downgrading him to out during the fourth quarter.

Parsons, 26, acknowledged a serious injury in a post to social media Monday.

“I may be sidelined, but I am not defeated. This injury is my greatest test — a moment God allowed to strengthen my testimony. I believe He walks with me through this storm and chose me for this fight because He knew my heart could carry it,” Parsons posted to X on Monday.

“I’m deeply grateful to the Packers organization and my teammates for their unwavering support, love, and belief in me during this season. I trust His timing, His plan, and His purpose. I will rise again.”

Packers coach Matt LaFleur acknowledged the severity of the injury following the loss, saying, “It doesn’t look good. I’ll leave it at that.”

The loss to the Broncos dealt a blow to the Packers’ playoff hopes, dropping Green Bay down to the No. 7 (and final) playoff seed. A continued absence for Parsons will only add to Green Bay’s challenges.

Picked 12th overall by the Cowboys in the 2021 NFL Draft, Parsons came into Sunday with 12.5 sacks in his first season with Green Bay. He was traded from the Cowboys to the Packers in August following a contract dispute.

Immediately after the trade, Parsons signed a four-year, $186 million contract with the Packers that included $120 million fully guaranteed and $136 million in total guarantees.

–Field Level Media

Dec 14, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons (1) walks off the field with help from medical personnel following an injury during the third quarter against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images

Packers’ Micah Parsons suffers non-contact knee injury vs. Broncos

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Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons departed Sunday’s road game against the Denver Broncos with a non-contact left knee injury.

Parsons collapsed in a heap and clutched his knee after attempting to take down Broncos quarterback Bo Nix in the final minute of the third quarter. The two-time All-Pro walked to the locker room with the help of medical personnel. The Packers soon announced he was questionable to return.

Parsons came into Sunday with 12.5 sacks in his first season with Green Bay, which acquired him in a blockbuster trade with the Dallas Cowboys in August.

Packers wide receiver Christian Watson was ruled out for the remainder of the game with a chest injury.

Watson was hurt on a deep pass that was intercepted by Denver cornerback Patrick Surtain II with 12:55 left in the third quarter. Surtain landed on Watson as he made a leaping catch of Jordan Love’s throw.

Watson, who missed the first six games while rehabbing a torn ACL suffered last season, entered Sunday with 25 receptions for 452 yards and five touchdown catches.

–Field Level Media

Report: ‘Poison pill’ involved in Micah Parsons trade to Packers

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The Dallas Cowboys traded two-time All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers in late August in a blockbuster deal.

While that can be considered a bit of old news, a new wrinkle came to light on Sunday, per ESPN.

That trade on Aug. 28 included a “poison pill,” which effectively blocks Green Bay from trading Parsons to an NFC East representative in the immediate future. Should they elect to do so, the Packers would owe the Cowboys their first-round pick in the 2028 NFL Draft.

Per ESPN, the reason for the clause was the Cowboys’ interest in preventing Parsons — who grew up in Pennsylvania and played at Penn State — from going to rival Philadelphia.

The same clause applies to three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark, who was acquired by Dallas as part of the package for Parsons. Therefore, if the Cowboys ship Clark to an NFC North representative, Green Bay would acquire Dallas’ first-round pick in the 2028 NFL Draft.

Parsons, 26, signed a four-year, $186 million contract that includes $120 million fully guaranteed and $136 million in total guarantees. He has recorded 6.5 sacks in eight games this season.

Clark, 30, has 2.5 sacks in nine games with Dallas.

–Field Level Media

Sep 11, 2025; Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA; Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons (1) reacts in the first quarter against the Washington Commanders at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images

Cowboys, Packers dismiss emotion behind return of Micah Parsons

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Micah Parsons can barely mask his emotion discussing the visual of taking close friend and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott to the ground Sunday night after he takes the field from the visitor’s locker room with the Green Bay Packers.

One month wasn’t enough time for Parsons to fully disconnect from the Dallas franchise that drafted him No. 12 overall and watched him grow into a perennial All-Pro pass rusher. Ties were broken by frustrated Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who took multiple steps back in the middle of fractured contract negotiations with Parsons to trade the 26-year-old to Green Bay just one week before Dallas played at Philadelphia in the regular-season opener.

“The guys know Micah’s coming back. It’ll be great to see him,” Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenhimer said. “Normal week. Another championship opportunity.”

Packers head coach Matt LaFleur delivered a similar message to his team about their reunion with Kenny Clark. The defensive lineman traded to Dallas along with two first-round picks was the haul necessary to pry Parsons away from the Cowboys after the now infamous six-week contract staredown. Clark has played more defensive snaps than any of his new Cowboys’ teammates.

“I think every game, you’ve got to approach it the same way, whether it’s Week 1 of the regular season, or if you get in the playoffs or the Super Bowl, whatever, you’ve got to come in with the same mindset,” LaFleur said. “The focus is — yeah, you’ve got to know what you’re going against — but the focus always comes back to us and what we’ve got to do and how we need to go out there with the focus and concentration that we need to have. I’m not worried about that (with Parsons).”

Parsons had four double-digit sack seasons in four years in Dallas. He added 1.5 in his first three games with the Packers.

Schottenheimer said he knows Parsons is doing Parsons things for the Packers, primarily rushing off the left edge opposite Rashan Gary. He has eight-plus pressures in two of his three games with Green Bay, and no other player has hit that number twice this season. Parsons leads the NFL with 15 career games with at least eight QB pressures since being drafted, which ranks first in the NFL.

Defenses are overloading the right side of their line to contend with Parsons and losing the pick-your-poison gamble. Gary leads the NFL with 4.5 sacks

Schottenheimer said the Cowboys are excited to see Jadeveon Clowney in a Dallas uniform for the first time on Sunday night. He said there’s no way to predict if Dallas would be better if Parsons was still lining up with the Cowboys.

The Cowboys rank 30th in total defense, 27th in scoring and dead last in passing yards allowed.

“We have not been playing to the standard we want to play to, but if we had Micah, you can’t predict that we’d be playing any better or worse. Those are projections,” he said.

–Field Level Media

Green Bay Packers offensive tackle Zach Tom (50) is shown during the fourth quarter of their preseason game Saturday, August 23, 2025 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Green Bay Packers beat the Seattle Seahawks 20-7.

Packers rule out OL Zach Tom, Aaron Banks; Micah Parsons active vs. Commanders

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The Green Bay Packers ruled out starting right tackle Zach Tom and left guard Aaron Banks before their home game against the Washington Commanders on Thursday night.

Tom (oblique) and Banks (ankle/groin) were listed as questionable after not practicing during the short week and were put on the inactive list.

Micah Parsons, the Packers’ recently acquired star edge rusher who was listed as questionable because of a back issue, was active for the game as expected. Parsons, an All-Pro for the Dallas Cowboys, recorded a sack in his debut for the Packers in a home win Sunday over the Detroit Lions.

Green Bay cornerback Nate Hobbs, who missed Sunday’s game as he recovered from a knee injury in training camp, is active and could make his Packers debut after signing as a free agent in the spring.

The Packers’ inactives in addition to Tom and Banks: cornerback Bo Melton (shoulder), safety Zayne Anderson (knee), tight end Ben Sims and defensive lineman Warren Brinson. The team earlier Thursday placed defensive lineman Brenton Cox Jr. (groin) on injured reserve.

The Commanders’ inactives for Thursday’s game are running back Chris Rodriguez Jr., offensive tackles Trent Scott and George Fant, linebackers Ale Kaho and Kain Medrano, punter Mitch Wishnowsky and emergency quarterback Josh Johnson.

Wishnowsky was a game-day elevation from the practice squad because starting punter Tress Way did not participate in Monday’s walkthrough and was a limited participant on Tuesday and Wednesday after suffering a back injury in the season-opening home win over the New York Giants.

Center Michael Deiter was the Commanders’ other game-day elevation.

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Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels was sacked 4.5 times by former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons (11), who was traded to the Packers. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images

Micah Parsons warns Jayden Daniels, touts Packers’ ‘horse engine’ pass rush

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Packers linebacker Micah Parsons has more sacks against the Washington Commanders than any other opponent and plans to be more involved Thursday night in his second game in Green Bay since being traded by the Dallas Cowboys.

Parsons sacked Jared Goff of the Lions in his debut, pushing beyond a pregame snap count determined by coaches and medical personnel because of a back injury.

“At the end of the day, you’ve got to let me push through some things,” Parsons said of negotiating on the sideline to get more snaps in the 27-13 win over Detroit on Sunday. “”‘You’ve got to let me get tired and get wore out out there so that way I can become better and get better.’

“That’s when it was like, ‘OK, your reps can go up.’ Sometimes you’ve got to fight for your own right to play.”

Defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley said the Packers immediately got to work on packages that feature Parsons, but he’s put plenty of pelts on the wall in his career against Washington.

Parsons pulled down Offensive Rookie of the Year Jayden Daniels 4.5 times in two matchups with the Commanders last season to push his career total to 10.5 sacks against Washington.

Discussing Daniels as a division foe prior to being traded, Parsons had only praise.

“I think he has the potential to be a (Patrick) Mahomes caliber. I got my hands full for the next eight years,” he said.

After the trade, eight years might not be as accurate as the four quarters ahead Thursday night on a short week of preparation.

“You got horse engines now. I don’t see nobody outrunning me from the edge,” Parsons said. “I played him a bunch. He knows — it’s different. He’s used to those 6-5, 265 D-ends. I just got to make sure I get vertical if I’m going to take the inside move. We’re going to give up some 5-yard runs or something. He’s going to get loose once or twice. We just have to make sure it’s not consecutive.”

Commanders coach Dan Quinn was defensive coordinator in Dallas each of Parsons’ first three NFL seasons. He was asked about Parsons playing Thursday after being limited in practice, and shared a suggestion for Packers coach Matt LaFleur.

“Are you asking what I would do if I was coaching him? I would sit him this week,” Quinn said.

Daniels implied the Commanders would have extra attention for Parsons because “you don’t let game-wreckers wreck games. He got paid a lot of money for a reason.”

That strategy speaks to LaFleur’s rationale for sacrificing two first-round picks and Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark to bring Parsons on board. Last week, pass-rushing bookend Rashan Gary had three quarterback hits and 1.5 sacks of Goff.

Parsons was also championing former first-round pick Lukas Van Ness, who finished Week 1 with a team-best four QB pressures.

“I’m telling you, I think Van Ness is going to have his best year yet this year,” Parsons said. “I’m going to make sure of it.”

–Field Level Media

Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons (1) sacks Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff (16) during the fourth quarter of their game Sunday, September 7, 2025 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Green Bay Packers beat the Detroit Lions 27-13.

Micah Parsons makes his Packers debut a memorable one

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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Micah Parsons made his presence known in his first game as a Green Bay Packer.

The star edge rusher, acquired from Dallas in a trade 10 days ago, battled through a lingering back issue and recorded his first sack in the Packers’ dominant defensive effort as part of a 27-13 season-opening victory Sunday over the visiting Detroit Lions.

With just over four minutes remaining and the Packers up 24-6, Lions quarterback Jared Goff rolled right on second-and-10 from the Detroit 35, but he was engulfed from behind by Parsons for a 4-yard loss.

“I thought he was pretty impactful in the limited snaps that he played,” Packers coach Matt LaFleuer said.

After a contract stalemate with the Cowboys, Parsons was acquired for two first-round draft picks (2026, 2027) and former Pro Bowl defensive lineman Kenny Clark.

The Packers made Parsons — a two-time first-team All-Pro selection and a Pro Bowl honoree all four of his seasons in Dallas — the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history with a four-year, $188 million contract, including $136 million guaranteed.

Parsons was limited in practice last week and listed as questionable on Friday’s injury report.

Parsons, who said he did not need an injection before the game, played roughly half the snap counts with a short turnaround before Thursday night’s home game against Washington.

“Physically, obviously draining,” Parsons said afterward. “So, obviously, I’ve got to recover, do everything I need to do to get ready for Thursday. Emotionally, I couldn’t be more happy, to get my first win at Lambeau.”

The Lions, who averaged an NFL-best 33.2 points per game last season en route to the NFC North title, were held to 246 yards, including 46 on the ground. Their only touchdown came in the closing minute on a play overturned on review to a completed pass.

Parsons, 26, said he was relieved to have the contract situation behind him.

“The last six months were super draining, super toxic for everyone,” he said. “It was something that, obviously, no player should have to go through. I think players’ fates should be decided earlier. The fact that I was traded a week before the season was really outrageous and rough.

“I’m just happy that’s behind,” he added. “(The Packers) embraced me, they believe in my talents,” he said. “They believe in me and I’m just going to give back everything I have, because I know what’s at stake. I know what they gave up for me to be here.”

–Jim Hoehn, Field Level Media