The Packers are winning, but the Micah Parsons situation still isn’t moving in the direction fans hoped.
Green Bay just logged its third straight victory, beating the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football in a performance that had a little bit of everything working. The offense found its rhythm again, Jordan Love threw the ball all over the field, and the Packers improved to 4-2 on the season. Even with injuries starting to stack up, the defense has also taken a step forward.
But the latest Parsons update takes some of the shine off that momentum. The star pass rusher, still working back from the torn ACL he suffered last season, did not get the green light to return against Dallas. What had been floated as a possible comeback never came close to becoming reality.
According to NFL insider Adam Schefter of ESPN, Parsons wasn’t close to playing Sunday night. Schefter also said the Packers still haven’t opened the practice window for him and that the team doesn’t know when he’ll be back.
That leaves Parsons in rehab mode for now, with no clear return date in sight. Green Bay expects to get him back in the coming weeks, and that should be a welcome boost once it happens. Before the injury, Parsons was a major reason the Packers had become one of the better defenses in football.
In 14 games last season, Parsons totaled 41 tackles, 12.5 sacks, and two forced fumbles. After he went down, Green Bay’s defense never looked the same, and the season ended with the unit collapsing down the stretch.
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