With (or without) Micah Parsons, what's the plan for the Green Bay Packers to stop the run?

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🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Micah Parsons doesn't get paid to stop the run, so complaining about it doesn't make sense. BUT the Packers still have to try and beat the Lions in Week 1 and stop the run this season. How will they try to do it? Plus, how might the Packers have handled the offseason differently if they'd known they were going to make this trade?

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0:00.0	I don't really care about Michael Parsons' run defense, but the Green Bay Packers do need a plan to stop the Detroit Lions in week one.
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1:01.9	download the GameTime app, create an account and use code Lockdown NFL for $20 off your first
1:07.6	purchase. There's a lot of cope going on right now in the medium from NFC North fans, from other
1:17.3	NFC contender fan bases about Micah Parsons and his run defense.
1:23.1	And let me state unequivocally, in the words of Mike Tomlin, we do not care.
1:30.3	You do not acquire arguably the best pass rusher in the NFL, the most disruptive 26-year-old pass rusher in the NFL by far, clearly, and whinge about run defense.
1:48.3	Is Micah Parsons a great run defender? No, he's not. That's not the point. It's like,
1:55.2	it was like saying Dion Sanders was not a great tackler. Okay. He was also easily the best corner in the NFL and is an all-time
2:02.0	great. And Micah Parsons is an all-time great. If you want to argue Miles Garrett is a little
2:06.4	bit better at these couple things, fine. Okay. That's it. Miles Garrett is the only guy in
2:16.3	Micah Parsons conversations.
2:18.1	Okay?
2:22.9	And I don't think there's another defensive player at any position currently in Michael Parsons conversations.
2:23.8	Not Dexter Lawrence.
2:25.3	Not Pat Sertan.
2:27.5	It's Miles Garrett.
2:28.5	It's Micah Parsons.
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