Like you, I’ve been hoovering up whatever news, nuggets, and notes I can find about the Micah Parsons trade. It’s an exciting time to be a Packers fan. Right now, Green Bay is the center of the football universe. The entire NFL conversation hinges on what Brian Gutekunst and the Packers did yesterday.

Generally speaking, most people seem to think the Packers won this trade, if a trade can be won in the day or so after it’s consummated.

There are some criticisms, though, and I’ve encountered two more often than the rest. The first is that Parsons isn’t a particularly good run defender. That may be the case, but that’s not why you’d hire Parsons. He’s in Green Bay to hunt quarterbacks, and criticizing the move on the basis of Parsons’ run defense seriously overrates how well an opposing te

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