Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur looked out at the media throng and distilled a franchise-altering moment into a single, weighty thought. “What a rare, rare, rare opportunity,” he began, the triple emphasis hanging in the air, “to get a guy of his caliber now.” The ‘ guy ’ needs no introduction. In a league where superstars like Micah Parsons simply do not get traded, the Green Bay Packers had just pulled off the impossible.

LaFleur knows Parsons is more than a collection of insane stats—like his league-leading 30% pass rush win rate since 2021. He’s a catalyst. “I have confidence in the defensive staff,” LaFleur said, “that we will be able to put him in positions to not only maximize his abilities, but everybody around him.” Parsons’s mere presence elevates the entire d

See Full Page