GREEN BAY - Following are several takeaways from Micah Parsons ’ introductory news conference with the Green Bay Packers on Aug. 29:

Micah Parsons excited to get to work in Green Bay

Parsons said that when the Packers and Cowboys had worked out the trade and all that was left was to negotiate his new contract, he talked to his former college teammate Rasheed Walker about what it’s like playing for the organization.

Walker, the Packers’ starting left tackle, and Parsons played together at Penn State. The conversation helped convince Parsons he’d like playing for the Packers.

“I got to talk to Rasheed a little bit, that’s my guy from Penn State, came in together,” Parsons said. “(Walker said), ‘It’s like Penn State, it’s like home, it’s like a brotherhood. It's safe. You focus

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