Micah Parsons was not supposed to play as much as he did Sunday. Not yet in football shape, after only a week of practice since the end of last season, and nursing a tight back, the star edge rusher was expected to play only on obvious passing downs.

He ended up playing 29 snaps, prompting Packers coach Matt LaFleur to joke he would “investigate” how and why Parsons was on the field that much.

Parsons said Tuesday he talked his way into more playing time.

“I told [the defensive coaches] the other day when they were talking to me about the snap counts, it’s like, ‘Man, we could run gassers; we could be in practice and you give me these plays; we can run to the ball, but at the end of the day, you’ve got to let me push through some things,’” Parsons said, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN. “‘Y

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