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Whatever you thought the Green Bay Packers could, should, or would accomplish over the rest of the 2025 season is probably now off the table. Wipe the slate clean. Spend the next three weeks (or more, if we’re fortunate) free from emotion and disappointment. Because without Micah Parsons, it sure feels like the Packers are on the verge of collapse.
Is that a bit dramatic? Perhaps. But it’s also an attempt to be realistic about what this team’s ceiling is now that Parsons is all but assuredly out for the rest of the year. At Acme Packing Company, we’ll be trying to press the reset button on our emotional pain scale these last few weeks as we prepare for the worst.
Fundamentally, the pass rush has been abysmal this season aside from Parsons’ contributions, and the pass defense had no answers in Denver on Sunday when giving Bo Nix time to throw. That’s not likely to get any better in a rematch with Caleb Williams this Saturday, so out-scoring the Bears in a shootout might be the most feasible approach.
Hopefully Zach Tom and Christian Watson will be able to play next weekend; if not, it could well be a long, ugly evening at Soldier Field. And if something goes right? Well, then let’s enjoy the surprise.
Packers’ Super Bowl hopes downgraded to questionable after losing Micah Parsons | Packersnews.com
“Questionable” even feels optimistic in the aftermath of Sunday’s bloodbath.
Key to the game: Packers’ defense aims to rally after Micah Parsons’ injury | Packers.com
The biggest issue here is that the Green Bay pass rush has been virtually nonexistent outside of Parsons; that’s unlikely to change in any meaningful way on a short week or at any point the rest of this season.
NFL Week 15 injury fallout: Micah Parsons, Patrick Mahomes | ESPN
Here’s the national media take on the Packers defense, which in short comes down to this: The Packers are in trouble.
Source Provides Hopeful Update on Packers’ Christian Watson | SI.com
There’s a chance that Watson could play on Saturday in Chicago, which feels shocking after both watching the injury take place and then hearing that he had to go to the hospital to get checked out.
Injuries to Micah Parsons, Christian Watson turn spotlight on recent Packers first-round picks | Packers Wire
It’s now up to Lukas Van Ness and Matthew Golden to do their best impression of Parsons and Watson.
Sex toy shoplifter threatened man with leg of lamb before swiping money box from bus | Waikato Times
This headline from a New Zealand publication just keeps on giving.
