NFL draft prospects have until January 14th to declare for the 2026 draft, but some of these players are already making their decisions clear. So far, 24 players have already declared for April’s draft, which is a fairly significant amount considering how few underclassmen have come out in recent years.

From 2019 to 2021, before the extra eligibility for Covid seasons, NIL payments and the transfer portal really started to kick in, the league averaged 126 underclassmen declarations per class. From 2023 t0 2025, though, that number dropped to just an average of 70, 56 fewer underclassmen per class and...

In what is more a formality than anything else, the extent of Micah Parsons’ knee injury has now been confirmed. He did indeed suffer a torn ACL in his left knee on Sunday in Denver, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

The injury took place during the third quarter, with Parsons applying pressure to Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix. Parsons, who was not engaged with another player, tried to change direction while stepping to his left and he immediately came up hobbling, eventually falling to the ground in pain. The circumstances of the injury led to immediate speculation about ligament...

Zach Tom, Christian Watson, and Evan Williams are three of the Green Bay Packers’ most important players. All three of them left Sunday’s loss to the Denver Broncos with injuries, and none returned to the game.

Then, late in the third quarter, Micah Parsons crumpled to the turf with an apparent ACL tear in his left knee. It was a brutal afternoon for Green Bay; even if any of the other players are able to avoid missing time, Parsons’ absence will be massive for a defense that has struggled to get pressure the quarterback or stops in critical times from...

I’ve been following the Packers closely for about 30 years. In those three decades, I’ve received the same lesson again and again and again: football will hurt you if you let it, and it’s best to just let things wash over and through you than to get too invested in something outside of your control.

I say I’ve received this lesson because that’s true: I’ve received it, but I haven’t learned it. The first Packers game I remember with significant clarity is the 1995 NFC Championship, and it was the first in a long series of lessons about the pitfalls...

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...

It was a cursed day for Green Bay Packers fans on Sunday. Their team lost and their star player tore his ACL, it would appear. Micah Parsons is done for the season and the team lost their spot atop the division. Green Bay is in the wild card race, sure, but their run to a home playoff game and a division title took a hit.

The Chicago Bears won and the Green Bay Packers lost, so the Bears move back into first place in the NFC North and the Packers move into the wild card slot. The two teams square...

I’m not sure if this is the bargaining or acceptance stage of grief, but like many of you, I wondered, “What do Pro Bowl pass-rushers look like when they return to the field after an ACL tear,” following Micah Parsons’ injury on Sunday. So I did the legwork myself and found five Pro Bowl edge defenders who have had the same injury over the last decade. (Forgive me, this is how I grieve.)

Let’s go over the ages at which they sustained their injuries (Parsons is in his age 26 season, for perspective), how quickly they returned to the field...

It was an absolutely brutal day in Denver for the Green Bay Packers, who are now the 7th seed in the NFC playoff race after a 34-26 loss to the Broncos. The game was a great one, until it wasn’t. The Packers now look to be at risk of missing the playoffs altogether, after what appear to be serious injuries for both Christian Watson and Micah Parsons. Let’s dive into the winners and losers from an absolutely cursed day.

Winner: Matthew Golden

Early in the second half of the game, Christian Watson went down, and everyone’s hearts collectively sank...

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Tom Silverstein, Green Bay Packers right tackle Zach Tom (knee) and safety Evan Williams (knee) didn’t appear to have as significant injuries as defensive end Micah Parsons (knee) and receiver Christian Watson (chest). At least it wasn’t a squad wipe.

Per Silverstein, Tom doesn’t believe that there is “structural damage” to his knee. Tom left Sunday’s action against the Denver Broncos after 25 snaps and didn’t return to the field, leading to Darian Kinnard taking over as the team’s right tackle for the remainder of the game.

Williams also told Silverstein that he’s going...

There were a bunch of injuries against the Denver Broncos, including Green Bay Packers receiver Christian Watson and defensive end Micah Parsons. With so many moving parts, it might have been hard to keep track of who was playing where. Let’s go position-by-position and break down how the Packers’ rotations actually worked on Sunday.

Quarterbacks

• Jordan Love: 63 snaps
• Malik Willis: 0

Jordan Love had a well below average game for his standards against a tough defense, posting just a 68.3 passer rating against the Broncos. Somehow, though, the game was still close on the offense’s final...

The Green Bay Packers had injuries pile up throughout their loss to the Denver Broncos, including but not limited to receiver Christian Watson, right tackle Zach Tom, defensive end Micah Parsons, linebacker Quay Walker and safety Evan Williams, all of whom are starters on the team. The two most concerning injuries seemed to be to Watson and Parsons, who never returned to action after they went down.

Parsons is believed to have an ACL tear, per reports, but head coach Matt LaFleur wouldn’t specify what the team’s belief is of his non-contact knee injury. Instead, LaFleur noted simply that “it...

The Green Bay Packers’ most dominant player of the 2025 season has been pass-rusher Micah Parsons, whom the team traded multiple first-round picks for right before the regular season kicked off. After injuries to receiver Christian Watson, right tackle Zach Tom and middle linebacker Quay Walker, all starters, Parsons became another victim of a nightmare game against the Denver Broncos when he dropped out of action with a non-contact knee injury.

According to the media in Denver, Parsons didn’t even make a stop at the blue medical tent after his injury and went straight into the locker room. While he...