Packers, Broncos and Micah Parsons
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Parsons went down with a non-contact knee injury while chasing Bo Nix outside the pocket in the third quarter on Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the initial belief from the Packers ' side is that Parsons tore his ACL, a season-ending injury.
The Green Bay Packers could have afforded losing a game to the Denver Broncos. They probably can't afford to lose Micah Parsons. And now, if he's out with what's feared to be a torn ACL, they face a bigger challenge in Week 16 at the Chicago Bears.
For the second straight week, the Packers made Nazir Stackhouse and Quinton Bohanna healthy scratches. Green Bay only kept four defensive tackles on the 48-man gameday roster, with Warren Brinson filling in as the team’s backup defensive tackle and Jordon Riley, a nose tackle, playing limited snaps in a situational run-stopping role.
Green Bay Packers star pass rusher Micah Parsons exited Sunday's game against the Denver Broncos with a knee injury and was ruled out for the remainder of the contest, the team announced.
Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur shared some disappointing news about his star pass rusher Micah Parsons following Sunday’s loss to the Denver Broncos. LaFleur revealed that it appears as though the former Penn State star suffered a torn ACL in the 34-26 defeat.
While the Packers have likely lost edge rusher Micah Parsons for the rest of the season, they at least got some positive news for their flight home from Denver.
Before losing two of their most-important players to potentially significant injuries, the Packers were in position to finish another statement win.
Packers coach Matt LaFleur said WR Christian Watson was taken to a Denver area hospital for testing on his chest injury.