Overview
- NFL reporter Tom Pelissero said Saturday that Parsons has had no rehab setbacks but is not expected to begin practice next week and could miss games through October.
- Parsons tore his ACL and had meniscus work late last season and is still under ten months removed from surgery, which keeps him inside the Packers’ conservative recovery timetable.
- Green Bay placed Parsons on the reserve/PUP list to start the season and has not opened his 21-day practice window because formal medical clearance is required before he can return to team drills.
- Coaches are weighing calendar issues — a Sunday Night Football game in Week 6 and a short Thursday turnaround in Week 8 — as reasons to hold him out to reduce reinjury risk.
- The delay leaves the Packers without their premier edge rusher while they are 1-2, forces reliance on younger pass-rushers like Lukas Van Ness, and heightens the stakes on a major trade and contract the team made for Parsons.