Packers Make Huge Move in Micah Parsons Next-Team Odds

With no progress in an increasingly bitter contract standoff, Cowboys star Micah Parsons wants out of Dallas, and the Green Bay Packers should be among the teams “very interested” in acquiring the game-wrecking All-Pro.

Initially, the Packers were considered long shots. In odds posted at FanDuel Canada, Green Bay opened at +4100. By implied probability, that’s 2.38 percent. Thirteen teams had shorter odds.

In the latest odds, though, the Packers are +1100. By implied probability, that’s 8.33 percent. Only the Cowboys, who remain heavy favorites, and Arizona Cardinals have shorter odds.

In the latest turn of events, Parsons eliminated all references to the Cowboys on his X account. His picture is from Penn State, and he lists “TBD” for his home.

Parsons has played only four seasons but is on a Hall of Fame trajectory. Since sacks became an official stat in 1982, only Reggie White (70), Derrick Thomas (58), J.J. Watt (57) and DeMarcus Ware (53.5) had more sacks than Parsons (52.5) in his first four seasons. Parsons and White are the only players to start their NFL careers with four consecutive seasons of 12-plus sacks.

“I feel like I’m the best at what I do,” Parsons said at the start of tra ining camp. “You can argue whoever but stats, numbers don’t lie. The consistency is there and the availability is there.”

The 12th pick of the 2021 NFL Draft has 52.5 sacks, 63 tackles for losses and 112 quarterback hits in four seasons.

For sake of comparison, Green Bay’s Rashan Gary was the 12th pick of the 2019 NFL Draft. In six seasons, he has 39 sacks, 39 tackles for losses and 91 quarterback hits. Gary has never had a 10-sack season. Parsons had a career-low 12 sacks in 13 games last season.

Since entering the NFL in 2021, Parsons is fifth with 52.5 sacks (Myles Garrett is first with 60.0), fifth with 63 tackles for losses (Maxx Crosby is first with 75) an d fifth with 112 quarterback hits (Nick Bosa is first with 139).

Of the 24 players with 30-plus sacks during that span, Parsons is No. 1 with 280 tackles. Of the 15 players with more than 75 quarterback hits, Parsons has 41 more tackles than the others.

The Cowboys are 41-22 when he plays. When he missed four games last season, they went 1-3 and allowed 30.25 per game.

And yet, it’s not that there’s been no progress in contract negotiations. There haven’t been negotiations, period.

“When you go around the league and you see these other teams taking care of their best guys, I seen T.J. [Watt] gotten taken care of. Maxx got taken care of. Myles got taken care of, [and] he’s got two years left on his deal,” Parsons said. “You see a lot of people around the league taken care of, and you wish you had that same type of energy.”

The Packers’ defense was strong last season despite an inconsistent pass rush. Green Bay tied for eighth with 45 sacks last season but ranked only 14th in pressures and 17th in knockdowns, according to Stathead, and finished 26th in ESPN’s pass-rush win rate.