Packers' Micah Parsons is all-in on Edgerrin Cooper 1 Sep 29, 2024; Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA; Green Bay Packers linebacker Edgerrin Cooper (56) celebrates after recovering a fumble during the fourth quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images

Packers’ Micah Parsons is all-in on Edgerrin Cooper

Originally posted on WI Sports Heroics | By Matt Lombardo | Last updated Sep 11, 2025 2:10 PM ET

Micah Parsons’ dominance along the front seven has the potential to have a trickle-down effect on the rest of the Packers’ defense.

While fellow edge rushers Lukas Van Ness and Rashan Gary stand to benefit from the double-teams Parsons is likely to draw, there is another Packers playmaker who might be able to elevate his game to new heights thanks to all the attention paid to Parsons.

And, it’s safe to say that Parsons is here for linebacker Edgerrin Cooper’s emergence.

“They saw me pick up Coop and they were like, ‘What do you know?'” Parsons said of Cooper, via the team’s official website. “Because I’m watching practice and I’m seeing everything we’ve got dialed in and what we’re putting in, and so I started him.”

Cooper and Parsons have the potential to form quite the disruptive tandem. After all, Parsons has logged 53.5 career sacks, and Cooper enters his second season after receiving All-Pro votes as a rookie thanks to his 87 tackle, 3.5 sack, and one interception efforts in 2024.

“I thought he did a lot of great things,” said Head Coach Matt LaFleur of Cooper. “The entire defense, the urgency at which we played with, I feel like it’s the best I’ve seen from our group since I’ve been here. It was inspiring to me to watch those guys go out and play. And I think when you get like that, it’s contagious.”

Against the Commanders, and especially a quarterback as mobile as Jayden Daniels, Parsons and Cooper have the opportunity to unveil their dominance and disurptiveness on the national stage, against one of the most daunting tests they’re likely to face this season.

Matt LaFleur on Micah Parsons: “He’s an aura farmer Sep 7, 2025; Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA; Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons (1) sacks Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff (16) during the second half at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Tork Mason-USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images

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