Losing one of the most impactful defenders in the NFL is going to make defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley's life a lot more difficult.

The Green Bay Packers find themselves in the thick of the NFC North Division Championship race at 9-4-1, just behind the Chicago Bears and ahead of the Detroit Lions with three games left on the schedule.

Parsons, who’d been thriving in his first season in Green Bay since being sent to the Packers prior to the season, suffered a torn ACL on Sunday and will undergo season-ending surgery on his left knee. It’s the first major injury of Parsons’ career.

The Packers placed DE Micah Parsons on injured reserve on Wednesday. The team now has an open spot on the 53-man roster ahead of Saturday's clash with the Bears.

The Green Bay Packers face the Chicago Bears with Micah Parsons out as Field Yates details how team must generate pressure on Caleb Williams.

Griffin suffered a torn ACL and LCL at the end of the 2012 season, the same injuries that have ended Mahomes’s 2025 campaign.