{"id":206143,"date":"2025-09-06T23:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/206143\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T23:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:03:11","slug":"sources-parsons-wont-have-full-workload-in-packers-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/206143\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources &#8212; Parsons won&#8217;t have full workload in Packers debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/demovsky_rob.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>Rob DemovskySep 6, 2025, 04:13 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"19e0d5a6-9c4e-83d1-c9c2-5cfa322727f5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4361423\/micah-parsons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Micah Parsons<\/a> will indeed make his <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"06cd3bcf-7a86-53d4-28e7-aa049dd36261\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/gb\/green-bay-packers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Green Bay Packers<\/a> debut Sunday against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"56caffee-178d-f6f2-a076-b277486b8c32\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/det\/detroit-lions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Lions<\/a>, with sources telling ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter that the star pass rusher, who is listed as questionable because of a back injury, is expected to play in some capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Exactly how much is still to be determined, but it will not be a full workload, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/46139642\/2025-nfl-week-1-predictions-fantasy-sleepers-upsets-bets-stats-matchups\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757199790_661_r1540821_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/46139433\/nfl-week-1-picks-predictions-schedule-fantasy-football-odds-injuries-stats-2025\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757199791_477_r1541142_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>Parsons said earlier in the week that he was open to whatever the Packers had in mind for him in Week 1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just got plenty of faith that this great training staff and the coaches are slowly getting me the plays and getting me things that I need if we decide to give me the green light out there,&#8221; Parsons said after Thursday&#8217;s practice. &#8220;It&#8217;s completely up to the coaches, though.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Parsons took part in all four practices this week as a limited participant. The Packers coaches raved about how quickly he fit in and learned the defense.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Smart guy, loves ball, very high football IQ, a guy obviously with God-given talent,&#8221; Packers defensive line coach DeMarcus Covington said Friday. &#8220;That&#8217;s my first impression with him. He fits right in with the room, he&#8217;s building a relationship with the guys already and then obviously he&#8217;s a hard worker, trying to learn the playbook as much as possible, and he&#8217;s willing to do whatever you ask.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Packers traded two first-round picks plus defensive tackle <a data-player-guid=\"99fef066-3b7b-f035-c202-879446d10d7c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3122752\/kenny-clark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenny Clark<\/a> to the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"b0fc8fb7-9dbe-e574-9008-6f0ee7c6b234\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/dal\/dallas-cowboys\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> on Aug. 28 to acquire Parsons. Green Bay also gave him a four-year, $188 million contract extension.<\/p>\n<p>Parsons is one of seven players listed as questionable for Sunday&#8217;s game. The Packers elevated rookie cornerback <a data-player-guid=\"c202fe97-3371-3893-9fd9-635da2eb3a26\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4695280\/micah-robinson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Micah Robinson<\/a> from the practice squad Saturday, which could be insurance for <a data-player-guid=\"1b718dbd-81cd-4fc2-ad85-60091ad65be4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4240542\/nate-hobbs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nate Hobbs<\/a>, who is listed as questionable because of a knee injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rob DemovskySep 6, 2025, 04:13 PM ET Close Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":206144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-206143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115159853004473320","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}