Micah Parsons Says He Is Ahead of Schedule in ACL Recovery
Micah Parsons says his ACL recovery is moving well, and he believes he may be back earlier in the season than expected. The Packers linebacker said the timetable still depends on how each phase goes, but his latest update points to steady progress after a torn ACL.
Parsons on Green Bay
“Man, it really just depends, it really just depends,” Parsons told The Action Network’s DJ Siddiqi. He added that his recovery from a severe injury is still tied to how each phase goes, but he now feels “as if I’m ahead or on track to be there earlier in the season.”
That is the most relevant shift for Green Bay. Parsons is not talking about a return date in hard terms, but he is saying the rehab has moved far enough along that an earlier-season comeback is no longer a stretch. For a defense that lost him late last year, that changes the way the Packers have to think about the opening part of the schedule.
ACL Rehab Milestones
Parsons described the rehab in plain terms: “The first three months went good, but I got to learn how to run again soon. I just finished learning how to walk again, so it’s just one of those things.” That line gives the clearest picture yet of where he is in the process, and it also shows why he is not putting a clean date on the comeback.
He said the recovery depends on how each phase goes, which leaves the next step tied to how his body responds as he progresses. The update matters because Parsons was productive before the injury: he had 12.5 sacks in 14 games before hurting his knee at Denver, and he still finished as a first-team All-Pro despite missing the end of the season.
Packers Without Parsons
Green Bay already lived through the cost of losing him. After Parsons went down, the Packers did not win another game the rest of the season and went 0-5 without him, including the playoff loss to the Bears.
Parsons said he believes the Packers would have won that playoff game if he had been healthy. “I believe so,” he said, then pointed to Green Bay’s offense by adding, “Besides I always have a rule that if my quarterback puts up 21 points, you’re probably going to win the football game.”
The other piece of the picture is what the Packers paid to get him: two first-round picks and Kenny Clark just before the start of last season. Parsons still wants more than a recovery update. He said he “100 percent” wants to win NFL Defensive Player of the Year, while Myles Garrett remains the FanDuel Sportsbook favorite to win the award again.
