The Green Bay Packers thought they had solved a nightmare by trading for Micah Parsons . Just nine months ago, Matt LaFleur was burning hours in film rooms trying to figure out how to stop him. “It’s a challenge,” the HC admitted before the 2023 playoffs. “Anytime you got a premier edge rusher, it’s a big-time challenge.” Parsons was that problem. Fourteen sacks. A league-leading 103 pressures. A defense that finished No. 5 in the NFL largely because of him.

Now, he’s the one in green and gold. But the reality of this blockbuster looks a whole lot messier than the dream. CBS Sports’ John Breech didn’t hold back: “For the first time in 25 years, the Packers are opening their season with a game on CBS. Does that make us the biggest winner of the Micah Parsons trade? Yes. I th

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