Through eight weeks of the NFL season, it’s safe to say that the opposing offenses the Green Bay Packers have faced thus far were primarily worried about Micah Parsons’ impact on their ability to play offense. Through the first four weeks, opposing teams could game plan around Parsons’ rushing off the edge.

After the bye week, that changed, and as Jeff Hafley has evolved the defensive structure. Now, offenses must change how they game plan to limit Parsons’s impact on their offense. In Weeks 1-4, Parsons logged just four snaps in four games as an off-the-ball linebacker. In Weeks 5-8, he logged 16 snaps as an off-the-ball linebacker. If that trend continues, his share of snaps as a second-level linebacker will undoubtedly increase.

And there’s no reason it shouldn’t. Aligning him off the

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