Micah Parsons got his turkey leg Thursday and a nice chunk of NFL history all to himself, too, in the Packers’ 31-24 win over the Lions.

The Green Bay defensive end was a constant in the backfield, sacking Detroit quarterback Jared Goff 2.5 times. He added four tackles and eight quarterback pressures in the brilliant showing, but it was the sacks that put the former Harrisburg High and Penn State star in a class all by himself.

Parsons now has 12.5 sacks on the season, making him the first player in NFL history to record at least 12 sacks through his first five seasons. Per Bleacher Report , sacks became an official stat in the NFL in 1982, and Pro Football Reference has unofficial data dating back to 1960. So, there’s a chance that some player long ago might have matched the pace,

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