Surgery complete. Superstar Micah Parsons targets a September 2026 return, aiming to dominate the field again for the Green Bay Packers.
Green Bay Packers' superstar pass-rusher Micah Parsons has officially started his comeback.
Parsons suffered a torn ACL a few weekends ago against the Denver Broncos, and it's been downhill ever since for the Packers. The true impact of life without Parsons has been felt in losses to the Chicago Bears and Baltimore Ravens, but the Packers can at least start looking forward to the former Penn State Nittany Lion's comeback.
On Monday, Parsons revealed that he underwent surgery to repair the torn ACL on his left knee.
Parsons suffered the injury in the third quarter of Green Bay's Week 15 loss. It was a non-contact injury, and it was clear from the get-go that it was a big deal. He was planting his left leg into the ground to make a cut on a pass-rush and came up gimpy.
Parsons knew right away that something that wrong, and despite the fact that he didn't have to get carted off the field, it was pretty obvious right away that the Packers' Super Bowl hopes for 2025 were heading to the locker room with him.
It's been nothing but misery since. The Packers absolutely melted down against the Chicago Bears the very next week and last weekend against the Baltimore Ravens, they gave up 300-plus yards on the ground, including 200-plus and four touchdowns to Derrick Henry.
Parsons' loss has had a huge impact on this defense. They no longer are playing with swagger or confidence, and they absolutely no longer have what it takes to get after the quarterback.
That's a 2025 problem, though, and the story for Parsons has now officially turned the page to 2026.
NFL insider Ian Rapoport has previously reported that it was a "clear tear" in Parsons' left knee and there's no other ligament damage that the superstar will have to worry about. He's looking at a nine month recovery timetable at the very least,
Nine months from today would be Wednesday, September 30, so there's a chance Parsons starts the 2026 season on the injured reserve, misses the first four games of the season, and makes his big comeback right at the end of September.
That's, of course, the best-case scenario, but Parsons has openly made it his goal to get back onto the field by September.
And if you hear defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley talk about it, the expectation should be that Parsons comes back better than ever.
"Just knowing who he is, just wait until you guys see how hard he works to come back, how fast he probably comes back. If I were a betting man, I would bet that he comes back even better and probably breaks the sack record next year," Hafley said a few weeks ago. "So I'm going to put that on Micah and myself, and you guys can put it out there, and that's the confidence I have in him."