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Micah Parsons has been dealing with a back injury this offseason, and it’s kept him sidelined throughout the preseason. Will he be available for Week 1? ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler provided the latest.
“He wants to play and the Packers want to get him in there,” Fowler said during SportsCenter on Saturday. “They’re trying to be cautious because he had that back issue. My sense, asking around early in the week, is that they were leaning on some sort of pitch count. Not throwing him out there for 60 snaps, because he’s been out throughout the entire preseason.”
That isn’t to say Parsons hasn’t kept himself in shape throughout the offseason. Fowler noted that the new Packers star defender has been keeping himself busy off of the field as well.
“I was told when he was in Dallas, he was going through two-a-days on his own,” Fowler said. “He was running, he was lifting, he was in all of the walkthroughs. So, he’s been engaged. He’s not coming in totally cold. My sense is, they’ll find a way to get him out there.”