A pair of Green Bay Packers — a big-name pass rusher and a young, ascending special teamer — made the “First Quarter All-Pro Team” at Pro Football Focus.

The decisions were made based on PFF grades and advanced metrics tracked by the site. The two Packers on the early season All-Pro team? Edge rusher Micah Parsons and punter Daniel Whelan.

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Parsons, who leads all players with a 93.4 pass-rushing grade and 25 pressures, was the first-team edge rusher along with Myles Garrett. Whelan, meanwhile, is PFF’s highest graded punter and the first-team pick at punter.

How good has Parsons been in four games with the Packers? PFF picked him as the “Defensive Player of the Quarter” to start 2025.

From PFF: “You could make a case for at least four edge defenders alone to be in the running for this award. However, it is Parsons who leads all players at the position with a 93.4 PFF pass-rush grade. His 25 total pressures are tied with Will Anderson Jr. for the most in the NFL, while his 28.0% pass-rush win rate is tied for fourth.”

Parsons has 23 of his 25 pressures over the last three games, when he became close to a full-time player. He had a season high 10 pressures last week in a tie with Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys.

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Whelan is averaging 51.8 gross yards per punt (third among qualified punters) with a 4.76-second average hang time (tied for second). He’s proven to be a field-flipping weapon for the Packers otherwise inconsistent special teams.

Who likely came close to making PFF’s All-Pro team for the Packers? Quarterback Jordan Love is the site’s fifth-highest graded quarterback, while kicker Brandon McManus is the site’s eighth-highest graded kicker.

This article originally appeared on Packers Wire: Pair of Packers make PFF’s first quarter All-Pro team