Green Bay is 2-1-1 to start the 2025 NFL season, notching a 40-40 tie in an overtime thriller with the Dallas Cowboys in Week 4. Now fresh off a Week 5 bye, the Packers are looking to get their season back on track with their first win since Week 2.
Superstar pass-rusher Micah Parsons and the Green Bay defense will face off against a new-look offense for the Bengals, who just traded with the Cleveland Browns for veteran quarterback Joe Flacco.
Flacco will make his first start with the Bengals on Sunday, possibly providing a boost in production for superstar wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase.
With quarterback Joe Burrow injured in Week 1, Chase hasn’t lived up to his typical production so far this season. That said, he finished last week’s 37-24 loss to the Detroit Lions with six catches for 110 yards and two touchdowns — catching passes from now-benched QB Jake Browning.
Parsons was asked about playing against Chase when speaking to reporters on Thursday.
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“Ja’Marr Chase is like the jaguar,” Parsons said. “He’s one of them special ones that you just don’t [expletive] with… He’s a special breed of his own. He’s one of those, you know? He’s a special breed. He’s going to do what he do. We’ve got to slow him down. We’ve got to stop him.
“I know who he is. I expect him to make plays and do what he do. That’s just the standard I have for those type of guys.”
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Parsons is also a “special breed.” Through his first four games with the Packers, the two-time All-Pro pass rusher has 2.5 sacks, eight QB hits and eight tackles. He logged 12 or more sacks in each of his first four seasons, making four Pro Bowls, earning four All-Pro selections, and winning Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2021.
Sunday’s Bengals-Packers matchup will kickoff at 4:25 p.m. ET.
