{"id":86831,"date":"2025-09-02T01:56:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T01:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=86831"},"modified":"2025-09-02T01:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T01:56:44","slug":"micah-parsons-managing-facet-joint-sprain-in-back-ahead-of-season-opener-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=86831","title":{"rendered":"Micah Parsons managing facet joint sprain in back ahead of season opener: Source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Matt Schneidman, Dianna Russini and Zach Powell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Green Bay Packers linebacker Micah Parsons is managing a facet joint sprain in his back and may need an epidural injection to play on Sunday, a league source<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>said.<\/p>\n<p>Before Parsons, 26, was traded from the Dallas Cowboys to Green Bay last week, the Cowboys prescribed him a five-day plan of prednisone, a corticosteroid used to reduce inflammation around irritated nerves and tissues in his back. Dallas also had Parsons on a physical therapy program, according to the source.<\/p>\n<p>Parsons is beginning his fifth season after a blockbuster trade landed him with Green Bay after a contract standoff with the Cowboys. Last week, he signed a four-year extension with the Packers worth $188 million and $136 million guaranteed. His average annual salary of $47 million makes him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.<\/p>\n<p>The star linebacker is practicing this week to prepare for the season opener against the Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n<h2>Could Parsons miss Week 1 opener vs. Lions?<\/h2>\n<p>While Parsons may have a legitimate back injury, he has not indicated he\u2019ll miss the Packers\u2019 Week 1 matchup. Parsons was asked during his introductory news conference on Friday about his physical condition and expectations for the season opener.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhysically, I\u2019m great,\u201d Parsons said. \u201cI think I can contribute a lot. I\u2019m going to team up with the doctors in creating a plan. We already talked about how we can ramp things up and get me into a flow where they feel comfortable and I feel comfortable. But my plan is to be here. They didn\u2019t give up what they gave up for me to sit on the sidelines and make this big of a risk and change for me to do that, so I\u2019m going to give them my all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Packers left tackle Rasheed Walker, Parsons\u2019 college teammate, said after Monday\u2019s practice that Parsons took some 11-on-11 reps but looked to be a limited participant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said he was gonna be more full-go Wednesday and Thursday, so yeah, he gon\u2019 have to come see me,\u201d Walker said.<\/p>\n<p>If Parsons is indeed a full participant on Wednesday, Thursday or even Friday, that\u2019s a telling sign he\u2019ll play in the season opener on Sunday. Maybe he won\u2019t have a typical workload after not practicing all camp and nursing a back injury, but it would be a surprise if Parsons doesn\u2019t suit up at all. \u2014 <em>Matt Schneidman, Packers beat writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: Tork Mason \/ USA TODAY NETWORK Wisconsin)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Parsons was traded to Green Bay last week, the Cowboys prescribed him a five-day plan of an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":86832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[19,9],"class_list":["post-86831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Micah Parsons managing facet joint sprain in back ahead of season opener: Source - 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