The impact of the arrival of a star player in a team is measured by infinitely greater criteria than a row of figures in the summary of a match. For packers, the acquisition of Micah Parsons has the air of circuit.
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In the dominant victory against the Lions, those who simply scrolled the statistics will notice this: Micah Parsons, a plated, a quarter bag. It’s good, but nothing to justify all the excitement generated by obtaining this all-star quarter-back hunter who made a big noise.
Let’s go, however, has generated much more when you dwell a minimum.
Let’s start with its impact in the field, beyond his personal statistics. His simple presence has had a monster effect on defense.
Some will stress that he only took part in 29 games. On this subject, the packers have perfectly managed the arrival of their star player, since he did not practice summer with the cowboys because of his contractual conflict which stretched. We therefore limit the risk of injury.
And out of the 29 games in which Parsons took part, the defense gave only 2.4 meager yards on average. The Lions quarter-Arrière, Jared Goff, was the victim of three quarter bags on these 29 games. Lukas Van Ness, choice of first round of the packers in 2023 which was slow to start, succeeded in a quarter bag when Parsons applied strong pressure from the outside.
The observation is identical in the case of the interception of the marauder Evan Williams, who succeeded in his theft with the help of Parsons, who attacked Goff inward and thus precipitated his gesture.
Crinked supporters
Where the arrival of Parsons also generates a monster effect, it is on the basis of totally galvanized supporters. They were 77,239 bitten in the legendary Field flap to howl on Sunday when Parsons was presented before the match.
Head coach Matt Lafleur said he had never seen such a reaction for a player at Green Bay. The boastful crowd certainly brought the players, who had wings.
It would be simplistic to say that this performance without burr of the packers in their first match is entirely of parsons, but its presence clearly helped.
Historically, packers have rarely been the team that takes out the checkbook to attract the star players from other teams. Rather, they are the typical example of the team that records and develops its own players. This is correct as well, but in the past, several pillars of the team have deplored the lack of aggressiveness of the organization.
This trend began to change, especially since last year, with the acquisition of impact players such as the ball carrier Josh Jacobs and the Marauder Xavier McKinney. They also drafted a receiver (Matthew Golden) in the first round, a first for them since 2002.
The two first -round choices paid to get a player in the caliber of parson demonstrate even more to what extent the organization feels ready for a hitch to his philosophy to win now. In the context, this approach certainly has the gift of getting everyone in the stadium and above all, in the locker room.
Packers receive commanders on Thursday evening. If Parsons brews the offensive line and Jayden Daniels as he knows how to do (he has 10.5 bags in eight games against commanders), we will know that there is really something special that takes shape in Green Bay.
My prediction:
Commanders 17 Packers 24
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From reinforcement to Dallas?
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Since Micah Parsons is no longer in Dallas, the cowboys try to find someone to replace them and they evaluate the possibility of hiring the veteran Jadeveon Clowney. They have already obtained Kenny Clark in the exchange with packers, but Clowney is in their sights since he is generally effective against the play on the ground and he would in this sense an important gap in Dallas. At 32, his best football is however behind him. He claims 58 bags in 140 games with the Panthers, Ravens, Browns, Titans, Seahawks and Texans.
An expensive escape
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The jets, accidentally defeated by the Steelers in their first match, no longer laugh. With an advance of 26-24 in the fourth quarter, the jets recovered the shipping kick, but the turner Xavier Gipson then escaped the ball. A touch of steelers quickly followed. Head coach Aaron Glenn had declared after the match that players who committed blunders could no longer be on the field. He went from speech to acts by releasing poor Gipson.
The 49ers loose
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The victory was painful for the 49ers, who placed the name of the winger closer George Kittle on the injured list, which means that he will miss at least the next four games. The state of health of the quarter-Arrière Brock Purdy, injured in a shoulder and a toe, also worried, just like that of the Receiver Jauan Jennings (shoulder), which will be evaluated daily. The Niners have also replaced their ineffective botter Jake Moody by Eddy Pineiro.
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