Brian Gutekunst confirms suspicion about Micah Parsons by stating the obvious after massive trade that shifted NFC landscape
The Packers would do everything again.
The 2025 season didn’t end like the Green Bay Packers wanted. After trading two first-round picks for Micah Parsons, the team saw the star edge defender tear his ACL and miss the final part of the season, including the playoffs.
Now, it’s almost draft time, and the cost of that trade is coming. But general manager Brian Gutekunst has said the obvious at the NFL Combine: It was a long-term move, and the Packers couldn’t be happier with the results so far despite the frustration in the first season.
“Obviously, it didn’t end the way we wanted to,” Gutekunst said, “but I couldn’t be happier with making that move and what Micah brought to our football team.”
More than the production on the field, Micah Parsons has been a positively impactful piece to the group off the field.
“Not only on the field with the way he disrupted offenses and tilted the field in our favor, but he was an excellent addition to our locker room as well, and that’s important to us,” Gutekunst added. “I’m excited for what the years to come with him are going to look like.”
Expectations for the future
Part of the idea of trading for Micah Parsons was exactly that he would impact the team for years to come. He’ll be 27 years old next season and, despite his knee injury, should be able to play most of the season.
More than that, Parsons is under contract for four more years in Green Bay — aligning with the prime of his NFL career.
With Parsons, Gutekunst sees a roster that is ready to compete for a Super Bowl championship. But for that to happen, the team needs to be more effective at closing the games.
“We’ve talked a lot about this, our ability to be more consistent in situational football and finish off games,” Gutekunst mentioned. “A number of our games the past couple of years, we’ve been up and just haven’t been able to close them out. Our group has to get to that point. I think we’re on our way there. I really like the guys in our locker room and the makeup of our team, but that’s an area we have to fix.”
Micah Parsons is a big part of the Packers’ plans for the next few years, and the move to acquire him is one that any serious executive in the NFL would do over and over again.
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