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GREEN BAY, Wis. \u2013 The Green Bay Packers completed a stunning trade for Micah Parsons on Thursday, landing the four-time Pro Bowler with an eye on finally winning another Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

Here are the winners and losers.<\/p>\n

Stuck in a lengthy standoff with the Cowboys, Parsons signed a four-year, $188 million contract with the Packers. Becoming the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history can\u2019t be anything other than a win. Also, he won\u2019t hate the owner and management will know his first name. That\u2019s a lot of winning.<\/p>\n

Winner: Jeff Hafley<\/h2>\n

Jeff Hafley is a very good defensive coordinator. Last season, his defense finished in the top six in yards allowed and points allowed with his No. 1 cornerback on the sideline for more than half the season and his No. 1 pass rusher collecting only 7.5 sacks.<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s been given arguably the best defensive player in the NFL. Parsons isn\u2019t just a pass rusher. He\u2019s an all-around standout capable of lining up at left end, right end and linebacker. He\u2019s a chess piece. The last time the Packers had one of those, Charles Woodson helped lead the team to the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

If the Packers make a run at the Super Bowl this year, Hafley might be a head coach somewhere next year.<\/p>\n

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Rashan Gary has been Green Bay\u2019s best pass rusher since Za\u2019Darius Smith\u2019s disappearance. Thus, he\u2019s always been targeted by opposing offensive coordinators, and that\u2019s played a role in him not reaching double-digits sacks in his first six seasons.<\/p>\n

Gary might not see a double-team block the rest of his career. A really good player could be primed for that long-awaited breakout season.<\/p>\n

Winner: Edgerrin Cooper<\/h2>\n

Edgerrin Cooper also is a chess piece for the Packers. Amazingly, he led all NFL rookies in tackles for losses last season, even while playing less than 50 percent of the snaps. A big-time playmaker, especially when put into attack mode, what will Cooper be able to do when he\u2019s lined up right next to Parsons?<\/p>\n

The best rookie linebacker in the league last season might end this season considered the best linebacker in the league, period.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel great. Better than ever. Just ready to get to it,\u201d Cooper said last week. \u201cI\u2019m just focused on playing my best ball and if things come like sacks and pressures, that\u2019s great. I just want to make sure I give it all I got.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Kenny Clark sent to Dallas in the trade, who\u2019s going to stop the run? As an undrafted rookie, Stackhouse probably was going to start the season as the sixth defensive tackle. Heck, he might have been a healthy scratch to start the season.<\/p>\n

Without Clark, Stackhouse will be a mainstay on the defense and one of the team\u2019s more important players. It\u2019ll be up to him to take advantage of the opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of us were very excited about him, that he could do that if called upon,\u201d general manager Brian Gutekunst said on Wednesday. \u201cHe\u2019s the same guy we saw at Georgia. You guys have seen him. He\u2019s got excellent size, excellent power. He\u2019s very hard to move off the spot. He made a lot of plays this camp where he held the point and was able to get across the guy\u2019s face to make plays on the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

Winner: The Cornerbacks<\/h2>\n

If diamonds are a girl\u2019s best friend, a pass rush is a cornerback\u2019s best friend. The Packers finished with the eighth-most sacks last season but the seventh-lowest pass-rush win rate, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n

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The Packers will play a bunch of high-profile quarterbacks, including Jared Goff, Jayden Daniels, Dak Prescott and Joe Burrow in the first five games. Will Keisean Nixon, Nate Hobbs and Javon Bullard be up to the task? Who knows, but a strong pass rush would help. With the addition of Parsons, the Packers might have an elite pass rush.<\/p>\n

The Packers\u2019 run defense had been terrible under coach Matt LaFleur. From 2019 through 2023, the first five seasons of his tenure, Green Bay allowed a league-worst 4.66 yards per carry. In 2024, the Packers ranked third with 3.96 yards allowed per carry.<\/p>\n

In free agency, they lost TJ Slaton to the Bengals in free agency. In the trade, they lost Kenny Clark to the Cowboys. The team\u2019s best run-stopping defensive tackles both started all 17 games last season. The five remaining defensive tackles have started a combined six games: five by Devonte Wyatt and one by Colby Wooden.<\/p>\n

Green Bay\u2019s defensive ends \u2013 Parsons included \u2013 will stop the run. Will Wyatt and the rest of the defensive tackles prevent opponents from just running it up the gut 30 times a game?<\/p>\n

Loser: Brenton Cox, Barryn Sorrell, Collin Oliver<\/h2>\n

The Packers have a surplus of defensive ends. It will be interesting to see how Jeff Hafley will deploy his personnel. On passing downs, it\u2019ll be easy. Gary and Parsons will be the ends and Lukas Van Ness will move to defensive tackle. On running downs, once Parsons is acclimated, the Packers presumably will go with Gary and Parsons with the first unit and Kingsley Enagbare and Van Ness with the second unit.<\/p>\n

What does that mean for Brenton Cox, who had a strong training camp, and rookies Barryn Sorrell and Collin Oliver when they\u2019re healthy? A lot of time on the bench, unless there\u2019s another trade.<\/p>\n

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Russ Ball is in charge of putting contracts together and keeping a healthy salary cap. Having successfully navigated the Packers through the challenges of the post-Aaron Rodgers era, the team was in decent shape for the next wave of challenges as their young core of players got closer to second contracts.<\/p>\n

Well, so much for Ball getting a chance to exhale. Jordan Love is one of the highest-paid quarterbacks in the NFL. Micah Parsons became the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL. Zach Tom got a huge contract extension. Aaron Banks got a huge contract in free agency. Xavier McKinney\u2019s cap number will soar past $19 million next season.<\/p>\n

Looks like it\u2019ll be time for Ball to grab the steel-toed boots and start kicking the salary-cap can down the road, because his job just got a lot more difficult.<\/p>\n

Loser: Future Free Agents<\/h2>\n

That leads into this one. It\u2019s going to be impossible to keep this young and talented team together.<\/p>\n

Here are the key free agents for the upcoming offseason (listed by percentage of playing time), which includes the 2022 draft class: Rasheed Walker, Sean Rhyan, Quay Walker, Romeo Doubs, Christian Watson, Kingsley Enagbare, Malik Willis.<\/p>\n

Here are the key players for the following season (listed by playing time again), which includes the 2023 draft class: Elgton Jenkins, Keisean Nixon, Tucker Kraft, Isaiah McDuffie, Jayden Reed, Dontayvion Wicks, Carrington Valentine, Karl Brooks, Lukas Van Ness, Devonte Wyatt, Colby Wooden, Luke Musgrave.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t pay everyone. That\u2019s going to be especially true for the Packers. Even if you deem most of those players expendable, someone\u2019s got to play those snaps. And now the Packers will have fewer draft picks and almost no cap dollars to replace them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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