{"id":32635,"date":"2025-09-14T15:51:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T15:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32635"},"modified":"2025-09-14T15:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T15:51:18","slug":"breaking-micah-parsons-isnt-the-only-reason-green-bays-pass-rush-looks-elite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32635","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Micah Parsons Isn\u2019t the Only Reason Green Bay&#8217;s Pass Rush Looks Elite"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"post-hero-1\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zonecoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27057571_168390100_lowres-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Micah Parsons Isn\u2019t the Only Reason Green Bay's Pass Rush Looks Elite - Zone Coverage\" \/><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div>\n<p>The Green Bay Packers\u2019 pass rush is off to an incredible start in 2025. They have totaled 52 pressures and eight sacks through the first two weeks of the season. On <em>Thursday Night Football<\/em>, they generated 33 pressures against the Washington Commanders, which is tied for their most in a single game since the start of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Acquiring a player like Micah Parsons will instantly improve any defense. Parsons is off to a strong start in his Packers career. In his first two games, he recorded a 90.2 PFF pass rush grade, 10 pressures, 1.5 sacks, and a 25% pass rush win rate. His eight pressures against Washington were the most by a Packers player in a single game since Rashan Gary had eight pressures against the Minnesota Vikings in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Parsons is having a significant impact on Green Bay\u2019s defense, but he\u2019s not carrying the pass rush on his own. His presence lifts the guys around him and forces the offensive line to adjust, which allows the rest of the defensive line to step up and makes the whole unit click.<\/p>\n<p>Lukas Van Ness had just five pressures in the first two months of 2024, and he has already matched that total through the first two games of 2025. Meanwhile, Gary had nine total pressures over the first six games last season and has already reached that mark in only two games this year. Both of Gary\u2019s sacks this season came while Parsons was on the sideline, a good sign that he\u2019s winning his own matchups and not just feeding off the extra attention Parsons draws.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rashan Gary is such a great complimentary rusher to Micah Parsons. So glad Dallas ended up not demanding him in the trade. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YvGqBtBH8y\">pic.twitter.com\/YvGqBtBH8y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jacob (@NotionsOfJacob) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NotionsOfJacob\/status\/1966347939359367388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPut hands on 1, I\u2019mma get home,\u201d Gary said after Thursday night\u2019s game against Washington. \u201cPut hands on 52, 1 gonna get home.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Packers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Packers<\/a>\u2019 Rashan Gary on tandem with Micah Parsons: \u201cPut hands on 1, I\u2019mma get home. Put hands on 52, 1 gonna get home.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>Calls Packers \u2018hungry (3x)\u2026unproven.\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/drkpHHuMMX\">pic.twitter.com\/drkpHHuMMX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/1966551913958154397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Van Ness has just half a sack this season. It came with Parsons on the field, but Parsons wasn\u2019t a factor on the play. The Detroit Lions trusted Penei Sewell to block him one on one. Parsons still nearly got to Jared Goff, while Van Ness bull-rushed the left guard from the interior and finished the play for the sack.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">really fun to watch Lukas Van Ness in week 1.<\/p>\n<p>bull rush and gets in on the sack from the DT spot, some impact plays against the run, and looked fluid dropping in coverage at 275 pounds. Looks like he leveled up this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wSO3zn8T6Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/wSO3zn8T6Z<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PcaeJztlP0\">pic.twitter.com\/PcaeJztlP0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nate_Tice\/status\/1965086372978692399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Van Ness is going to have his best year yet this year,\u201d Parsons told ESPN\u2019s Rob Demovsky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s selfless,\u201d Parsons added. \u201cPlays the run. Does everything. He\u2019s the kind of guy you want to be around. I\u2019m going to make sure he gets as many plays as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Van Ness has shown signs of making the third-year leap in production. Rashan Gary is playing at the level you expect from an elite pass rusher that Green Bay invested a first-round pick in. However, it is not just the edge rushers making noise. The guys on the interior are also delivering.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Devonte Wyatt recorded 12 pressures through the first 11 weeks of the season, but he only played in seven games. This season, he already has 11 pressures through eight quarters of football. He\u2019s also up to two quarterback hits, just one shy of his total of three from all of last season.<\/p>\n<p>One of Wyatt\u2019s best plays of the season came on a spin move against the left guard. He shed the block and pressured Jayden Daniels into an incompletion. That kind of technique is something we didn\u2019t see often from Green Bay\u2019s pass rush last year, so it\u2019s encouraging to see them using more moves to counter blockers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s take a trip through the spin cycle with Devonte Wyatt as he pressures Jayden Daniels into an incompletion <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/52C9Cuqqrg\">pic.twitter.com\/52C9Cuqqrg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattschneidman\/status\/1966529510179795185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>DeMarcus Covington deserves a lot of credit for how Green Bay\u2019s pass rush has performed. Having a player of Micah Parsons\u2019 caliber makes life easier for a coach and every teammate.<\/p>\n<p>Even with Parsons on or off the field, the defensive line is winning its one-on-one battles. That\u2019s a testament to their effort to evolve and improve from the mistakes that left Green Bay\u2019s defense ranked in the bottom ten in pass rush win rate last season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Green Bay Packers\u2019 pass rush is off to an incredible start in 2025. 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