{"id":1738,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1738","headline":"Micah Parsons set to return to Packers practice this week","dek":"The pass rusher, out since tearing his ACL, is eyeing a season debut against the Rams on Thanksgiving Eve.","body":"Micah Parsons is finally nearing the end of his rehab. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said the team's \"intention\" is for Parsons to practice this week for the first time since he tore his ACL, a step that would put him on track for his 2026 debut.\n\nReports suggest the most likely return date is Thanksgiving Eve against the Rams in November, though nothing is official until he's actually back on the field in pads. Getting a full practice week in will be the real test of where his knee stands.\n\nThe timing is notable because Green Bay hasn't exactly been struggling to get after the quarterback without him. The defense just turned in its best pass-rushing performance of the season, and the Packers currently lead the NFL in that department. Adding Parsons to a unit already generating consistent pressure is less about fixing a problem and more about stacking the deck further.\n\nFor now, the plan is simply to get him practicing and see how his body responds before committing to any specific date for his actual return to game action.","published_at":"2026-11-02T22:19:02.262734+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Packers plan for Micah Parsons to practice this week for first time since ACL tear","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7744460/2026/11/02/micah-parsons-injury-return-packers-practice/"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Matt LaFleur: Packers \"intention\" is for Micah Parsons to practice this week","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/matt-lafleur-packers-intention-is-for-micah-parsons-to-practice-this-week"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Micah Parsons reportedly closing in on November Packers return","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/micah-parsons-reportedly-closing-november-112005831.html"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Matt LaFleur: Packers "intention" is for Micah Parsons to practice this week","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/matt-lafleur-packers-intention-micah-200020824.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Patriots unlikely to face Packers’ Micah Parsons even with practice return looming","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/patriots-unlikely-face-packers-micah-203342529.html"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Parsons' return to Packers practice expected this week: 'We're hopeful'","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50360850/packers-expect-parsons-practice-some-week"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"New Micah Parsons injury update revealed by Matt LaFleur ahead of NFL Week 9","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/micah-parsons-injury-revealed-matt-210057632.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Micah Parsons update: Packers intend to start practicing him this week","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/micah-parsons-packers-intend-start-212005941.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Micah Parsons update: Packers intend to start practicing him this week","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/micah-parsons-packers-intend-start-212005955.html"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"Matt LaFleur Confirms Micah Parsons Set To Return To Packers Practice","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/green-bay-packers-micah-parsons-injury-practice"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/35fa2a1/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F225%2F395%2Fnbc_pftpm_alexmoore_261031.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}