The Green Bay Packers paid Micah Parsons to win those games like Sunday.
On a day when neither the offense nor the defense was on top of their game, en route from a delayed plane en route to Arizona, Parsons stepped up and slammed the door, notching his first three-sack performance for the Cheeseheads in a 27-23 win.
“When it’s time to win the game, something just changes,” Parsons said on the team’s official website. “I don’t think it was my best pass rush game. I just think it’s the first time (opponents) let me rush this year. I mean if you look at the looks I’ve been getting, double tight ends, chips, full slides and then also just other guys stepping up.”
Parsons’ three sack performance was a career high and he tied his career high with five QB hits. He entered the week with 2.5 sacks. He leads the NFL with 40 QB pressures, according to Next Generation Stats.
Parsons seemed surprised the Cardinals would try to block him one-on-one so much with left tackle Paris Johnson Jr. and right tackle Jonah Williams. The right tackle especially struggled with Parsons’ speed off the edge.
“They kind of said we’re just going to play our best and I feel like when we get those looks we’ve got to take advantage,” he said.
Parsons added: “Look at the league, usually guys like me don’t get looks like that. It’s rare. And there are levels to it. If I get looks like that, I can do the same results as these other guys.”