2) Life without Parsons begins for Green Bay. Saturday’s showdown in Chicago will be the first game since Micah Parsons tore his season-ending ACL, raising a big question: How will the Packers defense adjust without one of the league’s top pass rushers? Parsons led the NFL with 83 QB pressures, according to Next Gen Stats, and led his team with 12.5 sacks, 12 tackles for loss and 26 QB hits in 2025. With 40 more QB pressures than the next Packers pass rusher (Rashan Gary), Parsons’ impact has been dramatic beyond 8 sacks, 9 sacks and 1 score at Green Bay. Parsons on the field compared to a 101.4 rating from opposing QBs when he’s off the field this season, according to NGS. With Gary providing a reliable presence, Green Bay will lean on Lukas Van Ness and Kingsley Enagbare to step up. Van Ness returned last week from a nagging foot injury that forced him out most of the season but was limited in snaps. Enagbare, meanwhile, has been hot of late, scoring a QB hit in each of the last five games while racking up 1.5 sacks and two tackles for loss that season as a rotation piece. With the Packers’ pass rush expected to take a step back, it’s the Bears’ rushing attack they may have to worry about more. Powered by D’Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai — the only NFL running back duo with 650-plus rushing yards each in 2025 — Chicago leads the league with 171.1 rushing yards per game since Week 6, and that ground attack has effectively balanced the Bears’ offense out and into one of the top units. Bears wideouts Rome Odunze and Luther Burden III are suspended for Saturday’s game, making their rushing game a key piece for Green Bay to stop — but they’ll have to figure it out without Parsons.