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By Max Dible
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The Green Bay Packers suffered through a brutal Sunday against the Denver Broncos in Week 15, which cost the team the lead in the NFC North Division and likely its best defensive player.
Edge-rusher Micah Parsons went down with a non-contact knee injury in the second half. He was eventually able to limp off the field mostly under his own power, though he did so with help from the Packers' training staff. He did not enter the blue tent on the sidelines, which players who believe they may return to action often do. Instead Parsons went immediately to the locker room.
Mike Florio reported on the NBC "Sunday Night Football" pregame show that Green Bay believes Parsons tore his ACL, though won't confirm that before the results of an MRI are returned.
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"By video, Packers Micah Parsons appeared to suffer a torn left ACL," David J. Chao, a sports doctor who worked in the NFL for nearly two decades as a team doctor, posted to X.
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While Chao is offering educated speculation based on video evidence, Parsons himself offered a strong indication that his injury was dire based on video captured on the field immediately following the play.
“I’m out,” Parsons shouted to the sideline, via a video the MLFootball account posted to X.
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Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain and several other players from both teams kneeled around Parsons as the Packers' medical team examined him. Surtain also came over to Parsons to offer his condolences as Parsons rose to his feet to leave the field.
Green Bay saw wide receiver Christian Watson leave the game in the second half as well, with what the team reported was a chest injury. He was initially questionable to return, but never came back out onto the field.
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