Micah Parsons has been outstanding for the Green Bay Packers‘ pass rush this season. Rashan Gary and Devonte Wyatt — two defensive starters who are also considered two of the Packers’ best pass rushers — have not, at least not lately.

On paper, Gary is having a strong year — he’s already matched last season’s 7.5 sacks through 10 games. The concern is that he hasn’t recorded a sack since Week 8, when he took down former teammate Aaron Rodgers twice in a win over the Steelers.

Sacks can come in bunches and aren’t always indicative of how well someone is playing. This is where quarterback pressures come in handy because they can quantify how disruptive you are as a pass rusher, even when you aren’t getting sacks.

In six of the first seven games of the season, Gary generated at least four pressures, according to Pro Football Focus. In his last three outings, he’s had two, two, and three — so seven total.

This lack of consistency isn’t new for Gary, who was handed a four-year contract extension worth up to $107 million in 2023. Last season, there were three games in which he failed to generate a single pressure, and five games, including the playoff game against the Eagles, where he had only two.

Gary’s snap counts have also started to dwindle in recent weeks, which makes you think there may be an underlying issue. The problem with that theory is that he has not been listed on the injury report.

In Sunday’s win over the New York Giants, Gary was out-snapped by fellow edge rusher Kingsley Enagbare for the first time this season. Perhaps that will be a one-time thing after Enagbare failed to register a single pressure.

Meanwhile, Wyatt’s productivity as a pass rusher has also declined lately. Through the first two games of the season, Wyatt had 2.0 sacks and 11 pressures. Wyatt did sit out two games with a knee injury, but in his six games since his strong start, he has yet to record another sack and has generated just seven pressures.

A 2022 first-round pick, Green Bay exercised Wyatt’s fifth-year option during the offseason, guaranteeing his contract of approximately $12.9 million for the 2026 NFL season. Much like Gary, Wyatt has played at a Pro Bowl level at times but has not been able to sustain it consistently.

Parsons has obviously changed the Packers’ pass rush (and their defense, for that matter) for the better. But Green Bay has its eyes set on a Super Bowl in 2025, and that will be tough to achieve if Parsons continues to be a one-man show.

Parsons won’t always be there to dominate from start to finish like he did in Week 7 against the Arizona Cardinals or come up with a strip sack on the final play to secure a win like he did against the Giants.

Simply put, the Packers need more out of their two former first-round picks, whom they made sizable investments in. Both Gary and Wyatt have shown they are high-level pass rushers, but both are underperforming at the moment and need to pick it up down the stretch of the 2025 season.