GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – The Packers\u2019 defense had plenty of time to stew after allowing 40 points against the Cowboys.<\/p>\n
Now they\u2019re ready to get the bad taste from the tie out of their mouth.<\/p>\n
\u201cSitting around pissed off. We just gave up 40 points. We talking about how we can\u2019t give up 20 and we\u2019re going to win all these games. That\u2019s how you lose games. If we really say who we want to be, we should take that last game, how we finished last and we should punish these guys,\u201d said Micah Parsons.<\/p>\n
Jeff Hafley\u2019s unit looked like world beaters in the first two games of the season. They remain fourth in yards allowed per game, but outside the top ten in points at 21 per contest.<\/p>\n
\u201cBe phenomenal or be forgotten. No one thinks about good defense. No one talks about good defenses. There\u2019s a lot of good defenses, 11, 12 weeks out of the year, but those other weeks what did they look like?\u201d said Parsons.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not much that is the discrepancy between looking like the best defense in the league to letting up 40 points on Sunday Night Football. I feel like we\u2019ve, yeah, really gotten back to what makes us us. That\u2019s just our playstyle, relentless pursuit,\u201d said safety Evan Williams.<\/p>\n
Relentless pressure best describes Parsons. Who leads the Packers pass rush with 26 quarterback pressures through the first four games. That\u2019s good enough for 4th in the league heading out of the bye as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how play one looks like, or play ten. It\u2019s the constant hunt. That\u2019s about, like, I know I\u2019m going to get more than one chance. I may get blocked, like, a lot of times. I may get stuffed. Guys are going to beat me, but can he beat me every time,\u201d said Parsons.<\/p>\n
One thing is for sure, Parsons likes the hunt.<\/p>\n
The always colorful pass rusher described new Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco as a giraffe. Star wide receiver Ja\u2019Marr Chase as a gazelle (or hippo) when meeting with the media on Thursday.<\/p>\n
One thing is for sure, Parsons and the Packers are primed for a sack safari this weekend. The Bengals have the lowest pass blocking win rate according to ESPN. A unit that\u2019s allowed 15 sacks thus far in 2025.<\/p>\n
Parsons is certainly ready to hunt come Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what makes it exciting, the hunt. The respect, knowing that I\u2019m coming every time. You may take a play off. I\u2019m not going to take a play off. At the end of the day, it doesn\u2019t matter how tired we are, right? It\u2019s all about the chase. Can you get the gazelle?\u201d said Parsons.<\/p>\n
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