ESPN.com · Sep 9, 2025
A Micah Parsons bump for Packers' Lukas Van Ness?
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- What happened in the Green Bay Packers locker room after Sunday's game mirrored what happened on the field: Micah Parsons got all the attention, while Lukas Van Ness toiled in anonymity.
While Parsons held court with wave after wave of reporters who wanted to hear from the newly acquired edge rusher after his Lambeau Field debut -- a three-pressure, one-sack performance in a limited role during the 27-13 season-opening win over the Detroit Lions -- Van Ness sat at the other end of the room with almost no one else around him.
Yet it was Van Ness, the 2023 first-round pick, who turned in one of the stronger performances in his two-plus NFL seasons.
