Many assumed the back injury Micah Parsons has dealt with this summer was simply an excuse to hold out from the Dallas Cowboys' preseason. Apparently not.
The Green Bay Packers may need to ease their new pass-rusher into game action, with his status for Week 1 against the Detroit Lions reportedly uncertain. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Parsons is dealing with an L4/L5 facet joint sprain in his back and "may be able to play with an epidural."
"While most assumed Micah Parsons' hold-in was due to a phony back problem, it was, instead, partially due to a real back problem," Rapoport writes.