Packers move rusher Micah Parsons has been coping with an L4/L5 aspect joint sprain in his again and he could take an epidural injection earlier than Sunday’s recreation towards the Detroit Lions if wanted to assist him play, sources instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday.
Earlier than buying and selling Parsons final week, the Dallas Cowboys prescribed him a five-day plan of an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid, a prednisone to assist him recuperate from again tightness. Additionally they had him on a bodily remedy program.
Parsons has been practising this week, and he’s making an attempt to play Sunday, though one supply instructed Schefter it nonetheless just isn’t sure if he’ll.
The Packers traded two first-round draft picks and defensive sort out Kenny Clark to the Cowboys final Thursday to amass Parsons. Inexperienced Bay then signed him to a four-year, $188 million contract extension that features $120 million absolutely assured at signing and $136 million in complete ensures, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL historical past, sources instructed ESPN.
The transfer occurred after a coaching camp hold-in when Parsons sat out of Cowboys practices due to again tightness.
Parsons flew to Inexperienced Bay on Friday, handed his bodily and signed his contract. He picked No. 1 for his jersey, turning into the second Packers participant to put on that quantity and first since Curly Lambeau in 1925-26.
ESPN’s Rob Demovsky contributed to this report.