Green Bay Packers star pass-rusher Micah Parsons will miss at least the first four games of the regular season after being placed on the PUP list Sunday, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Parsons continues to rehab the torn ACL he sustained in a Dec. 14 game against the Denver Broncos.
The 27-year-old opened up training camp on the reserve list. Parsons can begin practicing with the Packers in Week 3 of the regular season. Traditionally, Green Bay hasn't allowed players coming off ACL injuries to participate in practices earlier than nine months after surgery.
Parsons is eligible to return for Green Bay's matchup against the Chicago Bears on Oct. 4.
The three-time first-team All-Pro pass-rusher believes "it's very realistic" that he'll be back on the field to face his former team, the Dallas Cowboys, on Oct. 11, according to ESPN's Rob Demovsky.
"I wouldn't say it's not possible, but, at the same time, in these next 10 weeks - 10, 12 weeks from now - we've got to do our part to make it possible," Parsons said last week.
