​Micah Parsons was in the middle of a sensational 2026 season before suffering a torn ACL in Week 15.Getty ImagesThe Green Bay Packers were arguably the most disappointing team in football last year. And perhaps no one did less with more than Packers’ coach Matt LaFleur.Green Bay headed into the 2025 season with one of the NFL’s top rosters, then traded for star defensive end Micah Parsons 10 days before the year began. Suddenly, Packer Nation was dreaming of their first Super Bowl appearance since 2010.Instead, Green Bay went a remarkably unsatisfying 9-8-1 overall and was the NFC’s No. 7 seed for a third consecutive year. The Packers then blew a 21-3 halftime lead in the Wild Card round against Chicago, gave up 25 fourth quarter points and eventually suffered a shocking 31-27 loss to the arch-rival Bears.“No way you should lose games in this league when you’re up that much,” running back Josh Jacobs said.Green Bay, which began the year 9-3-1, finished the season with five straight losses. The Packers now enter 2026 with the league’s fourth-longest losing streak.Collapsing late in games was the story of Green Bay’s 2025 campaign.Green Bay had double digit leads in the final minutes twice against Chicago and also vs. Cleveland and somehow went 0-3 in those games. The Packers’ odds of losing all three contests were 1-in-250,000, yet they somehow did it.“That (expletive), it’s starting to get damn-near embarrassing,” safety Javon Bullard said.Rebounding won’t be easy as the Packers were hit hard in free agency and didn’t have a first round draft pick. Green Bay’s first training camp practice is July 29. Between now and then I will count down the ‘30 Most Important Packers’ heading into the 2026 campaign.At No. 2 is edge rusher Micah Parsons.No. 2Micah Parsons, EdgeLast season Parsons was acquired from Dallas in a blockbuster trade on Aug. 28, 2025, for two first round draft picks and defensive tackle Kenny Clark.Parsons then proved to be the Packers’ most dynamic defensive player since Hall of Famer Reggie White, who spent the 1993-’98 seasons in Green Bay. Parsons had 12.5 sacks through Green Bay’s first 13 games, making him the first player in NFL history to record at least a 12 sacks in each of his first five NFL seasons.Parsons had an NFL-leading 60 pressures through 13 games, which was 10 more than any player in football. According to ESPN, that was also the most pressures by a player through 13 games since 2018.Then Parsons tore his right ACL and suffered meniscus damage in a Week 15 loss at Denver. Without Parsons, Green Bay lost its final five games, falling from 9-3-1 to a remarkably disappointing 9-8-1.Despite missing the final month, Parsons led the Packers with 12 tackles for loss, 27 quarterback hits and 83 pressures. Parsons finished the year third in the NFL in pressures and No. 8 in quarterback hits.Parsons also had five games with at least eight pressures.Parsons was named to his fifth consecuti