Micah Parsons disregards Packers-Bears rivalry, explains why he wants to 'beat the s**t' out of Chicago

Micah Parsons is not into the Green Bay Packers-Chicago Bears rivalry, but he is ready to do everything he can to dominate Chicago. While speaking to reporters on Thursday, Parsons was asked about what the Packers-Bears rivalry means to him.

“Rivarlies are for the people. It’s for the fans,” Micah Parsons said, per Ryan Wood of USA Today. For me, it’s just going out there and just dominating. I just don’t like them because I just see like the disrespect… I play for respect. You know how to earn someone’s respect is beating the s**t out of them.”

Parsons was then asked what ways the Bears show disrespect. “Respect is something that’s earned, and these people want to come here, and they want to beat us at our house,” Parsons said. “We eventually got to go there. If someone comes s**t on your lawn, what would you say? It’s a respect thing, especially losing a couple of games at home, and the way we lost them. We have to come together as a defense to get our respect back.”

Can the Bears slow down Micah Parsons?

This is one of the bigger Packers-Bears games in recent memory, as both are fighting for the NFC North title. The Packers have an 8-3-1 record, while the Bears sit at 9-3 and are tied with the Los Angeles Rams for the best record in the conference.

The Packers have won 11 of the past 12 games against the Bears. However, Chicago won the last meeting, taking down Green Bay 24-22 in the final regular season game of 2024.

But the Packers didn’t have Parsons for that game, as he signed with the team before the start of the 2025 season. The Bears know that one of the keys to winning the game on Sunday is slowing down Parsons, but that’s easier said than done.

“He’s so twitchy and so fast that he can get away with beating a guy on the inside and still containing [the run],” Bears rookie offensive lineman Ozzy Trapilo said, per Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times. “Things like that, not everybody can do. He’s just got so much speed and athletic ability that he does things like that and broadens his game.”

Parsons has recorded 12.5 sacks through 12 games this year. He is only one and a half sacks shy of tying his single-season record, which is 14 in 2023.