The Detroit Lions are no longer the odds-on favorite to win the NFC North this season.
The Green Bay Packers made a big splash on Thursday, landing Micah Parsons from the Cowboys in a blockbuster trade that makes the Packer defense one of the best in the league.
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The move was so big -- the Packers are now slightly favored to win the NFC North this season now, according to FanDuel.
The Packers are listed at +165 odds, while the Lions are second, at +190.
The Cowboys are receiving two first-round picks and veteran defensive tackle Kenny Clark for Parsons. The 26-year-old has 52 1/2 sacks, recording at least 12 in each of his four seasons while making the Pro Bowl each year.
Parsons bolsters a defense that was inconsistent at getting to opposing quarterbacks last season, when the Packers went 11-7 and lost to Philadelphia in the NFC wild-card round. The Packers had 45 sacks last season to tie for eighth place in the NFL, but more than half of those sacks came in just four games.
In seven of their 17 games, the Packers had no more than one sack.
Green Bay ranked 16th in pressure rate, which calculates the number of hurries, knockdowns and sacks for each team divided by an opponent’s drop-back attempts.
Coming into the 2025 season, Detroit has won six of the last seven games vs. the Packers. They’ll see each other again to open the season on Sept. 7 in Green Bay.