Micah Parsons' back issue might be something after all. 

While some viewed his "back tightness" designation at Dallas Cowboys camp as a way to mask the fact he didn’t have his desired long-term contract extension, the newest Green Bay Packers edge rusher reportedly might need an epidural to play this Sunday in his team debut against the Detroit Lions. 

Parsons is reportedly dealing with an L4/L5 facet joint sprain in his back, per ESPN, which could require an injection to play. 

The report adds that Parsons was prescribed a "five-day course of prednisone," which is an anti-inflammatory agent used to help with back tightness. He was also on a physical therapy program with the Cowboys until he was dealt this past Thursday for two first-round picks and All-Pro defensive tackle Kenny Clark. 

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Parsons, though, was seen at Packers practice on Monday, which was his first time participating anywhere this preseason after sitting out during his contract saga in Dallas. 

Parsons was considered a limited participant. 

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So, given Parsons’ status, it’s not entirely certain he will be available for his new team to start the 2025 NFL season. 

The Packers swooped in with an offer Cowboys owner Jerry Jones liked, and they got the deal that shocked the football world done on Thursday morning. While Jones defended trading away the four-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro edge rusher, the Packers made him the highest-paid non-quarterback in league history with a four-year, $188 million contract. 

Parsons’ $47 million per year on that deal blows the previous league-record deals given to Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett ($40 million) and Pittsburgh Steelers stud T.J. Watt ($41 million) earlier this offseason. 

Parsons’ arrival in Green Bay has his new teammates giddy to see what he can add to their defense. Left tackle Rasheed Walker, who was a Penn State teammate of Parsons during their college days, even believes the move has them Super Bowl bound. 

"I think it upped our chances by a lot," he said Monday, per ESPN. "We got a solid pass rush across the whole line. I don’t think no one’s gonna be able to throw the ball like that on us. It’s gonna open up opportunities for our DBs and our offense, so yeah, I feel like Micah’s gonna have a good presence on the field and it’s gonna really be advantageous to us."

The key is having Parsons available on the field. It’s early in the first game week of the season, but Parsons’ situation is worth monitoring as the week gets closer to the weekend and a highly anticipated debut for the newest Packers star. 

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Kim Novak reflected on aging and her decision to turn her back on Hollywood in an attempt to reclaim her story.

"It’s not easy getting old," Novak, 92, said in the upcoming documentary "Kim Novak's Vertigo," according to People magazine. "I’m feeling it’s close to the end."

"I’ve been feeling the need to free something…." the beginning of the film began.

Novak famously chose to leave Hollywood at what many considered would have been the peak of her career. "When I left, I was at the top of my game," she said in the documentary about her exit from the industry in 1966.

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"Hollywood swallowed people whole," Novak said, referencing Marilyn Monroe's death. The actress died at 36 and her death was ruled a possible suicide by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. "I didn’t want that to happen to me," Novak noted.

The "Picnic" star turned her back on Hollywood after her Bel Air home was destroyed in a mudslide. She chose a cliff dwelling in Big Sur to become her place to start over, where she focused on other artistic skills.

"My survival mode was to paint," Novak said.

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Novak opened up about how she felt waking up on her first morning after leaving Hollywood in a 2021 interview with Fox News Digital.

"Liberated. Totally liberated," she recalled. "I thought, ‘Wow, I’m going to live my dream and not for someone else.’ It was wonderful. My cat was purring, the birds were singing, the waves were crashing – we were all just content."

"The first thing I did when I woke up was to get all my art equipment, set up my easel and look out the window," Novak added. "I thought to myself, ‘This is paradise.’ Hollywood offers money and prestige, but nothing ever compares to that feeling I felt that morning."

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Years later, Novak's true story will be told in "Kim Novak's Vertigo."

"This is not a Hollywood-y documentary of famous names, this is about Kim, the person," Novak's manager, Sue Cameron, said. "She turned down a million dollars to write her autobiography 25 years ago. Because they wanted all the Hollywood dirt, and she says, ‘No, that's not who I am, I won't do it.’"

"She's the last living golden goddess of film," Cameron said. "And what's more important is in this documentary, we show her as the true fighter she was for women, even way back in the '50s, when they tried to force her to wear certain makeup, and she would go wipe it off. She was the very first woman to have her own production company."