FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys stars Micah Parsons and DeMarcus Lawrence combined to create the most ferocious pass rush in football the last three years.
During Parsons’ first three seasons from 2021 to 2023, Dallas’ 41.4% quarterback pressure led the NFL with no other team above 40%. Now, both Parsons (high ankle sprain) and Lawrence (Lisfranc, foot sprain) are reduced to hobbling around the Cowboys locker in walking boots and scooters after suffering injuries in Dallas’ 20-15 road win at the New York Giants on “Thursday Night Football.”
“It’s just frustrating for real,” Parsons said on Monday. “I put a lot of effort and energy into being ready for the team, so it hurts me. I feel like I’m letting people down. I kind of [thought] of myself as [being] invincible for a while. It’s humbling. It’s humbling. … It’s part of that test. Faith, keeping that faith alive. Come back strong.”
The timeline for high ankle sprains can vary player to player based on degree of severity and how their body reacts, but Parsons is entering his rehabilitation process with an attacking mindset.
“It’s just going to come down to how I’m attacking this and getting right with [head athletic trainer] Jim [Maurer] and getting ahead of this, so that I can get back as fast as possible. I’m trying to back as fast as possible myself. Don’t want it to linger. I want to be able to go into it and just be ready.”
The only game Parsons has missed in his four-year NFL career came in the Cowboys’ regular-season finale at the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 18 of the 2021 season, his rookie year. That was because he was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Dallas’ Week 5 matchup at the 3-1 Pittsburgh Steelers will likely mark the first of not only his NFL career, but his entire football career going back to his Penn State days, high school, middle school and Pop Warner/pee wee that Parsons will miss because of an…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-09-30 21:25:41
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