The Dallas Cowboys suffered injury scares to their starting defensive ends in Thursday night’s 20-15 win over the New York Giants. From a high-level view, the rash of injuries can happen in any game, but the short turnaround time between a Sunday and Thursday game feels as if it’s a contributing factor.
The specifics of why they happened don’t matter much to the Cowboys organization, they just need to know whether or not Micah Parsons and DeMarcus Lawrence will be out for any extended period of time, starting with their Week 5 matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 10 days time.
Parsons was spotted exiting the airport walking with a substantial limp, but not needing crutches or a walking boot and wearing his own pair of Adidas sneakers.
NEW VIDEO: Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons was walking gingerly when the team arrived home this morning, after his apparent leg injury last night.
What we know: https://t.co/OmusHzsgWo pic.twitter.com/Yjg24IlPUy
— WFAA (@wfaa) September 27, 2024
Micah Parsons says he’s knows “very little” about the severity of his ankle injury. Has an MRI tomorrow but will try to be back for next week at the #Steelers. https://t.co/ij14gwfBxr
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) September 27, 2024
Both Parsons and Lawrence will undergo MRIs on Friday after being ousted from the game. Lawrence’s injury sent him into the locker room in the third quarter and he returned, getting the bottom of his foot taped, which is a concern for a player with a previous Lisfranc injury. For what it’s worth, he said he’ll be fine, but the test results are obviously going to be a key indicator prior to him testing it out on the field next week.
If either are out for any length of time, the attention turns to second-round rookie Marshawn Kneeland, who like Lawrence had a sack of Daniel Jones in last night’s win, and Carl Lawson. Dallas already lost third-year edge Sam Williams to a serious knee injury during training camp.