By: Caelan Clinton, Jeff Howe and Saad Yousuf
The Dallas Cowboys are actually down each of its premier edge dashing skills following Thursday evening’s win over the New York Giants, a league supply mentioned Friday.
Edge rusher Micah Parsons has been recognized with a high-ankle sprain following Thursday evening’s recreation in opposition to the New York Giants, and whereas his timeline remains to be undetermined, he’s anticipated to overlook recreation time as a result of harm, per the league supply.
In the meantime, DeMarcus Lawrence can be anticipated to recreation motion after struggling a foot harm versus the Giants, per reviews.
Parsons was carted off the sphere with 3:30 left to play within the 20-15 victory after being rolled up below a Giants participant. He was seen limping between the coaching room and the locker room following the sport and underwent each an X-ray and MRI. Parsons completed the sport with two solo tackles and a deal with for loss.
The 25-year-old All-Professional edge rusher is within the midst of a pivotal season in Dallas, staving off extension talks earlier this offseason whereas teammates Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb negotiated their respective offers. On the season, Parsons has 4 mixed tackles and one sack via his first 4 video games. His energetic streak of three video games and not using a sack is simply the second time in his profession that he has gone that lengthy and not using a recorded sack, in keeping with Stathead.
Lawrence is coping with a foot harm unrelated to the damaged foot suffered in 2021. Lawrence underwent surgical procedure in September 2021 and was positioned on injured reserve after breaking his foot however returned to play later that season. He continued to seem on Dallas’ harm report with foot accidents throughout the 2022 season.
Lawrence’s three sacks and 4 tackles for loss each lead the Cowboys’ protection via 4 video games, whereas his 5 quarterback hits are second behind Parsons’ six.
The NFL Community first reported information of each accidents.
How lack of edge rushers impacts Cowboys
The Cowboys are lucky that they didn’t lose Lawrence or Parsons long run however being with out each on the similar time will current vital challenges within the coming weeks.
Lawrence is the Cowboys’ finest run-stopping defensive lineman, and the Cowboys have been horrible in opposition to the run this season, even with Lawrence. With out him, issues have the potential to get even uglier.
The upcoming schedule doesn’t do the Cowboys any favors, both. They journey to Pittsburgh subsequent week after which have the Detroit Lions the week after that earlier than getting a breather with their bye week. With out Parsons and Lawrence, the Cowboys are with out their prime three defensive linemen, as they misplaced Sam Williams for the season in coaching camp. A struggling unit is left much more weak for the subsequent few weeks. — Saad Yousuf, Cowboys beat author
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