After lacking two video games with a excessive ankle sprain, Dallas Cowboys edge-rusher Micah Parsons sounds uncertain whether or not he’ll return Sunday towards the San Francisco 49ers.
“It is nonetheless up within the air,” Parsons mentioned of his standing Monday, by way of DLLS Sports activities’ Joseph Hoyt. “Clearly, it is extra than simply me. I’ve to clear it with [Cowboys director of rehab] Britt [Brown], the coaches, the top coach. They wish to be certain that —clearly as a result of there are such a lot of video games left — that I come again at the perfect outcome. Typically, it isn’t all the time the participant’s choice. It is the individuals with the upper pay grade.”
Parsons nonetheless sounded optimistic about his progress and indicated he would attempt to play.
“My hopes are all the time very excessive,” Parsons mentioned. “I like nice challenges. I like with the ability to beat the percentages. I’ll put this as much as my trainers and my teaching workers.”
Parsons suffered his harm within the fourth quarter of the Cowboys’ 20-15 Week 4 victory over the New York Giants. He posted a strong 82.4 Pro Football Focus grade via his first 4 video games and logged 21 pressures.
The Cowboys beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 20-17 in Week 5 of their first sport with out Parsons. Nevertheless, they may’ve used him throughout an embarrassing Week 6 residence loss to the Detroit Lions. Through the 47-9 blowout, the Cowboys allowed 492 yards and generated no takeaways.
The Cowboys (3-3) are third within the NFC East behind the Philadelphia Eagles (4-2) and Washington Commanders (5-2). As of Monday, The Athletic’s playoff projections give Dallas a 21 percent chance of constructing the postseason.
In his Monday news conference, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy did not name the sport vs. the 49ers a must-win however acknowledged it is an necessary alternative.
Though 49ers WR Brandon Aiyuk suffered a season-ending ACL/MCL tear in Week 7 towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, they’re nonetheless a formidable opponent.
San Francisco (3-4) ranks fourth within the league in passing yards (254.4) and is tied for eighth in factors scored (25.7). It additionally has crushed Dallas in three straight games.
If Parsons would not play, the Cowboys will seemingly have a tougher time incomes a street victory.
