Cowboys' Micah Parsons aching to play despite high ankle sprain - ESPN

FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys edge rusher Micah Parsons has not missed a game due to injury at any level of football, but he is staring at missing his first Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers because of a high left ankle sprain.

«Man, it's like, just frustrating, for real,» said Parsons, who missed one game in 2021 because of COVID. «Going from being ready and being there for the team, to being out hurts me because I feel like I'm letting people down.»

Parsons was wearing a protective boot and using a scooter to get around Monday after suffering the injury in the fourth quarter of Thursday's win against the New York Giants. An MRI confirmed the high ankle sprain.

After the Steelers, the Cowboys play the Detroit Lions on Oct. 13 before entering their bye week.

Parsons acknowledged it might «make sense to some» to sit out the next two games and the bye week.

«But when you're a real competitor, you only get 17 chances at this,» Parsons said. «And missing one of these opportunities to perform at the highest level bothers me. I feel like I want to play on Sunday. If I can play, I will play, you know. To me, as long as I can run and move how I move, I want to play.»

The Cowboys also will be without their other top pass rusher, DeMarcus Lawrence, who is dealing with a Lisfranc injury in his right foot. While the injury will not require surgery, he is looking at missing four to eight weeks, sources told ESPN.

«Those guys are the motor,» cornerback Jourdan Lewis said. «They make this thing go. Especially when you got guys that make plays like that. And as contagious as they play, it's definitely hard. We going to have to find ways to supplement that because there's no way you can replace it. We just got to go out there and