FRISCO, Texas – Dallas Cowboys pass rusher Micah Parsons will miss his third straight game due to a high left ankle sprain when the Cowboys play the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

Parsons has not practiced since suffering the injury in the fourth quarter of the Cowboys’ Sept. 26 win against the New York Giants, but he has made improvements that could see him return next week against the Atlanta Falcons.

At the time of the injury, sources said Parsons would miss 2 to 4 weeks. This week he recuperated on the field and last week during the Cowboys’ farewell.

The debut of Pro Bowl cornerback DaRon Bland will also have to wait. He was also excluded from the San Francisco game. He underwent foot surgery for a stress fracture in August and returned to practice on October 9, but was in pain and has not practiced for the past week.

His 21-day practice period closes Monday, so the Cowboys will either have to keep him on injured reserve or add him to the 53-man roster, which is very likely. Linebacker Eric Kendricks (shoulder) is questionable, but coach Mike McCarthy indicated Kendricks is headed in the right direction to play after missing the Cowboys’ last game.

Cornerback Caelen Carson (shoulder) and linebacker Nick Vigil (foot) are also questionable.

This could be the debut of running back Dalvin Cook, who has been on the practice squad all season. The Cowboys have the worst-ranked rushing offense (77.2 yards per game) and haven’t had a 100-yard rusher in a franchise-record 20 games.

Cook had four consecutive 1,000-yard seasons for the Minnesota Vikings (2019-2022). Rico Dowdle leads the Cowboys in rushing with 246 yards on 54 carries. Ezekiel Elliott has 115 yards on 38 carries.

McCarthy said the Cowboys will use the entire week of practice before making a decision on Cook. The team will practice on Saturday before flying to San Francisco.

‘Dalvin is ready. I really like the work he does,” McCarthy said. “I think he’s clearly crossed the threshold for communication, the understanding and most importantly, just the non-verbal, the visual communication, which is the last point. I think he’s certainly in a position to do that.”