EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Micah Parsons will undergo an MRI on his left ankle Friday after leaving with an injury with 3:30 left to play in the Dallas Cowboys’ 20-15 win over the New York Giants.

“Right now I’m just frozen,” said Parsons, sitting at his locker with his left ankle strapped. ‘I know very little. I have an MRI on Friday and I’m going to try to come back next week.”

Parsons said X-rays taken at MetLife Stadium came back negative. DeMarcus Lawrence suffered a right foot injury in the third quarter and also did not return, but after the game he said everything was fine and not related to the foot surgeries he required earlier in his career. He will also undergo an MRI on Friday.

Parsons was injured rushing the passer from the middle of the Giants line. He was engaged to center John Michael Schmitz Jr. when guard Greg Van Roten fell on the back of Parson’s leg. He was attended to by medical staff before limping to the sideline. Finally he was taken away in a cart to take x-rays.

After the game, he took a golf cart to the team bus.

“He’s a great player. Great playmaker,” quarterback Dak Prescott said. “I don’t watch much, but (he) made a huge run stop there on one of those last possessions. And honestly, I just hope it’s nothing serious. There’s not a lot of doubts or negative thoughts going through my mind , so yeah, I didn’t even want to think about anything important. I hoped that my thoughts were right and that it was something small, good minds.”

The Cowboys were generally in good spirits for the way they started Thursday’s game. They lost consecutive home games to the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens, in which the defense allowed 464 rushing yards.

The Giants had just 26 yards on 24 carries, but Daniel Jones threw for 281 yards and rookie receiver Malik Nabers had 115 yards on 12 catches before leaving the game with a concussion.

Prescott threw two touchdown passes in the first half – one to CeeDee Lamb and the other to Rico Dowdle – and Brandon Aubrey made two of three field goal attempts, including a 60-yarder for the second straight game.

“Winning is always a great thing, especially on the road,” coach Mike McCarthy said. “Road wins are the best. Division matches, you can add another layer to it. So yes, we feel good about what we’ve accomplished, but I think it’s the fourth week in a row that we realize we still have a lot of work to do. .”

The Cowboys will get a 10-day break before taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers on Oct. 6, which could help with Parsons’ recovery depending on the diagnosis.

For Prescott, it was his 13th straight win against the Giants, tying the second-longest winning streak by a quarterback against an opponent.

But he knows there is a big difference between 2-2 and 1-3.

“Huge, especially when you compare it to the alternative. What that would have been like, it was huge,” Prescott said, adding: “It just allows us to build momentum. Played on a number of different teams and some that when you got going It just gets hot. And that’s what this competition is about: getting hot at the right time. That’s why I said it’s about the process, regardless of the results.”