Despite the Cowboys’ frightful record without Romo, they really shouldn’t rush his return to game action from a back injury suffered in the preseason. In a game that was dominated by the Dallas Cowboys as far as time-of-possession, the Giants were able to pull through on the back of quarterback Eli Manning who threw for three touchdown passes.
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A year after the New York Giants gifted the Dallas Cowboys a Week 1 victory in the form of repeated clock-management blunders, their NFC East rival returned the favor on Sunday.
That was one of the Dallas’ problems on offense, though. Quarterback Dak Prescott hit Williams along the sidelines for a 14-yard gain.
The teams have split their season series each of the last two seasons, as the Redskins lost an early December matchup to the Cowboys a year ago – Washington’s last regular season loss during the season – before defeating Dallas 34-23 on January 3. with the division already secured.
Prescott and the Cowboys will get their second chance at a win this Sunday at noon against the Washington Redskins. The 36-year-old is likely to miss at least another month after breaking a bone in his back in the preseason. “He felt he was covered, saw me moving around the pocket and found the open window”. But you’ve got to start somewhere and all we can do is get better from here. Couches and recliners are filled with want-to-be superstars and coaches that in most cases could not run a 40 yard dash, much less play football at the highest level in the world. A receiver like Bryant has to make that catch, and he just did not according to the rules.
“I was disappointed near the end that we didn’t get them out”. They converted on 10 of 17 third-down opportunities. “We’ll continue to attack Dez and go after them in those coverages when they give them to us”. Williams is a convenient scapegoat, but the real failure was in Dallas’ play calling. “We just have to score touchdowns down there in the red zone”. The Cowboys had stopped the Giants four straight times before the decisive drive that started near midfield.
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The end result? One catch (five targets) and eight yards for Bayless’ “unstoppable and unguardable” wide receiver. The game ended at the NY 40 with Prescott unable to get a snap before time expired. Here are some things that hurt the Cowboys in that loss that should have not happened. “I’m still replaying the game in my head”, McAdoo said inside AT&T Stadium, the noise of his happy locker room playing in the background.
