On the following possession, the Giants marched down to field to put seven on the board to go up 20-19. On balls over 20 yards, he completed just 2 of 10 passes. But with no timeouts left, the Cowboys needed Williams to get out of bounds as quickly as possible in order to stop the clock and set up a potential field goal. The Cowboys expect him to be able to go Sunday at Washington.
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One positive for this team was the kicking of Dan Bailey, who was ideal on his four field goal attempts and his one extra point attempt. It was Cruz’s first game in almost two years because of injuries. I can not recall any passing game that went down the field, most passes were check downs to Tight-end Jason Witten or a running back circle out of the backfield. It’s a minus, [but it’s a] good job, good touchdown. “The most exciting part of the game might’ve been the return of Victor Cruz’s salsa dance”.
Bailey nearly got one more chance to win it. Prescott completed two passes to get Dallas to its 46 with 35 seconds left.
And then, time ran out on the Cowboys. After an incompletion stopped the clock with 12 seconds remaining, Prescott hit Terrance Williams.
Williams had a chance to get out of bounds on a 14-yard completion to the NY 40 but chose to go upfield rather than race to the sideline with about 7 seconds left.
Even with the conservative game plan and offense, Prescott still had a chance to win the game. “I don’t want it to end”.
“I was excited for him”, Manning said. “I’d rather it be in my hands than their hands with that time on the clock”. Here is a look at what the experts around the league are saying about the Giants, who picked up their first Week 1 win since 2010.
Witten, along with slot receiver Cole Beasley, played the role of security blanket for Prescott against the Giants.
The Star-Telegram reports that could be as soon as the October 16 game against the Packers, although a more realistic target would be the October 30 game against the Eagles. “And now that I have a chance to just sit back and think on it, I should have just gone out of bounds”. “Everybody is just pulling for me each and every day, each and every week as we got closer and closer to Week 1”.
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“Yeah, I really know we’re better than a year ago relative to our receiving group”, Jones said. He had good communication in the huddle, good execution. From today forward he will be facing the “ones” from each team that the Cowboys play, and it they will now be playing for keeps.
