For those who thought the Cowboys would transition seamlessly from the Romo era to the Prescott era, Sunday’s loss to the Giants was a reminder that Romo had/has the type of field-stretching ability that Prescott will need to exhibit to open up more running lanes for Elliott (20 carries for 51 yards). As they chipped their way down to the Giants 40-yard line, Cowboys wideout Terrance Williams didn’t have the presence of mind to run out of bounds after a 14-yard catch to stop the game clock.
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Even though the Dallas Cowboys lost its opening game to the New York Giants 20-19, it was hard not to be impressed by the play of Dak Prescott. “And now that I have a chance to just sit back and think on it, I should have just gone out of bounds”. “We’re focused on everything that’s out in front of us”. “We’ll learn from it”.
“The sun’s been there for five billion years and it’ll be there for five billion more”, Garrett said on Monday. Cole Beasley was seemingly targeted on every other play. And he acknowledged it after the game. In the end, trying to tie the game with the clock running down, Williams forgot he needs to step out of bounds.
Dallas got the ball with around 11 minutes left in the fourth quarter up six points in position to put the game out of reach. Dan Bailey is great, and had already nailed kicks of 56 and 54 yards earlier on Sunday. “Some plays I want to re-do, I guess you could say, but for the most part I felt like I prepared”.
Mississippi State alum, Dak Prescott stepped in as a starter for his first National Football League game.
Garett will still rely on Prescott steering the Cowboys’ attack, but is waiting for Romo’s return to fully make the Cowboys’ offense as potent as it should be, and they are seeing Romo getting his spot back by Week 7.
REINFORCEMENTS: The opener brightened the outlook for the NY defense after its overhaul in free agency. Jason Pierre-Paul wore down right tackle Doug Free, and La’el Collins was a sieve, constantly allowing Olivier Vernon into the backfield. Randy Bullock nailed the PAT, and NY led 7-6.
Believe it or not, Williams said he was thinking when he caught the pass.
AND ONE MORE ROOKIE: There’s another option brewing for Manning. The rookie No. 4 overall pick also tallied just one catch for a single yard.
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Cruz’s first catch was a simple 5-yarder just before the 2-minute warning in the first half, then he had a 23-yarder on the same drive to put the Giants in position for rookie Sterling Shepard’s first touchdown to put NY up 13-9 at halftime. “Really disappointing. We know we can’t play, we can’t play to that”.
