The Cowboys have always targeted the October 30 game against the Philadelphia Eagles after the bye for Romo’s return, sidelining him for six games.
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Prescott enters the game as the preseason champion of all quarterbacks after a sensational performance in each game he played. “Wouldn’t have expected for it to happen this early, but it did unfortunately”, Prescott said.
Eli Manning, a senior associate director of MPA along with his brothers Peyton and Cooper, will make his 195th consecutive start for the Giants.
Things will obviously become more hard for them during the regular season as opponents put more effort into game planning, but the Dallas Cowboys and their head coach, Jason Garrett, remain wary of Big Blue’s potential.
“Given what the injury is and the progress he’s made, we feel like at this point we don’t want to do that”.
The New York Giants come off of a disappointing 2015 campaign that saw the G-men finish a disappointing 6-10, losing 6 of their last 7 games to finish the season.
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The Dallas Cowboys are about to do what they have only done three other times in franchise history, start a rookie quarterback in the season opener. Sean Lee has 12 interceptions since entering National Football League in 2010, most among LBs despite missing 36 games because of injuries. Randy Bullock will handle kicking duties Week 1 with Brown out. The Giants and their fans are writing this off stating that many players look good in the preseason, only for it not to translate when the starters take the field. He played 19 total games for Miami in two seasons, registering two career sacks. Prescott has the benefit of playing behind one of the league’s best offensive lines and has playmakers Ezekiel Elliott, Dez Bryant and Cole Beasley at his disposal. At 220 pounds, Elliott runs with power that surprised some opponents this preseason – including members of the Seattle Seahawks’ vaunted Legion of Boom secondary – but his open-field speed surprised some of his own teammates. Dallas is also without their running back Darren McFadden. “We don’t want to eliminate him from eight weeks of our schedule”, said Garrett. “Again, his focus, and our focus, is on the Giants”. But the Cowboys need him to be reliable, and are planning on just that Sunday. “Initially, when he had the injury he was pretty immobilized and over the course of the last week or so I just think he’s gotten better and better and better”.
