“This is a big win for this team and for the guys who were here past year”, he said.
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Well it wasn’t exactly pretty, but the New York Giants were able to outlast the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday en route to a one-point victory. With the win, the Giants snapped their five-game losing streak in season openers. There were some errant throws, but make no mistake: He was far, far better than any of the quarterbacks in 2015 – and that includes Romo, who never really looked right, even before the first time he broke his collarbone. The Cowboys dropped to 1-12 without Tony Romo since their star quarterback went out in Week 2 a year ago with the first of two broken left collarbones. With that said, New York’s 20th point came at the end of a nine-play, 54-yard drive that milked four minutes off the clock.
The Cowboys will now attempt to regroup from this defeat as they’ll travel to Washington next to face yet another NFC East rival, the Redskins at home on Sunday. It will be a real test of the Giants revamped defense after Drew Brees threw for 423 yards and four touchdowns in week 1.
RUSHING_New York, Jennings 18-75, Vereen 6-38.
Dallas was able to control the time of possession as they held onto the ball for 36 minutes.
ANTHEMS: The most visible signs of protest during national anthems played across the league on the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks came from Kansas City cornerback Marcus Peters, who raised a black-gloved fist in a gesture reminiscent of what sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos did at the Olympics in 1968. “Kicking field goals instead of scoring touchdowns oftentimes comes back to haunt you in this league”.
While McAdoo refused to say who would call the plays before the opener, it seemed clear it was him.
Elliott was expected to be a big cog in the attack as the fourth pick out of Ohio State. He averaged under three yards a carry.
Elliott rushed for an eight yard touchdown to give the Cowboys a 16-13 lead in the third quarter. Dez Bryant had only one catch for 8 yards. Nearly every pass attempt was within 15 yards and the Giants eventually picked up on this and slowed the rookie quarterback down.
At the end of the game, the Cowboys were driving and almost were in field goal range but inexplicably Terrance Williams fought for more yards rather than step out of bounds and stop the clock to set-up a long field goal try. But the Cowboys had one more chance to score on a final drive as they had the final possession with 1:05 left on the clock. The game ended on a completion to Terrance Williams, who cut back toward the middle of the field at the Giants 40-yard line.
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“I don’t know, I was just doing my best to put the team in a position to kick field goal”, a solemn Williams said after the game. The Cowboys had the ball in the red zone twice, and close a third time, and they came away with field goals. With the Miami Dolphins then a short week they’ll play the Houston Texans and then they will welcome the Buffalo Bills into Gillette Stadium final again. “They battled all night”. Despite a dropped pass by slot receiver Cole Beasley, which could have been a touchdown, Prescott completed 6 of 7 passes for 49 yards. “We’ve been in that situation a lot”. Manning hit Odell Beckham Jr. for a 45-yard pass down the left sideline to the 15, then found Larry Donnell in the end zone for the score.
