After suffering a 27-26 loss in last year’s season opener against the Cowboys, the Giants ushered in the McAdoo era with an exciting 20-19 win. “We’re focused on everything that’s out in front of us”. “But for us here, we don’t really look at it like we’ve got this young guy out there playing”. We know that Giants were very weak when it comes to defense in the last season, and this might be the ideal game for Dak to start. “We built Victor up to a point where he felt he could play a full game for us”, coach Ben McAdoo said. And he acknowledged it after the game.
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Today’s Dallas Cowboys vs New York Giants football game has a start time schedule of 4:25pm eastern time and airs on TV channel FOX in numerous markets. We needed to see more throws to Dez Bryant, who caught just one pass for 8 yards on five targets, including what was thought to be a 24-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter before instant replay revealed that he didn’t control the catch.
NY squares off against Dallas and rookie quarterback Dak Prescott later today in Arlington, Texas.
Dallas was driving, desperately trying to get into Dan Bailey field goal range, but Terrance Williams made a huge mistake with the clock winding down.
The Cowboys have given Williams every opportunity to flourish in Dallas, and he’s his own worst enemy. “Getting up, that’s when it finally hit me”.
Down 6-0, the Giants went to work on the Cowboys defense on their first drive of the second quarter. NY would keep running the ball up the middle and the defense was nowhere to be found.
That being said, only time will tell how these two teams will fare in the 2016 season. Two ill-fated run plays and clock confusion that saw Manning throw the ball away at a crucial moment forced the Giants to settle for a field goal.
While the Cowboys couldn’t muster up any big plays on offense, the Giants didn’t have the same problem.
But all other things being equal, it’s hard to imagine Prescott and Dez Bryant being able to keep up with the likes of Eli Manning and Odell Beckham Jr. The 15th anniversary of September 11 resonates with Cruz, the son of a 30-year New Jersey fireman who was among the first responders at Ground Zero.
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.
AND ONE MORE ROOKIE: There’s another option brewing for Manning. The Giants held a 23-20 lead and were all the way at the Dallas 4-yard line with under two minutes remaining. “I’m excited just with the way my life is unfolding here”.
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Linehan has to make sure that Prescott’s play at quarterback is the story, not the play-calling.
