“We just have to score touchdowns down there in the red zone”.
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POWER PAIR: Watch out for New York’s receiving corp. He only ran twice for 12 yards. Second-round pick Sterling Shepard had the most athletic catch for the Giants, a leaping grab over rookie Dallas cornerback Anthony Brown for a 13-9 lead just before halftime.
The Giants’ 2016 season opener against the Cowboys was setting up to be eerily reminiscent of the Giants’ 2015 season opener against the Cowboys, when Dallas capitalized on New York’s sloppy fourth quarter – including iffy play calling, clock mismanagement and ole defense – to deliver a groin punch loss to the G-men, a defeat that set the tone for their entire 2015 season. If he would have gotten out of bounds this would have set up about a 63 yard field goal which I think that Bailey would have been able to hit. “You know it is what it is, there’s nothing we can do about it”.
Especially when it was so similar to the 12 from last season.
But he said that didn’t occur to him as he celebrated with teammates after his first TD since Week 3 in 2014 – his only score that season. Not only did Elliott get 20 carries, but backup Alfred Morris got seven carries and Dak Prescott even got a couple of carries on his own. But the Giants got conservative after the break, which played a role in the team going scoreless for the first 24 minutes of the second half.
But today, McAdoo was looking for what went wrong, as his team returns home to play the Saints on Sunday, so there’s no time to celebrate. And he had a front row seat for his first live salsa, taking a knee to soak in Cruz’s celebration.
Prescott completed 25 of 45 passes for 227 yards but didn’t throw a touchdown pass and was unable to get the Cowboys in the end zone with consistency.
The Giants are coming off a confidence bolstering win against a hated divisional rival, and they are facing a saints team that seems to enjoy burying themselves in a hole these past few years. “It feels great for me, so I can only imagine what it feels like for him”. As NJ.com reports, Manning recorded three touchdown passes including what ended up being the game winning touchdown pass to newly returned Victor Cruz.
One thing stood out yesterday, this crowd of more than 100,000 was loud. I’m just so excited for him from the standpoint that it’s been a long time for him.
Bryant did have a catch that was almost a touchdown, but replay caused it to be overturned.
It was Manning who presented McAdoo with the game ball in recognition of the 39-year-old’s his first career win as a head coach, one in which he continued to call the offensive plays as well. Manning’s throw was beyond the reach of diving linebacker Justin Durant.
“We played really well at times and not good enough at times”, Newhouse said of Sunday’s performance.
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And it’s a lot more than that.
