Last year, on both occasions when the Cowboys and Giants played each other, it was no contest. However, New York gave Dallas all they could handle in a tightly contested Thursday night divisional matchup. Unfortunately, they came up short and dropped to 1-3 on the season as Dallas held on for a 20-15 win.
The Giants played well but could only manage five Greg Joseph field goals as they trailed 17-15 midway through the fourth quarter. Dak Prescott had thrown touchdowns of 15 yards to Rico Dowdle and 55 yards to CeeDee Lamb in the first half as Dallas looked to take control.
After another Dallas field goal, the Giants got the ball back with seven minutes remaining as they trailed 20-15, but they turned the ball over on downs near midfield with 3:21 remaining. After Brandon Aubrey had an uncharacteristically missed field goal, the Giants got the ball back at their own 40 with 28 seconds left and no timeouts but could not pull off a miracle.
Lamb was matched up with Giants cornerback Deonte Banks and gave the youngster all he could handle in a six catch, 94 yards first half performance. However, he had just one catch for four yards after halftime.
For New York, quarterback Daniel Jones had a big game as he passed for 281 yards, with Malik Nabers (12 catches, 115 yards) and Wan’Dale Robinson (11 catches, 71 yards) being his primary targets. Nabers left the game due to a fourth-quarter concussion, though.
Here are the takeaways…
-The Giants’ offense looked really good moving up and down the field with good rhythm and tempo as once again Jones got off to an efficient start. Having completed 20 of his first 22 passes on Sunday, Jones completed 19 of his first 22 on Thursday night – and two of the three incompletions were drops. However, their inability to convert long drives into touchdowns was a key factor.
-Just as big of a factor were the errors that enabled the Cowboys to achieve what the Giants couldn’t and turn their two first-half scoring drives into touchdowns….
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Author : SNY
Publish date : 2024-09-27 03:30:17
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