Before getting into anything else, it should be said that the Dallas Cowboys got thoroughly worked by the New York Giants on Sunday night. They deserved the 28-20 win as they outplayed the Cowboys in almost every way.
The trio of Jaxson Dart, Cam Skattebo and Isiah Likely tortured Dallas all night. John Harbaugh has the G-men playing ball again. The NFC should take note.
But the game didn’t really have to go that way. There was a moment in time when the Cowboys could have seized control. Right around
the two-minute warning to end the first half, the Cowboys recovered a fumble at their own 16-yard line, preventing a score and giving themselves a chance to break a 7-7 tie.
The Giants had controlled the early part of the game, but Dallas was back in it with a chance to take the lead heading into halftime.
Then the mistakes started to happen. First, Dak Prescott dropped a dime on George Pickens deep into the Giants secondary, but Pickens dropped it. Then, facing a third down, Dak made a huge error. He decided to launch a desperation heave to save a sack, but instead of getting it out of bounds, he threw an interception. New York took over with 58 seconds left before the half at the 45-yard line.
Then the defense just fell apart. It took the Giants 29 seconds to cover 55 yards and score a touchdown. 29 seconds.
The Giants went into halftime leading 14-7. They got the second half kickoff, drove that for a touchdown and it Dallas was in catch up mode the rest of the way. They never caught up.
