The New York Giants ended their 28-20 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night by kneeling on the football three times as the clock ran out.
It's called the victory formation, in case you've forgotten. The Giants and their fans haven't seen that very often in the past decade or so, as they've lost nearly 70 percent of their games since 2018.
But on Sunday, they were physically dominant against the Cowboys, a team they had lost 16 of their last 18 meetings to. It was a sight for sore eyes for Giants fans.
Dallas had just two possessions in the second half. That's nearly unheard of in the NFL in this day and age. They scored touchdowns on both, but the Giants instituted a throwback style of football by playing keepaway at the end of the game
to secure the victory.
Unlike 2025, when they blew five fourth-quarter leads, the Giants were strong at the end of the game. You can thank the tough training camp and offseason program installed by new head coach John Harbaugh for that.
From Bridget Reilly of The New York Post:
By the end, it was clear to the Giants that they were putting the Cowboys on the ropes.
At the end of the day, Big Blue wasn’t “tired” as right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor said.
Dallas sure was.
“At the end of the fourth quarter, they had to huddle up. When you see a team huddle up, that’s when you know you are breaking them,” Eluemunor said following the Giants’ 28-20 win over the Cowboys on “Sunday Night Football” at MetLife Stadium. “I can’t tell you how many times they rotated their D-line. They just broke in the fourth quarter.”
“We could’ve played another two or three quarters,” he added. “They were ready to go home.”
Finally, it's the Giants who are dictating terms out on the field for once. They are now the physical bully that steps on the necks of opponents in the fourth quarter to close out games.
This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: Giants' Jermaine Eluemunor: Cowboys 'just broke' in fourth quarter
