For the 2nd straight time playing from MetLife Stadium, the Dallas Cowboys defense held the home group New York Giants without a goal in their own arena. It might not have actually been almost as remarkable as the 40-0 season opening win on a Sunday night from a year back, an early declaration from Dallas that they might be a hazardous group as soon as again – and kind of declaration this present Cowboys group is still looking for through 4 weeks – however there were still a lot of things the Cowboys discovered a method to do right in the video game’s most significant minutes to ditch out a win 20-15.
Mike Zimmer’s defense discovered a method with practice team call-ups like Amani Oruwariye seeing the field for the very first time, the freshly re-signed Carlos Watkins currently being tossed into the defensive take on rotation, and with Trevon Diggs, DeMarcus Lawrence and Micah Parsons leaving the field with injuries at various times. For a defense that had actually been truly slammed for barely providing this group an opportunity in their very first 2 home video games of the season, being the driver for a roadway win entering into a 10 day break is something for this group to possibly begin constructing on.
The defense took a look at it’s best when the Cowboys offense had the ability to discover simply enough traction to take their very first lead in a video game considering that Week 1. The Cowboys required Daniel Jones and the Giants to regularly take the long method down the field, with all however among New York’s scoring drives taking 10 plays or more. The Giants got as close as the Cowboys’ three-yard line, and within their 25 3 other times, however never ever got the ball into completion zone.
The Cowboys offense never ever worried at the truth the Giants eventually won the time of ownership by over 10 minutes, not requiring the ball downfield with low portion tosses and rather discovering more imaginative methods for Dak Prescott to help with the ball to 7 various receivers at an 81.5% conclusion portion.
Understanding this video game on a brief week would likely boil down to which group’s stars might affect the video game the most however, CeeDee Lamb and Jake Ferguson blazed a trail with a combined 14 catches on 15 targets, representing 63% of Prescott’s conclusions and 147 of his 221 lawns. Lamb likewise produced the group’s longest run of the night for 10 backyards, however Rico Dowdle was the leading alternative out of the backfield with 11 brings for 46 backyards. Dowdle likewise put the Cowboys ahead 7-3 with a getting goal in the very first quarter, taking a screen pass 15 lawns to paydirt.
No matter how the Cowboys got in the win column in New Jersey on Thursday, there was no possible method for this group to address all the concerns circling around Mike McCarthy’s team after 2 straight uneven losses. The just crucial thing is that they did undoubtedly win, and now can continue responding to these concerns with a steady 2-2 record rather than a possibly dreadful 1-3,