Carlos Nava ESPN Digital Writer November 13, 2023, 12:04 a.m. ETLread: 5 min.
The Keys to NFL Sunday – Week 10
The Browns come back to conquer Baltimore, the Chargers’ defense breaks against the Lions and the 49ers break a losing streak with a dominant victory in Jacksonville.
The Cowboys swept the two-game series against the Cowboys with a score of 89-17 against the New York Giants and are preparing for decisive duels in the NFC Playoff seeding.
The Cowboys swept the series against their division rival by a combined outrageous score of 89-17 in two games, after blanking the Giants 40-0 in Week 1.
The Giants managed to score 17 points against an already relaxed Dallas team that could have won with a more scandalous score if they had not measured their efforts in their attempt to avoid problems.
Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys have looked like one of the best teams in the NFL when they have played at home.Getty Images/Cooper Neill
Yes, in the last quarter, the Cowboys (6-3) left a good part of the starters on the bench who had already done their job on offense and defense and in the little special teams activity they had. In fact, field goal kicker Brandon Aubrey got tired of scoring extra points.
It is the first time this season that the Cowboys did not need a field goal attempt in a game.
“And we’re not even satisfied with this, I promise you,” Dak Prescott said after the game. “Obviously, we wanted to win for the second time this season (against the Giants), we know their limitations. Unfortunately for them, they have had a lot of problems, including injuries. “We are aware of everything.”
On offense, the Cowboys are clearly improving each week, although this time it was against a limited New York defense that allowed 641 total yards, the second most generated by Dallas in franchise history.
Prescott scored five touchdowns, four passing and one rushing, and most importantly, he finally threw the ball consistently to Brandin Cooks, who had one of his best days in his 10 years in the NFL and the best since signing with Dallas.
Cooks had nine receptions for 173 yards with one touchdown. Before this Sunday, he had 26 completions in the previous eight games combined. CeeDee Lamb had another great game, as seems usual, the third in a row with at least 10 receptions (11) and 150 yards (151).
In the first three quarters of the game, Prescott threw for 404 yards to record his third game with at least 300 yards and completed 74 percent of his passes, despite having one interception.
Overall, the offense already surpassed 300 total yards, including more than 100 rushing, in the first half of the game.
“We wanted to be aggressive from the beginning. When you have two receivers like those (Cooks and Lamb), many things are less complicated,” said Mike McCarthy, coach of the Cowboys, after the victory. “Today (Sunday) the game plan worked, because they were able to execute it.”
The defense was very little demanded by a New York attack that showed a lack of rhythm and talent in almost all positions. In his first game as a starter in the NFL, quarterback Tommy DeVito completed 14 passes for 86 yards, leading the Giants to 16 first and 10, none on third down, conversions that Dallas largely allowed in the fourth quarter already with substitutes on the field.
Cornerback DaRon Bland intercepted his fifth pass of the season to become the second player in Cowboys history with at least five interceptions in his first two seasons. The other was Everson Walls.
It could have been as big a blowout as the 93,338 people who paid tickets to fill the stadium, but the Cowboys didn’t want to risk injuries and perhaps even forgave the Giants (2-8), whom they have beaten in 13 of their last 14 games. and 12 in a row with Prescott as quarterback.
“Getting beat like this sucks,” lamented Saquon Barkley, who rushed 13 times for 66 yards for the Giants. “I don’t think there is more or less, because they are the Dallas Cowboys. Whatever the name of the team, it’s embarrassing to be beaten like that.”
In any case, the Cowboys are aware that the duel against the Giants was one of procedures to try to forget, even temporarily, the losses against the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles, the two teams with which it seems that They will have to fight for the top of the NFC.
“We did what we were supposed to do. We can play good football in the future and hopefully, we will when we face Philadelphia (again),” said Jerry Jones, owner and general manager of the Cowboys. “Actually, I have all the respect in the world for the team we have at the top of the standings, but if we do what we did today (Sunday) for four periods, a lot of things will take care of themselves.”
2023-11-13 05:04:00
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