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The Dallas Cowboys play their first home game of the season on Sunday afternoon, remaining in NFC East play for the second week in a row by hosting the New York Giants. Both teams come in having dropped their season opener, but the perception around both 0-1 teams could not be more different.
The Cowboys impressed a national audience on the Thursday night opener by going blow for blow with the Philadelphia Eagles, falling just short 24-20. The Giants did no such thing, failing to score a touchdown in Russell Wilson’s first start, and losing 21-6 at the Washington Commanders. Already, this feels like an early season meeting of two familiar teams where both sides are trending in opposite directions, but both will also have the chance to send their rival to 0-2.
The Cowboys have not been 0-2 since 2010, but it is a much more familiar place to be for the desperate Giants team Dallas will host in week two. The Giants lost their first two games last season under Brian Daboll, and doing so again would be just the latest thing working against a coach firmly on the hot seat with a difficult decision to make at quarterback looming.
The Cowboys are going to get whatever the best shot from the Giants looks like in this game, in what could very well be the last meeting between Wilson and Cowboys QB Dak Prescott. Wilson’s ineffectiveness in week one has stoked interest in the Giants switching to first round pick Jaxson Dart at QB much earlier than expected. Wilson has been successful against Prescott in his career, but Prescott has also been stellar against the Giants with 13 straight wins. It will be interesting to find out which trend becomes more meaningful on Sunday in the Cowboys’ quest to get Brian Schottenheimer his first head coaching win.
What does the clearest path to victory look like for the Cowboys, and where can Giants fans find hope for their first win at AT&T Stadium since 2016? Welcome back to our weekly win/loss scenarios.
Prescott’s 2024 season might as well be remembered as a complete wash, but the fact still remains he did start eight games, winning just three of them. So many things were broken in and around the team a season ago that the reigning 2023 MVP candidate never remotely looked like himself, even before injury. Still, one of Prescott’s wins came on the road at the Giants. Since his rookie season, the Cowboys’ franchise quarterback simply does not know how to lose to the Giants.
The road back for Prescott to reassert himself as one of the game’s top passers is a long one, but got off to a strong start in Philly. The Cowboys offense, as promised by Schotty, looked way more modernized around Dak with shifts, motions, and play-action. The...
