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On the first play of the second quarter Dak Prescott was sacked on 3rd and 7 which forced Dallas to punt. Not ideal.
Thankfully the Cowboys were able to force a quick punt to get the ball back. It is strange to say, but it felt pretty impressive that they were only down by six at this point what with everything involved.
Dallas showed signs of life on their next offensive drive. Javonte Williams began to move on the ground and Prescott found CeeDee Lamb for the first time through the air. Dak went airborne shortly after in the name of George Pickens in the endzone, but ultimately they couldn’t connect. What’s more is that Dak was sacked on third down again and Dallas had to settle for a 51-yard Brandon Aubrey field goal to make it 6-3.
The Giants proved pretty quickly that this would not be an easy day at the office for the Cowboys. As Russell Wilson began to find himself, he found Malik Nabers for quite the touchdown to give the Giants a 13-3 lead.
Thankfully the Cowboys offense was up for the challenge. Dak and Co. were in the redzone pretty quickly and George Pickens was a big reason why.
After a penalty kept Dallas’ drive alive near the goal line things got particularly wild from a penalty perspective. On 3rd and 9 the Giants were called for too many men on the field, roughing the passer, AND pass interference on the play in question. Unfortunately CeeDee Lamb was called for unsportsmanlike conduct as a result of taunting which made everything offset.
Nevertheless… Dak Prescott found KaVontae Turpin for the touchdown to make sure Dallas cashed in! The touchdown cut the Giants lead to 13-10.
The Cowboys defense decided it was time to get in on the fun and it was Kenny Clark who specifically did so with a sack of Russell Wilson. New York punted to set Dallas up with about 100 seconds to go with no timeouts before halftime.
Dallas got to about midfield and faced a long third down with under 20 seconds to go. Prescott hit Jake Ferguson for a short completion, but he was not able to get out of bounds and the half ended abruptly.
The Cowboys won the opening coin toss and chose to defer which put the Giants at work right away.
It was a strange possession to start a game. This was the case because the Giants had an extreme number of penalties going on. It was comical.
New York wound up in a 3rd and 25 situation from around midfield at one point because of them and actually pulled it off thanks to a 50-yard completion from Russell Wilson to Wandale Robinson.
They stalled a bit more though, partly thanks to more penalties, and settled for an opening field goal. All told the Giants gained 110 net yards thanks to 60 penalty yards. This was all on the first...
