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That was a tough loss to suffer for the New York Giants. There are no moral victories in football as the Giants fall to 0-2, but it’s hard not to be excited about the performance after a dismal Week 1 against the Washington Commanders.
This was a WILD game; one that will be remembered indefinitely. Giants totaled 506 yards for the first time in well over a decade.The Giants and Cowboys were heavily penalized. The Giants committed 14 penalties for 160 yards and Dallas 12 for 106 yards. The last time New York had that many offensive yards was 2011 – another game against the Dallas Cowboys. The Giants were the winner of that affair, but they failed to seize victory despite a valiant effort.
Here are the five plays – or sequence of plays – that were noteworthy in the game.
We saw a different Russell Wilson in Week 2. Wilson threw for more yards in the first half than he did in the entire Week 1 loss against Washington. Below is Russell Wilson’s first touchdown as a New York Giant – a 29-yard strike to Malik Nabers:
Nabers got inside of Trevon Diggs (7) and achieved a few vertical steps on the Cowboys’ defender. Wilson hit his back foot, noticed the leverage, and fired the ball high, allowing the star receiver to high point the football for the first touchdown of the Giants’ season. It was imperative for New York to find pay dirt after several trips to the red zone yielding just three points every time this season.
The end of regulation was just insane. Starting from the two-minute warning, right after Dak Prescott converted a fourth-and-three conversion to Jalen Tolbert on a well scooped pass; Dru Phillips did commit a defensive pass interference penalty that was denied, so the Cowboys would have extended their drive, regardless.
The score was 30-27, Giants, and Prescott led the Cowboys down the field in seven plays to score, post the two- minute warning. Prescott picked up 14 yards on a third-and-5 conversion, Javonte Williams had a 13 yard rush two plays later, and then Prescott found Pickens on this 6-yard touchdown with 52 seconds left two plays after that:
In just three plays, the Giants struck back with a 48-yard touchdown to Nabers:
As exciting as this play was to witness, it did leave 27 seconds on the clock for Prescott and the Cowboys, who had all their timeouts and a steel legged kicker; that, plus Shane Bowen, who plays his defense deep, allowed Prescott to connect easily in front of zone defenders to tight end Jake Ferguson for 18 yards.
Ferguson’s catch was followed up by a short Williams run that set up Brandon Aubrey’s 64-yard field goal to tie the game and send it to overtime.
The Giants ended regulation with 503 total offensive yards – they gained...
