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The New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys played one of the more exciting games in recent Giants’ history ion Sunday. However, the ending was crushing. The overtime game saw 41 points scored in the fourth quarter, as Dak Prescott and Russell Wilson “cooked.” A 64-yard Brandon Aubrey field goal sent this game to overtime after Wilson connected on a 48-yard touchdown bomb to Malik Nabers, which was after a short George Pickens touchdown that happened just after the two-minute warning.
Both teams were heavily penalized. The Giants committed 14 penalties for 160 yards, and Dallas committed 12 for 106 yards. New York went over 500 total offensive yards for the first time since 2011 – another game against the Dallas Cowboys. The Giants were the winners of that affair, but they failed to seize victory despite a valiant effort.
Here are the instant position-by-position grades.
Quarterback
This was a completely different Wilson than we saw in Week 1 against Washington – thankfully! Wilson finished the first half 17 of 20 for 235 yards with one touchdown. Wilson finished the game with 450 yards passing and 3 touchdowns. A Giants’ quarterback hasn’t gone north of 385 yards since Eli Manning against the Buccaneers in 2012.
He was dialing up explosive plays and deep shots; it was sensational, until it wasn’t. On the Giants’ final possession, Wilson threw a bone-headed interception that set up Brandon Aubrey’s game-deciding field goal as time expired in overtime. Wilson also had a devastating throw/fumble that set up a third-and-17 on the Giants’ first possession of overtime. Nevertheless, Wilson alleviated the noise calling for his job with a career outing that will be marred by late mistakes.
Jaxson Dart saw a handful of snaps in zone read situations. He had -3 rushing yards, but did get an assist on Skattebo’s 24-yard scamper that set up a touchdown.
Grade: A
Running Back
Rookie Cam Skattebo was much more involved in Week 2 and Devin Singletary received the first rep of the game.The rookie running back’s 24-yard burst set up the Giants’ first red zone touchdown of the season — a score he also finished off himself. Skattebo looked good, albeit the drop on fourth-and-2 was a rough one. Tyrone Tracy Jr. was still involved, but not nearly to the same degree as he was in Week 1.
Skattebo finished with 11 carries for 45 yards and Tracy five for 15 yards. Singletary had just one carry in the game (the first) and one catch that lost 4 yards. Tracy caught four balls for 34 yards, and Skattebo two for 14 yards.
Grade: B
Wide Receiver
Wan’Dale Robinson was the catalyst to the Giants offense, especially in the middle of the field. He caught eight of ten targets for 142 yards with multiple explosive plays between the hashes. Robinson’s late 33-yard touchdown gave the Giants the lead vs. Cover-3. We spoke often about Robinson’s deep usage through training camp – it was on full display against Dallas. Wilson is...
