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The Big Blue View staff is split on whether or not the New York Giants will end their season by defeating the Dallas Cowboys, potentially costing themselves a handful of spots in the 2026 NFL Draft order. Below, check out all of our picks for the final weekend of the 2025-26 NFL regular season.
I’ll say this one last time this year: This is a game the Giants absolutely can win, I just don’t know if they will.
The Giants’ defense has been playing much better of late, and are 5th in the NFL in defensive EPA per play over the last three weeks. Granted, the Max Brosmer Vikings and Raiders are hardly intimidating offenses, but that doesn’t change the fact that the defense has played far better over the last few weeks than they have throughout the year. Communication, discipline, effort, and execution have all been trending up. I’m just not sure it’s enough against one of the best offenses in the NFL. The Giants will need Brian Burns and Abdul Carter to take over the game, and for the secondary to give them enough time to do so. On the offensive side, the Giants will need to let Jaxson Dart play, and for their skill position players to not force him to feel like he needs to win the game himself. I also have some real concerns with the offensive line without Andrew Thomas and John Michael Schmitz against a defensive front with Quinnen Williams in the middle.
Ultimately, I think the Giants give the Cowboys everything they can handle, but they don’t have the offensive firepower to keep up with Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, and George Pickens.
Winner: Cowboys
This is a meaningless game for both teams. The only motivation for the Cowboys to win is avoiding a losing season. For the Giants, Mike Kafka wants to go out on a high note after finally winning one, and some players may be playing for their 2026 employment. I believe the Giants will play hard, and I’m sure Jaxson Dart wants another win. We do have a book on meaningless Giants final games. In 2022 a good Giants team sat its starters and Davis Webb almost beat an Eagles team that needed the win for playoff seeding. In 2023 Tyrod Taylor picked apart an Eagles team that had made the playoffs but was spiraling downward. In 2024 Drew Lock couldn’t beat an Eagles team that sat its starters and played Tanner McKee at QB. Scorecard: One viable Giants QB in three games, one win in three games.
With Dante Moore and Ty Simpson playing on Jan. 1 like they need to go back to college for another year, the Giant fan’s hope of a trade-down is more or less already dead. My best guess is that Prescott only plays a half, Dart plays the whole game, and the Giants win and drop to No. 6 or 7 in the draft order, their...
