Rain wasn’t the one factor that poured on the New York Giants Sunday evening.
Dallas Cowboys operating again Tony Pollard jogged into the endzone on a one-yard landing run. Jogged. The scoreboard ballooned to 33-0 within the third quarter at MetLife Stadium.
It ended 40-0.
New York simply had no reply offensively, which gave Dallas an ideal platform to capitalize with straightforward factors that elevated the hole.
Let’s dive into the evaluation in additional depth with 5 takeaways:
A one-play momentum changer
New York began with the ball and drove 48 yards down the sphere in 11 performs (the final was a fumbled snap on third down that misplaced yards) that consumed seven minutes off the clock. Till the mishap, the Giants had been coordinated and assured. Then Graham Gano’s ensuing area objective try was blocked and returned 58 yards for a landing by Noah Igbinoghene.
New York by no means appeared coordinated and assured once more. And Dallas by no means appeared again.
Daniel Jones suffers in forgettable evening
Jones signed a four-year, $160 million contract with the Giants this previous offseason. That equals to $40 million a yr. He completed the sport with 104 passing yards on 15-for-28 completions, no touchdowns and two picks. He was sacked seven occasions and added 43 dashing yards on 13 makes an attempt. That is not what a $40 million participant ought to present.
After all, the climate and poor offensive line play weren’t optimum for Jones’ sake, however these indicators had been discernible in earlier seasons until he made noteworthy enhancements as a pocket passer. That did not appear to be the case in Week 1.
Submit-Ezekiel Elliott life begins sturdy for Dallas
For the primary time since 2016, Dallas began a sport with out Elliott within the backfield. It was time to maneuver on in any case, they usually did not miss a beat with Tony Pollard, Rico Dowdle and KaVontae Turpin getting it performed of their respective methods. Pollard, specifically, appeared sharp together with his 70 yards on 14 carries and two touchdowns. Turpin added a dashing landing as nicely.
Their manufacturing made the evening that a lot simpler for Dak Prescott, who did not stand out statistically — 143 yards on 13-for-24 passing, no touchdowns and no picks — but in addition did not have to.
Giants’ lack of WR high quality on show
New York made the playoffs final season with Darius Slayton as its best wideout. Slayton posted 46 catches for 724 yards and two touchdowns in 16 video games. The Giants merely wanted extra to achieve the following degree, however this loss turned fairly evident they could regress.
Darren Waller led within the receiving division on the evening, however none of that influenced the sport considerably. He had three catches for 36 yards, with the following highest being Isaiah Hodgins with one catch for twenty-four yards. Yeah, that is merely not adequate.
Cowboys’ stellar protection seems Tremendous Bowl-level
Defenses win championships, and Dallas appears to own a succesful unit. New York’s offensive line did not precisely provide any resistance to the Cowboys’ stress, however seven sacks and 11 QB hits is nothing to gloss over. To not point out the numerous occasions they knocked out the ball from New York’s arms, even when they did not get well the fumble in moist circumstances.
Dallas additionally had eight passes defended, with Stephon Gilmore accounting for 3 by himself. Once more, the Cowboys did not have a lot to defend and the true assessments will come later, but it surely’s a promising signal for defensive coordinator Dan Quinn.
