Dak Prescott threw certainly one of his two landing passes to CeeDee Lamb and the Dallas Cowboys taunted the Giants but once more, successful 20-15 on Thursday evening for his or her seventh straight victory over New York and 14th in 15 video games.
Prescott, who has received his final 13 begins in opposition to the Giants, hit operating again Rico Dowdle on a 15-yard display screen go for a landing to place Dallas forward within the first quarter. He then discovered Lamb for a 55-yard catch-and-run TD on a play that ended with the receiver being referred to as for taunting.
Lamb slipped previous two defenders and trotted into the tip zone. He then fired the ball of their route and flexed his muscular tissues, drawing an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty.
Prescott completed 22 of 27 for 221 yards, whereas Lamb had seven catches for 98 yards.
Brandon Aubrey kicked discipline targets of 60 and 40 yards for Dallas (2-2), who got here into the sport with main issues after being completely overwhelmed at dwelling by New Orleans and Baltimore. A brand new problem for the Cowboys is an obvious leg damage to star go rusher Micah Parsons, who was carted off the sector within the fourth quarter.
Greg Joseph kicked discipline targets of 52, 41, 38, 22 and 42 for the Giants (1-3), who managed the ball for 35:37 however failed to attain a landing at dwelling for the second straight sport. That they had two discipline targets in a 28-6 loss to Minnesota of their opener.
What harm New York was its incapability to run in opposition to the league’s worst rush protection. Dallas been giving up a median of 185.7 yards, nevertheless it held the Giants to 26 yards on 24 carries, a 1.1-yard common.
Daniel Jones’ arm saved this one shut. He accomplished 29 of 40 passes for 281 yards, discovering sensational rookie Malik Nabers 12 occasions for 115 yards and Wan’Dale Robinson 11 occasions for 71 yards. However the one factor he couldn’t discover was the tip zone.
Nabers left late within the sport with a concussion. Jones threw an interception on the Giants’ remaining collection after Aubrey missed a 51-yard discipline objective attempt – his first profession miss from over 50 yards – to provide New York one slim final shot.
If there was a shiny spot for the Giants, they have been no less than aggressive in opposition to a bitter rival. They misplaced final yr’s two video games by an 89-17 margin.
