BY MARK HALPERN
It’s hard to fathom that the Dallas Cowboys have the same record as their long-heated rival the New York Giants. There is no secret love loss these two teams have for each other. The Cowboys and Giants both sit at 1-2 on the season. If asked before the season that at any point the Cowboys and Giants would have the same record, I’d call you a liar.
The Cowboys are headed to MetLife Stadium on Thursday night. The Giants are coming off their first win of the season. An impressive game against the Cleveland Browns this past Sunday. The Cowboys were handed their second straight loss (In a game they should have won) to the now 1-2 Baltimore Ravens. The real question becomes what has to change and will it change?
The Cowboys have a chance to get their team back on the right track and not coming out and trying to make sure you have a balanced attack cause Dallas doesn’t. I still love that Zeke Elliot is back and I hope he hangs it up after the year because there will be no room for him. The Cowboys need to throw the playbook out the window and look at this as an opportunity as a get right game. The Cowboys need to come out and put up 40 points at least while not giving up 41. The Cowboys Offense has been the same old story, now they need to unleash Dak. This team has to see the fun side of football right now because the Dark Shroud is starting to show its ugly face. It’s three games into the season and the Cowboys are 1-2 and to me that is unacceptable. Especially when their two losses look eerily similar to the loss to the Packers in the wild card game. Prescott needs to put up the same type of numbers as he did last week but, with 5 touchdowns to go along with it. Rico and Deuce should be running the ball and Zeke be a receiving back more and be used on those third and short or goal line opportunity. Cee Dee Lamb has a chance to easily go over 100 yards with a TD and so does Jalen Tolbert as he has become a very good deep threat with his speed and route running. Montgomery and Cooks stats could get padded a bit as well.
In my opinion the defense has the perfect opportunity to get their footing back when playing this one-dimensional rival. Pressure Daniel Jones on all four downs and don’t let him get any view of Malik Nabers cause this kid is special. We will se Trevon Diggs matched up with Nabers all night and I am sure it will be a big feature point if Jones can even get the ball towards him.
This game is personal for the Cowboys because they were embarrassed back to back weeks at home. Now they go up against a team that they are clearly more talented than, and last year they blew the Giants out twice. If the Cowboys lose this game, the pressure cooker goes way up on Mike McCarthy.
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