ARLINGTON, Texas — Undermanned? Positively.
Undeterred? Positively.
Finally profitable? Positively not.
The depleted Giants gave it a shot Thursday however there could be no pleased Thanksgiving for them. They battled as exhausting as they may and took a 13-7 lead into halftime however didn't have sufficient on both facet of the ball to carry off the mistake-prone Cowboys. The second half may very well be entitled Domination Dallas because the Giants wilted and left AT&T Stadium on the mistaken finish of a 28-20 loss.
The Giants had been outscored 21-0 within the second half till Daniel Jones tossed 1 yard to Richie James for a landing with eight seconds remaining, making the ultimate rating look an entire lot nearer than the sport truly was.
This one appeared to particularly annoy coach Brian Daboll, as his workforce misplaced back-to-back video games for the primary time this season. “Powerful sport’’ Daboll mentioned earlier than answering a sequence of questions with clipped, few-word retorts. He later apologized for his terse demeanor.
“I believe we missed some alternatives,’’ Daboll mentioned. “We’ve acquired to do a greater job. It begins with me.’’
The loss harm as a result of the Giants, injury-depleted and compelled to make use of backups everywhere in the discipline, believed they'd the Cowboys the place they needed them. After which they didn’t.
“We had the correct intentions, we simply didn’t get the job carried out within the second half,’’ linebacker Jaylon Smith mentioned. “Any time you don’t make the most of alternatives you undergo. That’s one thing us, as a bunch, have gotten to be taught and develop from.’’
All of it unraveled after halftime. The Cowboys (8-3) acquired the ball and held it for greater than half of the third quarter on a 14-play drive. Nonetheless, the Giants had been in fine condition to restrict the injury to a discipline aim however on third-and-goal from the 15-yard line, tight finish Dalton Schultz beat fill-in cornerback Nick McCloud for a landing. Identical to that, the Giants had been down 14-13.
Subsequent, Daboll gambled on fourth-and-1 from the Giants 45-yard line, turning down a punt to attempt to choose up the primary down along with his offense. “I assumed we wanted to vary a little bit little bit of momentum,’’ he mentioned.
Daniel Jones’ hurried go to the correct facet was low and behind Saquon Barkley, however the ball hit Barkley within the arms as he was falling backwards and he did not catch it.
Alternative misplaced.
“I’ve acquired to make that play, that’s it,’’ Barkley mentioned, “I attempted to get all the way down to safe the catch and I didn’t make the play. I’ve acquired to be higher.’’
Jones blamed himself, saying, “It was only a unhealthy throw. I’ve acquired to get it out in entrance of him. Unhealthy throw. Can’t miss that.”
The Cowboys took over in Giants’ territory and launched into a landing drive, with Prescott hitting Schultz once more to make it 21-13. The Giants’ offense fizzled once more and rookie tight finish Peyton Hendershot scored from 2 yards out to make it 28-13 and seal the deal.
The Cowboys (8-3) have now gained 4 straight on this rivalry and crushed the Giants 11 occasions within the final 12 video games in what has been a lopsided sequence.
For the Giants (7-4), that is disaster level No. 1 in Daboll’s first season as a head coach. That is the primary dropping streak and a tough strategy to open up a four-game stretch in opposition to NFC East opponents.
“On the surface world it’s gonna be straightforward for the critics or individuals to say the sky-is-falling kind of factor,’’ defensive lineman Leonard Williams mentioned, “however we all know inside we now have every thing we want and every thing in entrance of us.’’
The Giants had been in it till they weren’t. They intercepted Prescott twice within the first half, had been boosted by an excellent leaping 44-yard reception by Darius Slayton that arrange Barkley’s 1-yard landing run and took benefit of seven Cowboys penalties to take a 13-7 lead into halftime. This was in opposition to a rival that overwhelmed the Vikings 40-3 4 days earlier in Minneapolis, ending the Vikings’ profitable streak at seven video games.
This was going to be an uphill battle for the Giants, who 4 days earlier misplaced 5 starters to damage within the loss to the Lions. Their offensive line was full of backups to backups, with solely two common starters, left sort out Andrew Thomas and proper guard Mike Glowinski, manning their positions.
It was an much more precarious state of affairs at cornerback, the place the highest three gamers (Adoree’ Jackson, Aaron Robinson and Fabian Moreau) had been all out, leaving rookie Cor’Dale Flott and McCloud because the starters on the surface and Darnay Holmes within the slot.
Barkley was restricted to 39 speeding yards on 11 makes an attempt. Jones was sacked thrice and plenty of occasions his hurried throws had been off the mark. On protection, the Giants couldn't get the Cowboys off the sector and didn't do sufficient to comprise Ezekiel Elliott (16-92) and their reserve defensive backs ultimately couldn't take care of Lamb (6-106).
It actually didn't assist that a 24-yard Jones-to-Isaiah Hodgins landing go within the first quarter was worn out when proper sort out Tyre Phillips was hit with an unlawful man downfield penalty. The Giants merely weren't adequate for lengthy sufficient.
“We knew they had been going to come back out swinging [in the second half] and we acquired to reply,’’ Barkley mentioned. “And we didn’t try this.’’
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