ARLINGTON, Texas — Brian Daboll was nonetheless red-faced when he stepped off the rostrum after Cowboys 28, Giants 20 and stated: “Sorry, I used to be pissed off. … F–king robust loss.”
His decimated, depleted Giants tried to steal one and couldn't as a result of they introduced a water pistol to a gunfight on the OK Corral, and a protection that had bent ultimately broke.
Daniel Jones might have used identify tags to determine a number of the bodyguards valiantly maintaining Micah Parsons and the remainder of the Cowboys predators from turning him into turducken on the primary football-playing Thanksgiving of his life.
He tried to be the gladiator inside Jerry Jones’ howling colosseum, however he didn’t get to play Russell Crowe.
The Cowboys weren’t about to let Saquon Barkley (11-39, 1 TD speeding, 4-13 receiving) impose his will on the day.
However right here’s what Daboll, Daniel Jones and the Giants wanted to do even earlier than they boarded their flight house: Flush it.
It’s one sport.
You’ve misplaced two in a row however you’re 7-4.
The playoffs are nonetheless on the market for you.
Don’t let this flip into Black Friday.
No time for Thanksgrieving.
Mama stated there’d be days like this.
Daboll stated there’d be bumps within the street.
There isn't a crying in soccer, and no excuses.
And no medals for making an attempt.
The Giants appear to be a workforce that should get wholesome between now and the Commanders on Dec. 4.
A workforce with out half of its beginning secondary, three-fifths of its beginning offensive line and, OMG, that broad receiver corps Darius Slayton leads today.
Boy, would a wholesome Odell Beckham Jr. be a godsend proper about now.
Jihad Ward: “We don’t care about our report, to be sincere with you. We proved that we're a superb soccer workforce. Now, we gotta do the not possible now. As a result of s–t is getting actual in November and December soccer. We don’t sleep on no workforce. The season’s about to be over. Everyone’s making an attempt to get their shine on. It will get actual round this time so that you by no means know so we simply gotta goal for the highest. Though we misplaced as we speak, we’re gonna discover a manner.”
Slayton: “We’re nonetheless ready the place we management our future. We’re nonetheless ready the place we are able to compete for the whole lot we wish to compete for.”
Kayvon Thibodeaux: “Nothing is just too far out of our attain. I really feel like we now have a giant alternative nonetheless forward of us, and if we simply proceed to get higher and sharpen our instruments, we’ll be capable of have the outcomes we would like.”
It was fourth-and-1 on the NYG 45 late within the third quarter, Cowboys 14, Giants 13, when Daboll tried to spark his offense and went for it.
“I believed we would have liked to vary a little bit little bit of momentum,” he stated.
Barkley, acknowledging the NFL grind on his physique, faulted himself. “I didn’t make the play there for us. Gotta be higher.”
Jones (21-for-25, 228 yards, 1 TD) faulted himself: “Only a dangerous throw. I gotta get it out in entrance of him. Unhealthy throw; can’t miss that.”
And that, primarily, was ballgame.
As a result of quickly Dak Prescott, who had been intercepted twice within the first half, was rolling proper and discovering Dalton Schultz with a 6-yard TD go, and it was Cowboys 21, Giants 13.
And shortly, somebody named Jake Ferguson was hurdling Jason Pinnock within the open subject, and the Giants, who have been up 13-7 on the half, have been roadkill.
Each step of the way in which, the Giants had no margin for error:
To wit: Nick McCloud couldn't afford to muff a punt on the Dallas 1 and let it squirt right into a touchback.
Tyre Phillips couldn't be ineligible man downfield on a 24-yard Jones’ TD go to Isaiah Hodgins.
Darnay Holmes couldn't have been flagged for unlawful contact on a failed third-down conversion that may have compelled the Cowboys to try a subject aim.
Holmes couldn't have been flagged for holding on a failed third-and-7 early within the third quarter on the drive that ended with Prescott firing a 15-yard TD go to Schultz towards McCloud on third-and-goal.
Slayton’s high-point, 44-yard catch on the Dallas 1 that arrange Barkley’s first-quarter TD was too little, too early. “We simply didn’t make sufficient of the little performs within the second half,” Slayton stated.
“We’ve acquired a extremely good alternative going ahead, and we all know that,” Jones stated. “We’ve put ourselves in a superb place. We’ve gotta heal up and benefit from this lengthy week. … We’re assured, we’re 7-4, and we acquired quite a bit nonetheless we have to accomplish.”
Expertise overcomes resilience and battle and coronary heart and psychological toughness and training. However don’t rely these Giants out simply but.
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