One has to wonder in an opening day game like this one whether or not it says more about the Dallas Cowboys or New York Giants. I say this because I have been fooled in the past by early Dallas Cowboys’ success. Dak Prescott was unleashed tonight by Kellen Moore to the tune of more than 400 yards passing. Ezekiel Elliot looked almost pedestrian tonight being held to just 53 yards on 13 carries. Not his worst performance ever but it definitely makes you wonder what he will be able to do this season considering he just got made the highest paid running back in the league and instead of going to training camp he was holding out in Mexico for over a month. It’s really hard to tell yet whether or not the New York Giants are just a dumpster fire at this point.
Eli Manning completed 30 out of 44 passes and actually ended up with a decent passer rating for the entire game. The problem is that he could never muster enough offense in order to dig his team out of the hole they were in from early on in the game. The difference in this game was Kellen Moore and Dak Prescott. Dak Prescott is only the third quarterback in Dallas Cowboys history with multiple 400 yard passing games. Even the great Troy Aikman only had one game of over 400 yards passing. Tony Romo had five such games of this magnitude while Don Meredith had two.
The sports world is up in arms about whether or not this Cowboys team is actually as good as the statistics show, but I have a feeling that they are going to surprise a lot of people this season. The Twitter world had some good reactions after the game though:
I know many won’t give up proper due. But that @dallascowboys offense just may be UNSTOPPABLE!!!! ALSO Any more questions about @dak ?? THOUGHT NOT!!!
— Michael Irvin (@michaelirvin88) September 8, 2019
The #Cowboys trio of WRs looked mighty fine tonight:
— John Owning (@JohnOwning) September 9, 2019
Amari Cooper: 6 catches (on 9 targets) for 106 yards and a TD.
Michael Gallup: 7 catches (on 7 targets) for 158 yards.
Randall Cobb: 4 catches (on 5 targets) for 69 yards and a TD.
Kellen Moore you was outstanding today!!!!!
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) September 8, 2019
When you see Dez Bryant praising people on the Cowboys you know something is going right in the Cowboys locker room. I cannot wait to see the next few weeks because I want to know what the cause of this new rejuvenated team is all about. Who or what is to be commended for such a change from the previous two seasons? Is it Dak Prescott trying to get paid $40,000,000? Is it Kellen Moore and his new system? Is it just as simple as Dak getting another off season with some new talent around him? Keep in mind the Cowboys did all of this without much of a running game. It seemed like the Giants were content just stopping the run and making Dak throw the ball. Little did they know their defense is a dumpster fire and Dak ended up lighting the torch.
All that being said, it really and honestly could just be that the Giants are so bad this season that they have decided to just rebuild. Maybe they are giving Daniel Jones a few games to soak it all in before they throw him to the fire…maybe they just don’t care anymore. Who knows. I do love seeing them lose though.
