Week 1: Pick the Winner of Giants at Cowboys

[phildadon86]

Giants in a blowout

With all those points and yards they amassed on offense during the PS? That offense is not gelling, and wont by sunday. Ill take that bet

 

[DFWJC]

I'd say in order of most likely

NY wins close (sure hope not)
Dallas wins close
Dallas wins blowout
NY wins blowout (home teams rarely get blown out)

 

[Joe Realist]

Cowboys will have lead, but Eli, who has won a lot in Dallas, leads them to a late score to win it.

 

[pugilist]

With all those points and yards they amassed on offense during the PS? That offense is not gelling, and wont by sunday. Ill take that bet

Wasn't wagering anything, just offering my opinion. You know, like everyone else

 

[USMarineVet]

The media loves to point out that Romo is now 36, but I haven't heard so much as a mouse fart about how Eli is now 35 (and a half). Shut down Beckham and you shut down Eli. He has no mobility and he's mistake prone. We're gonna run it up their noses. Not just Zeke but Dak and Morris as well. That's gonna open up the passing game late and Dak will take advantage on the loose coverage. We may have a rookie Quarterback but they have a rookie Head Coach. It won't be pretty but the Cowboys win a close one and leave Eli with another dumb look on his face.

 

[JBS]

Wasn't wagering anything, just offering my opinion. You know, like everyone else

You came across pretty confident in your opinion...that's all

 

[DFWJC]

Last 6 vs Giants

Dallas is 5-0 with Romo
Dallas is 0-1 without Romo

break the trend Dallas!

 

[CowboyRoy]

With all those points and yards they amassed on offense during the PS? That offense is not gelling, and wont by sunday. Ill take that bet

I honestly have no idea. The homer and Dak part of me wants to say Cowboys in a close one. But if I was truly betting money I would take the Giants.

Giants 37 to 30

 

[bayeslife]

Giants in a blowout

Cowboys in a blowout

 

[bayeslife]

Cowboys will win a close one. For us Giants fans, tradition of losing the first game of the season will continue.

I think statistically it's hard to continue to have close games every time. I'm predicting a blowout either by NY or Dallas

 

[phildadon86]

I honestly have no idea. The homer and Dak part of me wants to say Cowboys in a close one. But if I was truly betting money I would take the Giants.

Giants 37 to 30

The first team offense couldn't even get past midfield all pre-season. They actually couldn't run or pass. It was weird to see. The fact that they have a new regime in coaching is really going to be prevalent in the beginning of the season.

 

[LandryFan]

Cowboys will win a close one. For us Giants fans, tradition of losing the first game of the season will continue.

Was listening to Bob Papa (noted Giants fan) on SIRIUS this morning and he pointed out that the Cowboys and Giants have opened a season against one another 8 times in their history. Record? Cowboys 8 Giants 0
I was shocked by that. I'm hoping I'm happy and you're sad come Sunday evening!

 

[Toruk_Makto]

I picked the Cowboys because it's Week 1 and hope springs eternal.

 

[Cowboy4ever]

I am picking the Giants. Rookie QB is hard to bet on, even if he did have the best PS of all time. And on top of that, until this team can show they can win without Romo, then it's hard to pick them, even against a team as bad as the Giants.

 

[CowboyRoy]

The first team offense couldn't even get past midfield all pre-season. They actually couldn't run or pass. It was weird to see. The fact that they have a new regime in coaching is really going to be prevalent in the beginning of the season.

Once the Giants figure out they should just sit back and bomb the football to thier WR's we are going to be in trouble. NO one on our team can cover Bechham and with 3 and 5 seconds to throw the ball he will destroy the zone defense.

 

[pugilist]

You came across pretty confident in your opinion...that's all

I wouldn't say I'm confident, obviously many different scenarios can happen. I would say I'm using past performance indicators to predict future performance and outcome

 

[CouchCoach]

Giants 27
Cowboys 16

The discussion after the game centers around we were wrong about their OL or our DL is worse than we thought.

 

[CouchCoach]

I never do predictions because of superstition but screw it, my superstitions haven't done anything for this team!

45-24 Dallas. We get up big early like we have all PS when Dak starts. Maybe Sanchez gets a chance to do a kneel down even!

The presnap penalties should go way down due to the fact Dak will just play and not let time go down to 1 second every play.

If we lose, you know we're going to blame you because you ignored your superstition?

 

[CATCH17]

Homer pick but i'm going Cowboys.

Eeeeeeeeveryone wants to talk Dak.. Dak this.. Dak that...

Well it won't be about Dak.. It will be about the #4 overall pick in the draft ZEKE Elliot!

Zeke has a monster first game... Run game will look unstoppable. We'll break out the zone read and the Giant's wont know which way we're going.

Zeke Elliot.. 125+ yards.. 2 TD's.. Cowboys win 27-21.

 

[ShiningStar]

From a NY tabloid....


Cowboys star fizzles as Giants sizzle on opening day

The game took off after Eli connects with Odell in what would become a combo the Cowboys just couldnt over come. Neither Claiborn or Carr could stop the Gmen from overloading their secondary. Stand out player Byron Jones tried his best, but the cowboys kept him locked in positon as Eli enjoyed decimating the Cowboys defense. Eli, Odell and Ben combined for 350 all purpose yards as the Cowboys stuck to their plan of running the ball, but even after getting 150 yards from rookie Ezekiel and back up Alfred Morris, the cowboys forgot stats dont win games and could only generate two touchdowns from the staunch Giants defense.

McAdoo out coaches Garrett by not sticking to what didnt work. The Giants got most of their yards after the pass demoralized the cowboys defense that refused to put pressure on Eli allowing him a good day of picking apart the cowboys secondary who had the best seats in the house of Eli using short passes and long bombs to spread out the defense to put his WR's in position to win.

Dak Prescott, wishing it was pre season again, got the cowboys to the red zone with a 76 yard drive on the legs of his running backs who grabbed 50 of the 76. Once in the red zone, Garrett confused his own team by trying to pass 3 times into the red zone resulting in no points.

The Cowboys defense went full lawn chair mode as they folded on a brilliant 75 yard drive by Eli and crew to go up 21 by the end of the half.

The cowboys tried to contain Odel but the Giants running game kicked into gear as the offense started to open up. The winded cowboys had no answer as again and again the question was asked "where is the pressure"? . Eli came out again to ensure victory as the cowboys watched as Odel, Victor and Ben chewed up the defense as they went prevent with the game well out of hand. The Giants played it easy for the rest of the game as the Cowboys attempted their comeback which was a little to late as they ran out of clock. Dak completed 2 TDs to finish his day 15 for 150 and 2 tds to Elis 22 for 200 and 4 tds . Odel, Ben and Eli rack up for a nice win and giving McAdoo confidence to win the east.

Giants cruise to a win to start the season, 41 to 21.

Injuries from the game.

Sean Lee (LB) back
Kyle Wilber (LB) hamstring
Cowboys Pride (FO) wallet