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The Dallas Cowboys battled back behind a healthy Tony Romo and left MetLife Stadium with a 31-28 victory over the New York Giants. All season long, we've heard everyone clamor about the makeshift Cowboys defense and all the great things it was doing.
But if the war on Sunday Night Football proved anything, it's that the Cowboys' top-tier offensive trio remains the driving force behind their surprising upstart season.
Tucked away behind the protection of his mammoth offensive line, Romo completed 18 of his 26 pass attempts for 275 yards and four touchdowns—none were bigger than the game-winning touchdown to Dez Bryant with one minute and one second to go in the fourth quarter.
In his postgame remarks, Romo praised the play of his incredible offensive line, per ESPN's Ed Werder:
Romo may have diverted attention away from himself, but his head coach Jason Garrett didn't.
During his postgame press conference, he gushed about Romo's heroics. "Tony has great poise. He has a great understanding of what he wants to do in this offensive scheme. He sees coverage, he goes to the right guy. And then he as the ability to make plays," he said.
Putting Romo's poise, touch and brilliance aside, none of that magic would have happened without the ferocious running of DeMarco Murray.
For the 10th time in 11 games, Murray ran for more than 100 yards. On Sunday night, he found a way to pick up 121 rushing yards and 22 receiving yards from the line of scrimmage on 26 total touches.
It's safe to say the 2014 Cowboys gravitate around the 26-year-old tailback.
In fact, according to ESPN Stats & Info, the Cowboys tend to do pretty well when Murray gets it going:
Romo is great. Murray is great. But there's another name we're forgetting in this whole Cowboys trifecta of goodness. His name is Dez Bryant.
Long-term, Bryant's solid outing will probably be overshadowed by all of the crazy things Giants rookie pass-catcher Odell Beckham Jr. did on the field. However, that doesn't take anything away from how relentless he was on a cool night in New Jersey.
Bryant was targeted nine times, hauling in seven receptions for 86 yards and two touchdowns. With those two scores to his name, he's now reached the end zone 10 times this season. By the looks of it, he should be able to surpass his career-best 13 touchdowns with ease.
Say it with me: The Cowboys are a solid football team.
When they get their three best options rolling, it becomes extremely difficult to slow them down. Now at 8-3, the Boys are tied with the Philadelphia Eagles for the best record in the NFC East.
On Thanksgiving, one of these teams will take over as the sole leader of that division.
The beauty of this matchup is that if all of the trends continue to shake out the way they have been going, the Cowboys should be able to score a ton of points against Chip Kelly and the Eagles.
Kelly's team may move the football at an accelerated rate on offense, but they struggle on defense at times. Just take the last three games for example. In that span, they've allowed opposing quarterbacks to pass for 992 yards and seven touchdowns.
It's difficult to imagine Romo and his weapons having problems adding to that total.
The challenging part for Murray, Romo and Bryant is going to be getting back to work on a short week.
We all understand the trouble with games on Thursdays, but perhaps Thanksgiving will be a different story for a host of reasons. As Jeff McLane of The Philadelphia Inquirer tweeted, this is the first time since 1989 that the 'Boys and Eagles will be playing each other on the holiday:
This has been a surprising year to say the least for Jerry Jones' pride and joy. They turned a defense full of unknowns into a serviceable unit, and led by the Justice League-like trio of Romo, Murray and Bryant, we are seeing arguably the best Cowboys team since they finished 13-3 back in 2007.
Don't tread on the Cowboys. Unlike in years past, so far they've shown more character and resilience then even the great Nostradamus could have predicted.
Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram summed up this season best when he dished out a ton of credit to Garrett:
This team is here to stay. For a fanbase which hasn't enjoyed any playoff action since 2009, that's huge.
Unless noted otherwise, all game scores and information come courtesy of ESPN.com.
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