RS12
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1) Standing in the end zone before the ball was snapped on that final drive, I knew exactly what was about to happen. I can’t tell you the number of times that I have seen Tony Romo look at a defensive alignment, then shoot a glance atJason Witten like to say, “You know what to do big fella.” Both Romo and Witten saw the hole in the middle of the Giants defense and were able to take full advantage of it.
2) To hold Odell Beckham Jr. to five catches and 44 yards says a lot about the effort from this Dallas secondary. Beckham lined up on both sides of the field as well as in the slot and his longest reception came on the Giants’ second-to-last drive. On the only sack of the game for the Cowboys defense, Morris Claiborne was all over Beckham, denying him off the line of scrimmage, which allowed Tyrone Crawford the time to get up the middle and get to Manning.
3) I thought Joseph Randle ran the ball hard, but there were a couple of runs where I thought if he had kept his balance he would have had some bigger gains. Randle will see on film that if he would have just stayed on his feet and not allowed a single tackler to bring him down, his night would have been even more productive.
4) Was not surprised that Sean Lee led the defense in tackles with nine. If this defense was going to have some success defending the Giants on the run, Lee was going to have to be the main defender at the point of attack. I really like how he and Anthony Hitchens worked together their first time out, getting to the ball.
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2) To hold Odell Beckham Jr. to five catches and 44 yards says a lot about the effort from this Dallas secondary. Beckham lined up on both sides of the field as well as in the slot and his longest reception came on the Giants’ second-to-last drive. On the only sack of the game for the Cowboys defense, Morris Claiborne was all over Beckham, denying him off the line of scrimmage, which allowed Tyrone Crawford the time to get up the middle and get to Manning.
3) I thought Joseph Randle ran the ball hard, but there were a couple of runs where I thought if he had kept his balance he would have had some bigger gains. Randle will see on film that if he would have just stayed on his feet and not allowed a single tackler to bring him down, his night would have been even more productive.
4) Was not surprised that Sean Lee led the defense in tackles with nine. If this defense was going to have some success defending the Giants on the run, Lee was going to have to be the main defender at the point of attack. I really like how he and Anthony Hitchens worked together their first time out, getting to the ball.
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