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After 2 Losses in 2016, Are The Cowboys Ready To Beat the Giants?
Thursday, July 13, 2017 3:18 PM CDT
By DallasCowboys.com Report
The offseason practices are in the rearview mirror as the Cowboys are heading towards training camp, which begins on July 24 in Oxnard, Calif.
That’s usually the place where many of the questions regarding this team start to get answered.
The staff writers at DallasCowboys.com – Rob Phillips, David Helman, Nick Eatman and Bryan Broaddus – are attempting to answer 20 pressing questions as the team gets ready for camp and the 2017 season.
Today, we continue the series discussing how the Cowboys can stop a two-game drought against their division rivals, the New York Giants, dating back to last season.
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Eatman: From the guy who said the Cowboys would beat the Giants by 21 points if they had met again in last year’s playoffs, of course, I’ll say yes to that answer. The Cowboys and Giants have a tricky rivalry. It’s probably no different than any of the other division rivalries. But it really doesn’t matter how good one team is over the other, they will play it down to the wire, regardless of the records. So yes, the Cowboys can beat the Giants. Yes, the Giants can beat the Cowboys. It’s easy to look at the three losses in the regular season and point to one team that is responsible for 66.6 percent of them. However, those games were both very close and the ball could’ve bounced a little differently in each one. I think the Cowboys still have to figure out a plan for Odell Beckham Jr. and now with Brandon Marshall in the mix, it might be even tougher. But I expect the Cowboys to have a better offensive plan in place and that might be just enough to push them over the edge.
Helman: There might not be a worse matchup on this year’s schedule than New York, as last year’s results can attest. High-octane opponents like Atlanta, Green Bay, Oakland and Washington have questions on defense. Nasty defenses like Denver and Kansas City have questions on offense. The Giants might have the best combination of everything. Their defense is disgusting, with an elite secondary and one of the best defensive lines in the game. They have an experienced quarterback, a dynamic receiver corps and they just drafted a potential difference-maker at tight end. The only thing holding the Giants back is probably a leaky offensive line, which they didn’t do much to address. If the Cowboys are going to get a win against their divisional rival this year, I think their defensive front is going to have to be much improved to help limit Eli Manning and the New York offense. I think the Cowboys have what it takes to get at least one win against the Giants this time around. I’d honestly be pretty surprised if either team sweeps the season series, though.
