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- Reaction score
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Highs
Dak Prescott — Obviously, the rookie wasn't Romo. It's likely Romo would have found a way to turn some of those field goals into touchdowns. However, for his first start in his rookie season, Prescott was mostly accurate, made good decisions with his passes and ran the offense well. His rating ended up only being 69.4, but that was primarily because of no TD passes. Avoiding mistakes was a good step in the right direction, and now he needs to build on that. He did complete less than 60 percent of his passes, so maybe part of him looking good was in comparison to what we had last year when Romo went down.
Cole Beasley — He was unable to haul in a couple of high throws that would have made his game great, but Beasley continually got wide open out of the slot to give Prescott an easy target. This was what was expected of Beasley last year before the quarterback play turned ghastly.
Alfred Morris — Morris should have gotten more carries because he was our most effective back, finding the holes and getting through them, while also running with power. He's a good fit for this offense.
Dan Bailey — Bailey continues to deliver for this team, keeping it in the game by going 4 for 4 on field goals. He was near-perfect last year and looks like he's going to have a similar year this year.
Fullback dive — Nice to see us run one with Keith Smith and be successful. For that matter, we were pretty good on short-yardage runs.
Lows
Ezekiel Elliott — The Giants made it tough sledding for the rookie, but he also was not doing a very good job of being patient, finding the holes and squeezing through them. Even the best offensive line cannot always part the waters immediately and Elliott needs to study the film from this game to see that he wasn't letting the blocking develop. He was amped up and just rammed into the defense time after time.
Pass rush — Outside of a couple of plays, it was what we expected it to be. The Giants don't ask Eli to hold the ball, so it's difficult to get to him unless the coverage holds up, which was hit and miss, but Dallas too often didn't even rattle the pocket against a weak offensive line. I was especially disappointed in Tyrone Crawford because he has to be the catalyst for this group.
Interior run defense — Speaking of Crawford, a lot more was expected of this interior defense than what we got. The Giants were able to gouge us up the middle repeatedly. Terrell McClain did make several nice plays against the run, but overall the interior group did not hold its ground.
Dez Bryant — Bryant wasn't given great opportunities to display his skills, but there were a couple of contested passes in the end zone that he needs to win. The one to the corner of the end zone he has to hold on to if he wants to cement his place as one of the league's best receivers.
Time awareness — Neither Dunbar nor Williams showed much as the game was winding down. An attempt has to be made to get out of bounds in order to save precious seconds when you have no timeouts. The coaches can say the players know that, but they and the quarterback have to make that clear on every play to avoid those mishaps.
Dak Prescott — Obviously, the rookie wasn't Romo. It's likely Romo would have found a way to turn some of those field goals into touchdowns. However, for his first start in his rookie season, Prescott was mostly accurate, made good decisions with his passes and ran the offense well. His rating ended up only being 69.4, but that was primarily because of no TD passes. Avoiding mistakes was a good step in the right direction, and now he needs to build on that. He did complete less than 60 percent of his passes, so maybe part of him looking good was in comparison to what we had last year when Romo went down.
Cole Beasley — He was unable to haul in a couple of high throws that would have made his game great, but Beasley continually got wide open out of the slot to give Prescott an easy target. This was what was expected of Beasley last year before the quarterback play turned ghastly.
Alfred Morris — Morris should have gotten more carries because he was our most effective back, finding the holes and getting through them, while also running with power. He's a good fit for this offense.
Dan Bailey — Bailey continues to deliver for this team, keeping it in the game by going 4 for 4 on field goals. He was near-perfect last year and looks like he's going to have a similar year this year.
Fullback dive — Nice to see us run one with Keith Smith and be successful. For that matter, we were pretty good on short-yardage runs.
Lows
Ezekiel Elliott — The Giants made it tough sledding for the rookie, but he also was not doing a very good job of being patient, finding the holes and squeezing through them. Even the best offensive line cannot always part the waters immediately and Elliott needs to study the film from this game to see that he wasn't letting the blocking develop. He was amped up and just rammed into the defense time after time.
Pass rush — Outside of a couple of plays, it was what we expected it to be. The Giants don't ask Eli to hold the ball, so it's difficult to get to him unless the coverage holds up, which was hit and miss, but Dallas too often didn't even rattle the pocket against a weak offensive line. I was especially disappointed in Tyrone Crawford because he has to be the catalyst for this group.
Interior run defense — Speaking of Crawford, a lot more was expected of this interior defense than what we got. The Giants were able to gouge us up the middle repeatedly. Terrell McClain did make several nice plays against the run, but overall the interior group did not hold its ground.
Dez Bryant — Bryant wasn't given great opportunities to display his skills, but there were a couple of contested passes in the end zone that he needs to win. The one to the corner of the end zone he has to hold on to if he wants to cement his place as one of the league's best receivers.
Time awareness — Neither Dunbar nor Williams showed much as the game was winding down. An attempt has to be made to get out of bounds in order to save precious seconds when you have no timeouts. The coaches can say the players know that, but they and the quarterback have to make that clear on every play to avoid those mishaps.
