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IRVING – One of the Cowboys’ unsung standouts in Sunday’s 24-21 win over the Giants was left tackle Tyron Smith, who put the clamps on outspoken New York defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul.
Pierre-Paul, who talked in the week leading up to the game about the bloodshed that would take place at MetLife Stadium, was limited to one tackle.
“We’ve played against them a lot, and Pierre-Paul is really, really a good football player,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said. “There’s no question about that. He can be a guy who can be explosive and wreck games and we know the challenge he presents. We challenged our guys with that. And Tyron Smith is a fantastic left tackle. He’s still a young player, but he’s getting better and better every day and somebody we think can be the cornerstone of our line for a long, long time. A guy like that who plays with his demeanor and his physicality loves that challenge.
“I thought he played really well.”
But Smith’s performance wasn’t flawless. He committed a false start penalty early in the Cowboys’ 14-play, 64-yard game-winning drive, leaving Dallas with a third-and-7 from its own 28.
Fortunately for Smith, Tony Romo and Dez Bryant bailed him out when they hooked up for a 19-yard completion.
“It was not a perfect game for (Smith) by any means,” Garrett said, “but he did a lot of really good things both in the run game and in protecting the passer and again challenged by a good group up there.”
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Pierre-Paul, who talked in the week leading up to the game about the bloodshed that would take place at MetLife Stadium, was limited to one tackle.
“We’ve played against them a lot, and Pierre-Paul is really, really a good football player,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said. “There’s no question about that. He can be a guy who can be explosive and wreck games and we know the challenge he presents. We challenged our guys with that. And Tyron Smith is a fantastic left tackle. He’s still a young player, but he’s getting better and better every day and somebody we think can be the cornerstone of our line for a long, long time. A guy like that who plays with his demeanor and his physicality loves that challenge.
“I thought he played really well.”
But Smith’s performance wasn’t flawless. He committed a false start penalty early in the Cowboys’ 14-play, 64-yard game-winning drive, leaving Dallas with a third-and-7 from its own 28.
Fortunately for Smith, Tony Romo and Dez Bryant bailed him out when they hooked up for a 19-yard completion.
“It was not a perfect game for (Smith) by any means,” Garrett said, “but he did a lot of really good things both in the run game and in protecting the passer and again challenged by a good group up there.”
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