Cowboys vs. Giants: Postgame Grades, Notes and Quotes

September 14, 2015   ·   Joey Ickes   ·   Jump to comments

The Dallas Cowboys opened the 2015 campaign on Sunday Night Football against the NFC East-rival New York Giants and failed to do only one thing well in the first half.  The one thing they didn’t do was finish.
Whether it was finishing a catch, a run, a series or the half in general, the Cowboys consistently failed in the first two quarters of the season.
The Cowboys took the opening kickoff and preceded to run 14 plays for 77 yards to set up 1st-and-goal at the New York 5-yard line.  Three pass plays and a penalty later, Dan Bailey converted a 22-yard field goal to give Dallas the early 3-0 lead. 
The first Giants possession of the game featured two near fumbles, and quite possibly the softest 15-yard penalty in history on corner Brandon Carr, leading to a 50-yard Giants field goal to tie the game. From that point, with 1:58 left in the first quarter through the end of the first half, the Cowboys would out-gain the Giants 123 to 48, yet they man...

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