The late Dennis Green once coined the phrase, "They are who we thought they were..." And in the case of the New York Giants, they are exactly who we thought they were. A bad football team, going nowhere.
Don't blame Giants fans if they feel like they have seen this movie before. They are the living embodiment of the Bill Murray vehicle "Groundhog Day." Open the season in Dallas, play horribly and lose. Rinse and repeat. At least some things never change.
Even after the Giants ripped off a 91-yard scoring drive on their opening possession, it was just more of the same, as the Cowboys rolled over the Giants 35-17, sending the Giants to 0-1, and starting the clock on the inevitable benching of Eli Manning.
And as we have said in the past, don't put all the blame on Manning for this one. He did what he could with the limited number of weapons he has, throwing for 306 yards and only turned the ball over once on a fumble in the third quarter, when the game was pretty much out of reach. It wasn't him. It was everyone else.
The Giants defense was carved up by quarterback Dak Prescott, who made a big time statement for a monster contract. Prescott threw for 405 yards and four touchdowns. He spread the ball to eight different receivers, and got 100-yard days out of Michael Gallup (seven receptions for 158 yards) and Amari Cooper (six receptions for 106 yards and a touchdown).
The Giants didn't get to enjoy their 7-0 lead for long, only 4:47 seconds to be exact, as Prescott guided Dallas on an 11-play 75-yard drive, culminating in a 28-yard touchdown pass to Blake Jarwin to tie it up.After a Giants three-and-out, Prescott was at it again, connecting with Gallop on pass completions of 36 and 23 yards, before finding former Monday Night Football analyst Jason Witten in the end zone for his first touchdown reception in two years.
Later in the first quarter, Dallas put the game away thanks in large part to two terrible defensive penalties for holding and an illegal shift that gave Dallas renewed life. Prescott completed the 13-play 83-yard drive with a 21-yard score to Cooper to make it 21-7.
Prescott would throw one more score, a 28-yard bomb to Randall Cobb to put Dallas up 18. Ezekiel Elliot wrapped up the scoring for Dallas with a 10-yard scamper, all but icing it at 35-10.
And yes, we even got a Daniel Jones sighting. The rookie quarterback came in with less than two minutes left in the game, and didn't do much, except fumble the football on a scamper. Let's just say you don't have to worry about the Eli vs. Jones conspiracies for another week.
NEXT: The Giants (0-1) host the 1-0 Buffalo Bills at the Meadowlands next Sunday. The Giants have a lot of work to do if they are going to get their defense figured out. Josh Allen played well in the second half of Sunday's game against the Jets, and the Bills may have found a running back. This could be rough.
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