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In the preview for the Giants-Cowboys game, I said that both QBs ... Tony Romo and Eli Manning ... were very much under the microscope. Well, both came through with flying colors. Both threw for 4 TDs apiece and over 300 yards.
Romo looked like the star he's projected to be. He picked apart the Giants secondary; working the seams and the middle. And not just dinks and dunks, but huge plays [Dallas averaged 14.1 yards per passing attempt]. He found Jason Witten six times for 116 yards and a TD ... and Terrell Owens three times for 87 yds and 2 TDs. He also found Sam Hurd for a 51 yard TD pass. Oh, and dude ran one in himself.
Manning was no slouch himself, completing 28 of 41 passes while torching the Cowboys secondary. His main targets were Plaxico Burress [8 rec, 144 yds, 3 TD] and Amani Toomer [9 rec, 91 yds]. He did some of that after suffering a shoulder injury.
It was the defenses that let them down. Neither, obviously, could stop the other team's QB ... nor could they stop the run game. Julius Jones and Marion Barber combined for 131 yards and a TD for Dallas. The Giants, despite losing Brandon Jacobs to a knee injury and having to use Reuben Droughns as a fullback, still saw backup Derrick Ward rush for 89 yards and catch a late TD. The two teams combined for 916 yards of total offense ... 5.1 yds per rush attempt ... 14.7 yds per reception ... and 13 of 25 on third downs.
Dallas heads into next week's game with the Dolphins trying to figure out how to lock down what was supposed to be an improved defense. The Giants head into their home opener with Brett Favre and the Packers trying to patch up that pourous secondary, as well as deal with injuries to Manning, Jacobs and Osi Umenyiora.
Final Score: Cowboys 45-Giants 35
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Sep 10, 2007 – 12:21 AM
Tagged: NFL Week 1 Recaps, NflWeek1Recaps
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