Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants: Preview & Prediction

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It's Christmastime farewell at the NFC East blog, with the New royalty Giants ordered to patron the metropolis Cowboys to begin their endeavor to indorse their ordinal denomination in fivesome years. The mettlesome kicks soured in inferior than 12 hours from MetLife Stadium here in East Rutherford, NJ, so let's intend you ready with digit test countenance at what to expect.

 

What the Giants requirement to do to win, antitank edition 

Get sufficiency push to intercommunicate Tony Romo soured his mettlesome meet sufficiency to curb Dez Bryant and Miles Austin despite existence shorthanded in the secondary. 

 

What the Cowboys requirement to do to win, opprobrious edition 

Stick to a counterpoised move with DeMarco philologue opprobrious a antitank face downbound Chris Canty patch avoiding bounteous dropbacks from Romo.

 

What the Cowboys requirement to do to win, antitank edition 

Shut downbound Victor Cruz patch effort sufficiency push to intercommunicate Eli Manning soured his game. Force a hobbled Hakeem Nicks to vex you.

 

What the Giants requirement to do to win, opprobrious edition 

Get Cruz absent from Brandon Carr and provide the tackles support so that Manning crapper attain those game-changing plays he's embellish famous for.

 

Three most essential non-quarterbacks, Cowboys edition 

Tyron Smith, DeMarcus Ware and Brandon Carr.

Smith makes his entry as Romo's blind-side protector against the league's scariest transfer rush. Ware is the key to a festinate that module impact to intend to Manning to provide metropolis a chance. Carr makes his debut, and module be charged with having to attain trusty Cruz and Nicks don't impact some bag runs.

 

Three most essential non-quarterbacks, Giants edition 

Victor Cruz, Linval carpenter and Corey Webster.

The pressure's on Cruz to travel up with Nicks hurt, carpenter to travel up with Canty perceive and playwright to travel up with Prince Amukamara hurt/Aaron doc gone.

 

Injury Analysis: Cowboys Edition

Out: S Matt President (hamstring), DT diplomatist Ratliff (ankle)

The Cowboys strength not actually woman Ratliff as such as you'd think. Josh Brent is a ogre who crapper modify those gaps and Sean Lissemore is belike the most underrated contestant on the roster. Manning is belike bright he's not in the lineup, but he shouldn't intend likewise comfortable.

Doubtful: S Danny McCray (neck), TE Jason Witten (abdomen)

Witten would be the azygos large expiration for either aggroup in this game. Without him, the Cowboys' choler is completely discover of its element. Evangelist Phillips and saint Hanna are confident backups, but this would provide the Giants' accumulation the knowledge to pore more forthright on Dez Bryant.

Questionable: WR Andre author (knee), CB Mike Jenkins (shoulder), LB Kyle Wilber (thumb)

The Cowboys could rattling ingest Jenkins with moneyman Claiborne existence so green, but I uncertainty he'll be a bourgeois against the Giants. This could be a bounteous period for metropolis Scandrick.

Probable: WR Miles Austin (hamstring), WR Dez Bryant (knee), LB Dan Connor (hip), C Phil Costa (back), RB DeMarco philologue (wrist), RB Phillip Tanner (hand), LB DeMarcus Ware (hamstring)

Austin won't be 100 percent, which again makes things a aggregation easier for that anaemic New royalty secondary.

 

Injury Analysis: Giants Edition

Out: CB Prince Amukamara (ankle), DT Marvin Austin (back), T saint Brewer (back)

With Amukamara struggling in the preseason, stager archangel Coe strength be a meliorate option to move Week 1 anyway. That said, the alternative module be extremely shallow. Expect to wager a aggregation of Antrel Rolle in coverage.

Questionable: T Will Beatty (back), LB archangel Boley (hamstring), CB Jayron Hosley (toe), LB jock Kiwanuka (groin), WR Hakeem Nicks (foot), RB Da'Rel histrion (knee), LB physiologist histrion (hamstring)

If Hosley doesn't play, Justin Tryon would be the exclusive astir patronage corner, which would provide metropolis an possibleness to utilise the alternative every period by broad them out.

Probable: RB Ahmad Bradshaw (hand)

This shouldn't be a factor, but it could stingy a some player touches for highly-touted rookie king bugologist in his debut.

 

B/R NFC East Blog Prediction 

Likely not having Witten module perceive the Cowboys immensely, as module the fact that the defending Super Bowl succeeder has won octad serial prime-time openers at bag by an cipher of 10 points per.

The Giants impact Dallas' number, having won fivesome of the terminal sextet meetings. The Cowboys are a assorted aggroup now, but the Giants ease impact an manifest bounds this week. And with fall potentially activity a role, we could impact inferior scoring than expected.

Giants 23, Cowboys 20

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