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Giants and Cowboys Find Reversal of Fortune

 

Published 12/15/2008 by Scott Robertson at Bleacher Report - NFL

The 11-2 NY Football Giants rode into tonight's game at Texas Stadium looking to inch closer to securing a first round playoff bye. Seeking to keep their own playoff hopes alive, the Dallas Cowboys hobbled in amid infighting, name-calling, and controversy.  While Vegas oddsmakers tabbed the Cowboys as the favorite (given home field advantage and the Giants' dreadful history at Texas stadium), many pundits picked the Giants based on their 11-2 season. Yet Dallas easily won the game 20-8 to maintain the No. 5 Wild Card position. New York was thrashed by an NFC East opponent for the second game in a row. (They lost handily to the Eagles last week.) Does this scenario sound eerily familiar to anyone? It should. Just one year ago, the 13-3 Cowboys struggled down the stretch after securing the division and a first round bye. They barely edged out a dreadful Detroit Lions team 28-27 at Ford Field and then lost two out of their last three games (against NFC East opponents Philadelphia and ... (link)

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