Giants-Cowboys: Big Blue Dominated By 'Boys in Big D

The Giants sure aren't saying that they miss Plaxico Burress publicly, but when you watch this offense, you realize that's not the case. In an extremely uninspiring effort last night, the New York Giants were soundly beaten 20-8 by the Dallas Cowboys and failed to put away a division foe when they had the chance. After a week of controversy and bickering, T.O. , Witten, and Romo put their differences aside, and the team came together to keep their playoff hopes alive. Dallas's defense was ferocious from the get-go. On the first play of the football game for NY, DeMarcus Ware, who had three sacks in this game to move his NFL -leading total to 19, raced around LT David Diehl and destroyed Manning. It was a sign of things to come. Eli, without much in the way of a running game (Jacobs was out), and without a go-to receiver, held onto the ball for an extra second or two, and that was all that Dallas needed to get to the QB. The defense finished with eight sacks, the highest total allowed by ... (link)