I hate this football game. Don't like much about it. This will be (another) prime-time hate-watch.
Hopefully it manages to somehow clear the lowest of low bars set by the Sunday night debacle in Denver. There's been plenty of bad luck in these parts these days. But let's face it, we'll all be watching Cooper Rush vs. Daniel Jones. And there isn't even a second Monday night game to distract us this week. I would stay away from this for the most part and just accept it as the approximation of high-grade NFL football that it is likely to be (Preseason Week 6?) and try to find some enjoyment in that.
Giants at Cowboys
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I guess I'll take the point. Micah Parsons is the best player in this football game, and so far no one can really slow him down. The game is a toss-up, but couldn't you see Jones getting a bit suffocated in a big prime-time spot at home against a defense that knows him well? Yes, Brian Daboll is an offensive whiz, but this Giants offense lacks vital pieces. Jones has struggled to complete 60% of his passes against the Cowboys in his career and been sacked nine times in five games against them. He has been pressured on nearly 50% of his dropbacks through two weeks – untenable at best – and will be facing a tough assignment here.
As I wrote in my'Best Bets on Friday, Week 3 was going to be dedicated to the great Colin Ha y of Men At Work, who penned the anthem “Down Under.” This is the land down Under in the NFL these days, and I see no reason to anticipate anything but ugly offensive football here. Wink Martindale will throw all kinds of blitzes at Cooper Rush. I'm not sure that's going to look great for the Dallas offense. It does look like the lack of preseason work is dragging down the overall state of position player effectiveness.