Containing Dak Prescott
The Cowboys finished the first quarter of the season as the league's top passing offense, with Dak Prescott throwing for a whopping 1,631 yards. This equates to more than 407 passing yards per game and would put him on pace for over 6,500 on the season. The current NFL record is 5,477 passing yards by Peyton Manning (2013).
Prescott has thrown for at least 445 yards in each of the last three weeks. In two games against the Giants last season, Prescott completed 70.1 percent of his passes for 662 yards, seven touchdowns and one interception. In eight career games against Big Blue, the young Cowboys QB is 6-2 with 2,201 yards, 17 touchdowns and three interceptions. He also owns a 61.3 completion percentage.
The Giants' defense has played well this season, especially against the pass. 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens threw for 343 yards in Week 3, but other than that, the Giants' defense has limited Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger, Bears QB Mitchell Trubisky and Rams QB Jared Goff to less than 230 passing yards each. The Giants rank sixth in passing yards allowed, surrendering an average of 221.5 yards per game.
"This is definitely a challenging opponent. This offense is very explosive," Judge said of the Cowboys. "The quarterback does a great job extending plays. He's very accurate, he has a big arm, has the ability to stick the ball into tight windows."
Slowing down Zeke
Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has not quite looked like his typical self this season. Through the first four games, the two-time All-Pro running back has rushed the ball 70 times for 273 yards (3.9 yards per carry) and three touchdowns, adding 23 receptions for 159 yards and a score. Over the last two weeks, Elliott has totaled just 26 carries for 88 yards and a score, and has yet to top the 100-yards rushing mark this season.
In the last meeting between the two teams, Elliott ran for 139 yards on 23 tries, averaging over 6.0 yards per carry. In fact, other than his very first game against the Giants, which happened to be his NFL debut, Elliott has never averaged less than 4.0 yards per carry in a game against the Giants.
The Giants rank 10th in the league in rushing yards allowed at 427 and 11th in rushing touchdowns allowed (four). After allowing 141 and 135 rushing yards, respectively, in the first two weeks, the run defense has buckled down and allowed just 151 combined rushing to the 49ers and Rams. This is especially impressive when considering the fact that the 49ers went into the Week 3 matchup averaging 152.5 rushing yards per game, while the Rams were averaging 170.3 yards on the ground.
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