Silver Star Nation: Different Team Since Week 1

But he’s been New York’s only consistent player in 2016. His comeback was primed to match his come-up. McAdoo seems resigned to this incompetence, recently saying, “We are who we are”. The Pittsburgh Steelers overwhelmed the Giants last week and have both the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles hot on their tails.

The memories of that afternoon have since faded for everyone involved. They have guys that can rush outside with those big guys pushing the pocket.

Dallas is now 11-1 with the best record in the National Football League.

The winners of 11 straight games, the Cowboys (11-1) can clinch the NFC East and move a step closer to nailing down home-field advantage for the conference playoffs if they can beat the Giants (8-4) at MetLife Stadium on Sunday night.

As the Cowboys near that mark, though, many wonder what that would mean for the rest of the regular season.

Vikings special teams coordinator Mike Priefer had one day to prepare for his National Football League head coaching debut, after beloved boss Mike Zimmer had emergency eye surgery to fix a detached retina.

Entering Thursday’s game with the Minnesota Vikings, Elliott had been averaging 109 yards per game, including a four game stretch where he eclipsed 130 yards each time.

Conversely, the Cowboys’ best defense is their offense. While the Cowboys have a strong grip on the division, the Giants are still battling for Wild Card position in the NFC. Of course we’re a different team than Week 1, too. There were reasons for grand optimism.

Things are feeling pretty good for the Dallas Cowboys.

Another week, another tight end shredding the Giants secondary.

Odell Beckham Jr. continued to play like the Pro Bowler that he is in the team’s Week 13 loss, catching 10 passes for 100 yards.

There will be an interesting twist if the Cowboys have the luxury of games they dont have to win. Loss. In 36 games over seven years.

On the year thus far, QB Dak Prescott holds 2974 yards, 19 touchdowns and just two picks, while Ezekiel Elliott leads the ground team in Dallas with 1285 yards and 12 touchdowns on 263 attempts. But they’re a much-improved team from September 11. While that locks up a top-four seed and leaves them at 12-1, their day could get better.

“I want to do what gives us the best chance to have Tony contribute to a championship” said Jones. They need to control Elliott again because the Cowboys will look to dominate the time of possession battle.

A play earlier, Prescott thought he had scrambled for a critical first down with a slide along the sideline that kept the clock moving. That provides more options.

McAdoo wants to see more consistency out of the offense.

Ezekiel Elliott has been clear in what his goals are for his rookie season.

The Giants are one of five teams that has yet to score 30 points in a game this season. Dallas Cowboys players, staff and personal contributed hundreds of gifts to about 400 needy children.

Asked what he did during his break, Elliott said, “I just stayed and chilled in”. Jason Garrett and his staff are going to have to weigh the options of resting the starters against the risk of injury by playing them when there is nothing tangible remaining to play for until the post season begins. Instead, he learned the Cowboys clinched a playoff berth from a text message. To secure a victory in their lone Monday Night Football appearance of the season, they’ll have to do it the hard way. WR Dez Bryant (65) needs one TD to become No. 2 in touchdowns in Cowboys’ history. He missed last Sunday’s game with a knee injury and his current status in unknown. After a lackluster 86 yard (well, for him) performance against the Vikings last week, that average dropped considerably. Yet, Dak didn’t hesitate to spray a little champagne himself!

Especially with Sunday’s rematch against the Giants, you know, the team that represents that one loss. “I’m going to have fun”. It’s something that he’s been doing for a very, very long time. “Sometimes I think you just overthink that and we’re not as grateful for what we have”.

But the rosy feelings should not keep us (or the team, of course) from looking at the very close, hard win over the Minnesota Vikings and seeing what we can learn about the Cowboys.