Manning hits Cruz for go-ahead TD, Giants top Cowboys 20-19

I get his point, but since they were missed connections, don’t you have to do whatever you can to get Dez more involved in the game?

With six minutes left in the fourth quarter and Giants on the Cowboys’ three yard-line, Cruz zigzagged through the endzone on a broken play to get open and catch a bullet from Eli Manning.

With the Giants vulnerable and desperate for a savior as they faced an unnerving third down, it was the savvy Cruz who, on a busted play, craftily zigzagged around two Dallas defenders to wiggle free for the 3-yard touchdown reception that lifted the Giants to a 20-19 victory.

The more things change, the more things stay the same for the Dallas Cowboys, who still can’t win without quarterback Tony Romo and still can’t close out games. There’s no shame in losing a close battle to a division rival like Dallas did in falling to NY, 20-19. Outside of Sean Lee, the Dallas linebacker corps didn’t show much against the Giants and no one showed up on the Giants’ clock-killing drive. Whereas Wentz didn’t have to come from behind at all, Prescott did and that is an advantage to a pass defense. Going back to 2013, the Cowboys are 1-14 without Romo. The 36-year-old is likely to miss at least another month after breaking a bone in his back in the preseason.

“You could sense everyone having me in their prayers, pushing for me, excited for me to get dressed and be out there for Game 1”, Cruz said. “It’s a minus, good job, good touchdown”.

I was hoping for a better day, for sure. We were able to go run the ball.

The correct play that 99% of players make involves sprinting out of bounds to stop the clock after securing the catch. Another deep throw to Bryant in the end zone was broken up.

“Everything is fine, not fine, but is on go”, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones recently said about Romo’s status, per Charean Williams of the Star-Telegram. “We had a couple of good ones, but there were a couple that were not where they need to be”. Somewhat ironically, that penalty occurred only because Jenkins had read their pre-snap signal and knew right where the ball was going. “We’re just excited to be on the field together”, Cruz said. Morris ran 7 times for 35 yards averaging 5.0 yards per carry.

“We’re going to be a helluva football team”, wide receiver Dez Bryant said. “It’s fun to play in those games”.

So now, the Cowboys have to work to avoid another familiar feeling: early-season losses piling up while Romo watches from the sideline.