The Dallas Cowboys have beaten the New York Giants 20-15 at MetLife Stadium on Thursday Night Football to begin Week 4 in the NFLImagn ImagesMichael Dominski·Live ReporterCowboys edge Giants in NFC East clash

The Cowboys defense kept the Giants from scoring any touchdowns and Dak Prescott threw for 221 yards and two touchdowns as Dallas beat New York 20-15 on Thursday Night Football.

Giants rookie Malik Nabers hauled in 12 receptions for 115 yards but suffered a concussion late in the fourth quarter.

Dallas improves to 2-2 while New York falls to 1-3.

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2h agoMichael Dominski·Live ReporterYour views on Cowboys-Giants

Tyler H.: Giants lost to the Commanders by only giving up field goals and now Daboll thinks it’s a winning strategy.

Marc S.: I’ve watched football for decades, and that facemask penalty on the Giants in the first quarter may be the worst penalty call I have ever seen, given it was committed by the opposition.

Jay S.: I like that in most of The Athletic game discussions, fans are insulting the other team or bashing the refs, but in a Cowboys vs Giants, the fans are bashing their own teams. And deservedly so.

Terence B.: I have really wanted Daboll to succeed and have turned a blind eye to some of his baffling decisions but the fact that Eric Gray is still returning kick offs and his decision to hand the ball off to a rookie RB who has done absolutely nothing on a critical 2nd & 6 on the most important drive of the early season tells me all I need to know. He is out over his skis and it’s time to move on. What a sad state of affairs. But at least the total reset is coming in 2025.

Steve R.: We saw tonight exactly what Daniel Jones is. He’s going to make his receivers work for easy receptions. He’s going take too much time when quick decisions are necessary. And he’s going to continuously under throw receivers when they burn their opponents.

2h agoJon Machota·Staff Writer, CowboysMore on Parsons’ injury

Micah Parsons says X-rays were negative on his ankle injury. He has an MRI scheduled for tomorrow and says he’s going to try to play next week.

2h agoMichael Dominski·Live ReporterNFC East standings

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A badly needed win for the Cowboys, who get back to .500.

The Giants, meanwhile, are inching closer to yet another lost season.

You can see the full league standings here.

2h agoMichael Dominski·Live ReporterKey performersCowboys

Dak Prescott: 22/27 passing, 221 yards, 2 touchdowns
CeeDee Lamb: 7 receptions, 98 yards, touchdown
Rico Dowdle: 61 total yards from scrimmage, touchdown
Brandon Aubrey: 2/3 on field goals, including one from 60 yards

Giants

Daniel Jones: 29/40 passing, 281 yards, interception
Malik Nabers: 12 receptions, 115 yards
Wan’Dale Robinson: 11 receptions, 71 yards
Greg Joseph: 5/5 on field goals

3h agoJon Machota·Staff Writer, CowboysCowboys injury updates

DeMarcus Lawrence, who suffered a foot injury tonight, says he’s in pain but he’s going to be fine.

Micah Parsons, who suffered an ankle injury, is limping around the locker room, definitely in pain, but he told Dak: “I’ll be good.”

3h agoRobert Mays·Senior Podcast Host / WriterNabers was everywhere tonight

I’m not sure we’ve ever had to worry about a wide receiver’s workload during a season, but the Giants are going to test that theory with Malik Nabers.

3h agoJon Machota·Staff Writer, CowboysMcCarthy: ‘Road wins are the best’

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Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy speaking after the game: “Road wins are the best. We feel great about what we accomplished. … We have a lot of work to do.”

McCarthy did not have an update on Micah Parsons’ injury.

3h agoJim Ayello·Staff Editor, NFLGiants run attack shut down by struggling Cowboys run defense

The Giants produced a meager 26 rushing yards on 24 carries tonight. That’s their worst total rushing performance since recording only 23 yards in 2019 in a game against the New York Jets.

By yards per carry, 1.1 YPC is their worst rushing performance since 1999.

3h agoMichael Dominski·Live ReporterAubrey’s miss costs bettors

Until the fourth quarter tonight, Brandon Aubrey had never missed a field goal from 50 or more yards in his career. So when he missed from 51 yards with 32 seconds left, it was a legitimate shock.

It must’ve been a shock to the large majority of points-spread bettors who backed the Cowboys -5.5 points tonight as well, as that miss flipped the result of the bet. We reported pregame that 98% of points-spread bettors at BetMGM had picked the Cowboys.

3h agoMichael Dominski·Live ReporterAubrey has historic range

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Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey is only in the early stages of his second career NFL season, but the 60-yard field goal he made in the third quarter tonight is already the third of his career from at least 60 yards.

That makes him just the fourth kicker in NFL history with at least three FGs from that range, joining Brett Maher (four), Greg Zuerlein (three) and Matt Prater (three).

As you can see above, Post Malone gave Aubrey his due before the game tonight.

3h agoMichael Dominski·Live ReporterDak owns the Giants

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Dak Prescott has now beaten the Giants 13 straight times. That’s tied for the second-longest winning streak by a quarterback against a single opponent in NFL history, behind only Bob Griese beating the Bills 17 straight times.

3h agoDan Duggan·Senior Writer, GiantsNew year, same story

The Cowboys have beaten the Giants in 14 of their last 15 meetings and seven straight.

New York had plenty of chances tonight but can’t win by just kicking field goals.

3h agoMichael Dominski·Live ReporterNabers suffers concussion

Malik Nabers’ injury is confirmed to have been a concussion.

3h agoMichael Dominski·Live ReporterCowboys beat Giants 20-15

Prescott takes a knee and the Cowboys get out of New York with a win.

Dallas improves to 2-2 while the Giants fall to 1-3.

3h agoMichael Dominski·Live ReporterJones picked off to end game!

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Q4 0:05 Cowboys 20-15 Giants

Jones has no choice but to take deep shots downfield, and after the first two fall incomplete he’s picked off by Oruwariye on the third.

3h agoMichael Dominski·Live ReporterAubrey misses field goal!

Q4 0:32 Cowboys 20-15 Giants

Aubrey hooks his attempt from 51 yards wide right! The first miss of his career from 50+ yards.

The Giants take over at their 41, still without any timeouts as well as without their star receiver.

3h agoMichael Dominski·Live ReporterTwo-minute warning

Q4 2:00 Cowboys 20-15 Giants

The best the Giants can do is stop the Cowboys on the next two plays, hold them to a field goal that makes the lead eight points, and get the ball back with about 25 seconds left and no timeouts.

Not a promising position to be in.

3h agoCharlotte Carroll·Staff Writer, GiantsNabers injured

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Malik Nabers walks into the locker room with trainers after going down on that Giants fourth-down play. Nabers tip-toed on the sidelines but was quickly surrounded by NY training staff after landing on the ground. The rookie WR has been a focal point of the Giants offense and that attempt was no departure from Jones on the run trying to complete the play. Nabers has 12 receptions for 115 yards tonight.

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