Giants (3-3) vs Cowboys (2-3)
The Cowboys took a 30-6 loss from the New England Patriots in the last game they played. The only good news was that there was a bye coming up as they continue to struggle without Tony Romo.
The Giants started off strong with an opening drive touchdown in Philadelphia last week. Unfortunately they failed to come up with any more points for the rest of the game and lost 27-7 to the Eagles.
Giants - Eagles Wrap-Up

Dallas Cowboys
As Tony Romo goes, so goes the Cowboys. They have dropped three straight since losing their starting quarterback to a broken collarbone in a week 2 game with the Eagles. Backup quarterback Brandon Weeden came in for Romo and threw a touchdown pass to help cement a win. That was the last game they've won and in their next three losses Weeden has thrown just one more touchdown. Last month when they traded for Matt Cassel to back him up Cowboys owner Jerry Jones stated that you wouldn't find a more "gifted passer" in the NFL than Brandon Weeden. Since then, over the bye week, the Cowboys made the switch from Weeden to Cassel at quarterback.
Looking back years ago, Jason Garrett, the current head coach, stepped in when Troy Aikman went down. Garrett was soon replaced when the Cowboys brought in Bernie Kosar. So it goes with some of the younger (more gifted?) backup quarterbacks. In the NFL there's nothing like having a real experienced hand running the show. Weeden has lost 11 straight games as a starter, going back to his time as a first-round draft pick in Cleveland. Cassel is 35-38 as a starter for various teams. As for Tony Romo, he is on short-term injured reserve which means he'll first be eligible to play Nov. 22 at Miami.

Dallas Cowboys Offense
They've brought in Matt Cassel to do what Brandon Weeden hasn't been able to do. Weeden has practice and real game experience with the offensive players on this team, but he is still learning the starting quarterback role. Cassel has had only practice time, but he is well versed in the game and knows how to run an offense and read defenses. Cassel will have the confidence to throw deeper and use the whole field and that will certainly benefit Terrance Williams who has caught both of Weeden's two touchdown passes. Overall though their connection has been poor. With Weeden starting, Williams has 13 incompletions, 5 catches for 70 yards and 1 touchdown. Deep threat Dez Bryant has missed four games with a fractured right foot and will be out for this game.
Running back Joseph Randle is the main ball carrier and he's averaging 3.9 yards a carry. Darren McFadden usually comes in on passing plays for protection and for his receiving skills, which were really tested last time against New England. McFadden was the leading receiver, catching 9 out of 10 passes for 62 yards. Over the first four games he's only been thrown to three other times, catching them all, including one 19 yarder in the first game with the Giants. McFadden might become a bigger part of their gameplan this week. Tight end Jason Witten is the team's leading receiver with 30 catches, but the Patriots limited him to 5 for 33 yards, his lowest output on the season. That said, Witten caught 8 out of 9 passes and had two touchdowns against the Giants in the first game.

Dallas Cowboys Defense
This defense was doing well and got an added boost when Greg Hardy and Rolando McClain came off their four-game suspensions. They combined for three of the five sacks on Tom Brady. In addition, rookie defensive end Randy Gregory, who missed four games after suffering a high-ankle sprained in the season opener against the Giants, is expected back. In that game he was one of their most effective pass-rushers with three quarterback pressures on Eli Manning. Now, combined with Hardy, they make a dangerous pair on the line for any offense. McClain teams with Sean Lee at the linebacker position and it's hard to get a runner past them. The Cowboys have improved their passing defense over last season. They held Odell Beckham Jr. to 5 catches for 44 yards last time the teams played. One problem they have is with the takeaways. The Cowboys are tied for last in the league with only two interceptions and one fumble recovery.

Giants offense
Eli Manning has been able to get the ball out quickly, but as we saw last week, once a defense sees that there is no running game to fall back on, they can take chances and blitz more. It gets worse if the Giants fall behind on the scoreboard. There have been only seven sacks on Manning this season, but three came last week in the game with the Eagles. The big question following that one-sided loss was why the ball wasn't getting into Odell Beckham Jr.'s hands during the second half. It's gets hard to look downfield at your double covered receiver for a clear shot when the offensive line is crumbling around you.
Manning said that his other single covered receivers have to make plays. Victor Cruz is still not available and Rueben Randle is doing his best with a hamstring problem. The unit was gifted four turnovers by their defense and either turned the ball back, or couldn't get close enough for Josh Brown to attempt a field goal for the entire game. The Giants just can't make the kind of mistakes they made last week and need to get their ground attack going. The Giants are the only team in the NFL without a 100-yard rushing game. Right now Rashad Jennings is the team leader, averaging 3.7 yards a carry, and he's done nicely catching nearly every pass, 14 out of 15 for 132 yards.

Giants defense
They were opportunistic last week against Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford and picked him off three times. Once again they'll be facing a quarterback who isn't quite settled in with his team so there should be some opportunities. It doesn't matter who's throwing the ball, covering Jason Witten is always a problem. Linebacker Uani' Unga started for the first time in the Cowboys game and got to see the damage that Witten can do. Since then he has become the team leader in interceptions (2), tackles (42) and is tied with Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie with 2 forced fumbles. Unfortunately Unga is listed as questionable, but Jon Beason is expected to play, as well as Devon Kennard, Robert Ayers and Johnathan Hankin, so maybe there will be a decent pass rush.
The Giants have only 8 sacks on the season and Damontre Moore leads the team with 3. It would be nice if his didn't include a penalty price tag to go along with it as we saw last time. The secondary will have to stay alert as more balls will be coming their way and thrown deeper than what they saw last game playing against Bradford. In the secondary, cornerback Jayron Hosley and safeties Brandon Meriweather and Landon Collins all had interceptions in that game.

Overall
The last time these teams met up, the Cowboys won 27-26. It was the first game of the season and one where the Giants could have come out on top to start off on a better note. The Giants are coming off a poor performance against the Eagles and another one this week would give them 3 losses in the division. With Tony Romo out and the Cowboys shuffling quarterbacks, the Giants have an opportunity to even their record against them at 1-1 and they'd better take it.

NFC East Games
Sunday at 1:00pm Tampa Bay (2-3) at Redskins (2-4).
Sunday at 4:30pm Cowboys (2-3) at Giants (3-3).
Sunday at 8:30pm Eagles (3-3) at Panthers (5-0).
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The Giants have lost five straight games to the Cowboys.

Eli Manning has 9 touchdowns and 1 interception in his past four home games against the Cowboys.

Odell Beckham Jr. made "The Catch" against the Cowboys last season at MetLife Stadium.

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie returned a fumble 57 yards for a touchdown the last time against the Cowboys.

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Running backs coach Craig Johnson used to coach Matt Cassel in Minnesota, where he was in charge of the quarterbacks from 2011-2013.

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The Cowboys are 18-8 after a bye week.

The Cowboys have won three in a row at the Meadowlands.

Tight end Jason Witten caught two touchdowns last time against the Giants.

The Cowboys are tied for 27th in the NFL with a minus-five turnover differential.

The Cowboys defense last game let Tom Brady sneak in for his first rushing touchdown since 2012.

Quarterback Matt Cassel filled in for Tom Brady in 2008 and won 11 games.

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