It was an ugly start for and the when they hosted the in Week 5, . In a revenge game of the highest order for Prescott, one that saw him return to the scene of the crime against the same team that fractured his ankle in 2020, and in the same football week, the two-time Pro Bowler was looking to exorcise his final demon from last season's gruesome injury -- which led to him overthinking things a bit.Prescott threw an interception and fumbled a snap in the red zone to start the game, two very
LeBron James Jersey uncharacteristic errors for a player who has otherwise put himself in to 2021 NFL MVP conversation. He is taking nothing away from the credit due to linebacker for his tip drill interception, but the fumble was simply a mishandling by the Cowboys quarterback, and on the Giants' 5-yard line with Dallas nursing a narrow 3-0 lead in the first quarter."I think just a great play by the edge rusher there," Prescott said following the 44-20 blowout over the Giants. "Getting his hands up and tipping the ball in the air, and obviously just kind of falling in his hands. A great play by him and the second one, yeah, I kind of rushed the whole snap to handoff mechanics and threw the ball away right there and just definitely can't do that. Especially not in the red zone."It's situational, it's not good any time down there when you're guaranteed some points.
Marquese Chriss Jersey That's a big swing. That puts the defense and puts the team in a tough spot, but we won the battle and came out on top." OUR BALL : & Giants App New York Giants (@Giants) It certainly wasn't rust that caused Prescott the slow start, which means the driver could've only been psychological, and he readily admits that was precisely the case -- knowing what this game meant as a punctuation mark to his year-long journey back to the field."I said that in the locker room," Prescott added. "I hugged Cowboys trainer Britt Brown there at the end and said I know what this meant. I told him thank you and I'm glad it's behind us. I said I don't know why I was in a slow mental fog I felt early but when it pa sed. I'm glad it's over with it, and I'm glad I'm past that."And I think this was the final shovel in burying this thing."That wasn't the only thing Prescott and the Cowboys buried on Sunday, the other being the Giants themselves. On the next offensive drive for the Giants, following the aforementioned fumble, defensive end applied pre sure that helped force New York into a three-and-out, and that mulligan awarded by the defense lifted the fog from Prescott's mind like a sunrise over Northern Ireland. On third-and-8 from the Giants 49-yard line, Prescott dropped back and launched a 49-yard touchdown bomb to streaking receiver to give the Cowboys a 10-0 lead that hinted wildly at what was to come over the remainder of the contest. CeeDee TD : on FOX: NFL app NFL (@NFL) And with that,
Ante Zizic Jersey the first half mishaps turned into a surgical dismantling of the Giants, to the point where offensive coordinator refused to pull back on the reins and instead went full throttle at boat racing the division rivals at AT&T Stadium. Moore pulled more than one trick play out of his bag, with one in particular likely being the play that shattered the Giants hopes of mounting an upset in the wake of losing , and to injury.When two-time NFL rushing champ finished a strong run by falling on the pylon cam and then writhing in pain, it was thought he'd sit out a few plays to be evaluated. The Giants likely thought that as well, but Elliott returned quickly, and New York likely still believed he was banged up and wouldn't be a factor on how the drive ended. I mean, Moore wouldn't give Elliott the ball to run into the teeth of the Giants defense on the Giants four-yard line only moments after watching him helped to his feet by trainers and limping noticeably to the sideline, would he? You're right. He wouldn't. What he would do, however, is call a trick play that had Prescott fake the pitch to Elliott, then fake a throw to his left only to throw back to a waiting Elliott in the flat, who would then dispel any notion of injury with a Deion Sanders-worthy high step into the end zone to give the Cowboys a 24-13 lead; from which they never looked back. Heck of a play by the . : on FOX: NFL app NFL (@NFL) Prescott says that play isn't new, by the way."New? I don't know that I can say that," he said. "I feel like we may have run it before. As I continue to tell you
Darius Garland Jersey guys, Kellen has so much great stuff and he knows when to call it. That was just another example of that."Prescott and the Cowboys have now scored more than 35 points in their last three games and more than 40 on two of those occasions, and they're doing it with a mix of dominant running from Ezekiel Elliott with in complement, and Prescott himself being relentle s about finding the end zone time and again with his slew of targets. He'd finish with 302 pa sing yards and his three pa sing touchdowns against the Giants takes his 2021 tally to 13 TDs with only three interceptions -- one of the latter being accountable to Lamb and not the throw by Prescott in Week 1 -- his pa ser rating of 116.9 being the highest of his already record-setting career. In the beginning of this game, it looked like the final demon from 2020 would haunt Prescott's production, but it was not to be. He became a demon himself once he realized he
Dante Exum Jersey might cost his team a win, and all the Giants could do then was pray for mercy, but they received none whatsoever.Prescott is now 8-2 against the Giants after having won eight straight, his only two lo ses being as a rookie in 2016. His bid for 2021 NFL Comeback Player of the Year and NFL MVP remain a rightful conversation heading into Week 6, and his eyes are now completely on the horizon after moving past the final mental hurdle in his recovery." I'm most proud of the way that I've grown," Prescott said. "Honestly, my growth. Personally, just off the field and on the field. I learned a lot about myself, tested myself. I think everything I do now is very intentional and purposeful to what I want and what I want to accomplish. Just to be able to do that and to know that everything that you're taking in is for the good and you're trying to exert that as well. "Exert nothing but good energy and positive energy and support. I'm ble sed and anything that I go through, I'm thankful for because I usually come out a better person -- as I did this."
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