Giants Week 4 report card: Offense drags down Big Blue

Grading the Giants’ 20-15 win loss to the Cowboys on Thursday night: You don’t score a touchdown, you don’t win the game.There was loads of time of possession — more than 35 minutes — but only 5 of 16 on third down conversions and 0-for-2 in the red zone.

Daniel Jones (29 of 40, 218 yards) was mostly accurate targeting Malik Nabers (12-115), Wan’Dale Robinson (11-71) and Darius Slayton (3-56) but not enough down the field.Jones was stymied by a brutal rushing attack (24 attempts, 26 yards for a 1.1-yard average) as Devin Singletary (14-24) went nowhere.Nabers left with a concussion and that was tough to see.RT Jermaine Eluemunor was called for an illegal man downfield penalty.

TE Chris Manhertz was called for a costly holding penalty on the first play of the fourth quarter to negate a first down.Grade: CThere was only one big play given up but it was a costly one, CeeDee Lamb’s 55-yard TD as he beat Deonte Banks.

Lamb (7-98) otherwise was held in check.Dak Prescott (22 of 27, 221 yards, 2 TDs) was his usual accurate self.Not much on the ground for Rico Dowdle (11-46) or Ezekiel Elliott (5-19).

Kayvon Thibodeaux failed to trip up Hunter Luepke for a Dallas first down.Thibodeaux later got the Giants’ only sack, dropping Prescott for an 8-yard loss late in the first half.

Brian Burns had a tackle for loss on Lamb in the third quarter.CB Cor’Dale Flott had a few good moments starting on the perimeter but he still gets beat too often.Holding Dallas to 3 of 10 on third down was good work and allowing just 20 points should win more often than not.

There were only three hits on Prescott and that is not enough.Grade: B Greg Joseph, in his second game for his new team, was much better, going 5-for-5 on field goals, including a 52-yarder in the first quarter.

Rookie Tyrone Tracy muffed and fumbled the opening kickoff of the second half and was bailed out when teammate Chris Manhertz made the recovery.The Cowboys won the field-position battle, with kic...