Giants rushing game suffers brutal night against Cowboys

All week, the narrative surrounding the Cowboys is that they could not stop the run.The numbers after three games were incriminating and it certainly made sense that the Giants on Thursday night would try to test the Dallas defense by working the ground game. It did not work out too well for the Giants.

They tried to establish the run but they went nowhere in the first half.They ran it 16 times and managed to gain only 29 yards for a feeble average of 1.8 yards per attempt.

Devin Singletary got it eight times and ran for only 22 yards.The Giants finished with a pathetic 26 rushing yards in a 20-15 loss at MetLife Stadium. This was a far cry from what other teams did to the Cowboys the past three games.

In Week 3, they allowed 274 rushing yards to the Ravens and the 557 rushing yards allowed was the most given up by the Dallas franchise in the first three games of a season. Rookie WR Malik Nabers became the third player in the Super Bowl era with 30 or more receptions in his first four NFL games.The only other players to accomplish this are Puka Nacua (39 receptions) and Anquan Boldin (30).

Nabers came into the game with 23 catches in his first three games.Trevon Diggs, the Cowboys’ top cornerback, left the field with 11:30 remaining with dehydration.He was able to return for the next series.

With two cornerbacks — veteran Adoree’ Jackson and rookie Dru Phillips — down with calf injuries, the Giants had to improvise in their secondary.Nick McCloud, back in the lineup after missing the past two games with a knee injury, moved in as the slot corner and Cor’Dale Flott started opposite Deonte Banks as a perimeter corner.TE Daniel Belllinger got called for a holding penalty in the first quarter, but it was Cowboys LB DeMarvion Overshown who grabbed Bellinger by the face mask.

WR Darius Slayton, listed as questionable heading into the game with a thumb injury, was able to play.He had a 28-yard reception in the second quarter. Daniel Jones continued to ...