Micah Parsons: 'We're Doomsday!' Cowboys Report Cards in Blowout Win at Giants
SAN ANTONIO - It's difficult to truly gauge just how good the Dallas Cowboys were on "Sunday Night Football'' because of the unbelievable no-show by a New York Giants team that some (myself included) felt could win the NFC East.
Giants head coach Brian Daboll - who after the game said there would "be no sugarcoating'' - owes the Mara family and his fans an apology for just how unprepared his team was in a 40-0 shellacking in Week 1.
The Giants' incompetence - our Mike Fisher labeled their work "a clown show'' - leads to a question that in no way is intended to take away from Dallas' history-making success ...
Are the Cowboys this good? Are the Giants this bad? Maybe both?
Said defensive superstar Micah Parsons (who in the postgame locker room staked a claim as the leader of "the best defensive in the National Football League) via Twitter: "Y’all thought this was a game?! #DOOMSDAY !
It is in a way difficult to give proper judgment of the Dallas offense. A group that played without stud left guard Tyler Smith due to injury didn't need to do much. ... as the whole night Dak Prescott, engineering coach Mike McCarthy's "Texas Coast Offense,'' was able to do so in downhill fashion. Run the plays ... take advantage of how well the Cowboys defense is playing ... and take advantage of how abysmally New York performed.
It was nice to see McCarthy have all the answers, though, in his new play-calling role ... which featured Tony Pollard in a new role of his own as well ... all leading up to roles for Rico Dowdle (who's paid his dues) and of course the kids Deuce Vaughn and Hunter Luepke.
What stands out about this win from the Dallas perspective is all of the new names you see scattered throughout the box score. It's not like Markquese Bell, Noah Igbinoghene and Juanyeh Thomas jerseys were previously flying off the shelves, right? But all three were flying all over Met Life Stadium.
And with Micah leading the way? Dallas totaled sven sacks, two interceptions, one interception (a pick-6), one blocked field goal (for a TD), five forced fumbles and the rare blowout/shutout combo.
In the end, we've got to hand out "A's'' like candy on Halloween. I mean, they missed an extra point and the tight ends had some dropsies. What are we gonna do, make them stay after school in detention?
In the end, this can be judged: This is a Cowboys organization that drafts well, coaches people up and develops players. Even their minor moves have worked out to be big moves. (Example: Chuma Edoga played left guard in Tyler's spot ... and nobody noticed a negative.)
One has to think things will get back to normal, with a pendulum swing back toward the middle, when Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets come to Arlington in Week 2. But for one rainy night in New York, the Cowboys looked like every bit of a contender. ... and looked so amazingly good that "Doomsday 4'' was actually sort of difficult to judge because it was so difficult to believe.
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