Full Analysis of New York’s Party Crashing

Brand new stadium. Record-setting attendance. America’s team (with God watching through the open roof!). It was the perfect script for a perfect night, right up until the part when the Cowboys messed it all up by going out and losing.

The guys over at Big Blue View are rather pleased, as you might expect.

Impressive. That’s the best word I can use to describe Sunday’ night’s 33-31 victory by our New York Giants over the Dallas Cowboys. To win in that environment — opening of JerryWorld, record-setting crowd, trailing until the final drive — is a tremendous achievement.

So what went so wrong for Dallas? A quick look at the stats will tell you: 4 turnovers, including 3 interceptions from Tony Romo. As Blogging the Boys points out, one of those picks was fluky (see: Witten’s ankle), but there were still more miscues for which there are no excuses.

The Cowboys saw some flukey bounces go away from them. An errant Tony Romo pass just before the half bounced off Jason WItten’s heel and caromed into Kenny Phillips’ hands, giving the Giants a 28 yard field they traversed for a second quarter touchdown.

They can blame nobody but themselves for two other huge mistakes which robbed them of momentum and surrendered game-tipping points. Felix Jones looked slow and uncertain on several of his kickoff returns and his fumble of a kickoff staggered Dallas. The play came one play after an overthrown Romo pass had been returned for a touchdown, giving New York a 10-7 lead. The defense held but Romo and his mates had to wait before taking the field.