There are some big names on the Cowboys’ final injury report heading into their Week 5 game versus the Giants, but head coach Mike McCarthy isn’t treating it like a big deal. He says his stars will be ready to go on Sunday. The Giants, meanwhile, will be without some of their top talent, and the New York players who are left got a little extra motivation this week… from Cowboys legend Troy Aikman, of all people. We’ll crunch the numbers to preview a winner and go inside a few of the minor plotlines for the NFC East showdown.
Elsewhere, La’el Collins has his day in court fighting his five-game suspension, John Fassel now has a theory on why Greg Zuerlein missed those kicks in Week 1, and Jerry Jones gets candid about cutting Jaylon Smith. We’re also looking at the Cowboys’ improving red-zone numbers, picking a quarter-pole MVP, handing out a trophy for something called an NVP, examining how close NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith came to getting the boot, and thinking about goal-line carries… for Connor McGovern?!? Here’s the News and Notes.