Tag: 2021 week 5

WATCH: Diggs gets huge pick-six, Patriots respond with long TD

Trevon Diggs got interception No. 7 to take the lead, but the Patriots quickly responded with a deep touchdown with Diggs in coverage.

No. 7 has his seventh interception of the season, and it was a big one. Cornerback Trevon Diggs watched Mac Jones throw a ball a little high and it was bobbled by Kendrick Bourne, then Diggs stole it and had a convoy take it back for a pick-six and the Dallas lead.

The Cowboys had a chance to take the lead on a 51-yard field goal attempt by kicker Greg Zuerlein on the previous drive but he missed it wide left.

On the ensuing drive, Jones fired another ass to Bourne with Diggs in coverage and safety Damontae Kazee completely misread the throw and Bourne waltzed by the pair and scored a long touchdown to steal the lead back.

3 Stars: Cowboys trident of excellence continues to rack up stats vs Giants

The cream continues to rise to the top as the Cowboys triumvirate of stars play their parts against the Giants. | From @StarConscience

Another week and another Dallas Cowboys win. With their 44-20 rout of the New York Giants, the Cowboys have won four in a row since their Week 1loss and have forged a two-game lead in the NFC East.

The Cowboys continued their formula on Sunday by letting a dominant running game, efficient passing attack, and an opportunistic defense guide them to the winners’ circle. As usual, certain players stand on the frontline and lead the way to a big win, and these three players did just that for the Cowboys against the Giants.

What We Learned vs Giants: Cowboys’ defense can be star in the show, too,

The defense can step up when needed, and it takes much more than a talented back to have this level of rushing success. Here’s what we learned in the Cowboys’ dismantling of the Giants on Sunday. | From @CDPiglet

The Dallas Cowboys improved to 4-1 overall, and 2-0 in the division with their 44-20 win over the New York Giants on Sunday. They beat up on another weak NFC East opponent, running their combined score this season against them to 85 to 41, +44. Quarterback Dak Prescott’s record against the NFC East improves to 21-6 and they now have a two-game lead in the division.

The game was a little bit of a let down, due to the amount of important players injured on the Giants team, but nobody cried for the Cowboys last year when they lost their quarterback and two starting offensive tackles. Dallas handled their business, winning all three games of their home stand in a stretch where home-field advantage means next to nothing around the NFL.

Maybe some believe that it’s impossible to learn anything from beating an injury-riddled team, but they definitely can, and here are some examples of what was learned this week.

Week 5 Report Card and Snap Counts: Cowboys shake cobwebs to dominate Giants

Things started slowly, but each position group brought something to the table against the division rivals. Here’s who played how much and how well. | From @Zeke_Barrera

The Dallas Cowboys managed to move to 4-1 on the 2021 season, defeating a New York Giants team running on fumes after losing multiple key offensive players to violent and gruesome injuries. Dallas nonetheless poured it on, outscoring the Giants 27-10 in the second half to take a two-game lead in the NFC East.

It was a familiar path to victory for Dallas, who’s offense shows no signs of slowing down while the defense continues to generate turnovers at just the right time. It’s a recipe the Cowboys should hope to replicate many times throughout the year on the way towards a deep playoff run.

Here’s how the Cowboys graded out in Week 5, along with the playtime percentage breakdown.

The Good, Bad and Ugly: Cowboys overcome slow start as stars outshine Giants, 44-20

While the Cowboys ended up cruising thanks to their offensive prowess, the pass defense was once again thwarted by a menacing opponent. A look at what went right, wrong and sideways in Week 5. | From @BenGrimaldi

The Dallas Cowboys won their fourth game in a row Sunday, beating the rival New York Giants, 44-20. For the second consecutive week, the Cowboys pulled away thanks to a second-half scoring barrage to make it look easy on the scoreboard, but it was one of the strangest games the teams have played lately.

Injuries relegated the Giants to mostly second-stringers on offense, but the Cowboys responded with some sloppy play. Dallas got the win in some of the same ways they’ve been successful on the season.

Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly in a Week 5 victory for the now 4-1 Cowboys.

Cowboys’ Elliott rumbles his way to Player of the Game honors in Week 5

The Cowboys’ running back is back to running away from defensive linemen on a regular basis. Another big day for the always hungry Elliott.| From @TimLettiero

In yet another dominant second-half performance, the Dallas Cowboys were finally able to kick the visiting New York Giants out of their house after letting them hang around for two quarters. The club once again was able to run over, around and through an opponent, as Dallas ran for over 200 rushing yards for the second consecutive game. The attack started on the ground and ended on the ground and over the course of the game Dallas dealt body blow after body blow en route to a 44-20 division victory.

The Giants were daring the Cowboys to run early on, keeping their coverage players back as they feared another game with quarterback Dak Prescott carving them up. That happened anyway, but only after Ezekiel Elliott, the Cowboys offensive line and Kellen Moore forced them to respect the league’s best running game. Elliott led the way again, running the rock 21 times while catching two balls for a total of 112 yards from scrimmage and a pair of scores.

Early on, Elliott was used as a workhorse. The key factor to head coach Mike McCarthy’s “run until they stop it” motto this week, Elliott gained chunk plays here and there while also being a factor in the passing game, although his most impressive catch along the sideline got called back for an offensive penalty. Elliott stretched out to haul in a sideline pass for a first down, but an illegal shift call negated the gain.

In the game’s first half, Elliott was the central point of the offense, gaining 71 yards on 12 rushes while the passing game was working on getting untracked.

One of Elliott’s best traits is his pass blocking ability. It often gets overlooked but he shows it here as he helps Prescott find CeeDee Lamb for the first touchdown of the game.

In the second half, Moore dipped into his bag of tricks. On this fake option play, Elliott is left wide open for the swing pass. Paying homage to his jersey-number twin Deion Sanders, Elliott high-stepped his way into the end zone.

Prior to the play, Elliott broke off a big run that saw him launch toward the first-down marker, landing awkwardly on his back. There was concern as he had to be tended to on the sideline, but a few plays later he was back in the game.

Later in the game, Elliott trusted his speed and patiently waited for blocks to develop as he bursts outside, getting into the end zones virtually untouched to ice the game.

Elliott continues to be on fire early in the young season, continuing to silence doubters who had grown loud over the last couple seasons.

He’s now up to over 450 yards on the ground through five games, on pace for over 1,500 yards in the new 17-game season. Continuing to find consistency the Dallas Cowboys and Elliot will look to keep rolling next week in Foxborough, Massachusetts when they take on Bill Belicheck’s New England Patriots.

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WATCH: Anthony Brown ices Cowboys’ Week 5 win with Pick 6

Mike Glennon threw a second interception, this time it was to Anthony Brown for a game-icing pick-six.

Cornerback Anthony Brown has joined the fun in the final moments. After cornerback Trevon Diggs got his sixth interception earlier in the game, Brown broke on a late pass by quarterback Mike Glennon and took it back to the house for a pick-six. This is also Brown’s second interception of the season.

Dallas had a weird first half but came out and took it to the heavily-injured Giants in the second half, scoring 27 points with Brown’s score as the icing on the cake for the Cowboys who walk away with a 44-20 divisional win.

WATCH: Cowboys’ Elliott closes the door on Giants with second TD

Ezekiel Elliott rushed for his second touchdown of the game, putting the lead likely out of reach for the Giants in the fourth quarter.

With 12:26 left in the game, the Giants had a 4th-and-goal from the 2-yard line. New York wide receiver Kadarius Toney slipped and the pass was incomplete, setting up the Dallas offense deep in their own territory.

Continuing his impressive day, running back Ezekiel Elliott gave Dallas space with an immediate 10-yard gain. The drive gained momentum with a 22-yard pass by wide receiver Cedrick Wilson, who would’ve had his second career passing touchdown if he led wide receiver Noah Brown downfield.

The run game continued to churn into Giants territory and Elliott capped off the drive with a 13-yard touchdown scamper for his second score of the game. The touchdown put the game out of reach for New York, extending the lead to 34-13.

Game Recap: Cowboys win 4th straight as Elliott, defense pummel Giants 44-20

The Cowboys improve to 4-1 as they overcame a sloppy start to exert their dominance over the injured and less talented Giants on Sunday. Here’s everything we know. | From @KDDrummondNFL

The Dallas Cowboys entered Sunday’s contest with a chance to create some distance between themselves and their division rivals. Facing off against the one-win Giants, the team also got a boost from the early game as the Washington Football Team fell to the New Orleans Saints. A victory in the early evening would give Dallas a two-game division lead over them and the Philadelphia Eagles, who Dallas defeated two weeks prior. It wasn’t a pretty effort overall, but there were enough attractive plays to piece together a double-digit victory.

Quarterback Dak Prescott overcame two first-half turnovers, one right near the Giants goal line, to lead Dallas to three scoring drives in four possessions surrounding halftime. Dallas’ defense was able to corral a Giants’ team that suffered numerous in-game injuries and when the dust settled, the Cowboys won their fourth game in a row, 44-20.

The Cowboys are now +53 scoring on the season.

Kellen Moore’s offense once again rolled, compiling 515 yards of total offense. Dan Quinn’s defense, not to be outdone, scored once again and record two turnovers for their fifth-straight game in 2021. The Dallas defense has a streak of 9 straight going back to last season, the longest streak in the league since 2010.

Trevon Diggs came through with the first, then late in the fourth quarter Anthony Brown sealed the game with a Pick-6 of backup Mike Glennon.

Dallas was committed to the run once again, striking in the passing game when necessary but deciding that bludgeoning the Giants’ defense into submission was the best plan for the day. For the fourth-straight game Dallas gained over 150 yards on the ground, this time 201, as Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard once again looked like an unstoppable storm of crackling thunder and electric lightning.

Elliott finished with 112 total yards and two scores.

His star-RB counterpart Saquon Barkley didn’t finish the game as he was one of several New York offensive starters who left with injury. Barkley stepped on Jourdan Lewis’ foot and rolled his ankle. Later, QB Daniel Jones suffered a concussion on a run and he and WR Kenny Golladay (knee) sat out the second half as well.

Things didn’t start smoothly for the Cowboys, as their opening drive ended at midfield with a fourth-and-two tipped interception at the line. Two drives later, a snap to Prescott’s left side was fumbled, ending a great scoring opportunity.

Through it all, though, the Cowboys’ defense held tight. They kept the Giants’ offense muffled while the offense sorted out there issues and by halftime Dallas was leading by seven points. The second half was pure domination as Dallas dominated their third-straight opponent to improve to 4-1 on the season.

Leading Passer: Dak Prescott 22 for 32, 302 yards, 3 passing TDs, 1 INT
Leading Rusher: Ezekiel Elliott 21 rushes, 110 yards 1 TD, 2 recs 1 TD
Leading Receiver: CeeDee Lamb 4 receptions, 84 yards 1 TD
Leading Defender: Micah Parsons 8 tackles, 3 QB hits

Next Game: 10/17 – 3:25 p.m. Central @ New England Patriots

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WATCH: Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs grabs INT for fifth straight game

Trevon Diggs extended his interception streak to five, picking off Mike Glennon on a deep throw for his fifth takeaway of the season.

This is a weekly post now. Second-year cornerback Trevon Diggs has stretched his magical interception streak to five games in 2021. Diggs read Giants quarterback Mike Glennon the whole way, letting the receiver appear open so he could do his best Deion Sanders impression and fly back into the play for the interception.

That’s now an unheard-of six interceptions in five games for Diggs who has propelled himself as the frontrunner for Defensive Player of the Year. After the takeaway, the Dallas offense reached the New York 24-yard line before a sack of quarterback Dak Prescott stifled the drive and kicker Greg Zuerlein made a 38-yard field go to extend the lead to 27-13 late in the third quarter.