The Dallas Cowboys gave the New York Giants a beatdown of epic proportions in their 40-0 Week 1 win. Even the most ardent Cowboys homer couldn’t have seen this dominating performance coming, not after the starters didn’t play in the preseason, with the offense ushering in a pseudo-new system, and with Mike McCarthy now calling plays.
Yet here the Cowboys are, sitting at 1-0 with perhaps the best Week 1 performance in the NFL. Only one team scored 40 points to open the 2023 campaign, only one team scored in all three phases, only one defense had seven sacks, and only one team had a shutout on Sunday. The Cowboys were them.
Here’s what we learned about Dallas in the Week 1 blowout victory.