I have some buddies in NJ that are huge Giants fans and have season tickets. I can usually get the Cowboys game for face value and all my friends have pretty good seats. This year I bought tickets for my son's birthday which was in October (he turned 20). I'd rather not go to the games but we make a day of it so I just swallow my dislike of Jerry and the Red Dolt for a day. My son doesn't like Garrett either but he's not as emotionally invested in the team as I am and doesn't get worked up like I do.
The 1:00 PM EST game time made it tough to tailgate which we usually do when we go see a football game. Plus a lot of Giants fans sold their tickets so I didn't know anyone at the game. I'll say the Cowboys were well represented and, overall, the Giants fans were pretty tame but I guess having nothing to play for will do that to you. My son wore his Emmitt Smith #22 Jersey that I bought when I was his age and I gave to him. He's got a few others as well but he went with #22.....good choice. I wasn't keen on wearing "colors," but if that's what the kid wanted to do, then fuck it. A friend got us passes to get on the field during warm-ups which my son enjoys. I don't have great pictures (I just used our iPhones) and I won't post any of myself or my son but I'll see what I can dig up.
When we got our seats the first thing I noticed was our ignorant neighbors. These fools just find me for some reason; I'm a magnet for them. It was two older dudes and a couple of younger girls that were probably their loud mouthed daughters. They didn't give me a hard time but it just seemed like they would argue with anyone walking by them for some reason just trying to egg people on. And they weren't even arguing with Cowboys fans. Just anyone that caught their attention for some unknown reason.
In any event, I thought the game was hard to watch from the corner of the end zone. We were 15 rows from the field so the seats were good in that respect but it was hard to see the plays develop and see the whole field. I thought Dak picked it up after a relatively poor first quarter. The D took the ball away twice but I don't think we got any points off those turnovers. Dak drives me nuts. Witten was right when he stated that Dak wasn't a progression QB. He's a one read QB. But I think this was his best game of the year and it gives me some hope going into the playoffs that we can make some noise. But I can't tell you how many times receivers were running open and every Cowboys fan in my section was screaming for Dak to pull the trigger. I'd bet a lot of you guys noticed that Dak was late on a lot of throws, even the ones he completed, especially to Jarwin. But I'll say again I thought he played a good game. I won't say great because he made some pretty bad passes that you'd expect a QB to make but he carried the team (yes, I said it) and made the plays to win the game. Clutch.....(yes, I said it again).
Cooper breaks ankles...period. On the endzone pass in the 4th quarter, the DB completely fell after being juked and Cooper was just wide, wide open but Dak needed to throw that sooner. Gallup also had a good game and Dak leaves a lot of yards on the field with his WR's. Again, I don't want to sound too critical because Dak carried the team and made the plays to win the game. But these receivers were running open.
I thought Barkley fumbled the ball when he tried to stretch over the goal line but I didn't see the replay. The holding call against the Giants when they were in the red zone in the 4th quarter was huge. It held them to a FG and kept it a 1 score game. Taco's body language just sucks. The guy is a physical specimen and you'd think he could give you some pressure but I guess not. I don't know why Lee wasn't in the game when LVE was hurt but Lee just seemed slow out there when he was playing. I don't know if his hammy was bothering him but we're lucky LVE is as good as he is because Lee is done. Did the DL have a sack? I remember they pressured Eli into a couple of throw aways and poor throws but they need to play better next week.
The best part was after Beasley's catch that they initially ruled incomplete, the stadium started to empty and people were heading for the door. They don't show many replays on the big screen so as not to allow the opposing team to challenge so I just figured it was incomplete and Dak threw it out of the endzone. As I'm going up the stairs, everyone just stopped and waited for the booth review and the place went nuts when they ruled it a TD.
It was a great game to be at and my son had a blast. There were quite a few Cowboys fans in attendance. My son thought it was 50-50 and he might be right. It got crazy when the Cowboys made a play and same for the Giants. That's pretty much all I can think of.....
