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New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Prediction, Game Preview

New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 12, Thursday, November 24


New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Game Preview

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New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys How To Watch

Date: Thursday, November 24
Game Time: 4:30 ET
Venue: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX
How To Watch: FOX
Record: New York Giants (7-3), Dallas Cowboys (7-3)
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Why New York Giants Will Win

What did the Giants do wrong the first time around in the 23-16 loss in Week 3?

It was fine, and it could pull it off this time around if the running game keeps working.

The Dallas defense might be the best in the league in points allowed – it just stuffed the high-powered Minnesota attack in a 40-3 win last week – but it can be run on.

Chicago was able to crank up 240 yards on the ground, Green Bay barreled for 207, and the Giants came up with a solid 167. It wasn’t enough, and now it’s time to double down harder on the ground game.

New York is 4-0 when running for over 190 yards and 6-1 when running for over 100. The Dallas game was the outlier, but …

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Why Dallas Cowboys Will Win

The defense has kicked it in.

The takeaways are there with eight in the last four games, the offense found something with Tony Pollard becoming the all-around explosive element for the attack, Dak Prescott is looking very, very comfortable.

Yeah, New York will come up with its rushing yards, but it’s not getting the passing game cranked up. As it it’s having a hard enough time getting everything moving through the air, and it’s not going to work this week against the No. 1 pass D in the league.

But …

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What’s Going To Happen

Everyone will be looking for the Dallas team that showed up in Minneapolis, but it’ll be New York that takes control right away.

After last week’s rough loss to Detroit, the New York offense will be far more careful with the ball, it’ll get back to grinding it out and not trying to wing it around, and the run defense will be far, far nastier.

It still won’t be enough.

Dallas will start fast, stall for a while, and then pick it up late to make the Thanksgiving crowd very, very happy.

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New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Prediction Line

Dallas Cowboys 26, New York Giants 20
Line: Dallas -9.5, o/u: 45.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Must See Rating: 4

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