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Well it’s finally here, week 1 of the NFL season. Giants are traveling down to Arlington Texas to face off with division rivals, the Dallas Cowboys. A lot of story lines coming into this game we can look at here.

It’s week 1- It’s like the 1st day of school. You want to go out there and set an example. You want to go out and earn the respect for the rest of the season. For the Giants, it is a chance to show what the offense can do, which we will discuss later in this article. It’s also a time for the Giants to show one of the top defenses from a year ago. For the Cowboys, it’s a chance to show off the new defensive front. It’s also a chance for the Cowboys to show if Dak and Zeke (who will play) are going to have sophomore slumps or be …show more content…

Two seasons ago, on Sunday Night football vs the 49ers, the Giants needed 1 final drive to win the game, OBJ would get hurt. He missed a couple of plays, he came back on the field and completely changed the drive. Not by making a crazy catch, by just being on the field. I expect similar this week expect.

New Cowboys Defensive- Last year the Cowboys defense, finished 14th in total defense. A lot of people believed it was the weak part of the team. Bring in new players like such as Nolan Carrol, Damontre Moore, and Stephen Paea via free agency. Focusing on defense in the draft as well taking Taco Charlton in the 1st, Chidobe Awuzie in the 2nd and Jourdan Lewis in the 3rd. They will also have Jaylon Smith, 2016 2nd rounder who missed all the 2016 season with knee injury. Smith was supposed to be early first round pick, until he suffered tears to his ACL and LCL in his last college game. Despite a not having Randy Gregory, David Irving and Damontre Moore for this game, expect the young guys to come out with a chip trying to prove a point this year.

Giants Returning Defense- Ranking 10th in total defense and ranking 4th in rushing defense, the Giants are going to look to get back to their big blue wreaking crew ways this week. Resigning Jason Pierre-Paul and drafting 2nd round pick Dalvin Tomlinson, the team is back from 2016. The Giants went 2-0 vs the Cowboys in 2016, who finished the year 13-3. The Giants held the

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