Dallas Cowboys: Play against New York could foreshadow season

The Dallas Cowboys are playing the New York Giants on Monday Night Football. A win for the Cowboys will give them the undisputed lead of the NFC East and a necessary win as they approach the tougher part of their schedule.

The Dallas Cowboys are coming off of an eventful bye week. They traded a conditional late round pick for defensive end Michael Bennett and were fairly close to completing another transaction for Jets safety Jamal Adams. Any improvement is welcome to a Cowboys team currently 4-3 and atop the NFC East.

Their next challenge presents itself in the form of division rival New York Giants. The Giants have won two games since their last meeting with the Cowboys. However, in that span Giants quarterback Daniel Jones has turned the ball over the most out of anyone in the league and the Giants defense has allowed 31 points per game over their last three contests.

The Cowboys are coming off of a bye week. The last game they played they demolished the Eagles on Sunday night. That win spoke volumes about how well the team could play at their best. It also gave optimism that the Cowboys could make the playoffs once again.

This Cowboys team was touted as one of the most talented teams in the last decade with the abundance of offensive and defensive talent as well as more modern play callers on offense and defense. The Philadelphia game was the first game all season where things clicked for both sides.

After two weeks of rest, the Cowboys will have the opportunity to find consistency on both sides of the field against a rookie quarterback and a bad defense. If the Cowboys can win by dominating both sides of the ball, it should give the Cowboys the optimism that they can play their brand of football against a tougher opponent.

But wasn’t that already disproved earlier in the season when the Cowboys lost to the New Orleans Saints?

Yes, however, every week presents new challenges as well as new opportunity. If the Cowboys have the right game plan on both sides of the ball, it means they’ve understood how to manage their talent while also understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the team.

Of course, the obvious issue here is the Cowboys staff have not shown the ability to adapt to change and adversity as well as we’ve hoped. However, it is worth considering the situation the Cowboys are currently in.