Under The Lights: Cowboys Get Revenge
Relive the Cowboys gut wrenching loss to the Giants to end the 2011 season, and then follow them through their week of preparation before heading to New York to open the 2012 season.
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Relive the Cowboys gut wrenching loss to the Giants to end the 2011 season, and then follow them through their week of preparation before heading to New York to open the 2012 season.
There was plenty to enjoy, even though coach Jason Garrett wasn't sure that the Cowboys had proved "that much" by beating the Giants on Wednesday night.
Witten and the Cowboys did leave something behind in the locker room: The note Witten wrote to himself, taped to his locker stall, carrying the above inscription.
He had as many penalties as catches (2) and more penalty yards (15) than receiving yards (10), but Jason Witten absolutely changed the game with his dramatic recovery from a lacerated spleen.
It was an exciting season opener with the Giants, and the Cowboys had a dozen excuses as to why they should have lost this game. I was one who gave them those all week.
The Cowboys waited all year for another shot at the New York Giants, and when they got it Wednesday night, they were relentless in a 24-17 victory that really wasn't that close.
The NFL kicked off the season with replacement referees and, for the most part, nothing seemed different.
Seven-time Pro Bowl tight end Jason Witten has been cleared to play for the Dallas Cowboys in the kickoff to the NFL season against the New York Giants.
The news that Jason Witten is working on signing an "injury waiver'' in order to free him to play in tonight's game at the Giants is news to the Dallas Cowboys.
NY tabloids having a field day with Dallas. NY Post headline screams "CHAMPS vs. cowgirls!" and depicts a woman in boots and daisy duke shorts with Tony Romo's helmeted head affixed atop.
I hate the New York Giants because they're called, "The New York Football Giants!" Yes, I get it. It's for separating themselves from the New York Giants baseball team....OF 1937!
It looks as if the Cowboys will be without tight end Jason Witten for Wednesday's regular season opener against the Giants. He is still listed as doubtful because of a spleen injury.
New York cornerback Prince Amukamara and Dallas starting nose tackle Jay Ratliff will not play when the Giants and Dallas meet on Wednesday night in the kickoff to the NFL season.
Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr, new to the rivalry and "excited to get the first crack at the Super Bowl champions" on Wednesday, says there's a Big Blue burnout in Big D.
The Cowboys revamped their offensive line during the offseason. The problem is they never all played together in the preseason. But they will, for the first time, on Wednesday.
Giants receiver Hakeem Nicks didn't even wait for the question to be asked. "I'm playing, period," Nicks said after being held out of Sunday's practice for the Wednesday night against the Cowboys.
The Dallas Cowboys have released quarterback Stephen McGee from their 53-man roster and claimed tight end Colin Cochart off waivers from Cincinnati.
The Cowboys can now completely focus on what they've already been thinking about for a long time, an unprecedented midweek season opener against the Giants.
Football is back, and not a moment too soon. Here are the five must-watch match-ups for the upcoming 2012 NFL season.
If Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was hoping to get a reaction from the Giants when he predicted Dallas would kick their butts in Texas this season, he was mistaken.
The Dallas Cowboys opened their training camp with a series of outrageous pronouncements from owner Jerry Jones, who spoke to the media at large on Sunday.
Former Cowboys tight end Martellus Bennett wants a piece of his old team when the Super Bowl champion Giants open the season against their NFC East rivals on September 5.
As Dez Bryant is bouncing quarters off of his sculpted abs, it looks like one former Dallas Cowboys player is probably picking some quarters out of his belly.
The 2012 NFL season opener will happen on Wednesday September 5th and it will be historic! It pits the Dallas Cowboys against the defending Super Bowl Champion NY Giants.
When informed that his team would be opening the 2012 season against the New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys' Owner Jerry Jones said "I got chills."
