New York Giants loss gives Dallas Cowboys supremacy in the NFC East division – NFL News
Only two weeks are left before regular season of the National Football League ends. The high-valued contest between New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys over the supremacy of the National Football Conference East division has remained in the limelight throughout
the season.
After week 15, Cowboys’ win and Giants’ defeat has once again put the latter in-charge of the division.
With only two more games left for both the teams, no one can predict who will make it to the playoffs.
However, the Cowboys could enjoy leading the division, at least for this week.
The Giants who started the season well failed miserably later. After playing eight games, they went on to lose four straight games.
During Giants’ slump, the Cowboys kept going and won four games in a row to become the NFC East leaders.
The Cowboys could not retain the honour and lost two games to surrender their lead.
Giants got back to winning ways after defeating the Cowboys and both the teams tied for the first place with seven victories and six defeats apiece.
Now after the week 15, the Cowboys are 8-6 while the Giants are stuck on 7-7.
If the Cowboys manage to win their last two games (one of them is against the Giants), they will reach the playoffs.
The same is the case with the Giants. If they win their rest of the two games, they would make it to the postseason.
Cowboys Coach Jason Garrett acknowledges his team’s lead, but is focusing on the next game, warning the players against getting complacent.
"It doesn't matter to us," the coach said about Giants’ defeat.
"What we are focused on is our football team. Again, processing this game last night and going forward is the challenge we have this week against Philadelphia."
While the Cowboys are focused on next games, the Giants are also willing to bury the defeat and focus on next challenges. Giants quarterback Eli Manning thinks that his team is capable of bouncing back.
“We’ve bounced back from tough games and from losses before. We know we have a short week and are playing a good Jets team. But we have to have a great week of preparation. We know there’s going to be opportunities. There’s going to be plays. We just have
to make them.”
The Cowboys will take on Philadelphia Eagles and the Giants will take on New York Jets before both the teams come face to face to play their final game of the regular season.
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