WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT THE OFFENSE:
The Giants won thanks to big performances from their key players.
Daniel Jones completed 17 of 25 passes for 229 yards, two touchdowns and his first interception in two months. Sterling Shepard had game-high totals of eight receptions for 112 yards, his ninth career 100-yard game and first of the season. The yardage total was Shepard's highest since he had 113 yards at Indianapolis on Dec. 23, 2018.
Shepard scored touchdowns on a 23-yard run and a 10-yard reception.
Wayne Gallman led the Giants' 125-yard rushing attack with 65 yards on 11 carries.
The Giants took a 6-0 lead just 3:14 into the game when Shepard scored on a 23-yard reverse just 3:14 into the game. It was the Giants' fourth opening-possession touchdown this season and second against Dallas. The others were vs. Philadelphia on Nov. 15 and at Cincinnati on Nov. 22. Each of the first-series touchdowns against the Cowboys were scored on runs by players at positions where carrying the ball is not their primary function; tight end Evan Engram scored on a three-yard run in Dallas. Graham Gano's extra point attempt was wide left.
Shepard scored the first touchdown and had the longest run by a Giants wide receiver since Dec. 29, 2013, when Jerrell Jernigan ran for a 49-yard score in a victory against Washington in MetLife. Entering Week 17, nine NFL wide receivers had rushed for touchdowns this season.
Shepard also had a one yard run later in the first quarter. He has each of the last three multiple-carry games by a Giants wideout. Shepard had two rushing attempts vs. Detroit on Sept. 18, 2017 and at Tampa Bay on Sept. 22, 2019.
Shepard also scored the Giants' second touchdown on a 10-yard pass from Jones. It is the first time in Shepard's five-year, 65-game career he scored two touchdowns in a game.
Shepard is the second Giants player with a two-touchdown game this season. Gallman scored on runs of two and one yards in a victory against Philadelphia on Nov. 15.
Shepard is the first Giants player with a rushing and receiving touchdown in the same game since Dec, 22, 2019, when Saquon Barkley scored on a 67-yard run and a 33-yard catch in an overtime victory at Washington.
Wide receiver Dante Pettis, playing in just his second game for the Giants, scored on a 33-yard pass from Jones with 45 seconds remaining in the second quarter. The score extended the Giants' lead to 20-6.
Pettis was awarded to the Giants off waivers on Nov. 4, a day after he was released by the San Francisco 49ers. He spent 10 days on the Reserve/COVID-19 list before being reinstated on Dec. 1. Pettis scored his first touchdown with the Giants on his 41st career reception.
The Giants led at halftime, 20-9. It was their second-largest halftime lead of the season. On Nov. 8, they led Washington, 20-3, on their way to a 23-20 victory.
Jones' first pass of the second half was intercepted by safety Donovan Wilson. It was the Giants' first turnover since Colt McCoy lost a fumble on their final offensive play against Arizona on Dec. 13. The Giants had gone 23 possessions and 145 offensive plays without committing a turnover.
The interception was the first thrown by Jones since Nov. 2 against Tampa Bay. Jones had thrown a career-high 177 passes without an interception.
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