REPORT CARD

OFFENSE

How do you win a game when you are not successful on a single third-down conversion? Giants were 0-for-7. Sluggish start for Daniel Jones (17 of 25, 229 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT) before he finally started getting into a groove. Huge effort from Sterling Shepard (8-112), who had rushing and receiving touchdowns. Fumbled exchange by Jones to Wayne Gallman on an aborted play cost the Giants three points and Gallman (11-65) nearly gave everyone a heart attack on his own fumble that he recovered in the final minute. Evan Engram could not get hold of a pass that deflected off his hands for an interception in the third quarter and then had a ball sail through his hands.

DEFENSE

Limiting what was a high-flying Cowboys offense the past three weeks to one touchdown and 19 points is quite an accomplishment. That Andy Dalton (48 yards) had more rushing yards than Ezekiel Elliott (14-42) and Tony Pollard (5-15) was just fine with the Giants. Longest pass-play for the Cowboys was 21 yards — a win for the defense. Leonard Williams (three sacks, 5 QB hits, 3 tackles for loss) was a monster. Rookie Xavier McKinney made an impact with a game-sealing interception in the end zone.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Ineffective 51-yard punt by Riley Dixon rolled into the end zone in the first quarter for a touchback. Dixon did the same on a poorly hit 48-yarder that kicked into the end zone. Uber-reliable Graham Gano missed an extra point, but nailed his 30th consecutive field goal, a 50-yarder.

COACHING

Got to hand it to Joe Judge for getting his team back in touch with the resilience it showed most of this season, until the recent three-game skid. His team has plenty of holes but showed toughness. Opening drive was a thing of beauty brainstormed by Jason Garrett but then things bogged down. Once again, Patrick Graham’s defense was cohesive and smart, giving the Cowboys some things but not any big things. Graham dared the Cowboys to throw at

James Bradberry and they rarely did.