The Norwalk Hour

N.Y. GIANTS (7-3) AT DALLAS (7-3)

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KICKOFF: 4:30 p.m., FOX

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NFL LINE: Cowboys by 9½ AGAINST THE SPREAD: Giants 7-3; Cowboys 7-3

SERIES RECORD: Cowboys lead 72-47-2

LAST MEETING: Cowboys won 23-16, Sept. 26, at the Meadowland­s.

LAST WEEK: Giants lost to Lions 31-18; Cowboys beat Vikings 40-3

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Giants RB Saquon Barkley was held to a season-low 22 yards against the NFL’s second-worst run defense in the loss to the Lions. He had 81 yards and a touchdown in the first meeting with the Cowboys . ... Cowboys QB Dak Prescott had the second-highest completion rate of his career at 88% (22 of 25) against the Vikings in the biggest road rout in club history. The Dallas offense has been much better in three games since his return from a fractured thumb on his throwing (right) hand.

KEY MATCHUP: Dallas LB Micah Parsons vs. New York QB Daniel Jones. Parsons is the first Dallas player with doubledigi­t sacks in each of his first two seasons since the stat became official in 1982. The reigning NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year has five two-sack games, accounting for all of his team-leading 10 sacks. But he will have to account for the running ability of Jones.

KEY INJURIES: The Giants will be without three starters in the offensive line in C Jon Feliciano (neck) and the rookie pair of RT Evan Neal and LG Josh Ezeudu. Nick Gates will replace Feliciano, Matt Peart is the likely choice to fill in for Ezeudu and Tyre Phillips, who has been dealing with a neck issue, will slide over from the left side to Neal’s spot . ... CB Adoree Jackson also is out with a knee injury . ... Parsons is nursing a lower leg injury after getting rolled up on against the Vikings, but is expected to play . ... Cowboys LB Anthony Barr had a setback with a hamstring injury in practice last week and is unlikely to play. It would be his third consecutiv­e missed game . ... Four Dallas defensive linemen were on the injury report because of illness.

STATS AND STUFF: The Cowboys and Giants share second place in the NFC East, two games behind Philadelph­ia . ... The Giants have lost two of their past three games, giving up a season-high 31 points and committing a season-high three turnovers against the Lions.

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