Let the record show that while the lights went out at New Meadowlands Stadium on Sunday night during the Dallas Cowboys' 33-20 win over the New York Giants, the Cowboys themselves were not lights out. In fact, they were the beneficiaries of one especially tragic Eli Manning pass that, had it not been intercepted, possible could have changed the outcome of the game.
However, it is important to give credit where credit is due and cornerback Brian McCann did set a record for a 101-yard interception return on the play. And even though running back Felix Jones did score a mere 40 seconds after the lights initially went off like a thief in the night, delivering the fatal blow to the giants as they slept, it's important that the Cowboys do get full marks for showing up one week too late to save their ex-head coach Wade Phillips. What must he be thinking, reading the paper this morning? Probably the furthest thing from: "good for them", and more likely containing one or two expletives bookending "those sons of...".
While in an earlier post we said it would be a miracle if interim head coach Jason Garrett was able to get his team to win a second game, we must admit our mistake, not necessarily for giving the Cowboys not enough credit, but for not accounting for the fact that coaching changes tend to have short-term positive effects on teams' performances. It remains to be seen just how long they can keep this up. While the Detroit Lions, the Cowboys' next opponents on Sunday are also 2-7, one thing Dallas may not have counted on is that the game will be played at noon, in the daylight with no chance of a solar eclipse. Of course, if the retractable roof at Cowboys stadium is conveniently closed next weekend, we'll all know why.
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