Dallas cowboys’ 40–0 victory over the New York Giants served as a warning to the league.

It was a home opener that the New York Giants would soon wish to forget as the NFL season’s opening Sunday came to a close at MetLife Stadium. In their 40–0 victory, the Dallas Cowboys arrived in East Rutherford and took control right away. The Cowboys won their biggest shutout in franchise history, and the Giants suffered their worst shutout loss at home in franchise history.
This game was over quite quickly. The Giants had a strong first drive that got them to the Dallas 8-yard line, but they were unable to score a touchdown. To make matters worse, the Cowboys blocked the field goal attempt, and Noah Igbinoghene picked up the loose ball and ran 58 yards for the touchdown. This gave Dallas the spark it needed to go on a 26–0 run and overtake New York by halftime.
The Dallas Cowboys’ 40–0 thrashing of the New York Giants on Sunday did not surprise Micah Parsons.
“No doubt in my mind,” Parsons said. “I saw it before anybody. I said, ‘I can’t wait to get to New York.’ I already knew we were coming. Just because when preparation meets execution, I don’t think there’s no one that can beat us.”
“Yeah, it’s just one win, it’s the beginning of the season, but definitely feel like we put the league on notice, that we’re for real, that we’re coming,” defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence said. “But we got a lot of work to do.”
The Cowboys’ triumph was sparked by their special teams and defense. Noah Igbinoghene returned a Juanyeh Thomas blocked field goal attempt for a touchdown on New York’s opening possession, and DaRon Bland returned a Jones interception for a touchdown following a heavy hit on Saquon Barkley.
One of five Cowboys defenders with at least one sack was Parsons. “I think from there we took the life out of them,” he said.
The Giants’ first drive resulted in 38 yards gained, but just one of their subsequent 11 possessions would result in more. They had three drives that had less than favorable yardage.
Coach Mike McCarthy, who won the Cowboys’ first game of the season in four tries, praised his team’s “relentless defense.”
With the victory, Dak Prescott won his 11th straight game versus the Giants; he hasn’t dropped a game against them since his rookie season in 2016. When playing in New York in the 1970s, Hall of Famer Roger Staubach enjoyed an 11-game winning streak. With 13 victories in a row over the Buffalo Bills from December 27, 2003, to December 26, 2010, only Tom Brady had a longer winning run against a divisional foe since the 1970 merger. The Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos are now on an 11-game winning streak thanks to Patrick Mahomes.
However, Prescott, who completed 13 of 24 passes for 143 yards in the soggy contest, wasn’t looking at the victory as making a statement.
Prescott answered, “That’s your duty to write whatever statement it has to be. “For us, it’s about not getting ahead of ourselves, continuing to stay disciplined, showing that discipline, not just through what we did through these four quarters, but making sure we take that and make sure we use that in our preparation and then moving forward next week going home against another New York team, a good team. This is the NFL. You must consistently show up and come prepared. We won’t get ahead of ourselves on this since you don’t see many victories like this.