Giants @ Cowboys · Week 15

WEEK 15 · FINAL

THE READ

60 points between Giants and Cowboys

The Giants beat the Cowboys 34-26 in a shootout where Dallas had more firepower but New York had better discipline. Joe Milton threw for 348 yards and 3 touchdowns against just 1 interception, and CeeDee Lamb caught 6 passes for 128 yards and a score, but it wasn't enough to overcome the 4 sacks Dallas surrendered while New York's defense delivered just 1. Jaxson Dart managed 206 yards and 3 touchdowns on 20 of 35, a modest line that worked because the Giants ran for 133 yards on a night when Dallas could only muster 74 on the ground. The margin was 8 points; the story was turnover management and what happens when one team converts field position into points and the other doesn't.

Daniel Keller The numbers guy

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Giants	+10.8	-3.9	+14.7	+16
Cowboys	+1.1	-4.8	+5.9	+4

SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.

Giants — NFC #3 · division · 11-3 Cowboys — in the hunt · 8-6 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#3 Jaxson Dart QB · Giants · 0.8% of the field

#5 Malik Nabers WR · Giants · 0.8% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Nicole Santos Beat reporter

Giants won a shootout they had no business winning. Milton outgained Dart 348 to 206 and Dallas controlled the line, but New York's defense got 4 sacks and forced the one turnover that mattered—that's the only reason an 8-point win feels earned instead of lucky.

They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.

Joe Milton

Cowboys

27/45, 348 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT

Jaxson Dart

Giants

20/35, 206 yards, 3 TD

CeeDee Lamb

Cowboys

6 catches, 128 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Joe Milton has now cleared 250 passing yards in 9 straight games.

📉 Jaxson Dart is still searching for it: 195 passing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 308.

📉 Malik Nabers is still searching for it: 78 receiving yards a game across his last three, against an average of 112.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Cowboys 348, Giants 206 Cowboys

Total yards Cowboys 422, Giants 339 Cowboys

On the ground Giants 133, Cowboys 74 Giants

Pressure Cowboys 1 sacks, Giants 4 Giants

THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.

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THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling

LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it

Balanced Pass 59% · Rush 41% · 37.9 scored, 23.1 allowed

9.9 yds/att 61.2% completions 5.2 yds/carry 421.8 yds/game 1.3 giveaways/game 8.0% sack rate last 5: 4-1

Primary weapon: Malik Nabers WR — 36% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 71 · Efficient Balance 91 Ball security 64 Back usage 35% QB runs 3.1/game

Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.0% of dropbacks

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 91 WR 84 TE 82 RB 86 OL 83 DL 85 LB 85 DB 84

Best: Andrew Thomas LT 94 Fastest: Malik Nabers WR 96 SPD 6 at star dev or better

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

ReverseSzn_

Giants · his last 8 games

Balanced One target

Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against32.2 — 24.8 Margin+7.5 Giveaways a game1.5 Sacks taken7.7% of dropbacks Lead backCam Skattebo · 15.2/g Top targetMalik Nabers · 38% QB carries3.0 a game

Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.

MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push

Giants receivers vs Cowboys secondary 84 v 87 COWBOYS

Cowboys receivers vs Giants secondary 88 v 84 COWBOYS

Giants line vs Cowboys front 83 v 86 COWBOYS

Cowboys line vs Giants front 83 v 85 EVEN

Giants backs vs Cowboys run defence 86 v 85 EVEN

Cowboys backs vs Giants run defence 82 v 85 GIANTS

Giants passer vs Cowboys secondary 91 v 87 GIANTS

Cowboys passer vs Giants secondary 88 v 84 COWBOYS

TOP PERFORMERS

Joe Milton QB Cowboys 348 pass yds

Jaxson Dart QB Giants 206 pass yds

CeeDee Lamb WR Cowboys 128 rec yds

Cam Skattebo HB Giants 99 rush yds

George Pickens WR Cowboys 80 rec yds

Malik Nabers WR Giants 78 rec yds

Jaydon Blue HB Cowboys 53 rush yds

Abdul Carter REDG Giants 1.5 sacks

Jevon Holland FS Giants 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

GIANTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jaxson Dart QB	20/35	206	3	0	1	29	102.7

COWBOYS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Joe Milton QB	27/45	348	3	1	4	70	97.2

GIANTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Cam Skattebo HB	15	99	6.6	1	5	49	27	1
Tyrone Tracy Jr HB	4	27	6.8	0	1	10	15	0
Jaxson Dart QB	3	4	1.3	0	0	0	3	0
Isaiah Likely TE	1	3	3	0	0	0	3	0
Malik Nabers WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

COWBOYS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	LNG
Jaydon Blue HB	16	53	3.3	3	8
Joe Milton QB	3	12	4	0	4
Javonte Williams HB	4	9	2.2	0	6
CeeDee Lamb WR	0	0	0	1	0
Trey'Dez Green TE	0	0	0	1	0
Ryan Flournoy WR	0	0	0	1	0
George Pickens WR	0	0	0	2	0

GIANTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Malik Nabers WR	6	78	13	1	15	0	29
Theo Johnson TE	3	47	15.7	0	14	0	21
Bryce Ford-Wheaton WR	4	40	10	0	9	0	23
Malachi Fields WR	2	19	9.5	1	7	1	16
Isaiah Likely TE	3	14	4.7	0	7	0	9
Cam Skattebo HB	2	8	4	1	3	1	7

COWBOYS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
CeeDee Lamb WR	6	128	21.3	1	84	70
George Pickens WR	8	80	10	1	18	17
Trey'Dez Green TE	6	42	7	0	18	14
Ryan Flournoy WR	1	40	40	1	32	40
Nick Marsh WR	3	29	9.7	0	8	16
Jaydon Blue HB	2	28	14	0	17	21
Hunter Luepke FB	1	1	1	0	0	1

GIANTS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	CMP ALW
Colton Hood CB	6	1	0	0	5
Abdul Carter REDG	6	1.5	0	0	1
Jevon Holland FS	6	0	1	0	3
Greg Newsome II CB	6	0	0	0	7
JT Woods FS	5	0	0	0	3
Arvell Reese WILL	4	0	0	0	1
Tyler Nubin SS	4	0	0	0	4
Javon Hargrave DT	3	0	0	0	0
Paulson Adebo CB	3	0.5	0	0	2
Dru Phillips CB	1	0	0	0	1
Tremaine Edmunds MIKE	1	0	0	0	0
D.J. Reader DT	1	0	0	0	0
Darius Alexander DT	0	1	0	0	0
Brian Burns REDG	0	0	0	1	0

COWBOYS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD	FF	CMP ALW
Dee Winters WILL	6	0.5	0	0	2
Jalen Thompson FS	4	0	0	1	4
Jaishawn Barham WILL	4	0	0	0	2
Shavon Revel Jr CB	4	0	1	0	2
Upton Stout CB	4	0	1	0	3
Caleb Downs SS	3	0	0	0	2
DaRon Bland CB	2	0	0	0	3
Markquese Bell SS	2	0	0	0	1
Quinnen Williams DT	2	0.5	0	0	0
Kenny Clark DT	2	0	0	0	0
Devin Moore CB	1	0	0	0	0
Malachi Lawrence LEDG	1	0	0	0	0
Ja'Whaun Bentley MIKE	1	0	0	0	0
Rashan Gary LEDG	0	0	1	0	0

GIANTS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Dominic Zvada K	2/2	4/4	56

COWBOYS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Brandon Aubrey K	2/2	2/2	27

RECENT FORM

Giants

W 38–17 vs Commanders WK 13

L 17–27 vs Saints WK 12

W 34–27 vs Cowboys WK 11

Cowboys

L 17–23 vs Jets WK 13

W 34–31 vs Eagles WK 12

L 27–34 vs Giants WK 11

TEAM STATS

Giants		Cowboys
339	TOTAL YARDS	422
206	PASSING YARDS	348
133	RUSHING YARDS	74
1	SACKS ALLOWED	4
4	SACKS MADE	1
1	GIVEAWAYS	1
1	TAKEAWAYS	1

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD

2 GIANTS — 0 COWBOYS

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