NFL Week 10: Cowboys Win First Game Under Jason Garrett

The hapless Dallas Cowboys ended a 5-game losing streak yesterday with an explosive 33-20 victory over the New York Giants in the Meadowlands in the first game coached by now interim head coach Jason Garrett. Garrett took over the coaching duties this week after former head coach Wade Phillips was fired following embarrassing losses to Jacksonville and Green Bay to drop their record to 1-7. The Cowboys took advantage of big plays and Giants' mistakes to grab a double-digit lead in the 2nd quarter and never looked back.

The Giants came into the game riding a 5-game win streak and had pretty much been crowned as the class of the NFC during the week leading up to the game. I only bring this up because I predicted that the Giants were likely to stumble once they reached the top (second paragraph). Combine that phenomenon with the fact that the Giants were likely looking ahead to next week's Sunday night match-up against Superman Mike Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles and you have the makings of a major trap game which is exactly what this was. I'm confident that the Giants will rebound (after the Philly game hopefully) and still finish as one of the best teams in the NFC. I'm not so sure about the Cowboys who despite winning this game will have a tough challenge finding success for the rest of the season.

And how have I never seen this before?