Dallas Cowboys: Prescott Urges Caution Following Giants Victory

Dallas Cowboys Focus on Next Challenges

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A must-win game in Week 4? You bet it was. It is not an overreaction to have labeled the Dallas Cowboys matchup against the New York Giants as such, and while Dak Prescott and Co. all refrained from using that exact labeling heading into the game at MetLife Stadium, they pulled the veil off following their 20-1 victory in primetime.

As Prescott explained, it definitely lifted some, though not all, of the weight off of the collective chest of the Cowboys.

“It was huge,” the All-Pro quarterback said. “After obviously losing two, especially at home, coming on the road, first division game — division wins are always tough. As I said, then you add on the road and before a long weekend, puts a better taste in our mouth.”

The win ends a two-game slide that pushed the Dallas Cowboys to a 1-2 record to start the season, made that much more bitter by having not won at AT&T Stadium since Dec. 30 against the Detroit Lions, and they’ll continue to look in the mirror for ways to improve.

• Enjoying the win against the Giants is deserved, but it’s also true that they struggled to put them away on several occasions.
• Keeping that in mind is key when looking at the onslaught of playoff-caliber teams they’ll face over the next six weeks or more.

“At the end of the day, as I've said, even after those two losses the past two weeks, it's a process,” Prescott added. “We're not going to get complacent. We're not going to get overexcited about what we've done [against NYG]. It's about building and it's about figuring out what we can do better in all phases, but it's a lot easier to do that with a win.”