Cowboys vs. Giants score: Live updates, game stats, Dak Prescott updates after QB leaves with ankle injury

Dak Prescott was lost for the game, and likely the season. So while the Dallas Cowboys can elate in the 37-34 victory over the visiting New York Giants, they’ll no doubt have to fight back emotions when thinking about what happened to Prescott. Off to a historic start to the year statistically, the only thing holding back the Dallas Cowboys is defense and offensive turnovers. No player in NFL history had ever done what Prescott was doing through the first four games of the season, having thrown for more than 450 yards in this last three games, but it was when he took off on a run that things went very, very dark at AT&T Stadium against the Giants. Prescott’s right ankle got caught between the turf and the defender and, at best, appeared to dislocate. 

At worst, it could be broken, in which case his season would be over. The fact he’s reportedly set to undergo surgery on Sunday evening bodes poorly for his prognosis. The absence of Prescott put the game in the hands of Andy Dalton, the veteran having been signed for just such a situation, but the odds were low of them ever needing him — considering Prescott has never missed a game in his four-year career.

Without Prescott in the lineup going forward, the Cowboys’ win total drops from 7.4 to just 6.2, per CBS Sports data scientist Stephen Oh, and their odds of winning the division suffer a massive slide from 54.5 percent to 33.1 percent. That is, of course, unless Dalton can figure out how to use the weapons around him to rebuild his fractured NFL brand. 

While the game will be defined by what happened to Prescott, there are still other things to analyze. Like how Jason Garrett’s return to Dallas turned into a mushroom cloud of offense for a unit averaging only 11.75 points per game over their first four outings. But against the historically bad Cowboys offense, they racked up 34 points, and that’s usually a recipe for a loss in Dallas. That wasn’t the case on Sunday, however, as the Giants defense had no answer for CeeDee Lamb early or Michael Gallup late, their secondary being put to task by the young Cowboys wideouts.

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