ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 After all the miserable defeats that the Giants have suffered to the Cowboys over the past nine years of a lopsided rivalry, there couldn\u2019t be a new way to lose, right?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Never say never. Not with the Giants.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Giants coughed up two separate 3-point leads in the final 52 seconds of regulation and wasted a vintage Russell Wilson 450-yard passing performance Sunday when Brandon Aubrey kicked a pair of long field goals, including a walk-off in overtime, to lift the Cowboys to a stunning 40-37 victory at AT&T Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Giants quarterback Russell Wilson throws a pass against the Cowboys on Sept. 14, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/p>\n
\u201cIf my man [Aubrey] for the Cowboys didn\u2019t have a bionic leg,\u201d receiver Darius Slayton said, \u201cwe probably do win.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But the Giants don\u2019t beat the Cowboys.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Giants have lost nine straight and 16 of the past 17 in the rivalry, nine straight in Dallas, 14 straight against Dak Prescott and eight straight in the NFC East.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat one was tough,\u201d head coach Brian Daboll said. \u201cNot going to sugarcoat it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
All the twists and turns of a fourth quarter that featured 41 combined points \u2014 17 in the last 52 seconds alone \u2014 gave way to the NFL\u2019s first game under new overtime rules, in which both teams possess the ball as long as the 10-minute clock permits.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wilson was completing improbable Moon Balls all over the field for the second-highest yardage game of his 14-year career but went to the well one too many times. He threw a forced deep shot to Malik Nabers on second-and-14 that was intercepted by Donovan Wilson to end the Giants\u2019 second possession of overtime.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJust believing in my guy,\u201d Wilson said. \u201c[Malik] had an unbelievable game. There is nobody I trust more. Just a little miscommunication, but we\u2019re all on the same page.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey (17) drills a 64-yard field goal as time expires in the fourth quarter to tie the game on Sept. 14, 2025. AP<\/p>\n
The teams traded scores on the final nine second-half possessions \u2014 five for the Cowboys and four for the Giants \u2014 and when all was said and done, the Giants\u2019 13-10 lead had become a 37-37 tie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Any of those series would\u2019ve been a good time for the vaunted Giants defense \u2014 built on four high-investment pass rushers and two premium free agent additions in the secondary \u2014 to step up and make a stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Instead, the Giants could not overcome an embarrassing 14 accepted penalties resulting in a franchise record 160 yards as a slew of personal fouls, pass interferences and multiple-foul plays added up. Not to mention another seven flags that were either offset or declined.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two punts forced in overtime weren\u2019t enough when a third stop was needed to eek out a tie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we beat ourselves \u2014 too many penalties and too many mental errors today and that\u2019s kind of what dictated the game,\u201d Dexter Lawrence II said. \u201cWe gave them too many second chances. We had 200 yards in penalties or something like that. You can\u2019t win like that. That\u2019s two touchdowns, at the end of the day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Except that the Giants had an 87.4 percent chance to win, according to ESPN analytics, after Nabers used his straight-line speed to split two defenders and haul in a 48-yard touchdown pass to give the Giants a 37-34 lead with 25 seconds remaining and ran off the field doing the put-to-sleep celebration.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Giants receiver Malik Nabers (1) makes an impressive catch for a touchdown in the second quarter against the Cowboys on Sept. 14, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did a lot of stupid sh\u2013,\u201d Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was the second touchdown of the game for Nabers, who finished with nine catches for 167 yards.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Leek scored, I was like, \u2018We\u2019ve got to be able to get this one,\u2019 \u201d Wan\u2019Dale Robinson said. \u201cBut, obviously, football is crazy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott celebrates during their win over the Giants on Sept. 14, 2025. AP<\/p>\n
Robinson (eight catches for 142 yards) was a big part of the craziness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When it looked like the Giants might be finished \u2014 trailing 27-23 and facing fourth-and-4 with less than three minutes remaining \u2014 he burned his coverage for a sliding 32-yard touchdown catch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Cowboys responded with a George Pickens touchdown with 52 seconds left, Nabers caught his bomb with 25 seconds left and Aubrey forced overtime with a 64-yard field goal that was just 2 yards shy of the NFL regular-season record.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just throwing punches the whole second half,\u201d said cornerback Dru Phillips, who battled with CeeDee Lamb and had an interception but a penalty for slamming him to the ground. \u201cThat was probably the most up-and-down game I\u2019ve been a part of. There\u2019s times we\u2019re like, \u2018Yeah!\u2019 There\u2019s times like, \u2018Oh!\u2019 \u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Giants failed to capitalize on Phillips\u2019 interception, turning it over on downs in the red zone for the last defensive stop by either team in regulation (with 10:20 remaining in the third quarter).\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next time the Giants were in scoring territory, rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart made his NFL debut. He handed off for a 24-yard gain on an RPO on the first of his three snaps.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Prescott always seemed to have an answer for Wilson, Dart or Daboll, as he threw for 361 yards and had the 28-yard scramble that set up the winning kick in the battle of teams that started 0-1 with division losses. He absorbed three sacks and eight hits.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a must-win,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cNot to be 0-2 in the division.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now the Giants are 0-2 for the 10th time in the past 13 seasons \u2014 none of which have resulted in a playoff berth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 After all the miserable defeats that the Giants have suffered to the Cowboys over the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":227859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[92891,8998,58346,4716,1232,12116,62,67,132,68,98688],"class_list":{"0":"post-227858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cam-skattebo","9":"tag-dallas-cowboys","10":"tag-malik-nabers","11":"tag-new-york-giants","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-russell-wilson","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-wandale-robinson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115206468689843653","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}