Monday Night Football: Cowboys at Giants (7:15 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread, More

The Cooper Rush show rolls on! It’s a battle of NFC East rivals, but two backup quarterbacks are under center … *checks notes* … oh, never mind, apparently Daniel Jones is indeed a starter for the Giants.

Well, “go Saquon” …?

Game Info

Dallas Cowboys (1-1, 3rd NFC East) at New York Giants (2-0, 1st NFC East) – ESPN/ABC (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters ), ESPN Deportes: Eduardo Varela, Pablo Viruega, John Sutcliffe) Westwood One (Kevin Harlan, Kurt Warner)

Kickoff Time: 7:15 p.m. CT
Site: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
Referee: Land Clark
Odds: NYG -1, O/U 39 (via DraftKings Sports Book)

Coaches

Cowboys: Mike McCarthy (144-93) vs. Giants: Brian Daboll (2-0)

Starting QBs and Projected Game Stats

Cowboys: Cooper Rush: 21/34, 235 passing yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries, 8 rushing yards

versus

Giants: Daniel Jones: 21/33, 227 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 5 carries, 27 rushing  yards

Week 3 projected stats via ESPN projections

Cowboys Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Cooper Rush
•   RB Ezekiel Elliott
•   WRs CeeDee Lamb, Michael Gallup, Noah Brown
•   TE Dalton Shultz
•   LT Zack Martin, LG Matt Farniok, C Tyler Biadasz, RG Zack Martin, RT Terence Steele

Defense
•   LDE DeMarcus Lawrence, LDT Osa Odighizuwa, RDT Quinton Bohana, RDE Durance Armstrong
•   WLB Anthony Barr, WLB Anthony Barr, SLB Micah Parsons
•   LCB Anthony Brown, RCB Trevon Diggs
•   FS Donovan Wilson, SS Israel Mukuamu

Specialists
•   Brett Maher (kicker), Bryan Anger (punter, holder), Jake McQuaide (long snapper), KaVonte Turpin (kick and punt returns)

Giants Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Daniel Jones
•   RB Saquon Barkley
•   WRs Sterling Shepard, David Sills V, Richie James
•   TE Daniel Bellinger
•   LT Andrew Thomas, LG Ben Bredeson, C Jon Feliciano, RG Mark Glowinski, RT Evan Neal

Defense
•   LDE Azeez Ojulari, NT Dexter Lawrence, RDE Leonard Williams
•   WLB Kayvon Thibodeaux, LILB Austin Calitro, RILB Tae Crowder, SLB Oshane Ximines
•   LCB Adoree’ Jackson, RCB Darnay Holmes
•   FS Xavier McKinney, SS Julian Love

Specialists
•   Graham Gano (kicker), Jamie Gillan (punter, holder), Casey Kreiter (long snapper), Gary Brightwell, Richie James (kick and punt returns)

Inactives

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Patrick grew up in Chicago's Bridgeport and Garfield Ridge neighborhoods before moving to the Western Suburbs of Chicago before eventually relocating to the Las Vegas area with his family in 2023. He started with Bleacher Nation in 2021 and has spent time as a Staff Writer and on the Chicago Blackhawks beat. He is currently a writer and editor at Bleacher Nation covering the Chicago Bears and the NFL at large and the author of the Bleacher Nation Newsletter. Patrick is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA).

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