Better, yes.
Closer, yes.
But not there just yet.
The Giants ventured into a primetime game Thursday night against the team that regularly beats them, usually decisively.
This was not that.
catches during the Giants’ win. Robert Sabo for NY Post
The Giants kept their fans in their seats at MetLife Stadium from start to finish, but they could not finish what they started in a 20-15 loss that dropped them to 1-3 on the season.
There was no way the Giants were going to pull off an upset without scoring a touchdown and that was their undoing.
Dak Prescott tossed first half touchdown passes to Rico Dowdle and CeeDee Lamb and the Giants were unable to find their way into the Dallas end zone.
They were stopped on the 3-yard line in the third quarter and they had a first down on the Dallas 20-yard line early in the fourth quarter and the end-result was Greg Joseph’s fifth field goal to trim the deficit to 17-15 with 11:11 to go.
Brandon Aubrey’s second field goal made it 20-15 with 6:54 remaining.
The Giants needed a touchdown.
They came up short — yet again — when on fourth down from their own 45-yard line Jones was flushed out of the pocket and, rolling to his right, fired a pass to the left sideline to Malik Nabers.
The rookie tried to make a diving catch while staying in bounds against cornerback Trevon Diggs but failed to hold onto the ball as he tumbled out of bounds, falling on the football with 3:21 remaining.
Nabers, who had 12 catches for 115 yards, was shaken up on the play and the Giants’ last gasp came and went.
He was diagnosed with a concussion.