I know it’s December but it’s almost impossible to blame Tony Romo for this loss.   Romo completed 41 of 55 passes for 392 yards with 3 TD passes and 0 INTs.  Marion Barber had a poor game carrying the ball 15 times for 36 yards (2.4 ypc) and he also caught 3 passes for 7 yards (2.3 avg).  Barber also lost a fumble as his play yesterday hurt the Cowboys.  Felix Jones also didn’t do too much yesterday carrying the ball 6 times for 6 yards (1.0 ypc) and he also caught 3 passes for 13 yards (4.3 avg).  Jason Witten led the way in the passing game for the Cowboys yesterday with 14 catches for 156 yards (11.1 avg).  Miles Austin also had a solid game with 10 catches for 104 yards (10.4 avg) with a TD.  Roy Williams pitched in with six grabs for 60 yards (10.0 avg) with 2 TD catches.  The Cowboys finished up with 424 total yards in this game (45 rushing, 379 passing) on offense as they had possession of the ball for 38:50! 

DeMarcus Ware led the way for the Cowboys yesterday on D with 7 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 1 sack and 2 QB hits.  Bradie James pitched in with 7 tackles for the Cowboys.  The Giants finished up with 337 total yards on offense (100 rushing, 237 passing) in his game.  But, the Cowboys also had troubles on special teams as they let Domenik Hixon get loose for a 79-yards punt return for a TD late in this game to pretty much finish them off.   The Cowboys are now 8-4 on the season.

The Giants won the first match-up between these teams back in September 33-31 at Dallas but that seems like a long time ago.  The Giants appear to be a battered and bruised team so the Cowboys need to jump on them early in this game and get them to quit.  The Cowboys will likely come out running the ball in this game with the three pronged attack of Marion Barber, Felix Jones and Tashard Choice against a Giants’ D that is allowing 4.2 yards per carry and 107.8 yards rushing per game.  The Giants will likely be blitzing the Cowboys a lot so Tony Romo might have to use a shorter passing attack with his ole buddy Jason Witten getting a lot more action than usual.  If the Giants’ safeties creep up to deal with the running game and Witten, then Romo should go up top to Miles Austin or Roy Williams.

The Giants will likely come out throwing the ball against the Cowboys as they are allowing 224.9 yards passing per game this year.  Eli Manning will need the O-Line to keep DeMarcus Ware away from him but that will be easier said than done.  Manning does a good job of spreading the ball around so the Cowboys won’t likely be able to double anyone.  Brandon Jacobs will likely shoulder a huge load in the running game as most of his caddies are injured and out for this game.

PREDICTION:  GIANTS 30, COWBOYS 27