{"id":16792,"date":"2023-09-11T16:42:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=16792"},"modified":"2025-03-25T06:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T05:50:25","slug":"new-york-giants-embrassed-by-40-0-loss-to-cowboys-on-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/new-york-giants-embrassed-by-40-0-loss-to-cowboys-on-opening-night\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants embrassed by 40-0 loss to Cowboys on opening night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The New York Giants felt small on Sunday night, when they were, getting thrashed 40-0 versus the Dallas Cowboys in a streaking rain at MetLife Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no downplaying the defeat for coach Brian Daboll.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We just got skunked here, 40 to nothing,&#8221; he said after the game, via the official transcript.<br>\n<br> &#8220;When you play a game like that and coach a game like that, there&#8217;s nothing that&#8217;s good enough. 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We didn&#8217;t do that tonight, and we have a lot to work on going forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More From The NFL:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/steelers-hc-mike-tomlin-speaks-on-worst-home-loss-of-his-career-we-got-kicked-in-the-teeth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steelers HC Mike Tomlin speaks on worst home loss of his career; \u2018We got kicked in the teeth<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Giants felt small on Sunday night, when they were, getting thrashed 40-0 versus the Dallas Cowboys in a streaking rain at MetLife Stadium. There was no downplaying the defeat for coach Brian Daboll. &#8220;We just got skunked here, 40 to nothing,&#8221; he said after the game, via the official transcript. &#8220;When you play a game like that and coach a game like that, there&#8217;s nothing that&#8217;s good enough. 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We didn&#8217;t do that tonight, and we have a lot to work on going forward.&#8221; More From The NFL: Steelers HC Mike Tomlin speaks on worst home loss of his career; \u2018We got kicked in the teeth\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,169,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sport-football-news","category-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New York Giants embarrassed by 40-0 loss to Cowboys - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The New York Giants are embarrased by their 40-0 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on opening night of their game. 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