New York Giants Jersey 2019 , since star running back Ezekiel Elliott finally ended his long holdout with the Dallas Cowboys and Eli Manning is still the quarterback for the New York Giants.Elliott signed a $90 million, six-year extension just in time for Sunday’s opener at home against the Giants, who will send Manning out as the starter for the 15th consecutive season after the heavily debated decision to draft potential heir apparent Daniel Jones sixth overall.During Elliott’s absence that covered all of training camp and the preseason, rookie Tony Pollard was impressive enough for the Cowboys to decide he was their second-best back. Now the fourth-rounder out of Memphis will fill the role Dallas hoped for all along: backup to the two-time NFL rushing champion.“We are all about as expert as we can get about what Zeke means and how we are built to compete for the main goal we got,” owner Jerry Jones said of the defending NFC East champs, who will try to get past the divisional round of the playoffs for the first time in nearly 25 years. “This is an important contract for us.”It remains to be seen if Manning’s club-record 16th season will be similar to his first, when he replaced Kurt Warner after nine games and went on to start every game but one for 14 full seasons. Jones, criticized widely after the Giants made the surprising pick, had the NFL’s best preseason passer rating (137.3).But Manning is still the guy 10 years after winning the first regular-season game at the home of the Cowboys, and supposedly leaving his signature on the wall, noting the score (33-31) along with the fact that it was the first game in the $1.2 billion showplace.“They mean a little bit more, throw in that we always seem to play them the first game of the season Red Dexter Lawrence Jersey , is always important because it’s the first one,” said Manning, a two-time Super Bowl winner facing Dallas in the opener for the sixth time in the past eight seasons. “There’s a lot of special memories in playing the Cowboys.”Here are some of the story lines with the Cowboys seeking a fifth straight win against the Giants, which would be the fifth streak at least that long for Dallas in a series set for its 115th meeting:SURPRISING OFFENSENo one expected much from New York’s offense this season with the trade of Odell Beckham Jr. to Cleveland. New York moved the ball well in the preseason with Manning playing a few series, tight end Evan Engram playing one and dynamic halfback Saquon Barkley and top receiver Sterling Shepard (broken thumb) none. All are ready for the season.New York’s nine TD passes in the preseason were a league high, along with its points (119), average passing yards (305.5) and total offense (393). Does it carry over? Veteran Golden Tate III is suspended for the first four games for violating the policy on performance enhancers.NEXT STEP FOR DAK?Only New England star Tom Brady (35) has more regular-season wins than Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott (32) since the 2016 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year entered the league. He has his fellow first-year star back in Elliott, and is coming off his first offseason with receiver Amari Cooper, a midseason trade acquisition last year. Prescott got his first playoff win last season, following a second NFC East title in his three seasons — all with Elliott. Now ,the Cowboys want more.“I don’t think those hopes or anything changed while he was gone,” Prescott said. “We were all pretty faithful that this was going to happen. Now that he is back here Cheap Dexter Lawrence Jersey , you put all the pieces together, working a little bit more, getting those quality reps that we need.”MAGIC NUMBER: 16Manning and Cowboys tight end Jason Witten will set the same club record when they take the field: 16 seasons with their respective teams.The difference is Witten missed last season, giving broadcasting a one-year try before coming out of retirement.“I feel better about that decision today than when I made it back in March,” Witten said. “The reason for that is because that I know that I’m ready.”DEFENSIVE QUESTIONSThe Giants had trouble putting pressure on quarterbacks and stopping the run last season. The run defense should be better with first-round draft choice Dexter Lawrence II in the middle of the 3-4 front. Linebackers Tae Davis, Lorenzo Carter and Markus Golden are keys to the pass rush. First-round draft pick DeAndre Baker and veteran Janoris Jenkins are good cover cornerbacks.The Cowboys have a defense with several emerging young stars, but with four starters who barely practiced in the preseason. DeMarcus Lawrence was coming back from shoulder surgery, while fellow defensive end Tyrone Crawford and cornerback Byron Jones dealt with hip issues. Linebacker Sean Lee injured a knee early in camp.BAD MEMORIESGiants center Jon Halapio will be playing in a regular-season game for the first time on the same field where he broke his lower right leg and ankle against Dallas on Sept. 20. He has no fears returning to AT&T Stadium.“I’m excited more than anything,” he said. “Can’t wait to get out there and play again.” INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Luck has a one-track mind.With two regular-season games left, the Indianapolis Colts quarterback insists he’s paying no attention to playoff possibilities, scoreboards or other teams’ schedules. Instead, he’s focused on the only thing he considers important this weekend — beating the New York Giants on Sunday.“I’ve been a part of teams where you sit and say 2019 Dexter Lawrence Jersey , ‘We need this to happen with this.’ It doesn’t work like that,” Luck said. “You’ve got to handle your own business.”Article continues below ...Few teams can match what the Colts (8-6) have done lately. They’ve rebounded from a 1-5 start to win seven of eight and put themselves back in the postseason hunt. After losing their first two home games, they’ve won five straight at Lucas Oil Stadium, and if they can beat the Giants (5-9), they could control their own playoff path.Coach Frank Reich doesn’t do business that way, though.The former NFL quarterback simply asks his players to do their jobs: keep two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning and Offensive Rookie of the Year contender Saquon Barkley in check; prepare for the possible return of Pro Bowl receiver Odell Beckham Jr.; and expose the holes in New York’s defense.New York, meanwhile, hopes it can continue a strong second half after starting 1-7. While winning two of three and four six, the Giants already have knocked off NFC North champion Chicago and playoff hopeful Washington. They will be playing spoiler at Indianapolis.“You’re chasing wins,” Manning said. “We’re football players and this is what we do. We play football, that’s our passion, that’s our job Dexter Lawrence NFL Draft , and we’re going to go out there and do it well and be able to celebrate some wins.”It won’t be easy.Indy pitched its first shutout in four years while rushing for 178 yards against Dallas’ No. 3-ranked run defense last week. Luck is playing the best football of his career and the defense looks as stout as it has in almost a decade.The combination has made Indy a trendy pick as the team nobody wants to play, and if the Colts can win their last two, they could end a three-year playoff absence. But the Colts know they must stick to the plan.“I am just very convinced there is no other way to approach it,” Reich said. “I have been around a lot of good coaches, a lot of good players (and) that is just what I have come to believe, experience and learn. There can’t be any wavering from that (focal point).”SACK HAPPYIt’s been feast or famine when it comes to sacks for the Giants. They had 14 in the first 11 games, and then picked up five each in the next two weeks against Chicago and Washington.The added pressure resulted in four interceptions, including touchdown returns by linebacker Alec Ogletree against the Bears and Curtis Riley against the Redskins. Things got back to the norm in last week’s shutout loss to Tennessee when New York had one sack and no interceptions.Facing the Colts might not help. Indy has allowed just 16 sacks this season, tied for fewest in the league.TACKLE WATCHRookie linebacker Darius Leonard acknowledged he was “heartbroken” not to make the AFC’s Pro Bowl team this week despite leading the league with 146 tackles.And he hopes to take out his frustration on the Giants this weekend. Leonard says his weekly goal is to get 25 tackles, though he’s upped the ante this week by saying he’s hoping to finish with 40. If he hits either mark, Leonard will break Jeff Herrod’s 27-year-old franchise record for tackles in one season.Leonard needs 15 tackles to move past Herrod (160).BARKLEY REBOUNDSPro Bowl running back Barkley was held to 31 yards on 14 carries in the loss to the Titans, his second-lowest total this season. The rookie ran for just 28 yards against Dallas in Week 2.The second pick overall in the draft also had 56 yards from scrimmage last week Color Rush Deandre Baker Jersey , marking the second time in 14 games he’s been held below 100.Despite the bad game, Barkley is third in the league in rushing with 1,155 yards and he is not looking for a break even though the Giants have been eliminated from playoff contention.“I would love my workload to be whatever it can be to help the team win,” Barkley said. “I’ve said multiple times, if that’s 10 carries or if that’s 40 touches. I bumped it up to 40 this time.”THE COMEBACK KIDLuck’s comeback season has been better than expected.His completion percentage (67.3) is at a career high and he’s six completions away from a career best in that category, too.What else? Luck heads into the final two games needing 810 yards and seven TD passes to break his previous career highs.