Cowboys Visit Giants on SNF as Harbaugh Makes Debut — SkimNews
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- Dallas Cowboys visit the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on Sept. 13 (8:20 p.m. ET) in their ninth Week 1 meeting over the past 20 seasons, with Dallas a perfect 8-0 all-time in Week 1 primetime games against New York, including a 59-3 combined margin in the last two.
- Cowboys hired Christian Parker away from the Eagles to coordinate a defense that allowed an NFL-worst 30.1 points per game in 2025, with 46.2% of those snaps now produced by new players including edge rushers Rashan Gary and Von Miller, plus first-round rookies Caleb Downs and Malachi Lawrence.
- Giants hired Super Bowl-winning coach John Harbaugh—their first champion coach since Tom Coughlin's 2015 finale—bringing Ravens alumni Patrick Ricard, Isaiah Likely, and Jordan Stout, plus top-10 draft picks Arvell Reese (5th overall) and Francis Mauigoa (10th overall).
- Malik Nabers is officially questionable for Sunday as he returns from a torn ACL, having practiced fully all week but telling reporters he won't risk his career on a 'split decision' about playing.
- Dak Prescott is 14-0 in games he has started and finished against the Giants, and the Cowboys are 3-point favorites with an over/under of 48.5; the preview's prediction is Cowboys 31, Giants 17.
Why it matters: Harbaugh's hiring gives the Giants their first championship-caliber head coach in over a decade, but Week 1 immediately tests both teams' overhauls—Dallas's near-total defensive rebuild against a divisional rival, and Harbaugh's new-look Giants roster minus a potentially limited Nabers—setting an early bar for two franchises that have missed the playoffs in recent years.
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