EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Micah Parsons used to be now not stunned by way of the Dallas Cowboys’ 40-0 throttling of the Pristine York Giants on Sunday.

“No doubt in my mind,” Parsons stated. “I saw it before anybody. I said, ‘I can’t wait to get to New York.’ I already knew we was coming. Just because when preparation meets execution, I don’t think there’s no one that can beat us.”

Sunday marked:

* The biggest shutout win in franchise historical past. Previous to Sunday, that difference belonged to a 38-0 win in opposition to the Baltimore Colts in 1978.

* The second one-largest margin of victory in opposition to the Giants in 122 matchups. In 1966, the Cowboys opened the season with a 56-7 win over Pristine York. And in 1995, the Cowboys opened the future with a 35-0 win in opposition to the Giants.

* The Cowboys become the 5th group to discoverable their season with a shutout of 40-plus issues at the street, in line with ESPN Stats & Knowledge analysis. The closing such future got here in 1999, when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Cleveland Browns, 43-0.

* The Cowboys sacked Daniel Jones seven instances. It used to be maximum sacks in a season opener by way of a Dallas protection since they’d 9 in 1994.

* Cowboys working again Tony Pollard used to be the 5th Cowboy within the closing 50 years with more than one dashing touchdowns in a season opener and the primary since Marion Barber in 2008.

The 1978 Cowboys misplaced to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Tremendous Bowl XIII. The 1966 Cowboys made it to the NFL Championship Recreation, dropping to the Inexperienced Bay Packers. The 1995 Cowboys gained Tremendous Bowl XXX. The 1994 Cowboys made it to the NFC Championship Recreation.

Because the Cowboys start 2023, they wish to get to a Tremendous Bowl for the primary age since 1995.

“Yeah it’s just one win, it’s the beginning of the season, but definitely feel like we put the league on notice, that we’re for real, that we’re coming,” defensive finish DeMarcus Lawrence stated. “But we got a lot of work to do.”

Particular groups and the protection began the Cowboys’ good fortune with Noah Igbinoghene returning a banned ground objective try from Juanyeh Thomas on Pristine York’s first ownership for a landing, and DaRon Dull returning a Jones’ interception for a rating upcoming a fat crash on Saquon Barkley.

“I think from there we took the life out of them,” stated Parsons, who used to be one among 5 Cowboys’ defenders with no less than one sack.

The Giants won 38 yards on their first pressure however would achieve greater than that on simply one among their excess 11 drives. They’d 3 drives that ended in unfavorable yardage.

“The defense was relentless,” stated educator Mike McCarthy, who gained his first season opener as Cowboys educator in 4 tries.

With the victory, Dak Prescott gained his eleventh immediately get started in opposition to the Giants and has now not misplaced to the Giants since 2016, his rookie future. Corridor of Famer Roger Staubach had an 11-game win streak in opposition to Pristine York within the Nineteen Seventies. Because the 1970 merger, most effective Tom Brady has an extended win streak in opposition to a divisional opponent, beating the Buffalo Expenses 13 immediately instances from Dec. 27, 2003 to Dec. 26, 2010. Patrick Mahomes lately has an 11-game win streak for the Kansas Town Chiefs in opposition to the Denver Broncos.

However Prescott, who finished 13 of 24 passes for 143 yards within the rain-soaked match, wasn’t making an allowance for the win any roughly observation.

“That’s y’all’s job to write whatever statement it needs to be,” Prescott stated. “For us, it’s about not getting ahead of ourselves, continuing to stay disciplined, show that discipline, not only what we did through these four quarters but taking that and making sure we use that in our preparation and then moving forward next week going home against another New York team, a good team.

“It’s the NFL. You’ve were given to turn up age in and age out and be ready. You don’t see a dozen of wins like this, so we’re now not getting to get forward of ourselves in this.”