Social media reacts as Cowboys dominate Giants on Sunday Night Football

How about that protection?

The Dallas Cowboys’ much-hyped unit below defensive coordinator Dan Quinn was even higher than marketed, a 12 months after being the most effective defenses within the NFL. It was the first motive why Dallas rolled to a 40-0 lead within the Cowboys’ season opener in opposition to their division rival New York Giants on Sunday Night Football.

But Dallas’ particular groups and offense confirmed out as properly, because the Cowboys opened the scoring by returning a blocked area purpose for a landing and getting two extra scores on the bottom from Tony Pollard. Meanwhile, the Giants seemed like a shell of the group that made the playoffs a 12 months in the past regardless of returning a lot of the identical roster and even upgrading it in some key areas within the offseason.

Here’s how social media reacted because the Cowboys cruised…

… and the Giants floundered.

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