After the Dallas Cowboys put together a 36-31 victory over the New York Giants Sunday night at AT&T Stadium, Jerry Jones claimed that the Giants were faking injuries. New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin denied the claims Monday, saying his team was not faking anything.
"It's absolutely not true," Coughlin told the media Monday, according to ESPN.
Jones was angry over a lengthy drive the Cowboys put together in the second quarter that kept getting interrupted by Giants injuries that the owner doesn't believe were 100 percent legitimate. The drive eventually concluded with a touchdown pass from Tony Romo to Jason Witten, but the scoring drive didn't occur without a few delays.
At that point in the game, the Giants were worn out as the Cowboys out-possessed them heavily. According to ESPN, the Cowboys had possession of the ball in the first half for 21:31 while the Giants held the ball for just 8:29. The clock was stopped on consecutive plays in that second quarter drive due to Giants injuries, and while Coughlin insists the injuries were real, Jones has his doubts.
First, linebacker Dan Connor went down and then on the following play, defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins hit the ground with an injury to a chorus of boos from the Cowboys faithful.
A video of the incidents can be seen here.
Connor didn't return to the game, and ESPN reports that the Giants described his injury as a "burner," meanwhile Jenkins did come back to play and the Giants didn't tell the media what his ailment was, according to ESPN, and the Giants failed to specify which body part was suffering.
Still, Coughlin stood by his team saying that the injuries were indeed real.
"Both of those players were injured," Coughlin insisted on Monday, according to ESPN. "Connor never returned to the game. And Cullen was in a position where he needed to regroup. So that wasn't orchestrated at all."
When Jenkins went down, the crowd booed mercilessly and Witten began to yell, "He's faking!" at the officials. Romo looked like he was pretty upset with the delays and Jones was less-than-pleased following the game.
"No, it was so obvious it was funny. It wasn't humorous because we really wanted the advantage, and we knew we could get it if we could get the ball snapped," Jones told the The Fort-Worth Star Telegram of the Giants questionable injuries slowing down his team's no-huddle offense.
The Giants are denying everything Jones has said, and safety Antrel Rolle gave his two cents Monday.
"I don't know what kind of faking they saw, but if a guy doesn't return to the game, I don't know how that's faking," Rolle told ESPN Monday. "They got the win, and [Jones] just needs to be satisfied with the win, because a game like that will never happen to us again. I could care less what Jerry has to say. When we face those guys again, it will be a different outcome."
Both teams are heading into Week 2 but still talking about Week 1. The Cowboys will head to Kansas City to face the Chiefs Sunday while the Giants will look to get even on the season during the Manning Bowl when New York takes on the Denver Broncos Sunday at MetLife Stadium in the Giants home-opener.
The Giants and Cowboys clash again, this time at MetLife, on Nov. 24.
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