Today at 4:25 p.m. ET, the Dallas Cowboys (5-5) and New York Giants (4-6) go head-to-head live from MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The game can be live streamed here. Dallas fans can hear all of the hard-hitting action by tuning into KRLD 1080 while New York fans can do the same on 101.9 FM The Fan.
After dropping six straight games to open the season, the Giants are 4-0 in their last four games while Dallas will hope that its bye week will give the league's worst-ranked defense a much needed rest heading into a big chance to improve in Week 12.
The Giants have took advantage of a favorable point in the schedule to notch all four of their last victories, and now look to make a push for the NFC East division, which the Philadelphia Eagles currently lead over the Cowboys by one-half game and the Giants by 1-1/2.
The Giants took advantage of a third-string quarterback in their latest victory to nab a 27-20 win over the Green Bay Packers last Sunday.
"People can say we haven't faced the best quarterbacks, but we don't get much props for shutting down the top running backs, either," linebacker Jon Beason said via ESPN. "To me, it all depends on how you want to spin it. Guys are going to say you haven't played anybody, but we know how hard it is to win in this league."
The Cowboys gave up an NFL-record 40 first downs to the New Orleans Saints in a 49-17 loss in their last game, and have yielded an NFL worst 456.7 yards per game heading into today's matchup.
"I just didn't expect this," owner Jerry Jones, who guaranteed that coach Jason Garrett will return in 2014, said via ESPN. "I never saw this coming."
New York quarterback Eli Manning has suffered through a rough season with his passer rating of 70.8 being the lowest of his career since his rookie season. Manning threw for 450 yards and four touchdowns when he last met Dallas in Week 1, but the team lost 36-31. Manning is 208-for-364 (57.1%) for 2,586 yards with 12 touchdowns and seven interceptions this season.
"Our expectations were extremely high and we had, quite frankly, just kind of wrapped it up and handed it to them," coach Tom Coughlin told ESPN about the Week 1 loss. "That was the devastation of it for me."
Manning will be opposed by Tony Romo, who is 239-for-370 (64.6%) for 2,681 yards with 21 touchdowns and six picks.
Romo will have one of his best weapons back as Miles Austin returns from a hamstring injury and hasn't played since Sept. 22.
"He can be a very difficult matchup for opposing defenses because he's a big guy who's also quick and explosive," Garrett said per ESPN. "So we try to use him appropriately and he'll certainly help the other guys out just having his presence out there."
Brandon Jacobs, who wasn't with the Giants when they played the Cowboys in Week 1, will try to be a thorn in the side of the Dallas defense as he has been in year's past. Jacobs' 617 rushing yards against Dallas lead all active players.
"I didn't have an opportunity to play against them in Week 1 and all of last year, so I'm really looking forward to the opportunity," Jacobs said per ESPN.
Jacobs has four touchdowns on the ground while rushing for 163 yards on 49 carries.
Both of these teams will look to keep pace in the NFC East when they take the field this afternoon at MetLife Stadium.
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