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    Giants activate Sam Beal, waive Sean Chandler

    Getty Images The Giants made Sam Beal‘s return official. They had until 4 p.m. Wednesday to activate him from injured reserve. The team made the move Tuesday. The Giants waived safety Sean Chandler to make room for Beal. Deandre Baker will continue to start “at this point,” according to...
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    Le’Veon Bell won’t practice Wednesday

    Getty Images The Jets promoted running back Josh Adams from the practice squad on Tuesday in a move that some connected to the news that Le'Veon Bell went for an MRI on his knee after the Jets lost to the Dolphins. Multiple reports said Adams was being targeted by another club and that Bell’s...
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    NFL (barely) recognizes 150th anniversary of college football

    Getty Images Tomorrow is the 150th anniversary of the first college football game. Yesterday the NFL paid tribute to it, although you had to be looking very closely at your TV to notice. The NFL had players in Monday night’s Cowboys-Giants game wear the decals of their college teams on the...
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    Pat Shurmur makes another late-game decision aimed at avoiding an uglier final score

    For the second time in less than a month, the Giants played in prime time. For the second time in less than a month, the Giants trailed by two scores with less than half of the fourth quarter remaining. For the second time in less than a month, the Giants faced fourth down when trailing by two...
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    Black cat makes it to the official NFL account of Monday night’s game

    The cat that crashed the party on Monday night has made an appeaarance in the official NFL account of Monday night’s Cowboys-Giants game. Here’s the specific entry from the National Football League Game Summary, as Peter King pointed out after we wrapped Tuesday’s edition of PFT Live: “The game...
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    Pat Shurmur: Sterling Shepard has serious injury that requires serious response

    Getty Images Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard was expected to make his return to the lineup against the Cowboys on Monday night after missing three games with a concussion, but his clearance from the concussion protocol proved to be short-lived. The Giants announced that Shepard was...
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    Giants activating Sam Beal from IR this week

    Getty Images The Giants could certainly use some help in the secondary, and it’s on the way. Via Art Stapleton of the Bergen Record, Giants coach Pat Shurmur said the team was activating cornerback Sam Beal from injured reserve this week. Beal, last year’s supplemental draft pick, missed his...
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    Michael Bennett stands for national anthem for first time since 2016

    Defensive lineman Michael Bennett is playing his first game for the Cowboys. Before the game, Bennett stood for the national anthem for the first time since 2016, Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. Bennett has sat for the national anthem in the past to protest social...
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    Golden Tate’s highlight-reel catch helps Giants take 9-3 lead

    Golden Tate brought back memories of Odell Beckham, making a highlight-reel, one-handed grab over Byron Jones. It came five years after Beckham made his most famous catch, a 43-yard touchdown over then-Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr. Tate didn’t score, going out of bounds at the Dallas 1-yard...
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    Cowboys score 10 points in final 52 seconds of first half to take 13-12 lead

    Getty Images A black cat ran onto the field at MetLife Stadium late in the second quarter, briefly stopping the game. The cat produced the best moves of the night before finally running up the tunnel. The Cowboys’ luck in East Rutherford seemed to change after that. On Oct. 13 at MetLife...
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    Cowboys extend lead to 30-18 on Amari Cooper touchdown

    It was close. Then, it wasn’t. The Cowboys increased their lead to 12 points with 7:56 remaining on a 45-yard touchdown pass from Dak Prescott to Amari Cooper. Cooper, who got off to a slow start, now has four receptions for 80 yards and the score, which put the Cowboys up 30-18. The Cowboys...
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    Cowboys overcome slow start, roll to 37-18 victory over Giants

    The Dallas Cowboys looked like they could be headed toward a second straight inexplicable loss to a New York team at Metlife Stadium this season as the Giants jumped out to a 12-3 lead through the first 27 minutes of Monday night’s game. Instead, Dak Prescott threw for 257 yards and three...
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    Sterling Shepard back in concussion protocol, out for Monday night

    Getty Images The Giants expected to get wide receiver Sterling Shepard back in the lineup against the Cowboys on Monday night, but that’s not going to happen. Shepard was cleared from the concussion protocol on Friday, but the Giants announced on Sunday that he is back in the protocol and will...
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    Cowboys not expecting to have Leighton Vander Esch

    Getty Images The Cowboys list linebacker Leighton Vander Esch as questionable with a neck injury that took him out of the Oct. 20 game against the Eagles after only 22 defensive plays. But Vander Esch continues to have soreness and range of motion issues, and the Cowboys aren’t expecting him...
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    Leonard Williams on trades: There’s less heartache when you realize it’s a business

    Getty Images Leonard Williams was teammates with Jamal Adams until the Jets traded him to the Giants this week and the defensive lineman has some thoughts about Adams being upset with the team for having his name in trade talks. Adams believes that other teams don’t discuss trades involving...
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    Sterling Shepard clears concussion protocol

    Getty Images Giants quarterback Daniel Jones will finally have the offense they envisioned for him on the field at the same time. Per multiple reports, Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard has cleared the concussion protocol, along with rookie cornerback Corey Ballentine. Getting Shepard...
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    Jason Witten won’t be mic’d up Monday night

    Getty Images Jason Witten returned to the Cowboys this season after spending last season in the TV booth on ESPN. He plays on Monday Night Football this week, so it seems a natural that ESPN would want its former employee wearing a microphone. “No. No,” Witten said Friday, via Schuyler Dixon...
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    Kris Richard on Michael Bennett: He’s a champion

    The Cowboys don’t have many players on their roster who have played in a Super Bowl. Michael Bennett has played in two, winning one. That’s what appealed to Cowboys defensive passing game coordinator Kris Richard. “He understands excellence,” Richard said, via David Helman of the team website...
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    Sterling Shepard fully participates in Giants practice

    Getty Images Wide receiver Sterling Shepard is moving closer to a return to game action. Shepard has missed the last three games while in the concussion protocol, but began ramping up his on-field work ahead of last Sunday’s loss to the Lions. That progress continued on Thursday. Shepard was...
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    Trysten Hill fell asleep during team meeting with Isiah Thomas

    Getty Images Cowboys defensive tackle Trysten Hill not only showed up late for a meeting Tuesday, but the rookie has drawn the team’s ire for other recent transgressions. Hill fell asleep during a team meeting with NBA Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas last week during the Cowboys’ bye week, Clarence...
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