The defensive front of Olivier Vernon, Jason Pierre-Paul, Damon “Snacks” Harrison and Johnathan Hankins, joined at times by Owamagbe Odighizuwa and Kerry Wynn, was dominant during the preseason. The Giants weren’t very good across the defensive front last season, and they paid more than a king’s ransom in the offseason to try to correct that. Odell the villain? Just answer with your talent Giants’ defensive line vs. It’s going to be on us up front, on the second level, to keep them from dictating the game by running the ball.” If they’re ahead of schedule and all he has to do is hand it off and run his play-action passes, there isn’t going to be anything we can do to confuse that. Well, the confusion in the rookie quarterback is more when you can get him behind schedule. “We know people are talking about confuse the rookie quarterback. If we don’t stop them from running the football first, we’ll never get to the other stuff,” defensive coordiantor Steve Spagnuolo said on Thursday. “With this team that we’re playing, it’s not all about bringing people. If they allow Prescott to get comfortable and gain confidence, that task becomes more difficult. If the Giants can do that, they have a good shot at winning. You know, though, that defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has been cooking up ways this week to make Prescott look like what he is - a rookie playing in his first NFL game. Prescott, a fourth-round pick out of Mississippi State had a terrific preseason and may one day be a great NFL quarterback. He has taken advantage of his opportunities in the preseason and it’ll be a challenge for us,” coach Ben McAdoo said early in the week. The Giants have gone out of their way to complement Prescott this week. Unless you have been living under some sort of self-imposed TV, news, social media blackout for the past few weeks you know that the Cowboys will be quarterbacked Sunday by rookie Dak Prescott, subbing for the one-again injured Tony Romo. Let’s check out five things to watch Sunday as the Giants try to get the season started on the right foot. The 2016 NFL season finally begins for real on Sunday afternoon for the New York Giants, when they travel to Texas to face the NFC East-rival Dallas Cowboys.

Cowboys roster 2016