Cowboys Fumble Away First Place

Hampered by a totally inept offense, the Dallas Cowboys fumbled away first place in the NFC East, losing 17-10 to the New York Giants. It's bad enough when your offense can't put points on the board, but when they start a critical drive at the beginning of the second half by putting points on the board for the opposition, it's hard for a defense as good as the Boy's to overcome it

Behind 10-0 to start the second half, Dallas coach Bill Parcels must have figured he'd start the offense with some easy that they could handle. Dallas Quarterback Drew Bledsoe tried to hand the ball off to Julius Jones. Unfortunately, the play proved too complicated for center Andre Gurode, who apparently didn't realize he was supposed to block the Giant's defender as he ran right by him, knocking the ball loose. The Giants took the fumble into the end zone.

The 'Boys did come back and score 10 point through the rest of the second half, and even had chances to win the game, since the Giants tried to give the game away several times. But if you take the 10 points the offense did score, subtract the 7 they cost the team with the stupid fumble, that leaves the offense with a net 3 points for the game. That won't win many games in the NFL.

Give a game ball to the 'Boys defense, which did more than enough to win the game. Special recognition goes to defensive back Aaron Glenn who had two interceptions.

Complete story from FW Star-Telegram.