New York Giants are defeated by the Dallas Cowboys in the traditional Thanksgiving Day matchup.

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The New York Giants' defeat to the Detroit Lions four days earlier served as a wake-up call.

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Because despite the optimism that surrounded Brian Daboll's Giants for the first three months of the season, 

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which was justified given the team's best start since 2008, they entered AT&T Stadium 

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for their matchup against the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving day feeling overwhelmed by a lot of uncertainty.

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What does that entail for the Giants, then? On Thanksgiving Day, picking up a victory would be a difficult challenge, 

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but it would also be an opportunity to show their mettle. They succeeded in doing so for the first half, 

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leading 13-7 at the intermission before failing to stop the Cowboys. 

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They once again lacked the offensive firepower to compete with Dallas

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and a pair of touchdown passes from Dak Prescott to Dalton Schultz were too much to overcome in Thursday's 28-20 defeat.

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And the difficulty of playing a Dallas club that was coming off its greatest performance 

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in a while after easily defeating the 8-win Vikings by 40 points on the road.

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