Giants quarterback Daniel Jones remained in the game despite the beating the Giants had been taking.

The fact that Jones remained in the game stunned fans and even became the topic of conversation during the Sunday Night Football broadcast. The decision to keep Jones in the game stemmed from simply just wanting to get something positive out of Sunday.

Giants head coach Brian Daboll acknowledged that the Giants failed to protect their quarterback on Sunday night in the season opener.

He told reporters that the pass protection "wasn't good enough. No area was good enough tonight."

The best thing about the way the Giants opened up their 2023 season was that the abuse they took and the sacks they allowed and the embarrassment they should feel resulted in only one loss.

One big, fat, desultory, disgusting loss.

It is difficult to conceive of a worse way to embark on a season.

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The clock finally struck zeon to mercifully end the disappointing season opener for the Giants.

The loss ended up being the largest shutout loss for New York since they were defeated 38-0 by the Carolina Panthers in 2013. The franchise's largest shutout loss occurred to the Eagles -- a 45-0 defeat -- back in 1948.

Daniel Jones finished the night with 104 passing yards on 15 completed passes and he was sacked seven times.

As a team, the Giants were held to just 171 total yards on offense.

Daniel Jones played nearly the entire game before Giants head coach Brian Daboll turned the ball over to Tyrod Taylor.

Taylor made two passes for six yards before the clock finally ticked down to zero.

Matt Peart left the game injured in the fourth quarter. The offensive lineman was getting attention during the latest Giants drive.

He was looked at by the medical staff during a stoppage of play and Joshua Ezedu came in to take over at left tackle.

A KaVontae Turpin touchdown extended the Cowboys lead to 40-0 over the Giants. It completed a 50-yard drive by Dallas in what continued to be a lopsided blowout over New York to open the season.

The NBC broadcast seemed to find the perfect Giants fan to zoom in on as they went commercial.

Sometimes the schedule just works out, and that's the case for the Diggs family.

Trevon Diggs and the Cowboys faced the Giants at MetLife Stadium on Sunday Night Football to open the season and it just so happens that the Buffalo Bills face the Jets in East Rutherford on Monday Night Football. That afforded Stefon Diggs and their mother Stefanie Diggs the chance to watch Trevon in person on Sunday.

The Giants fortunes haven't gotten any better in the second half.

Tony Pollard capped a 10-play, 75-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown run to extend the Cowboys lead to 33-0 after the extra point. Jones entered the end zone untouched and there was a "Let's Go Cowboys" chant that rose from the crowd at MetLife.

The touchdown was Pollard's second of the game.

Deonte Banks, the Giants first-round pick in 2023, was not on the field to start the second half.

The team said that he was dealing with cramps, but that he would return to the game. nick McCloud was playing corner in place of Banks at the start of the third.

Brian Daboll made his way to Madison Square Garden for Rangers games last season and the Rangers repaid the favor on Sunday night.

Members of the Blue Shirts were on hand to see the Giants battle their NFC East rival, the Cowboys.

The boos rained down at MetLife Stadium as the Giants went to the locker room at halftime.

They trailed 26-0 as the offense was held to just 81 total yards on 36 first-half plays. The Giants averaged just 2.2 yards per play in the opening half.

Daniel Jones struggled to get going as well.