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Also in the game Thursday was veteran wideout Brandin Cooks, who returned to the starting lineup after a nearly two-month absence due to a knee injury. Cooks played a crucial role by scoring a TD and the game-winning third-down conversion in the third quarter. Despite being late to the game in a season that looked like it was going to run away from Dallas, Cooks viewed Thursday night’s win as a turning point.

“It’s huge,” Cooks told NFL Network’s Jane Slater. “At the end of the day it’s the NFL, it’s any Sunday. The Giants are a great team, don’t get it wrong. Drew Lock came out and played his game. We have a few guys behind. But it has to be done. “I think it’s extremely important to get a win at home and keep the momentum going from last week, especially before this mini-bye.”

At 5-7, Dallas enters Sunday’s slate two games behind the 7-5 Commanders, who defeated the Cowboys in Week 12, and is fighting for the final wild-card spot in the competitive NFC. Dallas doesn’t play its next game until Monday, December 9th, a home game against the Bengals. After that, the Cowboys have two games against NFC South opponents (Panthers vs. Buccaneers) and then finish with two unpredictable matchups against division rivals (Eagles vs. Commanders).

The likelihood that the Cowboys will turn around this lost season is slim; Next Gen Stats says Dallas only has a 4% chance of returning to the postseason.

But don’t tell these Cowboys – or their optimistic owner – about the odds.

“Where we are now, I haven’t even had time to think beyond the quarter about how we can get a win,” owner Jerry Jones told reporters. “This is the NFL. Any team can give you a defeat. But bottom line, I’m happy to get this. We have Cincinnati ahead of us. We will be better.”

“The bottom line is that I see improvement, and with improvement we have teams in front of us that we can (beat).”

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