3 mind-blowing stats that defined Cowboys' historic defensive performance in Week 1

2. Incredible Cowboys' pressure rate

According to Next Gen Stats, Dallas generated pressure on 23 of 37 dropbacks. That 62.2% percentage is the fourth-highest pressure right in the last four years.

Fans and talking heads have waxed poetic all offseason about the Cowboys' cavalcade of pass rushers and each one of them stepped up Sunday night.

Micah Parsons, Dante Fowler and Osa Odighizuwa logged six pressures apiece (!), while Dorance Armstrong and DeMarcus Lawrence added five and three pressures to the tally, respectively. In total, Dallas had eight players generate multiple pressures.

The Giants' offensive line is a work-in progress, but the general consensus was that the unit was improved this offseason. That might have been a reach, but don't use that as grounds to discredit what Dallas' pass rush accomplished in East Rutherford.