The Dallas Cowboys offense came to life in their win on Thursday night against the New York Giants. That life did not sustain itself for the entire game, but that is a conversation for a different day. This is the winner’s day and the Cowboys have bought themselves time to breathe.

One of the highlights from Thursday night’s win was clearly Dak Prescott and the form in which he played. Prescott finished 22 of 27 for 221 yards with two touchdowns on the night. His completion percentage over expected was +14.7% so it was a highly efficient evening where he made quite the batch of lemonade with what he had to work with.

The thing is it was a remarkably efficient night for Prescott. According to Next Gen Stats (shout out NFL Pro) Prescott completed 13 of 14 passes specifically that were fired under 2.5 seconds. These specific throws went for 143 of his total yards and included both touchdowns.

Regarding these plays specifically, Prescott held a completion percentage over expected of +21.2%. Once again, it was a highly efficient night for him.

The victory marked Prescott’s latest against the Giants, in fact his 13th in a row. The Cowboys have now won 14 of their last 15 games against their division rivals with the lone loss coming in the 2020 season finale when Prescott did not start. New York last beat a Prescott-led Cowboys team when Dak was just a rookie (they swept Dallas that year).

A big reason for Prescott’s success was the re-emergence of CeeDee Lamb. He had quite the night.

As noted this was far from the prettiest of victories for the Dallas Cowboys. But the win column cares not for style points. Dallas will wake up a winner on Friday morning and with plenty of time to figure out the rest moving forward.