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Welcome to the Giant Insider podcast, brought to you by Band Dual Sportsbook on the Believe Network. My name is Jerry Foley. I'm the senior editor of the Giant Insider newspaper. And with me, as always, the beat writer in the heart of Giants Nation. Nobody beats the biz. Chris Bisignano. So Florian Cortiz or Cortez says hello from But Montana. I want to make sure I'm pronouncing that right.

But B-U-T-T-E, Montana.

Correct me if I said that wrong.

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So, not much suspense.

The Giants open up against the Dallas Cowboys.

This is the ninth time over the last, it would be the ninth time in 16 years,

eight times over the last 15 that they've done it.

Last time they did it was a horror show, 40 to nothing in 2023.

We were all amped for that game and then everything fell apart.

And the last time the Giants won, one in seven in those eight games was 2016.

So I look back, Chris, over the last 10 home openers, the Giants, I'm sorry, over the last opening weekend, not home openers, last opening weekends, the Giants have won two games and lost eight.

And the two times they won were 2016 and 2022.

So good news, Giant fans, if the Giants beat the Cowboys, they're going to the playoffs in 2026. So we've got that going for us. But there you go. I don't know how you feel about it. I'm excited that it's Dallas. I like that it's Dallas. I like that it's Dallas. You know, I like that it's a rivalry. So let's go.

I agree with you, man. I agree with you. I like it's Dallas. I have no problem.

I know they played Dallas a few times over the last years, you know, opening up and hasn't been the best results.

But hey, how could you not get excited over it, right? I mean, Sunday night, Harbaugh, Dallas coming in the building and all that stuff so uh it's

it's a great it's a big draw you know you know so i don't know how you know i have no problem with

it all um i know a lot people wanted to see uh maybe tennessee with the dable factor you know and

all that stuff but man you know what i get it get the season going right out of the bat you know what i mean so uh it's a great way to open a year you know, and all that stuff. But, man, you know what I get this season going right out of the bat. You know what I mean? So it's a great way to open a year. You know, obviously, we don't want to see a 40-nothing result. And Andrew Thomas getting hurt chasing down a block field goal, got returned. But, you know, I think everybody, I get the field judge. I don't know about you from Giants fans. You know what?

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