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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Looking at the New York Giants defensive effort against the Dallas Cowboys, any one of the 11 players on the field could have been singled out.Defensive end Olivier Vernon was dominant up front. Tackle Damon Harrison plugged the middle. Cornerback Janoris Jenkins delivered another shutdown performance against Dez Bryant.The money players on Steve Spagnuolos big bucks defense stepped up and earned their keep in limiting the Cowboys to a season-low 260 yards and seven points .So did the rookie free agent that most people still dont know much about: 21-year-old Romeo Okwara .Okwara took over at left end with Jason Pierre-Paul sidelined for the rest of the regular season following surgery for a sports hernia. He delivered a JPP-type performance.Okwara led the defense with eight tackles, a sack, three quarterback hurries and a tipped pass.He played big. Theres some stuff we have to clean up, not only him, everybody along the line, Harrison said. He got his first sack. I was happy for him. He got in there a couple times on some big plays.We have faith in him, thats why coach started him. You know if it wasnt for that he wouldnt be out there. We knew what he was capable of, it was just a matter of him going out there and showing it.Coach Ben McAdoo described Okwara as a young, conscientious, hard-working player.He really takes to coaching. He learned the system quickly and plays the game hard, McAdoo said Monday in reviewing Sunday nights 10-7 win at MetLife Stadium.Heading into the game, the plan was to have Okwara and veteran Kerry Wynn split time at left end. Okwara, who had gotten limited action this season with Pierre-Paul on the field more than 90 percent of the time, ended up getting 60 snaps.With the way he was playing, he was hot, McAdoo said. We wanted to let him roll in there.Everything wasnt perfect for Okwara. Ezekiel Elliott ran for 107 yards and he got a good chunk of his yards attacking the left side of New Yorks defense -- Okwaras side.Part of that could have been chalked up to some early nerves, but the Nigerian-born player settled down.Even with Romeo being young, he is big, physical, and hes a guy that learns the playbook, came in, jelling well, and hes going to play hard, cornerback Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie said. Its not a JPP, but at the end of the day, you still have guys that can play.Pierre-Paul addressed the team on the field before the game. Okwara said his message was to go out and play ball.The defense did, particularly Okwara.I think if you play defensive football the way we played defensive football last night, youre always in the ballgame and have a chance to win, McAdoo said.The Giants (9-4) now have won seven of their last eight games and control their playoff chances. They trail the Cowboys (11-2) by two games in the NFC East. However, they have are the No. 1 team in the wild-card race with three games left.It was a really important game for us, Okwara said. It was a divisional game, and hopefully we will get them in the future. Everyone played really well, we played great as a defense, and it was a great team win.Game notes RB Shane Vereen is in the concussion protocol after being injured in his first game since being activated off injured reserve following a triceps problem. ... While it looked that S Andrew Adams blew his coverage on Dak Prescotts touchdown pass to Terrance Williams, McAdoo said it wasnt his responsibility. The coach didnt say who was responsible, but one teammate said it was Rodgers-Cromartie. ... The Giants are 6-1 at home, tying their highest victory total in MetLife Stadium since it opened in 2010. They were 6-2 in 2012.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Jalen Beeks Jersey . "Theyve both been real good," said Babcock. 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SYDNEY -- Sit back and enjoy the ride. Thats Jordan Spieths message to Dallas Cowboys fans.But be sure to keep any thoughts of gloating away from social media, too; until they reach the playoffs, at least.Ive been quieter on social media this year about it, Im kind of just like just let them do their thing, Spieth said at Royal Sydney Golf Club, where he is preparing to play in the Australian Open.But come Super Bowl time, if they go through the process and make it there, then we can go nuts ... most people arent Cowboys fans and Ive realized Ill just keep to myself [until then].Currently riding an eight-game winning streak and three games clear at the top of the NFC East, the Cowboys are the hottest team in the NFL.And its all been without star quarterback Tony Romo, with?Dak Prescott thriving in the hot seat of one of the NFLs most scrutinized franchises.Its incredible what theyre doing, Spieth said of the Cowboys.I think they actually just recently named that Dak was going to stay the starter, I think Jerry Jones named that, he continued when asked whether Prescott should retain the starting spot.Its awesome to have two fantastic quarterbacks on the team when we were kind of really struggling last year with Tony out. [Its] fun to watch. I hope I actually get to go back and get to a couple of games. It looks like theyre going to make it into February - so to the Super Bowl.Spieth said Dallas was a ddifferent place when the Cowboys were winning.ddddddddddddI mean when the Cowboys are playing well, the city of Dallas is just rocking, its just a different vibe.Texas is just a huge football state, so its a lot of fun at home now and hopefully [Ill] get to a couple of games.Before he heads back to the U.S. to take in some Cowboys action, Spieths focus is firmly on this weeks Australian Open -- a tournament he won two years ago before his runner-up finish in 2015.This year hasnt reached the lofty heights of his amazing five-win 2015 season, but Spieth said he was maybe a little disappointed really only with the second half of the PGA Tour.I got myself into position early on this year, I mean Hawaii was a better performance than any of the ones in 15, he said.And then the Masters, I got myself into position there, a couple of swings away from another major and then, where else, Colonial, winning the way we did there was a lot of fun, too.So it was just the second half of the year where I would say I maybe tried just a bit too hard, didnt let it come to me, was getting a little frustrated with the lack of first-place finishes; I guess, even though if you win five times a year from the amount of time I expect to be on tour, Ill have more than Tiger [Woods]. So its unrealistic. ' ' '