Corner Nick McCloud (knee) will return from a two-game absence. Like Cor’Dale Flott (who has been starting at outside corner, opposite Deonte Banks), McCould can play in the slot or outside. So the Giants have options at both spots, as they try to replace Phillips this week.

Last week, with among the worst QB play in the NFL in Deshaun Watson, Amari Cooper went for 7 receptions, 86 yards and two touchdowns against the Giants, and that was after doing nothing for the first two weeks of the season. There are a lot of ways to back Lamb in this game, but backing him to score a touchdown is a great play.

Lamb and the Cowboys need to pull out of a serious funk. A Giants CB corps possibly without 2 of its stars on Thursday may be the ticket.

Shane Bowen just finished drawing up a masterpiece, and now he might have to turn into a magician in short order. Prior to Bowen’s offseason arrival as defensive coordinator, the Giants never had an answer for Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb,