Geico proudly presents the Sunday night anthem [Applause] everybody watches [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] goes back in town [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] on Sunday one of the NFL season and we're across the river on the Jersey side at MetLife Stadium on this rainy Sunday night the home of the New York Giants set to open their 99th season in the National Football League with the traditional sell-out crowd here at MetLife [Music] [Applause] and by the weather the spirits of the fans of the G-Man [Applause] letting in this year by their star Sequon Barkley is back and he's got a familiar fall on the other side tonight Dak Prescott in the Dallas Cowboys here on the season premiere of NBC's Sunday Night Football thanks for having us in Mike Tirico Chris Collinsworth Melissa start coming up here in a little bit always love this matchup great way to start the Sunday night schedule both teams won a playoff game last year so they expect more let's start with Dallas Chris 12 wins each of the last two seasons knocked out by San Francisco each of the last two seasons Ezekiel Elliott's up in New England so there's always drama in Dallas lay it out for me well let's start with the defense they really should be one of the best in all of football this season led by Micah Parsons but the story is going to be Mike McCarthy taking over the play calling the West Coast offense how does Dak Prescott adapt to the whole thing because big decisions about this Dallas Cowboys football team are going to be based on that partnership first piece of evidence tonight on the other side of the Giants went from four wins to nine wins Brian David coach of the year they won a playoff game so Daniel Jones and saquon Barkley are back what piece has you intrigued as the Giants get started well I last year the Giants simply were not as talented as the Cowboys or the Eagles that Talent Gap has shrunk this year the New York Giants are so much faster across the board on their football team and I can't wait to see how they match up with the Cowboys out here tonight we'll see if they can beat them they haven't done it in a while this is a series dominated of Late by Dallas the Cowboys have won 11 of the last 12 matchups it's the Cowboys of the Giants to open up the season on Sunday Night Football [Music] thank you [Music] Sunday Night Football is brought to you by Hyundai it's your journey and by untuck it shirts designed to be worn untucked untuckit.com [Music] NBC Sports welcomes you to the following presentation of the National Football League [Music] our country that is special in New York City were forever changed by the terrorist attacks of September 11th we honor those who were lost and their families still here please join us in a moment of silence we will never forget [Applause] thank you please join in the singing of our national anthem Grammy and Emmy award-winning and oscar-nominated musician actress and producer New Jersey Zone Queen Latifah accompanied by the NYPD FDNY joint choir we'll see can you see by the doors what's so proudly we hail at the twilight's last [Music] night who's brought stripes and bright stars [Music] streaming [Music] [Music] through the night that our flag was still there [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] please [Applause] [Applause] WoW tonight tomorrow A Day to Remember The Thousands that we will never forget so touching so well done just a few miles from Lower Manhattan here in New Jersey the Giants the Cowboys part of the NFL kickoff presented by YouTube TV short time ago Melissa Stark with the Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott he hasn't lost to the Giants since his rookie season but Dad you told us this week it is always a heavyweight fight when you play the team What's it gonna take to win this round yeah just us College Stand Together us as nfcs this is what it's about great environment Sunday Night Football excited for this opportunity you've led the league in interceptions last season but a lot of changes including a new play caller in your head coach Mike McCarthy how will this offense be different for you yeah we're here to win simple as that whatever we got to do to get the job done we're going to get it done this is the first time in your career you will not be handing the ball off to Ezekiel Elliott what can we expect with Tony Pollard and the Run game yeah we're ready as I said we're gonna do whatever it takes to win we've got the guys we've had a great off-season great training count and now it's time to go have fun good luck tonight thank you Melissa Mike McCarthy year four is the Cowboys head coach won Super Bowl 45 during his 12 plus Seasons with the Packers and on the other side it is Brian dable NFL coach of the year in year one leading the Giants nine wins the road playoff win in Minnesota started raining about an hour ago should be in the window of showers for the next couple of hours seen a lot of rain all up and down the Atlantic Seaboard here on week one of this NFL season Dallas won the toss to first it's the NFL debut for Brandon Aubry who kicked to the usfl the last two years Eric Gray's NFL debut he's back to receive he won't touch it it's a Touchback but Giants take over the 25 and here's their offense