The goal Sunday night was to win and avoid the dreaded 0-2 hole to start the season. In the previous 10 seasons, only 10 teams have made the playoffs after starting 0-2.
But the Dallas Cowboys potentially got so much more in the 20-3 victory against the New York Giants before hordes of relieved fans at AT&T Stadium.
They got hope for the future, renewed confidence in quarterback Dak Prescott and signs on defense that it could potentially become Doomsday-esque if not the renamed version called the Blitz Boys.
Prescott opened the game with a career-long 64-yard touchdown pass to receiver Tavon Austin.