The Dallas Cowboys Week 17 matchup against their divisional foes, a battle with the New York Giants in East Rutherford, New Jersey was supposed to be a meaningless game.
The Cowboys had already locked up the NFC East championship and a place in the playoffs the week prior. And the talk around the Metroplex all week was whether Dallas should rest their starters, not about how the team should go about beating the G-Men.
But after the Cowboys thrilling 36-35 victory over the Giants on Sunday, the contest felt anything but meaningless. In fact, Dallas might have cracked the code when it comes to generating the maximum amount of momentum heading into the postseason.