Best Twitter Reactions from New York Giants' Season Opener

There is not much for New York Giants' fans to be happy about following the team's 31-36 opening-day loss on the road to the Dallas Cowboys, especially after Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones unwittingly accused the Giants of faking injuries during the game. 

The Giants stopped the clock due to injuries on back-to-back plays in the second quarter while Dallas was trying to up the tempo. 

Via Todd Archer ESPN.com, Jones believes that poor sportsmanship was involved during the game rather than just bad luck with injuries:

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"I thought us experts on football were the only ones who could see that," Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said, laughing and winking. "No, it was so obvious it was funny. It wasn't humorous because we really wanted the advantage, and knew we could get it if we could get the ball snapped."

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The injuries Jones was referring to involved Dan Connor and Cullen Jenkins (via cbssports.com). As NFL writer Josh Katzowitz mentioned in the story, Connor left the game with a neck injury and did not return, while Jenkins overcame a shoulder injury and continued playing.

Darin Gantt of ProFootballTalk.com believes that the Cowboys will have trouble proving that New York was faking injuries: 

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The fact Connor didn’t takes away a bit from their claim, which underlines how hard it’s going to be to prove in some cases.

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Katzowitz agrees:

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But the fake-injury theory is hurt a little by the fact Connor's injury was legit enough to keep him out for the rest of the game.

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While there is no way to know for sure if New York was faking injuries, Jones was backing up his team. Tight end Jason Witten believes at least one New York player was faking, per Mike Garafolo via Twitter:

It's easy to appreciate it when an owner sticks up for their team, as Jones did for Witten, but keep in mind that Dallas won the game. At home. Against the Giants. Finally.

But, as Ross Tucker said via Twitter:

Jones, rather than praise his team for their performance, chose to call out the Giants instead. 

This was not a smart move by Jones for two reasons, the first being that he is taking attention away from what really matters: his team won the game. Why talk about fake injuries, especially when there is no way to prove that it actually happened, when you can publicly congratulate the team for a hard-earned victory?

Jones' comments will also likely sit in the back of some Giants' players' minds. The race for the NFC East crown will likely continue until the final weeks of the regular season. Why give the Giants any sort of motivation moving forward?

There are no positives from Jones’ statement. It only opens up distracting questions when the focus should be on football. He needs to shut his mouth and let his players do their job: win football games.