EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Jeremy Mincey tied his season high with 50 snaps against the New York Giants. He was still going strong at the end of the game. Mincey finished with five tackles, one tackle for loss and a sack. He also hit quarterback Eli Manning twice, forcing a key intentional grounding penalty at the end of the first half. Mincey has been around long enough to know the future is second-round draft pick DeMarcus Lawrence. The veteran knows he must perform or the youngster will start cutting into his playing time. Normally, safeties Barry Church and J.J. Wilcox don’t come off the field much. But Church left the game in the fourth quarter and was replaced by Jeff Heath, who injured his right thumb. Heath, who played 10 snaps, took over Tyler Patmon’s responsibilities in the Cowboys’ dime defense. At the end of the game, the Cowboys were using C.J. Spillman at free safety and Wilcox at strong safety. Here's a look at the snap counts played for each of the Cowboys' defensive players Sunday night: J.J. Wilcox 75
Brandon Carr 73
Orlando Scandrick 70
Anthony Hitchens 69
Barry Church 60
Rolando McClain 59
Sterling Moore 57
Nick Hayden 51
Jeremy Mincey 50
Tyrone Crawford 48
George Selvie 41
Bruce Carter 36
Anthony Spencer 31
Henry Melton 31
DeMarcus Lawrence 26
Terrell McClain 25
Jack Crawford 23
Tyler Patmon 14
Jeff Heath 10
C.J. Spillman 9
Kyle Wilber 6
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