Jean-Jacques Taylor, ESPN Staff Writer 9y

Defensive snaps from Cowboys' 31-28 win

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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