Downs had a strip sack off a blitz, along with seven tackles against the Giants.
“Yeah, I mean, did some good things, some things to clean up,” Downs said Friday. “And that’s how I’m always going to look at it. So made a couple of plays, a couple of plays I wish I had back.”
Downs said he was excited to make his pro debut and was “trying to seize the moment.”
One of the key moments of the Cowboys’ loss came in the fourth quarter when Downs was facing tight end Isaiah Likely. On a third and 3, Likely feinted a route toward the sideline then darted toward the middle of the field from the slot. Likely’s movement allowed him to get some space between himself and Downs for a 5-yard reception.
“I mean, everybody saw it was close,” Downs said. “But close doesn’t really pay the bills. So I got to make that play and that’s what it is.”