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The video boards are this stadium’s signature item, stretching 60 yards long and 24 yards high. There are two, one facing each sideline, and they’re the world’s largest high-definition televisions.

“We like to say the only screen in the world comparable to the one you’re looking at is the one on the other side of it,” Jones said.

The screens also are the greatest source of debate thus far because they hang “only” 90 feet above the field and were hit by a punt in the preseason opener. If it happens again, it’s a dead ball and a do-over. If it happens often, the league likely will force the Cowboys to raise them before next season.

Another innovative wrinkle is the field-level bar the team walks through to and from the locker room. It was all fun and smiles in there during the preseason, but it remains to be seen what happens when fans are drunk and angry.

“I think it’s going to put more pressure on them to perform,” said former Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson, who attended the Strait concert with Jones. Johnson returned last month to film commercials about drinking responsibly and about a fan code of conduct that will be shown for the first time during this game.

A popular topic in the Cowboys’ locker room this week is who will score the first touchdown. Receiver Roy Williams said if he has the honor, he’ll keep the ball, something he rarely does. He won’t even give it to the Hall of Fame.

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“That’s negotiable,” Williams said, smiling.

The Giants, meanwhile, are talking about playing spoiler. Running back Brandon Jacobs suggested Jones should’ve picked a patsy to open against, not the reigning division champs who knocked the Cowboys out of the playoffs when they were division champs the year before.

“You don’t want to ever lose a divisional game whether the stadium was built in 1909 or one that was built today,” Jacobs said. “Dallas doesn’t like us and a couple of guys on their team made that pretty clear earlier in the week. We have guys in this locker room who are going to make that clear as well.”

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