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00:00:00Arizona regional action is Saturday right here on ABC the Buckeyes go from number four to number two
00:00:07bypass a couple of
00:00:09the teams in Florida
00:00:12Florida won Florida State lost, but the Buckeyes moved to number two. What's that due to the
00:00:18New Year's Day extravaganza
00:00:20Stay tuned. Oh, stay tuned alright. Darren Smith with a sack and a half.
00:00:27They've missed Darren Smith. He has great quickness, athleticism. Cowboys don't glitch you that much and you usually are not set prepared for it
00:00:35And that was rather obvious
00:00:38Well, they had it back to that side, but he releases and goes out in coverage and Smith is all alone
00:00:44This play is dead second and 17 with 27 seconds on the clock and one timeout for Philly
00:00:51False start. Number 76 offense moving prior to the snap. Five yards. Second down.
00:01:03They're gonna get the Cowboys calling timeouts here in a moment. There's a pair to draw through right there, huh?
00:01:09Barrett Brooks flagged for the penalty the rookie tackle out of Kansas State
00:01:13Bernard Williams would have been their regular left tackle this year, but he has been suspended for the season
00:01:20Defensive backs
00:01:24Second in a mile and Rodney Peet
00:01:28Throws a tremendous catch as needed at the 40-yard line by Chris T. Jones, but there's a flag down all the way back at the Eagle 38
00:01:40Might have been roughing Rodney
00:01:42No, ineligible man downfield. Rodney looked like he was going to run. One of his linemen picked it up
00:01:48Start moving downfield
00:01:50So it was a fine job by Rodney of of having an awareness of where the line of scrimmage was and not crossing it
00:01:57But you can see right there that it looked like one of his linemen might have been Raleigh McKenzie was downfield
00:02:02No, it's a little lineman number 63 offense downfield still second down
00:02:08That's a really tough deal to criticize a lineman for he's he's trying to hustle out there and protect his quarterback
00:02:14He doesn't know if he's going to scramble and run. He doesn't know if he's going to throw
00:02:18It looked like McKenzie was no more than a yard downfield and he can't watch him
00:02:22He takes a look at it. It looks like he's going to run and then he has to look upfield
00:02:25That just falls into the category of just really a bad bad break
00:02:31I'm not sure he could even see the first down mark. Second and forever
00:02:37As Peet throws, the catch is made up of the 45-yard line by Kelvin Martin
00:02:42It's a nice game
00:02:43But he's still 10 yards shy of the first down and more importantly the clock ticks down. Peet tries to take a timeout
00:02:48And they don't see him and now they finally give him a timeout with one second left on the clock and Rodney's going to probably
00:02:53Contend he should be three or four
00:02:55Though that's a moot point at this point with one play left. Timeout
00:02:59Philadelphia, that's their third charge. Timeout
00:03:0442nd timeout
00:03:06Well, they might have three or four seconds on it. But now you're gonna have the same play
00:03:10They're gonna throw a deep look for the defensive foul
00:03:12Wow
00:03:16Barry Switzer
00:03:19Well, you know we keep we forget about Barry
00:03:22Well, you can't he deserves his share of the credit. He does. Three seconds. Well, they're gonna give him another two seconds
00:03:30But Barry deserves his share of the credit for the way that he has this Cowboy team playing. He does it his way
00:03:36He's a different kind of dude. He really is
00:03:38Well, he's just shown that there are more ways to to win than just the way that Jimmy Johnson did it
00:03:43Well, we mentioned Brent Musburger. We'll talk to Paul Tagliabue
00:03:46Clearly about the Cleveland Baltimore situation and about the Jerry Jones lawsuit had a chance to visit last night with
00:03:53Michael Irvin
00:03:55At the very top of his game coming up on our Lexus halftime report third down and ten
00:04:01Or third down and 51 in effect from the 49 yard line
00:04:08Pete launching it looking for a tip and instead it's beyond with the interception
00:04:14And he was thinking about getting up and running it back 96 yards
00:04:21And gets tackled back at the one that goes into the file though as an interception his first is it
00:04:27Yeah, it's his first as a Dallas Cowboy
00:04:29So we're at the half Cowboys lead 17-6. In fact, we come after this message from the NFL in a word for ABC stations
00:04:38The
00:04:51Lexus halftime report
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00:05:00Cleveland Ohio 35 years and leave my heart a good part of my heart and soul there I
00:05:07Can never forget the kindness of the people of Cleveland the fans that supported the Browns for years
00:05:15But frankly it came down to a simple proposition. I had no choice
00:05:21Like a thief in the night our NFL franchise is being snatched from our community
00:05:27Before we even had a chance
00:05:29to make our offer
00:05:31Well, good evening everyone earlier today Cleveland owner Art Modell stunning the sports world when he announced that the Browns are leaving for
00:05:40Baltimore effective next season
00:05:42Terms of the agreement are equally stunning in addition to a 50 million dollar relocation fee, which was reported earlier
00:05:49It has now come in 30 years rent free for the Browns in Baltimore a new 70,000 seat stadium
00:05:56Tickets parking and concession revenue now Peter King of Sports Illustrated is in that city and he tells us something else is behind the move
00:06:05Art Modell told me late today. The Browns are 50 million dollars in debt
00:06:0921 million of that coming in the last two years that helped drive him to this stunning move
00:06:14Why are Modell and seven of his owner peers suddenly talking about moving to greener stadiums?
00:06:19Salary cap was supposed to bring equal spending to the NFL
00:06:22But in
00:06:231994 the highest-grossing team Dallas made 48 million more than the lowest Cincinnati and in
00:06:301995 the Cowboys plowed much of that cash into huge signing bonuses for players like Deion Sanders
00:06:36The low revenue teams can't play in Dallas's Bonus League. That's what's driving teams to these huge stadium deals Brent
00:06:43Alright Peter joining us live now from Dallas is NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue Paul. First of all, thank you for being with us tonight
00:06:50Let me start with the numbers that Peter King used 50 million dollars in debt for the Cleveland Browns if that's true
00:06:56How can owners like Modell and some of the others survive in the cities that they're now in Commissioner?
00:07:03Well, I don't know about the numbers
00:07:04but I think the key to survival in this environment is a first-class facility and rock-solid support locally and
00:07:12Having met with Mayor White last night of Cleveland. I know that's what he's trying to accomplish in Cleveland
00:07:17But it's difficult and and that's that's the problem that we face today in professional sports, particularly the NFL
00:07:25Commissioner there are so many loyal fans in Cleveland
00:07:28Would you tell them tonight that it's all over that the Browns for certain are headed for Baltimore or should they still hold out?
00:07:35Hope I
00:07:37Can't say that it's all over. I think that in a sense from the league's perspective. It's just beginning. We have our procedures
00:07:43We have our policies
00:07:45We don't want to see any team leave when there is support from rabid fans such as there is in Cleveland
00:07:52Pete Roselle didn't want to see the Colts leave when there was support from those rabid fans in Baltimore in 1984
00:07:58So in a sense the quandary here is that we have two of those
00:08:03Franchises that have been marked through history two of those cities Baltimore and Cleveland where the fans have been so rabid
00:08:09They've been the envy of the whole sports world
00:08:11That's our quandary and that's what we're gonna have to work through in the next 30 to 60 days before we reach a decision
00:08:17Commissioner this has been the most solid of leagues outstanding television contract
00:08:21But we look around the landscape the Rams have moved to st. Louis. The Raiders have gone back to Oakland
00:08:26So Los Angeles is without a team now
00:08:28The Browns are announcing the Houston Oilers apparently are I in Nashville. Maybe Cincinnati will I another city?
00:08:35It seems like we are into an era of franchise free agency your comment on that
00:08:41Well, I think we're into an era. That's more than franchise free agency
00:08:45I think the same problems that are underlying this type of a team move are the same problems that caused the
00:08:53Cancellation of the baseball season. They're the same problems that the NHL and the NBA were dealing with in their work stoppage
00:09:00Situations the costs are
00:09:02Escalating the player costs are escalating the costs of facilities are escalating
00:09:07there is a gap as Peter King suggested between the haves and the have-nots which is being accelerated by
00:09:13People pulling out of NFL properties are trying to do so and other things that split up our revenue share arrangements
00:09:20Those are the problems we face in the NFL and we have to deal with them
00:09:23Commissioner that leads me right into the next question
00:09:26This is not the best of days for you at the office because the Dallas Cowboys filed that
00:09:31750 million dollar antitrust lawsuit
00:09:34Against the NFL today claiming restraint of trade now could this in any way be tied to Modell's announced move?
00:09:41He feels the Jones and the Cowboys will win this and they're gonna need more revenue to compete for players like Deion Sanders in the
00:09:48future
00:09:49Well, I think that the attack on NFL properties the attack on revenue sharing
00:09:54Isn't it is gonna make it difficult for people to compete?
00:09:57I think the lawsuit is a sad comment on on where Jerry Jones is he's isolated from the other owners
00:10:05There have been owners meeting with him in the last several weeks trying to convince him not to take this step
00:10:10He's been unable to convince them that his vision of the future for NFL properties makes sense
00:10:15So I guess he felt he had to take this step
00:10:18Commissioner one final question just to clarify there will be no league vote taken tomorrow on the Browns announced move
00:10:25That is in January. Is that correct?
00:10:28We're currently looking at a vote in January if we can move it up a little bit
00:10:31We'll do that
00:10:32But I've told all the parties in Ohio and I told governor
00:10:37Clendenning of Maryland today that we were probably looking at a vote in January so that our processes could be fair
00:10:44Deliberate honest and and very thoughtful commissioner. Thank you very much for being with us tonight NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue
00:10:52We will continue here on Monday night football on ABC in just a moment
00:11:01He is one of the best of the NFL you saw him in the first half Michael Irvin last night
00:11:06He had a conversation with our al Michaels
00:11:09What motivates you?
00:11:12Most now at this point in your career what the bottom line right now is quite honestly winning championships. I've done it
00:11:20You know, I I'm not sitting up here saying hey, it's about the money. I've done it, but there's nothing like winning championship
00:11:27There's nothing like the feeling even though even if you do it one time in your life
00:11:31And you experience that once just that moment one time when you walk in the locker room after a Super Bowl
00:11:38And you see 50 guys and you look around and you look in everybody eyes job done job well done goal accomplished
00:11:45That's quite a feeling man. That is quite a feeling and for all the people that hadn't experienced
00:11:51man
00:11:52Boy, they don't know what they miss at this moment in time November of 1995
00:11:57How do you feel you stack up with Jerry Rice in terms of talent? I think what Jerry I think Jerry does
00:12:05Exactly what the team need him to do and I think you do it as good as anybody can do it
00:12:09But I also think that I do exactly what this football team need me to there's some things
00:12:13I think Jerry does real great
00:12:15I haven't seen a receiver quite a deep ball like Jerry Rice quite a deep ball and I've seen a lot of fast guys
00:12:21They're supposed to be much faster than Jerry. You never see him get overthrown. He goes at a deep ball betting anybody
00:12:27There's some things I think I do better than Jerry. I think I'm a better
00:12:30Off the line player when a guy presses me bump around on the line
00:12:33I like to think that I'm a better player than I think that's the way when I look at I say well
00:12:37Hey, there's some things that God blessed him with that. He does better
00:12:40But there are some things that God blessed me with that I do better
00:12:43How important is it for you to spend your whole career with the Dallas Cowboys? I would hate quite honestly
00:12:50I would hate to wake up one day go to a stadium and put on another uniform
00:12:54Besides the Dallas Cowboys because of what it stands for I couldn't do it
00:13:00And Michael is one of the big reasons why the Cowboys are rolling again on Monday night. Second half is coming up
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00:13:20We'll be back with the second half kickoff after this from our ABC stations
00:13:24We
00:13:28Start the second half at Texas Stadium in Irving Chris Boneyard to boot it for the Cowboys
00:13:36Charlie
00:13:38Dallas up by 11 at the half. It's a short kick
00:13:4631 Kelvin Martin taken down by Charlie Williams and there is a flag down
00:13:54A beautiful shot of downtown Dallas, Texas
00:14:00The Metroplex
00:14:02The Dallas Fort Worth area just every time you come here. It seems like you see a building or two that you didn't see before
00:14:13Got a face mask all here against the Cowboys and Joe Avezzano said against my team
00:14:18Joe says his new CD will be out in the spring
00:14:22But in country and Western star Monday night football is being brought to you by Beachwood aged Budweiser the king of beers this buds for
00:14:29you
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00:14:36And the all-new for Taurus the look you've never seen from a name. You know, well, well, there's a tagline you can relate to
00:14:45I've got to see that movie immediately
00:14:51Right there on the card two or three commercial breaks
00:14:56First out of the 46
00:14:59Here's Ricky waters picking up to up to the 48-yard line Dixon Edwards makes the tackle second and eight
00:15:06Take a look at the numbers. Remember Dallas
00:15:09Dominated the first quarter and the numbers a little closer after the first 30 minutes
00:15:14But still almost a two-to-one edge for the Cowboys and totally yardage
00:15:18A
00:15:19real struggle for the passing game for
00:15:22Fill it up. He goes without Fred Barnett who's unable to go with that bold muscle. They really miss him
00:15:37Thanks to catch at the 45-yard line Darren Smith with the tackle a good look at what?
00:15:44It goes for the West Coast offense and it was Rodney
00:15:48Pete looking right first receiver checking off
00:15:51They protected for him and he finally came around to his third receiver
00:15:54And how many times have we seen 49 or quarterbacks do that? I?
00:15:58Think the key was what you mentioned. They protected him Rodney Pete was allowed the time to survey the field
00:16:07Query in the backfield
00:16:09Give it to the Rookie McCrary and he gets taken down before he can pick up a first down
00:16:14The rookie from Mississippi State the first guy to hit him was Robert Jones. This is no, sir
00:16:24Decision time now for Ray Rhodes and he's going to go for the first down
00:16:29It's fourth down and a short yard at the 45-yard line that or the long count we saw
00:16:35I've seen that happen on occasion
00:16:45Ricky Waters is the soul running back in this set and they give it to him and he picks up
00:16:50I think the first down
00:16:51He had to get right to the stripe at the 44 and appeared to penetrate that
00:16:56Raven McCormick makes a stop and they went to the right place if Russell Maryland and Leon let are not manning the two tackle places
00:17:03Run it tight to the center
00:17:06This is a football team without a lot of weaknesses
00:17:09It's if they're going to miss two of their frontline stars
00:17:12You might as well take advantage of it because there are precious few chinks in this armor
00:17:17The thought that Philadelphia would have been more successful running the ball
00:17:20They've run the ball well over the last five weeks over a hundred yards at a two hundred thirty nine yards against, Washington
00:17:27They struggle tonight
00:17:30And
00:17:32Waters picks up about seven coming into the game. The Eagles had averaged four point six yards per carry
00:17:38That's very good. The league averaged 4.0
00:17:42And a critical drive here for the Eagles and they've got a good one underway as they've moved it
00:17:47Inside the 40-yard line of the Cowboys, but they're only down here
00:17:5017 to 6
00:17:52If they can possibly get a touchdown out of this drive, they've made it a 1713 ballgame
00:17:58Three point six per carry
00:18:07Waters takes up the first down and Ricky takes it to the 26-yard line
00:18:11Dixon Edwards makes the tackle good read by waters to get to the outside the Cowboys and one of their
00:18:17not too
00:18:19often blitzes
00:18:21Caught in it and water is able to scamper to the outside
00:18:25I think he had West a tight end. He had a good block at the point of attack. He's number 83
00:18:30He pins Tolbert back to the inside
00:18:32That's what allowed Ricky to get outside
00:18:38First and ten at the 27-yard line
00:18:45And the catch made at the two-yard line by Calvin Williams. Terrific catch. Great catch by Calvin Williams
00:18:54That position on Brock Marion to take it away. Well, he just literally took it away from Marion
00:19:00Marion the safety
00:19:02Dropping into the coverage this deep zone. They play a lot of too deep zone and Brock Marion was over there good position
00:19:09and
00:19:10William just goes up and somehow manages to pull it in
00:19:14great
00:19:16You saw Rodney signaling hurriedly get the goal line
00:19:19Offense and first goal
00:19:22They give it to the rookie McCreary
00:19:28The rookie from Mississippi State
00:19:30That's where it would sit. Yeah
00:19:33What a snapping tackle that was
00:19:35How about that catch by Williams? He caught that thing with every part of his body except his hands
00:19:40Cut it with his elbows his forearms his stomach his thighs
00:19:45It's a good place down here for the Eagles and they have it and that is a little quick roll with Rodney Peete
00:20:05For the we're waiting for a call it appeared that it clearly definitely
00:20:11You get a call from the headlines with him and he was a half yard into the end zone
00:20:16And the Eagles are right back in the game. Well, don't give up on what works and what works is hammering again at the
00:20:23defensive tackle position for the Cowboys
00:20:25What a fine drive that was they should think about going for two because it's a five-point lead
00:20:32You can make it a three-pointer if you do get it in that's what we're going to see
00:20:38And
00:20:41They look over toward the bench and they don't know the right people they're gonna probably have to spend a timeout and they do
00:20:47Because they don't have the right people in for the two-point attempt
00:20:50They'll get on it with 934 to go on the third
00:20:55Eagles kept this drive going on a fourth down and make it a off
00:21:05Charles Haley in the defense
00:21:07Try to stiffen the two-point attempt upcoming to try to make it 1714 after the timeout all of the two
00:21:14The Eagles have not attempted a two-point conversion this year last year. They were all for two
00:21:21Pete guns it into the end zone and it's dropped juggled and dropped
00:21:26Kelvin Martin the intended receiver in traffic. So the conversion is not successful of a 934 to go in the third
00:21:33It's the Cowboys
00:21:3517
00:21:36the Eagles
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00:22:01Five-point Dallas Cowboy lead
00:22:05as the
00:22:06Tandem of Irvin and Smith get ready to come back on the field Dallas to receive the kick
00:22:13Rodney Pete
00:22:15Guiding the Eagles into the end zone with the two-point conversion attempt not successful 17 to 12
00:22:30Up past the 20, the 30, finally chased out of bounds
00:22:37At the
00:22:3935 yard line another look at that great catch on the prior drive by Williams the touchdown catch it was truly amazing
00:22:46Brock Marion had great position
00:22:49On Kelvin Williams now, he'll lose the ball right here. This is a good play
00:22:54Now watch this the left leg keeps the ball from banging into the turf
00:23:01And from that angle, it really did not look like the ball touched the ground
00:23:04Yeah, look like Calvin did a good job of really supporting it with his left leg
00:23:18How often do we see it where a team early in the ballgame has multiple
00:23:23Opportunities to really open up a big lead and that was certainly the case in the first quarter for the Dallas Cowboys and yet here
00:23:29We are at the 9 minute and 18 second mark of the third quarter, and they just have a five-point lead
00:23:34And I'm sure it's very disappointing to Barry Switzer
00:23:37His club has has seemingly played better than this to be within a touchdown of losing the lead
00:23:47Second down and 10 from the 34
00:23:50Smith
00:23:52Well, you look at
00:23:54Four-game winning streak damn they did it. They just don't let you get away from them. They beat New Orleans with five field goals
00:24:00They beat Washington in overtime. They beat the Giants by three last week. They knocked off st
00:24:06Louis in a close game and it's you know, that's reflective. I think of good coaching
00:24:10I think that is that's to Ray Rhodes credit that he has convinced his club
00:24:15To play within themselves to play to have confidence that they could win close ballgames
00:24:21And you can see the rain beginning to fall a little heavier here now here in Dallas
00:24:25But still I give Rhodes credit for that. It's a tough thing to sell that to your team
00:24:36He gets spun down by McMillan
00:24:38But he has enough with his forward progress for a first down to exactly how much he needed and he gets to the 45
00:24:45Michael in his last six games as he comes up a little gimpy here has been in triple figures
00:24:51Six games in a row the NFL record is seven so he can tie it tonight
00:24:56And he's just about on a hundred yard pace at the moment
00:25:0161 yards on six catches to this point the game and he's hobbled right now
00:25:09First and ten at the 45 yard line whistle before the snap
00:25:16You know if I'm
00:25:18Michael Irvin does appear to be hurt. You see him looking at that left ankle moving prior to the snap number 79 offense
00:25:25five yards
00:25:27First down, of course if I was a receiver, I'd do that right before I ran a fly pattern
00:25:31Do that kind of guy darn, right?
00:25:34Be a little deceitful. Let's take a look at it here a whole lot of spinning going on
00:25:37and this was a play before Macmillan had him wrapped up and and
00:25:41Irvin trying to get free of the tackle
00:25:44Not the contact he was just spinning and twisting on that ankle
00:25:49He looks like he's alright
00:25:52First and 15 now from the 40 yard line
00:26:01Still haven't seen beyond Sanders in there
00:26:04Offensively tonight. We did see him on a
00:26:06punt return but with that strained hamstring Ernie Zampezi saying before the game he would be a little tentative putting
00:26:13Deion into the game and he wasn't kidding
00:26:15That's Switzer's intent is to get a dozen plays out of him a game. He would really like to do that
00:26:21They were disappointed that
00:26:22Against Atlanta. He only got in about a half a dozen and he said to Ernie Zampezi
00:26:27Let's run him some more and Ernie said well we only got five plays for him and Perry goes, we'll start him over
00:26:34Second at 11
00:26:36And it's Michael Irvin
00:26:38So much for that gippiness
00:26:40He's out of bounds at the 18 yard line
00:26:45That put him over a hundred
00:26:52Guess the ankle's alright looks a whole lot better doesn't
00:26:5738 yard game
00:26:5999 yards from Michael tonight. Let's credit that offensive line. Now. This is the crossing pattern Michael Irvin from the right side
00:27:06Taking it deep down the middle Aikman with all the time in the world letting him uncover
00:27:12And then laying it right in there. What a perfectly thrown pass
00:27:19To the 10-yard line
00:27:23He does make some collisions
00:27:27Well, this is a this is a big cornerback now Bobby Taylor's a rookie, but he's 6'3 216 pounds
00:27:34This is not your ordinary flyweight out there at at the cornerback position
00:27:39Now this is a guy that will come up and pop it, but he was the hitting then
00:27:42Yeah, but he's he's still a man-sized player out there corner
00:27:47That's a hundred yards on the ground for Emmett Smith tonight
00:27:5199 yards of receptions from Michael Irvin. What else is new?
00:27:55Emmett's not done yet
00:28:01103
00:28:05The first and goal is Emmett Smith takes it to the 7-yard line
00:28:20525 left third quarter the Cowboys on top 17 to 12
00:28:30This drive started at the Dallas 34
00:28:34Oh
00:28:45Takes it to the three Kevin Johnson makes the hit
00:28:52It's in something you just see over and over really good football teams
00:28:56They lie dormant for a while then they get challenged and it's just it's like somebody slapped them across the face and woke them up
00:29:02Out of some sort of a deep sleep the Cowboys are instantly responding with a drive
00:29:08Trying to assert themselves as hey forget what you think we are in control of this game
00:29:13Oh
00:29:29Emmett didn't like being pushed there. Yeah, I think he's just going back over to tell McMillan
00:29:36A
00:29:4165-yard drive mixing it up between Emmett Smith Michael Irvin
00:29:48Little bit of this a little bit of that
00:29:54In out in front of it the big man Darrell Johnston
00:29:59Nobody up to contain
00:30:05Oh
00:30:07No for the point after
00:30:11The big three Aikman Irvin Smith, that is some trifecta triplet power
00:30:21TP
00:30:24Texas Stadium in Irving as the second half of the season begins the Dallas Cowboys trying to run their mark to 8-1 is
00:30:32Bono sends it down to the eight-yard line
00:30:38Russell down up at the 20-yard line Marion and his friends and Robert Bailey in on the tackle as well
00:30:47Cowboys up by a dozen
00:30:54Big D
00:30:57Green you know, it's one of the the downtown. It's one the downtown building
00:31:16The second and six
00:31:19You were here for the all-star game, that's right the Texas Rangers hosted the all-star game this summer
00:31:25At their beautiful new facility in Arlington
00:31:30everything
00:31:31Everybody looking for a new facility. He said he's no matter what the sport is
00:31:35Is that that that Cleveland deal? That's?
00:31:39Nothing short of astounding if if the financial figures we keep hearing about what Baltimore gave up art Modell
00:31:45Just stunning
00:31:48Second down and seven from the 24
00:31:53Rose and it's caught by Williams a little short of the first down up at the 30-yard line speaking of
00:31:59the Browns I
00:32:01Notice you called them the Browns
00:32:04the
00:32:05Clevemore Browns and stay tuned for for that story, which will ensure continue on Cleveland against
00:32:11Pittsburgh which for years has been a fantastic rivalry
00:32:15Saying this move got Dan and I off the hook. We had picked the Cleveland Browns go to the Super Bowl and
00:32:21We met Baltimore
00:32:24Well, at least I had the playing Dallas not the Giants
00:32:29Ricky waters
00:32:31Pulls his way to what he hopes is a first down as we widen out. He appears to have it
00:32:36I wondered when you'd get around. Well, you did you did set yourself up for certainly did I'll say this about Cleveland
00:32:43I grew up in Canton, Ohio, and I grew up a die-hard Cleveland Browns fan
00:32:47I feel for everyone in Northern, Ohio
00:32:50There are not better football fans
00:32:53Anywhere in America than the than the Browns fans who have supported that team for decade upon decade
00:32:58And I feel for every single one of you. I know how badly you hurt tonight
00:33:04There's a real passion for the Cleveland
00:33:12To Dixon Edwards
00:33:14Makes us such great memories myself Dan. I started playing there in 1952
00:33:18I've been played there for 12 years every year and and some of the great games Jimmy Brown
00:33:24I think of some of the great players the Dandy Lavelle is Lenny Ford's Marion Motley
00:33:30Otto Graham, well, you're gonna leave out somebody because they've had some great players
00:33:35And going back for the first Monday night football game was
00:33:50Sooner or later Charles would be in charge
00:33:54Well, it's a good impact player you think of that though you Dan and we're we're watching a rookie earn his
00:34:01Earn his stripes under fire and Barrett Brooks the left tackle
00:34:06but Charles Haley
00:34:08Don't worry Barrett
00:34:10It's a long line of offensive tackles
00:34:13Made to work really hard by Charles Haley
00:34:16This is an upfield looks like a speed rush and then what Haley does so well with that great leverage he dips underneath
00:34:23Stands you up and runs you back into the quarterback
00:34:28He throws
00:34:32So it's fourth down they'll put that sack by Haley by the way to nine and a half for the season now for Charles
00:34:39Bryce Papa Green Bay three yesterday is the league leader with 11
00:34:45Think about Charles Haley is you almost can't judge him by sex
00:34:49Because of the number of pressures that he gets Charles Haley in my mind leads the league in pressures and disrupting a quarterback's rhythm
00:34:57Tom Hutton
00:35:00They're caught at the 23-yard line by
00:35:05Cowboys take over there 102 left in the third quarter 24 12
00:35:11Take
00:35:16A look at the numbers for the big three Troy Aikman and typical night 14 of 20
00:35:22Averaging a little bit more than eight yards a pass one TD and the interception off the Michael Irvin
00:35:28Play where he had the ball and then lost it Smith 110 yards on the ground Irvin just a yard shy of a hundred
00:35:36Typical night for the big threesome
00:35:41First in 10 Dallas in the 24, that's what's extraordinary about these guys. There's nothing unusual about
00:35:52To the 35 how do they stand among the league leaders right now Troy Aikman?
00:35:56This is right up to the second leads the league in pass rating Jim Harbaugh of Indy would be second
00:36:03And then in rushing Emmett Smith up to the second
00:36:071089 a huge lead over Barry Sanders leads him by more than 200 yards and
00:36:11Michael Irvin right now trails Eric Metcalf of Atlanta by just one catch in the history of the league
00:36:17No team has ever had three guys lead in those respective categories at the end of a season
00:36:23Smith
00:36:31Which would be news to Buffalo to Buffalo
00:36:34Love to welcome you back, right?
00:36:36You would pop leading the league with the bills now with 11 sacks
00:36:40Look at Emmett Smith and we look down the road at the games that we have remaining on a Monday night schedule
00:36:44Final game of the season Christmas night. He could be going for that 2,000 yard mark
00:36:50cowboy
00:36:52Leading by a score of 24 to 12 at the end of the third quarter and Monday night football returns after this for ABC
00:37:04Irving
00:37:05Irving Texas start the fourth quarter now Michaels with Frank Gifford Dan Deardorff Lynn Swan
00:37:11It's 24 12 Cowboys
00:37:14second down and five Dallas at its own 40 yard line is
00:37:19the fourth quarter commences with Aikman handing the ball to Emmett Smith
00:37:23A first down and a lot more into Philadelphia territory and a run out of bounds at the 44 yard line
00:37:33And just domination at the line of scrimmage
00:37:40You know Frank you talked about Emmett on Christmas night perhaps going for 2,000 yards if he keeps up this pace
00:37:45The other record that's well within his sights right now is most touchdowns in a season
00:37:50John Riggins holds that record 24 in 1983 with Washington Emmett now has 16
00:37:57Emmett's going to
00:38:00You know at this pace he's going to break it handle it you think that Emmett is either going to have to have a TD drought
00:38:05or get hurt
00:38:07To not really seriously challenge the challenge that record of Riggins
00:38:13Interesting thing about Smith is that Emmett has all of his touchdowns this year on the ground normally he picks up a couple
00:38:19Through the area 35% of this Emmett and Johnston both still on the ground
00:38:24Coming in well the last time we saw Emmett well last year the last time we saw him on a Monday night game was the
00:38:30night
00:38:30He pulled a hamstring and in his career. He has been incredibly durable. He's only missed one game because of an injury
00:38:37He missed two others when he was holding out 93
00:38:44And the Cowboys
00:38:47I
00:38:48Mean whether they bother to call timeout. They just brought out the entire medical staff
00:38:53North Dallas
00:38:54If it's an injury timeout they both have to come out of the game for a play
00:39:02Well Johnston for sure is heading to the sidelines
00:39:08Emmett is showing no inclination to head for the let's watch this Daryl Johnston is out in front
00:39:16And Emmett comes down on top of Johnston he actually lands right on the torso of Daryl
00:39:25Yeah, I guess when you think about it
00:39:27You just have to take one guy out of the game even if two get hurt. That's right one time out. Yeah, yeah
00:39:33And they take Daryl out of the game Emmett stays in at second down and eight at the 42-yard line
00:39:40There goes Aikman and he slides to a halt at the 35 as if he's going into second base
00:39:49It's got to be frustrating for a defensive back to just
00:39:53Stand there. You know that every just every
00:39:56Adam in your body would like to lay a shot on that court
00:39:59And Michael Zornich had to just stand there and watch Aikman come up and slide right up to his feet
00:40:04Just one of the reason I think defensive players so resent the quarterback
00:40:08Really? You're right
00:40:10He's got every year. They put in another rule for it
00:40:14Put it back to me. Excuse me. The mentality of the defensive player is one thing. Let's get that sucker
00:40:20He started this line of the 37. That's when they mark it third down and three
00:40:24From that spot can Emmett pick up the three
00:40:29For a nice play by Kurt Gouveia
00:40:31He has been a huge addition here for this Eagle defensive team
00:40:36Byron Evans no longer manning the middle for the Eagles and Gouveia came over here from the Redskins and boy as he made a big
00:40:43big addition
00:40:45He has really solidified things in the middle here for the Eagles
00:40:49It's a big pass defender for Washington for so many years
00:40:53But he has been tough against the run here in Philadelphia those flames come up there. I think I'm watching the Wizard of Oz
00:41:05But we are in Kansas, are we not?
00:41:08Certainly is green
00:41:10Here's the punt by Jett
00:41:13They were caught at the 12-yard line by
00:41:16Kelvin Martin, and that's where the Eagles will take over for
00:41:21the mounting of what they hope is a
00:41:24Fruitful drive. It's an important drive. They're down by 12
00:41:26On
00:41:3013-yard line first and 10 12 minutes 13 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter the Cowboys on top
00:41:46Swing into the outside
00:41:49Picking up a first down as a 13-yard game run out by Herb and McCormick
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00:42:24From the 26-yard line
00:42:31Flag down
00:42:34Stopped at the 28
00:42:38Tom wait
00:42:41Holding against Philly
00:42:43I
00:42:48Want to congratulate
00:42:50Wally McKenzie of the
00:42:52Eagles the center his wife giving birth to a baby boy last Friday Malcolm and Michael Irvin's wife gave birth to a baby daughter
00:42:59little oldie
00:43:01number 62
00:43:02offense 10 yards first down
00:43:07And the mind Bruce dinner
00:43:09Old medalist and Christian had a little baby girl and I get to be godfather
00:43:15He's godmother
00:43:17Kendall Nicole
00:43:19They're nice between that's right. That's quite a group. Congratulations Bruce and Chris
00:43:26Baseball
00:43:29Oh
00:43:37Guns it up to the 29-yard line complete to Kelvin Martin
00:43:4413 yard game second and seven at the 29
00:43:47Well, Dallas is going to sit back in a softer zone. That's a way to work it
00:43:51Do the hook right across the middle. That's exactly what Martin does Rodney gets a good look downfield
00:43:58Splits the safety sits down and a nice throw from
00:44:02Rodney who puts it down low and Kelvin gets the catch one more of those and they'll have themselves a first down in this drive
00:44:08can continue
00:44:15It's funny
00:44:18You know you go along all night long and you have to remind yourself to to talk about Dion
00:44:24Defensively just looking at him out on the field
00:44:26He takes away half the field. That's why they have me said he's had a pretty quiet night because the Eagles have given him
00:44:33It's kind of boring. I think
00:44:36Somebody you know, first of all, the Eagles don't have a receiver Fred Barnett here
00:44:41Yeah, I'm gonna take anything they've got right out of the game
00:44:44And
00:44:50He's gonna look that way
00:44:52That is incomplete by Chad Hennings
00:44:59Headings from the Air Force Academy and getting to start with let out and Maryland out tonight
00:45:04He's along with two six six getting better each year. He
00:45:09goes back to the
00:45:11The tram days of the 30 teams in the NFL this is a 29th ranked passing attack
00:45:19Possessed here by the Philadelphia Eagles. I think if Dion was to play a game with a bad hamstring. This is the game to do it
00:45:28Bounces that one out of bounds at the 27 yard line
00:45:32Cowboys take over that spot 1003 left in regulation Cowboys 24
00:45:41An efficient performance time. What can you say?
00:45:44Efficient's a good word. I think they've kind of rendered. They've got a neutered the Eagles
00:45:48You said something prophetic a while ago. We were in a commercial
00:45:51How many times we watch Dallas just reduce a team knowing, you know, they can't win
00:45:57It's it's just their superior talent
00:46:01They overwhelm the Eagles without without making them look all that bad. It's it's an efficiency. I think Alex. It's an excellent word
00:46:09That's Irvin now over 100 yards for the seventh consecutive game
00:46:14Most of the good things we say are during commercials a lot of people think so
00:46:21So Michael Irvin at seven games
00:46:26You know
00:46:27we talked about this this streak coming up here of these four games for the cowboy and if you get a good listen here to
00:46:33the Dallas crowd as they applaud Michael Irvin and
00:46:36They appreciate this guy I think at the end of this four-game stretch we're going to find out what we knew going in
00:46:50First down and 13 more yards on the ground for Emmett Smith
00:46:54Meanwhile back to Irvin seven games in a row and triple figures in receiving yardage
00:47:00the
00:47:01Record held by a pair of Houston teammates the Oilers in 61 Bill Drummond and Charlie
00:47:07Hannigan on the same team in the formative stages of the American Football League
00:47:12George planned to fill in some of those passes
00:47:15Of course, Charlie Hannigan for years held the record for the most receptions in a single season
00:47:21Until that one went down and has been broken repeatedly
00:47:25Well speaking of Hannigan, he holds the single-season record of
00:47:291746 yards on receptions and Michael Irvin is on his way to breaking that mark
00:47:37He goes William Thomas a little early across the line of scrimmage
00:47:42Offside number 51 defense five yards
00:47:47It's funny if Michael Irvin broke the record, but Isaac Bruce got there first. Yeah, he did
00:47:53We have a situation here in a ballgame here with eight and a half minutes left to go in the game where
00:47:59The the overwhelming pressure that's applied by this monstrous Dallas offensive line really starts to show up
00:48:06This tackles up front guys get look at that hole
00:48:11You know that's a big deal
00:48:13You know, it doesn't look like a whole lot but but that's just a case of a superior group here really starting to dominate
00:48:22But he doesn't take away anything from a pretty strong
00:48:25Philadelphia defense they were ranked second of the league coming into tonight
00:48:29Dallas does this to almost every team they play
00:48:32They're gonna roll them off the line of scrimmage
00:48:35Emmitt's got two or three yards before he's even touched
00:48:38Huge gaping hole and it's domination. It's not going to get a lot better
00:48:44They won't stop coming at you
00:48:46Emmitt has a hundred fifty yards before this can reach
00:48:48Five more
00:48:50155 takes it to the 30
00:48:52Greg Jackson makes the tackle
00:48:54And look out if Greg Jackson doesn't make that tackle
00:48:56Emmitt broke one up at the line of scrimmage
00:48:58Made one guy grab him and miss
00:49:00Emmitt's going to check out here for a play
00:49:02He's going to check out here for a play
00:49:04He's going to check out here for a play
00:49:06Emmitt's going to check out here for a play
00:49:08But if Jackson doesn't snag him, look out
00:49:10What a lethal combo
00:49:12Emmitt Smith against the Eagles
00:49:14And on Monday Night Football
00:49:16He's had
00:49:18A tremendous amount of success
00:49:20Against Philadelphia
00:49:22And does he ever love the Monday Night Spotlight
00:49:24Some of his best games
00:49:26Have been under the lights
00:49:28One of the genuinely nice people you'll ever meet too
00:49:30He is so thoughtful
00:49:32So involved in so many good things
00:49:34Norman Williams comes in to
00:49:36Stubble in the backfield
00:49:38Aikman hits Novacek
00:49:40And Jay trying to pick up the first down
00:49:42Reaching, and he's close to it
00:49:44I think he got it on the surge
00:49:46They pounded him back out over the 25
00:49:48But they're going to give it
00:49:50It's going to be very close to the first
00:49:54He's the one that just quietly
00:49:56Beats so many people, Jay Novacek
00:49:58631 remaining
00:50:00In the fourth quarter
00:50:02Close to 40 receptions himself
00:50:04Hard to find a
00:50:06Pro bowler on a team
00:50:08That is so far down the
00:50:10Recognition ladder as Jay Novacek
00:50:12Is here in Dallas on this offensive
00:50:14You know, here's a guy that
00:50:16He'd be a triplet on any other team
00:50:18He'd be a twin
00:50:20He's a quad on this team
00:50:24Sherman Williams
00:50:26For a minimal game
00:50:28Williams was their top draft choice
00:50:30He came in the second round
00:50:32Rookie out of Alabama
00:50:36As long as Emmitt is here
00:50:38And healthy and all of that
00:50:40Sherman's going to be relegated to a backup role
00:50:42Let's take a look at
00:50:44Smith at the moment
00:50:46154 yards on the ground
00:50:48And 22 more on receptions
00:50:50But if this drive gets anywhere
00:50:52Down near the paint
00:50:54Down towards the goal line
00:50:56It'd be real tempting for Emmitt to come back in
00:51:00Play fake
00:51:02And he can drop
00:51:04And complete
00:51:08We mentioned Emmitt on Monday Night Football
00:51:10He hasn't played
00:51:12That many games in his career
00:51:14On Monday Night
00:51:16Take a look at this, Tony Dorsett
00:51:18Gained 1,897 yards in his career
00:51:20In 25 Monday Night games
00:51:22And there are some of the other guys
00:51:24And that's a who's who
00:51:26Thomas and Harris and Payton and Dickerson
00:51:289 games and 1,200 yards
00:51:30Already 6th all time
00:51:32Hmm
00:51:34Walter Payton
00:51:36Never played behind an offensive line like this
00:51:38And nor did a lot of those other backs
00:51:40And guess who's back in the lineup
00:51:42Guess who has the football
00:51:44But he's a little short
00:51:46Of the first down
00:51:48Well he's considerably short as he takes it to the 20
00:51:50A little bit fourth down and 6th
00:51:52And he's
00:51:54Again in another awkward spot
00:51:56Michael Jordan
00:51:58Williams
00:52:02And Bonio will come in to
00:52:04Try to extend the lead to 15
00:52:06Points
00:52:08And this is still a very tough
00:52:10Scrapping eagle team
00:52:12They have not rolled over
00:52:14Still theoretically in this
00:52:16Football game
00:52:1837 yard attempt
00:52:20For Bonio out of the
00:52:22Novacek hole
00:52:24And he boots it through
00:52:28445
00:52:30The Cowboy lead is now
00:52:3250
00:52:40Aikman and the Cowboys up 27 to 12
00:52:42445 left fourth quarter
00:52:46Bonio
00:52:50This is Charlie Garner at the 2 yard line
00:52:54Back up to the 20
00:52:56Eagles take over there
00:52:58435 left in the 4th
00:53:00Cowboys 27
00:53:02Eagles 12
00:53:0635 remaining in the 4th quarter
00:53:08The Dallas Cowboys trying to go to
00:53:108 and 1
00:53:12And the Kansas City
00:53:14Chiefs at 8 and 1
00:53:16Would own the best record in the AFC
00:53:18Dallas the best record in the NFC
00:53:20The Eagles with a loss would go to
00:53:225 and 4 but still in
00:53:24Very good shape in second place
00:53:26In the NFC
00:53:28In terms of playoff possibilities
00:53:30First and 10
00:53:32Billy from the 20 yard line
00:53:36Pete with heat, look out
00:53:38Intercepted Larry Brown
00:53:40Bucks down Dallas
00:53:42Flag down
00:53:44At the 15 yard line
00:53:46A marker is down
00:53:52Bowling
00:54:00Bowling
00:54:02Number 72
00:54:04Offense
00:54:06Touchdown
00:54:10Well Larry Brown
00:54:124th interception of the year
00:54:14He's having a big one, he sure is
00:54:16Tried to get it to water
00:54:18Watch him step right in front of it
00:54:22Great look guys
00:54:24Yes
00:54:26You could have caught that one yourself
00:54:28Larry Brown 4th interception
00:54:30Returned this one for a touchdown
00:54:32One of the first one there
00:54:34Congratulating number 21 Dion
00:54:36Larry Brown has been in the league for 5 years
00:54:4012th round draft pick
00:54:42His first career touchdown
00:54:44It's the 7th touchdown
00:54:46The Eagles have allowed on a
00:54:48Return
00:54:50This season
00:54:54428 remaining in the 4th quarter
00:54:56Dallas wraps it up
00:54:5834 to 12
00:55:00Let's check in with Lynn Swan
00:55:02Well Al, I'm down here with some very special guests
00:55:04Of Dion Sanders, this is his grandmother
00:55:06This is his mom
00:55:08And this is his wife Carolyn
00:55:10And I'm going to come over here and ask you Carolyn
00:55:12We knew Dion had a little tender hamstring
00:55:14Coming in, did he have some doubts about
00:55:16His ability to play in this game
00:55:18I
00:55:20I did a little bit
00:55:22But I knew nothing would keep him off the field
00:55:24If he could stay on the field all game long
00:55:26He would on offense and defense
00:55:28So I knew he would play
00:55:30I was surprised about that reverse
00:55:32I was too
00:55:36Well Constance
00:55:38I'm going to ask you
00:55:40Dion is such a competitor
00:55:42Is there any way in the world he would have not played
00:55:44With that hamstring
00:55:46Not at all
00:55:48He wouldn't have missed this game for nothing
00:55:50Now I also noticed
00:55:52Earlier in the ball game Dion made a solo tackle
00:55:54And I looked at the two of you
00:55:56Over the three of you and you were kind of smiling
00:55:58And maybe laughing a little bit, what were you thinking about
00:56:00No comments
00:56:04Well he's doing a great job, thank you, enjoy the game
00:56:08From the looks of those diamonds he did a great job
00:56:10A long time with the irons
00:56:12And continues to do it
00:56:14Well that's something Dion didn't get from his mother
00:56:16No comment
00:56:18There's a phrase that he doesn't quite know what it means
00:56:20I saw about 35 carats
00:56:22I want to know what the insurance premium is
00:56:24For those
00:56:26Pieces of jewelry
00:56:28Well Fort Myers, Florida
00:56:30Pretty proud of Dion
00:56:32What do you think of mom and grandma
00:56:34Oh man
00:56:40The criticism is beginning to go away
00:56:42Everyone you talk to in this game from the defensive side of it
00:56:44Said they'd love to have him
00:56:46And he fits in
00:56:48As such a team player
00:56:50Everywhere he goes
00:56:52He has to take a time out
00:56:54One of the teams that was in the
00:56:56I don't want to say the finals of the Dion derby
00:56:58But in the derby
00:57:00Were the Eagles at one point
00:57:02And some people thought because of Dion's relationship
00:57:04With Ray Rhodes
00:57:06And keep in mind Rhodes was the defensive coordinator
00:57:08At San Francisco last year
00:57:10And he was the position coach
00:57:12And the two got along extremely well
00:57:14And the Eagles at least made a pass
00:57:16At Dion early on
00:57:18I'll tell you the respect for Ray Rhodes too
00:57:20I don't think they've thrown a pass in Dion's area yet
00:57:22Tonight
00:57:24And that head man knows him probably better
00:57:26Than anyone else
00:57:28Had him as Val said
00:57:30Go out in San Francisco as a defensive coordinator
00:57:32He knows what he can do and he's not going near him tonight
00:57:34Well Ray Rhodes
00:57:36It's nice that the Eagles
00:57:38Are playing five and four
00:57:40But we can't kid ourselves and think that the Eagles
00:57:42Are really going to be a force
00:57:44In what happens in the playoff picture this year
00:57:46But anyone
00:57:48Looking at this team
00:57:50No matter how prejudiced
00:57:52An eye you might have
00:57:54In either being for or against the Eagles
00:57:56Has to recognize that Ray Rhodes
00:57:58Has covered a lot of ground
00:58:00In a relatively short period of time
00:58:02As far as rebuilding the Eagles in his image
00:58:04A repeat on first down throws
00:58:06Pass made by Calvin Williams
00:58:10He gets wrestled down after an eight yard game
00:58:12Calvin Williams
00:58:14This is an Eagle team in my mind
00:58:16That plays a lot more aggressively
00:58:18Is playing with more confidence
00:58:20And you don't have to sit with Ray Rhodes very long
00:58:22To find out that he might have been
00:58:24A defensive back and a receiver
00:58:26And he's not a real big guy
00:58:28He's tough
00:58:30He demands that his players play tough
00:58:32And this Eagles team will make noise
00:58:34Before it's all over
00:58:36Fred has much of that coming from Bill Arnsparger
00:58:38Whom he played for when he was with the Giants
00:58:40As a defensive back
00:58:42We asked him who had influenced him the most
00:58:44And he mentioned Bill Arnsparger
00:58:46Second and two
00:58:52Double coverage on Ricky Waters
00:58:54Scott Case and Leon back there
00:58:56Leon getting a little help back there
00:58:58Leon
00:59:00Scott Case
00:59:02Coming over to help out
00:59:06Well they didn't split anybody out wide
00:59:08For Leon to lock up on
00:59:10So
00:59:12He was forced to fall back into his own
00:59:14The Cowboys forced to play his own to that side of the field
00:59:16Because they didn't have a wide out for
00:59:18Even line up on Leon
00:59:22One thing to line a guy up on him
00:59:24And then plan to not even go to him
00:59:26Not even send anybody out there at all
00:59:28That's really a concession
00:59:30Third and two
00:59:32And that's batted and incomplete
00:59:36And Woodson
00:59:38Angry with himself
00:59:42That's a
00:59:44Recipe for disaster by the Eagles
00:59:52Rodney trying to get something happening
00:59:54Woodson
00:59:56Stepping in front of it
00:59:58And almost came away with it
01:00:02Tom Hutton to punt
01:00:10Hold in by Williams
01:00:12He fakes it to Dion
01:00:16And that draws everybody Dion's way
01:00:18And sets up a long run back
01:00:20With Hutton
01:00:22With the 50 yard line
01:00:26Again Dion having a little impact
01:00:28I mean everybody went with him
01:00:30They used that in the opening kick off
01:00:32And gave it to him and now they fake it
01:00:34And everybody went with him again
01:00:36They get a good return out of it
01:00:3845 yard kick and a 31 yard run back
01:00:40That's kind of the story of
01:00:42Hutton's season
01:00:44Tommy up among the league leaders
01:00:46In gross punting but
01:00:48Near the very bottom in net punting
01:00:50Back his kicks
01:00:52With great proficiency this year
01:00:54And Wade Wilson comes in
01:00:56To finish up at quarterback
01:00:58Wade who's been in the league since 1981
01:01:00Gives it to Sherman Williams
01:01:02And they ask Sherman Williams
01:01:04To carry it through the middle
01:01:06And he picks up eight
01:01:08Flag down
01:01:14Holding Dallas
01:01:16And it's rolling along
01:01:18Towards the San Francisco date
01:01:20A little of the glow has come
01:01:22Out of that one because of San Francisco's
01:01:24Struggles
01:01:26Holding number 70
01:01:28Offense 10 yards
01:01:30First down
01:01:32Troy with a pretty awesome
01:01:34Evening throwing the football
01:01:36One touchdown and one interception
01:01:38Keep in mind though that that interception
01:01:40Was a pass that really was in the arms
01:01:42Of Michael Irvin
01:01:44By McMillan stripping that thing
01:01:46Out of there
01:01:48And kind of a fluke interception
01:01:52Wade Wilson who spent most of his career
01:01:54With the Minnesota Vikings gives it to Williams
01:01:56And he's tangled at the 39 yard line
01:01:58Solid back up too
01:02:00He had 11 years up there and then he
01:02:02Went off to Atlanta and the last couple
01:02:04Years been in New Orleans
01:02:06Had a Pro Bowl year with the Minnesota
01:02:08Vikings
01:02:10Good solid quarterback
01:02:12Certainly in this
01:02:14Era of free agency and salary caps
01:02:16It's hard to pay
01:02:18The kind of price you would have to
01:02:20Pay to get two top quarterbacks
01:02:22But he's right up there with the good ones
01:02:24Wade Wilson in effect
01:02:26Coming home to finish up his career
01:02:28Born in Greenville went to high school
01:02:30In commerce and played his college
01:02:32Ball at East Texas State
01:02:36Williams taken down by William Thomas
01:02:38And that
01:02:40Will take us to the two minute warning
01:02:44So the Dallas Cowboys will be just
01:02:46120 seconds away from increasing
01:02:48Their mark to 8-1 they only lost this season
01:02:50Coming on the day Aikman
01:02:52Pulled a calf muscle early on at
01:02:54Washington and they were beaten by the skins
01:02:5634-12
01:02:58Dallas
01:03:08Ray Donaldson and Emmitt Smith
01:03:10Emmitt's been to the
01:03:12Playoffs a couple of times
01:03:14In fact he's been a Super Bowl MVP
01:03:16But Ray Donaldson we touched on it earlier
01:03:1816th year in the league
01:03:20Only once has he been with a team
01:03:22That went to the playoffs
01:03:24The Indianapolis Colts
01:03:26Back in 87 and they went out in the first
01:03:28Round to
01:03:30Cleveland Robert Jones the
01:03:32Middle linebacker in his defensive unit
01:03:34Efficiently on their way to
01:03:36Victory number 8 and 9 games
01:03:40Pretty good jackpot with Ray Donaldson
01:03:42He's 37 years old but he's healthy
01:03:44He's been a four time pro bowler
01:03:46And doing a fine job
01:03:48In the middle of this offensive line
01:03:5039 yard line
01:03:52Sherman Williams
01:03:54Picking up the 4th
01:03:56In the middle of this offensive line
01:03:5839 yard line
01:04:00Sherman Williams
01:04:02Picking up the 4th
01:04:04Here's a reminder
01:04:06Coming up on Sunday
01:04:08You've got Michelle Kwan
01:04:10Nicole Bobik
01:04:12In the lead international field
01:04:14On the Sudafed
01:04:16Skate America International
01:04:18Coming your way the ladies in dance competition this Sunday
01:04:204 Eastern and
01:04:223 Pacific
01:04:254th down
01:04:27In the rain now in Dallas
01:04:30Jet to kick
01:04:42Fair catch is called for
01:04:44And made at the 26 yard line
01:04:46By Rob Carpenter
01:04:50We can tell you the executive producer
01:04:52Of ABC Sports is Jack O'Hara
01:04:54And tonight's game
01:04:56Produced by the Wolfman himself
01:04:58Ken Wolf and directed by the great
01:05:00Craig Janowoff
01:05:02Joe Chavo again
01:05:04Nary a knuckle job as our TD
01:05:06We don't know that
01:05:08Ben Ace Harvey our associate producer
01:05:10Jaime Bravo
01:05:12AD as we say in the business
01:05:14Those in the know
01:05:16Bob Simon, Dennis Zabo and Jim Licata
01:05:18Helping to send out the pictures and the sound
01:05:20Tim Gordon and Victor Vitarelli
01:05:22Along with Steve Hurd our
01:05:24Unparalleled director of information
01:05:26Andrea Bryant, keeper of the kennel upstairs
01:05:28George Hill handling the stats
01:05:30And Malibu Kelly Hayes
01:05:32Despite 7 years in Aspen
01:05:34Timeout
01:05:36Still known as Malibu our spot
01:05:38It's our first charge
01:05:40Sooner or later it's got to evolve
01:05:42No it doesn't
01:05:44He will always be Malibu
01:05:46Those bears roaming around his property
01:05:48But then again
01:05:50We always thought the Cleveland Browns
01:05:52But Bill Bates is always in Dallas
01:05:54Bill Bates will be a beneficiary
01:05:56Of the adjustment to the salary cap
01:05:58The minimum player wage
01:06:00Has very quietly
01:06:02Changed this past week
01:06:04Because of the Deion Sanders case
01:06:06Will go from $178,000 to $250,000
01:06:08To
01:06:10The minimum wage earner
01:06:12In the NFL
01:06:14And that probably next year will be adjusted even higher
01:06:16That's amazing
01:06:18And it speaks to what we talked about before
01:06:20With all of the stuff that goes on
01:06:22With the Cowboys from opening night
01:06:24And the Nike deal and the other arrangements
01:06:26And the suits and the counter suits
01:06:28And the drug suspensions and the salary cap
01:06:30Maxinations and all the rest
01:06:32They just keep winning
01:06:34And they are clearly the best team in the league right now
01:06:36Kansas City notwithstanding
01:06:38Ricky Waters
01:06:40Stopped at the line of scrimmage
01:06:42Philadelphia working on the clock I guess
01:06:46Well they're working on their game plan right now
01:06:48For the Denver Broncos
01:06:50And what is a
01:06:52Going to be a very big game for both teams
01:06:54The Broncos and the Eagles next Sunday night
01:06:56I think I'll go back to what I said before
01:06:58Life is good
01:07:00Yeah
01:07:02Life is good
01:07:04It's better for the guys in the white shirts
01:07:16Garner
01:07:22And that's going to wrap it up
01:07:24So the Dallas Cowboys
01:07:26Go to 8 and 1
01:07:28The Philadelphia Eagles are now 5 and 4
01:07:30And that is the end of week 10
01:07:32Next week we go to
01:07:34Three River Stadium in Pittsburgh
01:07:36Steelers on top
01:07:38Of the AFC Central
01:07:40Taking on the Cleveland Browns
01:07:42Another big night for Michael Irvin
01:07:44Seven games in a row over 100 yards
01:07:46Barry Switzer
01:07:48Walking away with another win
01:07:50As his team prepares to face the 49ers
01:07:52Here on Sunday
01:07:54Our thanks to
01:07:56ABC affiliate WFLA
01:07:58For their assistance
01:08:00And the overhead shots tonight
01:08:02From