NFC Divisional Playoff 1995 - Philadelphia Eagles @ Dallas Cowboys - 2.Half
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00:00:00That's the end of the half and the Dallas Cowboys lead the Philadelphia Eagles 17 to 3 at Texas Stadium
00:00:12Texas Stadium the Cowboys lead the Eagles 17 to 3
00:00:17Randall Cunningham at quarterback when the first half came to a conclusion. This is Rodney Pete
00:00:24As he scrambled for a first down stopped by and hit by Darren Woodson and here is another look at it
00:00:39Woodson a powerful guy
00:00:41Stopped Pete short of the first down
00:00:43Let's go down for a report on the condition of Rodney Pete to Pam Oliver
00:00:47Well Pat as you know Rodney Pete has been in that locker room for a very long time
00:00:51He had on his uniform for most of that time the word is that he will not return
00:00:56He is out with a concussion
00:00:59All right, Pam. Thank you. So it will be read Randall Cunningham
00:01:05For the Eagles for I guess the rest of the second half they do have a third quarterback, but
00:01:12Cunningham will carry the load
00:01:1417 to 3
00:01:16The home team is 28 and 5 when they leave there's Randall Cunningham number 12 his wife John Madden said to you earlier
00:01:24Had a baby this past week. He left their training base in Vero Beach went to Las Vegas
00:01:29Just got back and had one day with the team. Yeah, they thought that he would be back for practice on Friday
00:01:36He got back late Friday didn't make practice on Friday
00:01:40But did make a short workout that they had there yesterday before they came here to Dallas
00:01:46Anderson's kickoff is short gonna be handled by Kevin with him
00:01:52Got some room
00:01:53hit by
00:01:55Rob Carpenter and that was almost a touchdown saving tackle halftime statistics
00:02:02You know, if you look at the last time they played the game was a lot like this
00:02:07I mean you look the score was 17 to 6 today at 17 to 3 the rush yards were about the same
00:02:13You can see the the the pass yards today are are a lot more
00:02:18But you know and the first downs were about the same time of possession is close
00:02:22And this was the way that the first half was played last time
00:02:26And of course the Cowboys don't want the second half to be played like it was last time and the Eagles do
00:02:34Eggman gets to Emmett Smith left side for about three Curt Gouveia made the stop Moe Ellen Eby
00:02:43Well, you might recall was injured with about 10 seconds left to go in the first half
00:02:49Has knee damage and will not return
00:02:55Yeah, he tore a patella tendon watch Larry Allen here I mean when he just gets someone
00:03:01I mean they get on Andy Harmon and poor Andy Harmon, you know
00:03:04Tries to get turned and the only thing that he can do is in the old days
00:03:08You should tell the nose tag like that grab grass. Just get down and grab grass and
00:03:13Just get down and grab some rug this is Emmett Smith behind Larry
00:03:19To Eagle territory
00:03:21Larry Allen is still hitting guys. He got a little mark McMillan who weighs
00:03:26145 pounds that was the last one but watch him here when he pulled I mean, you know when he pulls and hits a guy
00:03:32He doesn't slow up or stop. I mean, he's like 320 pounds a guy coming now
00:03:37Pull me. I mean they turn and twist to get out of the way then he just keeps he's keeps going
00:03:42And then he ends up hitting old McMillan
00:03:45He is a house and a horse and a good player
00:03:50Yeah, he's he's if he doesn't watch out. He's gonna be a great player
00:03:54That's the way you have that big guard come and hit mark McMillan weighs 145 pounds and then you throw it a deep pass on him
00:04:01Troy Aikman made a heck of a move there because there was a blitz coming free and he had to get away from that
00:04:08Then he had to find Kevin Williams who beat Mark McMillan watch
00:04:12He's going to get a blitz straight up the middle here. He's going to get a blitz straight up the middle
00:04:16He's going to get a blitz straight up the middle here. He's going to get a blitz straight up the middle here
00:04:21Mark McMillan watch he's going to get a blitz straight up the middle there
00:04:25He gets that he gets out of the way dodges that one looks finds Kevin Williams
00:04:30Who's beating Mark McMillan and he makes a perfect throw to him?
00:04:34You have to give a lot of credit to that one Detroit Aikman because they left one for him
00:04:39after 14 first and 10 down
00:04:46Down near the 10
00:04:52Daniel Stubbs made the stop
00:04:54Yeah, one of the things that we said today is if they're going to double Michael Irvin and take him out of the game
00:05:00Which they have he hasn't caught any passes then Kevin Williams had to come up big and he had look five catches
00:05:07104 yards average at 20.8. Those are Alvin Harper type numbers
00:05:14That's the shoes that he has filled this year and feel much better than most people think
00:05:22Oh
00:05:26Shook a couple gets down to about the seven
00:05:30He had William Thomas out there
00:05:32He was going to the Pro Bowl number 51 and Emmett Smith made a move on William Thomas and picked up about another five yards
00:05:40But Jim he's going to start out here to the left and watch the move that he makes on number 51
00:05:45I mean he has him right there and he just runs right around and right through him
00:05:49Then he gets by Gouveia. He made two of those Eagle linebackers miss on that play
00:05:55third
00:05:58And three
00:06:04Eggman rolls right through to Johnston and the Moose
00:06:13Now they can yell Moose
00:06:15Now they'll get it
00:06:18Good effort by Daryl Johnston
00:06:21He would not have had the first
00:06:23Well, he didn't and that's why Troy Aikman is coming up to it because he knows that he had to throw that one short
00:06:30And Moose has to get he doesn't have it here. He doesn't have it here, but he gets it right there
00:06:35I mean he even put his left hand down and he ran all three points
00:06:39You call that three points when you have two feet in the ground and one hand
00:06:43He did some of it two-footed and some of it three-pointed that's what a Moose can do
00:06:50Emmett Smith
00:06:54Eggman was a little late Greg Jackson could have come up with that one and done some damage
00:06:58And it would have done a heck of a lot of damage
00:07:01Because if he would have come up with that one, he would have went all the way with it
00:07:04But
00:07:09That's just the first thing on any play fake is you have to have a good fake now now
00:07:13He didn't get the ball to Emmett Smith and Emmett Smith didn't really make a good ball fake
00:07:17And it didn't do anything the guy he was trying to throw to it didn't do anything at all to Greg Jackson
00:07:23second and goal at the two
00:07:28Emmett Smith
00:07:30And
00:07:34Knocked down for a loss and swarmed on by that Eagle defense led by Andy Harmon
00:07:40And he lost yards. Yeah, you know Ray Rhodes. This is the type of thing that he talks about
00:07:44You know being physical with him everyone swarm into the ball gang tackling all those kinds of things
00:07:52That's what he wants. That's what that's what he teaches
00:07:54That's what he's always taught as a as a defensive coach as a defensive coordinator and as a head coach
00:08:01It's third and goal back at the six now
00:08:05Very switches and I hate third down calls. They had it at the two
00:08:10second and goal at the two
00:08:16Gets it down and over check
00:08:19One yard line over checker saying touchdown
00:08:23Said he had his feet in the end zone, but his feet don't count. He didn't have his feet in there
00:08:27It's where the ball is the ball has to break the plane of the end zone
00:08:32But if Jane over check argues, you know, he's usually pretty good. I mean, he's right down here
00:08:37He gets hit right here. The ball is right there. He's not no. No, he's not close
00:08:42I mean, here's the ball Jay your feet don't count. So the ball should be spotted or right there
00:08:48When you go down, it's where the ball is
00:08:50I don't know what and unless he was arguing that he was illegally bumped coming off the line of scrimmage
00:08:56In any case the Cowboys with Novichok holding and bone you'll kicking
00:09:02Bone you'll guess it. He's two for two today and 27 in a row
00:09:09And the Cowboys move ahead 20 to 3
00:09:18You know, Jay Novichok didn't get the touchdown but watch him complain he wasn't complaining that he had a touchdown
00:09:26Look at he he grabs his own shirt there. And what he's doing is he's complaining about Bill Romanowski
00:09:32He's saying Romanowski held me on that plate. See how he grabbed himself there
00:09:35That was what he was complaining about and Romanowski did
00:09:40This is Christie Jones
00:09:43To return the kickoff gets out to about the 26
00:09:48Charlie Williams
00:09:51And here it is, here's Jay Novichok and watch Bill Romanowski number 53 on him
00:09:57Hits him in the face grabs his jersey. He completely mauls them. They don't call it
00:10:04Dallas leads 20 to 3 in the third
00:10:09Ricky Waters
00:10:11Gets the carry on the toss from Cunningham case out of bounds by Larry Brown
00:10:20You know in the and the
00:10:22Cowboy defense has done an excellent job of stopping the run and then that makes this tough to see because the quarterbacks have been
00:10:30Sacked twice hurried four times knocked down five times forced to scramble four times
00:10:37And then of course this one here Rodney Pete has been knocked out of the game and
00:10:41It's tougher to pass when you can't run because then the defense can tee off and that's what this cowboy defense is doing
00:10:49There's Cunningham
00:10:54Tony Tobin
00:10:57That's what we were just talking about you try and run on first down you don't make anything now it becomes second and long
00:11:03And now they just tee off and Jim Eddie Jim Eddie is down there
00:11:08He's a linebacker coach
00:11:09But he's helping out on the sideline this week because of John Blake who has gone to become the head coach of the University of
00:11:15Oklahoma there's Tony Tolbert there. He's going to come underneath you see he starts up
00:11:20Then he feels a hole here, and he goes right into Randall Cunningham
00:11:24But because they couldn't run then they got in that long yardage
00:11:28Situation and now the Cowboys defensive line could just tee off third and 16
00:11:35They didn't get the playoff in time, I don't believe
00:11:40They never recovered from that sack by Tony Tolbert. Maybe they took a timeout. I'm just not sure yet
00:11:49She was trying to calm them down Ricky Waters was in the huddle saying calm down everyone take it easy
00:11:55Just calm down that was a penalty though. They walked it off against him
00:12:00third and 21
00:12:03Double H come out when that happens and the crowd really start to get into it now. This is something
00:12:08That the Cowboy players have been asking for all week long
00:12:13Yeah, but they have to do something to earn it and the Cowboy team is earning it today for wide receivers Cunningham
00:12:20back to throw it
00:12:23Larry Brown the defender no flags this time
00:12:27Fred Barnett the intentive receiver
00:12:31This Cowboy defense is doing a good job now because again, they've been able to stop the run
00:12:37They've been able to stop Charlie Garner
00:12:39They've been able to stop Ricky Waters, and then they've been able to make the Eagle offense
00:12:44one-dimensional
00:12:46Where's this guy here can be exciting too? He's he's ready to excite this crowd. He scored the first touchdown bad
00:12:52kick
00:12:55Sanders
00:12:57Watches it go out of bounds. It turned out to be better after that big high bounce
00:13:03Then the Eagles could have hoped for
00:13:06Sanders couldn't handle it and it bounced out of bounds
00:13:11Barry Wilburn
00:13:15Shake it up on the play, but he seems to be okay
00:13:19I'm thinking to something
00:13:21Rodney Pete went out with a concussion
00:13:24Second and 19 is Aikman breaks him out
00:13:28there at the Philadelphia 43
00:13:32Larry Allen moved on that one
00:13:34Yeah, once those once those linemen get set they put that hand out. They can't move at all. They can't even flinch
00:13:41When you get like 330 pounds like Larry Allen, you just kind of move some of your stuff up above
00:13:47They can jump off sides. That's a big flinch. Well, that was I mean, he's just move some stuff up above
00:13:58Jerry Austin
00:14:02There wasn't only one official that saw
00:14:05Larry Allen move his stuff. There were two of them throwing other stuff moving
00:14:10Dion Sanders in the offensive scheme now for the Cowboys. He split wide left
00:14:16He's been in over 10 plays on offense today. I know he has
00:14:29Michael Irvin had it was a good throw
00:14:32It just got away
00:14:33One thing that Ray Rhodes talked about is is taking Michael Irvin out of the game and and for all intent and purposes
00:14:40He's done that now Bobby Taylor's been on him all day, but that doesn't mean that Bobby Taylor doesn't have help
00:14:45You see Bobby Taylor has deep help. So therefore he can play underneath them now Michael Irvin just dropped that ball
00:14:53That's good. It was a good throw and it had to be a good throw because Bobby Taylor was underneath him
00:14:58And then they had the safety in behind them
00:15:00So Troy Aikman had to get it to Irvin between Bobby Taylor and the safety behind and he did it
00:15:07Irvin yet to catch a pass today. Here's a
00:15:12Check
00:15:14No the check
00:15:18You know Pat Eric Williams is getting the back-to-be Eric Williams
00:15:22It I used to think was he was it was the best offensive lineman in football because he can pick up stunts and then and then
00:15:29Give Aikman time to find guys downfield
00:15:37Just watch him here how how you have to be able to start on a guy he goes inside
00:15:42Push him up and then come back and get the outside guy
00:15:45See, those are the types of things that he couldn't do before right that he's starting to do now again
00:15:51This is Chris Boneyard from 51 yards now with Nova check holding
00:15:56That's going to get there
00:16:11And Dallas moves further in front 23 to 3
00:16:18Christy Jones
00:16:21And
00:16:23Anytime at the end of the play that you look there you're gonna find Bates right around there
00:16:27I mean, so just just watch him. This is what he's always done best
00:16:32I mean just come on you take on blockers and then you don't let them knock you down or sideways or anything
00:16:38You just keep going till you find that ball carry
00:16:40It takes special guys to run down on kickoffs and special guys to be the wedge buster that runs down
00:16:47Right next to the kicker Bill Bates has been doing it as well as anyone for 13 years
00:16:54Well, if you want him
00:16:56To pick out a special guy you'd pick Bill Bates
00:17:00Tom Landry one say that
00:17:06Get to Ricky water
00:17:09And he gets very little, you know 23 to 3 Pat
00:17:12That's the way to get this crowd in the game me like you said the players were talking about it during the week Barry
00:17:18Switzer talked about, you know, let's get the crowd in the game make noise and all that stuff
00:17:22Get ahead and play like this and that'll do it. There's a guy who was having fun
00:17:27When we talked to him yesterday
00:17:29He said don't say I'm not having fun. Will you do me a favor and say I'm having fun
00:17:35He doesn't look like he's having fun. No
00:17:38Looks like he has the whole weight of the world on his shoulder cutting him back to throw incomplete
00:17:45intended for Rob Carpenter slipped through his hand a
00:17:50Bad here's Charles Haley right here now an interesting thing
00:17:53He had back surgery a few weeks ago if the Cowboys win today, he's going to fly to Los Angeles
00:18:00Tomorrow have the doctor who did the surgery
00:18:03Check him and then he's going to try and play next week if the Cowboys win
00:18:08He wants to play in the championship game next week
00:18:12Right now they lead 23 to 3 with a minute 55 left in the third quarter Randall Cunningham back to throw
00:18:20If he has time Cunningham comes out of the pocket
00:18:24scrambles for a first down
00:18:27This is where he's always been tough, you know, the the Cowboys are in there their nickel defense in fact
00:18:35Seven defensive backs, so they have all their defensive backs in there and yet they all go and turn and go into coverage
00:18:42So once Randall Cunningham gets by that rush group, he almost has an automatic first down
00:18:49Of course being down 20 points. You can't do that all day either
00:18:53Hennings and Maryland are inside Tolbert and Shantae Carver outside the defensive front for first and 10, Philadelphia
00:19:07Fred Barnett makes the catch for about a gain of nine
00:19:14See because the Eagles haven't been able to run now now the Cowboys are just playing every down like it's a passing down
00:19:20I mean, there's still play in there. There's six and seven defensive backs on first down
00:19:29Second and one
00:19:32Two tight ends for the Eagles
00:19:38There's Cunningham back to throw it
00:19:43Complete
00:19:44Calvin Williams and that'll be enough for an Eagle first down at the Cowboy 36
00:19:49Yeah, and that's one thing that the Eagles just before halftime remember when Randall Cunningham came in there
00:19:54They looked like they were going to be able to do this
00:19:57I thought they would get to this earlier than they did in this second half because
00:20:02They can if they can get the pass protection and the two guys
00:20:06They've had trouble with have been Leon left and Tony Tolbert if they can get them handled
00:20:12They can do some damage throwing the ball first down
00:20:15Dixon Edwards got three miles a big important got three miles came on a blitz
00:20:23And that's that zone blitz again, you're going to see Chad Hennings here
00:20:27He's going to drop out Chad Hennings is right there in the middle. You see him drop out
00:20:31That's his own blitz where they where they drop the defensive line and bring the linebacker drop Hennings bring Godfrey
00:20:40That's the end of the third quarter the Cowboys up 23 to 3
00:20:47Medium where the Cowboys lead the Eagles 23 to 3 if the Cowboys hang on and
00:20:53When they'll entertain the Packers next week in Philadelphia
00:20:57comes back
00:20:58The championship game will be in two weeks
00:21:01And we'll have a look at that in a minute. We'll have a look at that in a minute
00:21:05Comes back the championship game will be in Green Bay second 17 Cunningham chased out of the pocket
00:21:17I mean fires he really cut loose
00:21:22I didn't know that he didn't hit Ricky water
00:21:26Because he he started a scramble and as he was scrambling he got outside of Tony Tolbert
00:21:32And then and then he's telling waters to go deep and he did he just he just zapped him right in the back of the
00:21:38the old noggin
00:21:40He was was going deep. He wasn't open. It wouldn't have made any difference
00:21:44Unless he would have put his hands where his head was
00:21:48Third and 17
00:21:56Around the corner
00:21:58Passes intended
00:22:01Calvin Williams knocked down
00:22:04Here comes the Eagle putting unit, I thought they might go for a first, but it's too far
00:22:12Fourth and 17, that's too much. Well that at some point they have to consider going for it because
00:22:19Because they you know, they need 20 points. So they're going to they're thinking in terms of three scores
00:22:25The odd Sanders signals fair catch it makes it at about the nine, maybe the ten
00:22:3923 to 3 the Cowboys take over
00:22:44By Enterprise rent-a-car pick Enterprise will pick you up and by Tylenol the pain reliever hospitals use most
00:22:5514
00:22:5742 left to play Dallas leading, Philadelphia 23 3
00:23:02At the end of this game John and I will select the middle light player of the game
00:23:09Pitches back
00:23:14Emmitt Smith
00:23:17Beg your pardon, that's Sherman Williams. Look at this what they have now
00:23:22That this electronic imaging where they take the picture and then they can say print of any picture they want
00:23:29So they just pull it out. They have a sideline picture and an end zone picture
00:23:35See the thing is the guy has two buttons and any time that he wants that picture
00:23:40It comes off that screen printed. He pushes print
00:23:44And then that picture is rented and that becomes a still shot
00:23:52To
00:23:53Daryl Johnston not enough for a first. That's the Eagle sideline
00:23:58You see they have the same thing on the Eagle sideline only in a traveling case
00:24:02But they got the print and then and then as they bring out the play
00:24:06They write down what the situation was and then the coach takes it then he goes over and he shows his
00:24:13Defensive players what they were doing offensively and what their adjustment should be defensively
00:24:18Third and short
00:24:21That's a little bit more sophisticated I would imagine than what you had well, yeah
00:24:25we used to have a guy up in the booth, you know with the
00:24:30Coaches and he would just take a Polaroid shot and then just give him the Polaroid there, right?
00:24:35That's what we had except they threw it out of the upper deck in an old dirty sock
00:24:38I remember that they threw it in a rock or something
00:24:41I'm gonna rock in the sock and throw it out of the stadium down to the sideline. That's exactly what happened
00:24:46Sideline, that's exactly what happened
00:24:4923 to 3
00:24:53Jimmy plus Bucs playoff. I
00:24:56Assume it means Jimmy Johnson
00:24:58Yeah
00:24:58That means Jimmy Johnson going from Fox to the Bucs and then they go to playoffs and then in their bottom right-hand corner said Honduras
00:25:07That's from Honduras
00:25:09Here's a man drops it out
00:25:13Emmett will get the first
00:25:15Get out of bounds stop the clock at about the 26 yard line
00:25:19you know, we talked earlier before the game about you know playoffs and the finality and a
00:25:25three-game season and and
00:25:27You know that kind of gives you the emotion in the first half and then in the fourth quarter
00:25:33It starts to set in you know that you're getting winners and losers
00:25:37Winners knowing they're going on losers knowing that this can be it. It's slipping away. Their season is going to be over
00:25:45Winners knowing that next week they're in a championship game if they win that they're in a Super Bowl. Yeah, I'm Sanders
00:25:57Got almost to the 35
00:26:00Mark McMillan made the stop
00:26:02When Jerry Jones signed Deion Sanders, he signed him for now
00:26:06and I think you know the value of that is going to be to be determined and it's starting to be determined today because
00:26:12He didn't bring him in here just to play the regular season
00:26:15He brought him in here to win a playoff game to win a championship game and to win a Super Bowl game and Deion
00:26:21Is earning his money today today. I know everyone's good. Oh, no, I'm good here and they pay him way too much
00:26:27But he's earning it today. He split wine right this time
00:26:32Darrell Johnston
00:26:34Emmitt gets the handoff and has to just tuck it under that's Sherman Williams who's replaced
00:26:40Emmitt Smith
00:26:41Well one thing that they found out in the first game that that any time they put Deion Sanders in it was easier to run
00:26:48Because they were conscious of Deion out there and then in the second half
00:26:52They didn't put Deion in and then the running got tougher for Emmitt Smith
00:26:57So now they're remembering that in the second half
00:27:00They're just putting Deion in now in that play. He just raised his hand to go out
00:27:05And Emmitt Smith comes back in in place of Williams and he'll be the deep back
00:27:10With along with three wide receivers
00:27:14At Aikman back to throw
00:27:17Passes almost picked off by McMillan
00:27:20Novacek was the intended receiver
00:27:22That was well covered by the Eagles. John Jett will come on
00:27:27You know, we were talking about the matchup between William Fuller and Eric Williams and one thing about Eric Williams
00:27:33They you know
00:27:34You always have to finish off your blocking and that's what he's been doing here and you're gonna see him right here
00:27:40And here's Fuller here that just watch those guys have been going after each other all day now
00:27:44They go after each other even after the plays over see Williams is not only a guy that will block you
00:27:51But he'll also throw a punches. I mean he threw a left and a right at Fuller
00:27:56gent to punt it
00:27:58Good kick chases Carver back to about the 19
00:28:06At about the 26
00:28:11With 1116 left to play it's Dallas 23
00:28:17Philadelphia 3
00:28:18If you look at big Eric Williams, he's getting closer and closer to being back to 100%
00:28:23Yeah, I think I think if you would tell me you could start a team and take three guys from the Cowboys
00:28:29He would be one of my tape
00:28:32Here's Cunningham back to throw and throwing deep
00:28:39And now again, let's go back to Hollywood James Brown and the McDonald's game break. Hey Pat
00:28:45I know you know this NFC championship game two years ago. Jimmy Johnson
00:28:49guaranteeing a Cowboys victory
00:28:51MVP Emmett Smith led the way Jimmy was proven, right?
00:28:54Cowboys went easily and go on to defeat Buffalo for their fourth Super Bowl title. Take it back to Pat and John
00:29:03We remember that one well
00:29:09Eagles at their own 28
00:29:13Cunningham back to throw
00:29:16Passes complete to Ricky after Christie Jones
00:29:22You
00:29:26Know the the thing Leon lead is still just really just teeing off on guy McIntyre and
00:29:33Raising a havoc back there with with Randall Cunningham
00:29:36And a lot of the reason is it goes back that the Eagles haven't been able to run today and now the score
00:29:41You know 23 to 3. It's too late, but they stopped the Cowboy defense stopped the run first
00:29:46I mean look at thunder and lightning. I mean ten times 31 yards five times 13 yards
00:29:52That's nothing and that's good Cowboy defense
00:29:56That's no thunder or lightning
00:29:58Flag on the play is Cunningham bounces one down to Larry Brown Fred Barnett the intended receiver
00:30:04Yeah
00:30:04and then what happened and then and then because of that then the Eagles if they were going to do anything they had to pass the
00:30:11Ball and then the Cowboys went into their nickel defense and started rushing to pass or every time I've been tough
00:30:17Number 96 of the defense five yards three feet first down
00:30:22Shantae Carver's number 96. He is saying he was pulled off off sides by one of the Eagle offensive linemen
00:30:30It'll be interesting Shantae Carver is playing Charles Haley's position out there
00:30:34And this Dallas defense is playing pretty well today, but they aren't
00:30:39Seventy five percent of what they can be when they have Charles Haley first and five
00:30:48Incomplete
00:30:50Rob Carpenter
00:30:52Intended receiver covered by Darren Smith. You know, there's a guy that's played a good game as Darren Smith
00:30:57I mean, you know all that short stuff that the Eagles been trying to hit whether it be to a tight end or a running back
00:31:03It seems like Darren Smith has always been right there with him
00:31:07He of course is very fast
00:31:10Missed a lot of the early part of the season held out
00:31:13Finally came back. He'll be one of them the three four linebackers that are all free agents
00:31:19the cowboy
00:31:21Jerry Jones is just thinking about let's do this year first, then we'll get to that one
00:31:26That's incomplete Cunningham
00:31:30Behind
00:31:31Barnett and he did throw it on Deion Sanders
00:31:34You know that there's not a lot of patterns that you can throw on Deion Sanders
00:31:38Most people think they can throw slants and crosses, but here's here they are here
00:31:43Here's Deion Sanders here and outs are tough to throw against him because he will jump it out that time
00:31:50He didn't jump that one at all. I think Deion's a little tired. You know, he's played he's played offense. He's played defense
00:31:56He's played special teams and he's not jumping on coverage the way he was when he's fresh. It's third and five
00:32:04And
00:32:07Cunningham chased out of the pocket by let
00:32:12Barnett tried to do one-handed
00:32:15And it's incomplete. That was a pretty good play there by Deion Sanders because he he knocked Barnett down
00:32:21But he was covering Calvin Williams. He wasn't on Fred Barnett
00:32:25He was on Calvin Williams and he comes off of Calvin Williams see him here
00:32:28He was out there covering the outside guy
00:32:31And he seasoned a ball in the air and jumped on that one because no one was covering Fred Barnett
00:32:37fine kick
00:32:38Sanders lets it go over his head that goes into the end zone and out and the Cowboys will start from their own 20 with
00:32:451026 left to play
00:32:48as a 56 yard punt
00:32:51By Hudson
00:32:5523 to 3 the Cowboys moving closer
00:32:59Is the running back in place of Emmett Smith
00:33:07Aikman will throw
00:33:13Kevin William
00:33:17Covered by McMillan but complete
00:33:20Kevin Williams has done an excellent job
00:33:22Yeah, Ray Rhodes thought that Mark McMillan would would be able to match up with Kevin Williams, but he hasn't today
00:33:28No, I mean really Kevin Williams has gotten the best of that matchup. And how about this matchup here?
00:33:34You know
00:33:34We talked about before the game where Emmett Smith said that that the Cowboys go as these front guys go
00:33:42Well, if that's true, they rush for a hundred and twenty five yards
00:33:46They've only allowed one sack and to me that is the group that makes the Cowboys way and made him go today
00:33:53William
00:33:54to the 45
00:33:57Is Nate blocked his guy down 10 yards Pat I've never seen that before I mean he had his guy
00:34:04He took his guy and drove him 10 yards deep
00:34:08And he's gonna block against Kevin Johnson watch here's big Nate that has to be big Nate
00:34:13Now watch here's big Nate right here. Now. He has his guy and he takes him back. There's five. There's six
00:34:20There's seven watch him. He's still got him and he takes a wave. He gets him to that light. That's 12
00:34:24Nate Newton blocked his guy 12 yards deep now you're talking about some block
00:34:31comes an eagle blitz
00:34:34That's Sherman Williams
00:34:37Just short
00:34:45This brought to my attention that because of
00:34:48the weather on the East Coast
00:34:51Even if the Eagles lose and they're headed in that direction, they can't get out of Dallas because the weather
00:34:59Is so bad on the East Coast
00:35:04My snow in the East and that's I mean the job that that the Eagles have done and Ray Rhodes has done in this and
00:35:11this whole team
00:35:13Has done it even if they do lose they're still proud of you know after getting to this thing
00:35:18Ray Rhodes would never say that he would never said we just want to get to the playoffs or win a playoff game
00:35:24It's always been a Super Bowl
00:35:26number 73 of the offense
00:35:2910 yards
00:35:31call against Larry Allen
00:35:34But you have to respect the job that Ray Rhodes did Jeffery Murray
00:35:38You know hired Ray Rhodes. He was like his fifth choice
00:35:41He came in here and brought a bunch of players in that had championship Super Bowl experience
00:35:48Surrounded himself with a bunch of good young coaches
00:35:51coach like heck guy McIntyre said I've never hit so much in my life and practice and
00:35:57Ray Rhodes never takes the pads off. He did it his way and
00:36:01He has this team pointed in the right direction
00:36:04Eggman to throw
00:36:10He was open
00:36:13He was open
00:36:15Well open Bobby Taylor was on him that time they were trying to zone him
00:36:26Left and the Brogan's to the to the other area
00:36:33This started you recall we were talking about it earlier started a couple of years ago in a match between
00:36:39Eric Williams and Fuller
00:36:42Here's the last play here's Eric Williams right here. Here's Fuller right here
00:36:48They're still out there talking but again
00:36:50Eric Williams is one guy who's going to finish off his blocks and he'll do anything to get a block
00:36:56He grabbed Fuller by the face mask threw him down. I watch over here
00:37:02Eric Williams takes a punch Fuller takes a kick
00:37:07who
00:37:09We have two fouls on the play
00:37:12illegal use of hands to the face
00:37:15Number 79 of the offense that family is declined. We have personal foul
00:37:20Unnecessary roughness number 79 of the offense that family will be in for 15 yards
00:37:30Well, he said yesterday
00:37:32that when I put on the helmet I
00:37:35Become a different person, but this is an old story
00:37:37You know, we talked about William Fuller and it goes back where Fuller was taken out of a game because Eric Williams had beaten him
00:37:44So bad Ray Rhodes even told the story when he first came here because Fuller's a leader
00:37:50He wouldn't show the team
00:37:52They wouldn't show the team that film because he didn't want to see his team leader
00:37:57Getting beaten the way Eric Williams was beaten for John Jett
00:38:03Backed upon Rob Carpenter deep
00:38:08Yes kick is a good one
00:38:12Singles fair catch makes it at about the 21-yard line 22, perhaps
00:38:2150-yard punch. Excuse me. I was just saying you can tell that Eric Williams is back though
00:38:26I mean he he came back from that car accident
00:38:29he said he came back too early and he
00:38:32Played the whole year and kind of struggled through it and
00:38:36wasn't the old Eric Williams that to me was the best offensive lineman in all of football, but
00:38:42The way he's playing today. He's starting to look like the old Eric Williams
00:38:50First and ten Eagles at their own 21
00:38:53Yeah, you have to love that about offensive tackle like Eric Williams of poor ice water on his head on a day like this
00:39:00Ricky waters over the left side. You have to wonder about it. He must have really been hot. No, you wonder about it
00:39:06I mean you like that
00:39:07Yeah
00:39:07Because if you if you're an offensive lineman that has to make sense to you
00:39:12If that doesn't make sense to you when when the sweats coming out the top of your head
00:39:16And you throw ice water on it, then you're probably like a wide receiver, but see Nate looks at it
00:39:23He's looking at it. He says yeah, that's a good move biggie
00:39:25725 left to play
00:39:34Intended for Reggie Johnson
00:39:37Yes, Scott got a case Scott case broke it up
00:39:40he's in there as a safety because they've been playing almost this whole second half and just a
00:39:46Nickel defense or six or seven defensive backs and Scott case is that extra defensive back that comes in and plays
00:39:54as a safety
00:39:56Third and six they're two out of eleven on third down
00:40:01Three wide receivers for the Eagles
00:40:05Cunningham back to throw
00:40:11By Deion Sanders he was out of bounds
00:40:15He tried to lateral it after he was out of bounds
00:40:18But the Cowboys do get the ball something's broken out over there
00:40:22The thing about Deon when he does get the ball, you know, whether you like him
00:40:27Are you kind of like him or you don't like him? He does cause excitement
00:40:33He does do that
00:40:35Here's the interception even if he's inbounds or out of bounds. He's covering Calvin Williams here gets a good jump
00:40:41That's that out that I was talking about that
00:40:43He'll jump and he jumped it then made the move goes out of bounds in the middle of the field
00:40:48Ricky waters his old teammate that slung him to the ground. Yeah, but watch him get the jump on this out
00:40:54He was he was ready to jump right in front of it
00:40:56Now he got that high step and the waters knocks him out of bounds and he's trying to make a rugby play
00:41:02This is Sherman Williams around the corner
00:41:08Great
00:41:11Williams around the corner
00:41:17Greg Jackson made the stop
00:41:24You know, the thing is is they don't they don't throw up they don't throw the ball at Deon a lot
00:41:30You see they've only thrown to him three times
00:41:33But when they when they do throw at him, it can be coming back at you quickly
00:41:38As it just did
00:41:41Sherman Williams got the first down. It's Cowboy first down at the Eagle 11
00:41:49Interception there and then of course, we also had that reverse
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00:42:11Second down Cowboys
00:42:17Williams is still fired up in that time
00:42:19You know, if it's not with fuller now, it was with Andy Harmon that last play
00:42:24In fact, I don't even think Fuller's in the game anymore. No, he's not
00:42:31Williams will take whoever they leave in there
00:42:33That's his first catch of the day, too. Yeah
00:42:47Nine yards take them to Irvin
00:42:52Take them away most of the day can't take them away all day
00:42:56Did I was that same move that Bobby Taylor did?
00:42:59He gave that inside punch then did a spin move and then tried to come back on it
00:43:05Bonio for the extra point
00:43:13Thirty to three
00:43:20The Cowboys move ever
00:43:23And
00:43:27The Cowboys move ever closer to entertaining the Packers next week at Texas Stadium
00:43:36Excitement is the playoff race conclude
00:43:39What the final showdown on the road to the Super Bowl check your local listings for the game and time in your area
00:43:45Is here it's going to be Dallas and Green Bay
00:43:49And that's what it looks like
00:43:53In Saxon it turns the kickoff out to about the 35
00:44:02Michael Irvin his first catch a touchdown catch his only catch
00:44:06The Dallas defense has done a job today. Well, of course, here's the big one only allowing three points
00:44:13but they sacked the quarterback four times forced eight punts allowed nine first downs only a
00:44:20162 yards total offense
00:44:23That's not bad. Nope
00:44:25That'll win you most game and they did it without Charles Haley and there is a possibility that they will have Charles Haley next week
00:44:35Mr. Ricky waters who slips down behind the line of scrimmage
00:44:39Today's game is being produced by Bob Stinner and directed by Sandy Grossman the associate director is Rich Russo
00:44:47The broadcast associates Mike Roy and Fran Morrison stage managers Rich Nelson
00:44:53Studio was produced by Scott Ackerson directed by Bob Levy. The executive producers of Fox Sports are Ed Gorin and
00:45:01David Hill
00:45:04Second and 11 now the Green Bay Packers are probably watching this and right now they figure well we can go start working on
00:45:14By Hennings
00:45:16There's another guy that's played pretty well today Chad Hennings
00:45:21He was a guy that's been rushing the passers been dropping out on those zone blitzes
00:45:26He was a guy that Moe L Owen Eby was blocking when he tore his patella tendon. Yes, but earlier in the game buckled him
00:45:36I'll tell you the guy who really dominated when the score
00:45:41Was 0-0 and early in the game and has been all game is Leon left without a doubt
00:45:50Shag on the play Cunningham throws the screen to water
00:45:56Gets out near a first down, but the flag was thrown back way back early in the play. I
00:46:02Think that's again Shantae Carver. I think the Dallas Cowboy
00:46:06Defense jumped. So that was really a free play if that were true
00:46:15For 15 left to play Dallas 30, Philadelphia 3
00:46:23Yeah, well Shantae Carver you see him right up there
00:46:27He's gonna jump and he's gonna get in the neutral zone the neutral zone being the length of the football
00:46:31He couldn't get it all back up and then and then that gives Randall Cunningham a free play if he sees that or knows that
00:46:38You just go back and just throw anything fourth of two
00:46:42Cunningham took advantage of it
00:46:44fourth of two
00:46:46Waters and Saxon behind Cunningham
00:46:49Cunningham's gonna throw
00:46:51Pulls it back gets it out to water
00:46:54Ricky Warner slipped down at the 40
00:46:58Brock Marion got by him and then slipped down
00:47:02a
00:47:0519-yard gain an eagle first down clock running less than four minutes down
00:47:13Leon let the big cat under that hood. Yeah, he sure is and he
00:47:19He was a dominating player today when Charles Haley was there
00:47:23Charles Haley is a dominating pass rusher and when Charles Haley isn't there someone has to pick that up and Leon let picked it up
00:47:31Here's Cunningham
00:47:33fires complete
00:47:37Gets out of bounds and stops the clock with
00:47:40327 left to play Michael Irvin and Larry Allen going over there because those guys know I mean Michael Irvin is a
00:47:48Is a wide receiver Emmett Smith is a running back Troy Aikman the quarterback
00:47:53They're all important, but they all go over to that offensive line
00:47:57Because if it's not for those guys that these 30 points don't go up there and they have done the job
00:48:05How about what Troy Aikman gave the offensive line for for Christmas they had a big Christmas
00:48:12Ricky Waters
00:48:13Down to about the 20. You know what? He gave him. He gave him a wooden box with pens in it
00:48:19He gave him all wooden rocking chairs. He gave him a suit. He gave him airline tickets to anywhere
00:48:25They wanted to go and gave him dinner and he said he gave him stuff for the kids
00:48:30Now that's a big package. Well, Nate Newton said to Troy ask him to be on the show, you know with you and Troy Aikman and
00:48:37You ask him did you get paid and they today when Troy calls I come running
00:48:50And the end zone for Fred Barnett
00:48:53The
00:48:55Only thing I think I come running to my guy for Christmas. Yeah, and then the rocking chair
00:48:59I don't know what those big linemen. I mean those better be big old heavy-duty
00:49:03Duty rocking chairs and your Nate Nate says that when he gets his rocking chair
00:49:09He's gonna put it on a porch when he gets through playing
00:49:12And he's just gonna sit in that rocking chair and for the first six months after he retires just gonna rock
00:49:17He's not even gonna rock it. No, he's not gonna rock it. He's just gonna do nothing
00:49:21Not even rock the rocking chair
00:49:24He's done today. He doesn't need to think about retiring. You see Nate block a guy 12 yards downfield today
00:49:32Got the pass complete to carpenter out of bounds. He'll be first and goal for the Eagles
00:49:39That's when you can throw on Deion Sanders late in the game. They call this that faith
00:49:44Yeah, well, he's just gonna go up the field and just throw it right there
00:49:47You could throw it short with a fade stop or if you can get over the top, then it's just a regular fade
00:49:53I think that's that fade stop
00:49:56That's what they're trying to do it where you try and run that fade and then you stop you throw it at any point during
00:50:01the fade move first and go
00:50:06Waters in motion Cunningham's gonna run the quarterback draw and he's gonna score
00:50:13Touchdown Randall Cunningham
00:50:18Four yards out
00:50:20Cunningham gets in
00:50:21And now he's gonna go for two
00:50:24Everyone's saying geez they make it look so easy at this point
00:50:26But again, you know you're taking score and you're taking time
00:50:30And that's what the Cowboys are doing is is they're playing a form of a prevent defense
00:50:35they got a lot of backup players in there the
00:50:38Adrenaline's not flowing like it was earlier. And then the Eagles just marched down the field and get one
00:50:44Cunningham
00:50:46Waters behind him fakes the waters thrown for the two-point conversion to Reggie Johnson
00:50:57So the Cowboy lead is now 32 11
00:51:01with
00:51:02236 left to play
00:51:05And we'll probably have an onside kick now
00:51:07Once you get a touchdown and go for two the next thing we'll be looking for is an onside
00:51:12The next thing we'll be looking for is an onside kick before this person postgame report that's coming up
00:51:19With all the guys back in the studio after the game Jimmy Terry Howie JB
00:51:27And the Packers will be traveling south
00:51:31You know in the in the Packers haven't matched up well with the Cowboys
00:51:35They've had trouble matching up well, and I'll tell you what they've had trouble with
00:51:38I'll tell you what they've had trouble with they've had trouble with that inside and stopping that inside run
00:51:43But the Packers are a better team now than the Packer team that lost to the Cowboys earlier this year
00:51:50And then the playoffs last year
00:51:52This is the guy that they could never stop, right?
00:51:56He's had a little rest
00:51:59Sherman Williams playing remember that last time they played here and we had that shot and Reggie White was talking to his teammates and
00:52:06He said every time we come here every time we play these guys this happens to us
00:52:12Reggie said we come down here and we get our butt kicked and you guys don't seem to care
00:52:16Well, I think the Green Bay Packers care now
00:52:21I think you're indeed right about that. Here's the old onside kick crooked ball and everything
00:52:28Anderson
00:52:30Has it?
00:52:32Fielded by Jay Novacek
00:52:35The hands team and the Cowboys will take over Chad Henning
00:52:39There's an amazing guy. I mean, I mean, I just can't believe this guy has a bad ankle. He has a bad knee
00:52:47They get a a game. He misses a game. He has surgery
00:52:51And he's back and as you said we went there the other day and it was cold and all the guys have
00:52:56All their clothes and stuff on and he's running around in shorts and and running well and plays a game
00:53:02two weeks after surgery, that's
00:53:04That's the 90s
00:53:07Or maybe that's guys from the 70s playing in the 90s, maybe
00:53:13David Wang's a fullback Sherman Williams a tailback
00:53:17Sherman
00:53:19Gets down for about nine yards
00:53:23This was a good onside kick by Anderson. Watch it's going to go one two three now skip up high
00:53:29There it did that was a perfect kick
00:53:31Jay Novacek made a heck of a play really did but that's what you guys try and do
00:53:35I mean you put that ball sideways, right? Then you try and get it short short short jump
00:53:42Excuse me Wade Wilson's now the quarterback. Yeah, that's what you try to do
00:53:47Jay Novacek rides cutting horses one time
00:53:50I says I said I didn't know what the heck I was talking about and I said he cuts horses
00:53:54I remember you said that yeah, and then we got a lot of mail
00:53:57Yeah, well then he came up and told me he said let me explain to you
00:54:01He said I ride cutting horses horses that cut I think they cut cattle. That's right. That's right
00:54:07and he was explaining to me and i'm nodding like I know and
00:54:12He rides cutting horses
00:54:14Then they have you know special saddles for for cutting horses. It used to be when they had
00:54:19Cattle on the range and what have you they cut them out put the brand on them
00:54:22That's where the name came from they cut out the cows put my brand on them your brand whatever
00:54:28And that's what jay does now, huh?
00:54:31While he plays tight end to the cowboys when he's not cutting
00:54:38But you know the other guy that does that is bum phillips bum phillips was a big cutting horse guy as a bigger horse
00:54:46And a bigger saddle
00:54:50But you know the cowboys, you know from from thanksgiving on
00:54:54To be honest, they didn't look like the cowboys
00:54:56They didn't you knew they were one of the best teams, but they didn't play like it today. They played like it again
00:55:03Looked like as wade wilson gives to sherman williams
00:55:08It looked as if other teams the opponents
00:55:11Had figured out what they were doing
00:55:14And took away the michael urbans took away emin smith got hurt on thanksgiving day
00:55:19Eagle time out here. Yeah, and that's exactly what they did and they did that today
00:55:23I mean they took michael irvin away today
00:55:25He only caught that one pass right there at the end of the game
00:55:28But ernie zampezzi did a good job of play calling because that's what ray rhodes was talking about last night
00:55:34he said what you try and do is you try and get the rhythm of the coordinator and
00:55:39He said that we played against ernie zampezzi for years, right dallas and los angeles and he said he does have a certain rhythm
00:55:46And you try and get your defense to know his rhythm and to get into that rhythm
00:55:52But today they weren't able to do it
00:55:54I think that ernie and his rhythm beat the eagles rhythm in championship games
00:55:58By the way, one of the things they said was that kevin williams had to stand uh step up
00:56:03And take some of the load off michael irvin and he did he caught six passes for 124 yards
00:56:09The championship game notes we started to say a minute ago the packers lead in championship games including that ice bowl game
00:56:16Packers are up to nothing
00:56:19That ice ball game that was in 1867, right? Yeah, and then and then that was when we played the packers in super bowl, too
00:56:28This is sherman
00:56:31We dodged about 10 people
00:56:34Finally by mcmillan
00:56:36Barry switzer was saying
00:56:39And you know, he deserves some congratulations, too
00:56:42Barry switzer to get the cowboys this far regular season record of 12 and four
00:56:48Come under a lot of fire a lot of criticism, but still done
00:56:53a commendable job
00:56:58Leon let
00:57:00we have picked john madden and I as our middle light player of the game when
00:57:05When the score was close
00:57:07The eagles just couldn't get him blocked now
00:57:09And if the eagles were going to win today
00:57:11they had to be able to run the ball and they had to be able to run the ball for about a
00:57:15Hundred and forty yards and if they were going to do that, they had to get leon let block
00:57:20He didn't let them run early and then stop that then he started the pass rush and really
00:57:25Dominated the game when the game was up for grabs
00:57:28Now it's fourth and short
00:57:31Look at larry allen there. He'll say go first
00:57:34When you get your old guard, he's been in there fighting all day
00:57:38He just goes and gives the signal first down
00:57:40um
00:57:42Barry switzer doesn't look like he's too excited about this because I think this is a
00:57:47Thing about the dallas cowboys. I think you know, everyone says is troy eightman happy
00:57:51Is it is there's so much expected of them that winning this game is nothing, you know
00:57:56They they they had to get to this game
00:57:58They have to win this game winning next game is that they have to win the next game and they have to get to the only
00:58:03Thing that is acceptable here in dallas is winning the super bowl
00:58:08Wade wilson
00:58:11Goes into the kneel and the clock continues to run with a minute
00:58:18And five seconds left
00:58:20And now troy eightman can have some fun because he can see the end
00:58:23He can see the light at the end of the tunnel because as we said today earlier
00:58:28It's a two-game season now for the dallas cowboy. I mean a three-game season now for the dallas cowboys
00:58:33It's a two-game season if you just win two more games
00:58:37You are the super bowl champions, you're the champions of the world
00:58:41When you get that close you got to get it done, but the green bay packers are thinking the same thing
00:58:49Again wade wilson kneels that should do it 30 to 11
00:58:58Third time these two teams have played
00:59:01Today
00:59:05The cowboys won two and the eagles won one
00:59:12Bring on the cheeseheads well, they might be
00:59:16Wishing for a little more
00:59:18Than what green bay has been in the past
00:59:21When they came to texas stadium their better team now
00:59:25The cheeseheads we saw them two weeks ago
00:59:28We watched them on television yesterday, and I think the cheeseheads are ready to come to dallas
00:59:36So for john madden and pam oliver i'm pat somerhall saying so long from texas stadium where the final score was dallas 30
00:59:45Philadelphia 11 be sure to stay tuned for the postgame report james brown terry bradshaw howie long and jimmy johnson
00:59:53Will be along from our hollywood studio you've been watching box sports coverage of the national football league
01:00:05The postgame show along with jimmy johnson howie long terry bradshaw i'm james brown, of course, uh philadelphia
01:00:11Losing to the dallas cowboys today 30 to 11 one of the reasons for the eagles struggle on the ground and in the air
01:00:18Pam oliver standing by with a big one leon let all right leon pat and john voted your most valuable player for this game
01:00:25Tell me just about the defensive stand today
01:00:28Uh, we felt like we had to come out and stop the run. Uh, first of all, you know
01:00:31We knew we could get out and going past rush past the situation
01:00:34But uh, basically we just want to stop the run first when rodney pete goes out of the game
01:00:39Did that give you guys special motivation especially since randall cunningham hadn't practiced but uh one day all week
01:00:44Yeah, but actually we was kind of scared at first because you know randall he's a good scrambler
01:00:48And that's what he did when he came in
01:00:49We knew he was kind of rusty throwing the ball, but he scrambled a little bit
01:00:53But we kind of contained him and got him shut down. You know how vocal charles haley is
01:00:56Did he help you out throughout the game? Uh, he helped out the whole game
01:00:59As a matter of fact, he helped the whole defense out, uh, you know, getting those little pointers
01:01:02Let us know what we was doing wrong and everything. So yeah, you're thinking charles might be able to go next week
01:01:07I'm looking forward to him being back next week. Oh, yeah, what about the packers?
01:01:11They did a great job against the 49 of jessica. Oh, you know, that's going to be a big challenge for us
01:01:16We're looking forward to get some good work in this week. We'll be ready for all right
01:01:19Good luck the rest of the way. Thank you. Let's go back to the studio
01:01:23All right, pam. Thank you very much
01:01:24Only 74 yards on the ground rushing by the philadelphia eagles jimmy johnson smiling at his uh young player who's come a long way as
01:01:31He said from his rookie year terry as a matter of fact
01:01:33Why don't we get right to the highlights and show the fans exactly what took place in this game?
01:01:36Dallas winning at 30 to 11 ray roads matched up against barry switzer
01:01:41Good job, rodney peter off the bat
01:01:43Nice drive movement gets out of the pocket scrambles down hit hard here on the sideline about darren woodson as he lunges for the first
01:01:49Down doesn't make the first down has to leave the game with a concussion deon sanders
01:01:54We knew he'd make an impact today
01:01:55We didn't know it would be on reverses go to the left reverses field back to the right touchdown for deon dallas up 10 to 3
01:02:03play action
01:02:05There it is
01:02:06Moose, where are you at down the middle here?
01:02:08I am dive to the one foot line and it goes over after this
01:02:12Cowboys are up 17 to 3 and lead that at the half
01:02:15Michael irvin's only scored of the day on this touchdown pass from troy eightman with another big game as the cowboys jb
01:02:21Go on today took it up another notch 30 to 11 over the eagles will now face the green bay packers
01:02:27And as you see the note there move on to the nfc championship game for the fourth time 14th time that is
01:02:33In franchise history as we come back inside let's start back with coach johnson
01:02:37You mentioned that it was important that the eagles dbs do a job against kevin williams didn't happen today
01:02:42Well mark mcmillan one-on-one coverage against kevin williams. We said well, this is going to be interesting matchup
01:02:48Kevin williams wins this one hands down six catches for 124 yards. Michael irvin only had one catch for the touchdown
01:02:55So the cowboys showed that if you double cover michael irvin, we'll go to kevin williams
01:03:00We'll make yardage the other thing too the whole you know
01:03:02The story of this game is that offensive line and the defensive line led by leon let they control the line scrimmage
01:03:08Yeah, we talked about that in the pre pre-game show and and I think the game is one up front
01:03:12Especially this time of the year as what was evident yesterday the lack of a running game cost san francisco 49ers
01:03:18They became one-dimensional dallas doesn't have that problem
01:03:21Dallas is the most talented team in football right now if they show up to play which they did today
01:03:26They will win another world championship. Yeah, i'll go back to williams during very true
01:03:30Troy eichmann threw the ball to kevin williams against the giants and the cardinals, you know, we thought well, that's okay
01:03:36Those these aren't great defensive football teams today was the big challenge and troy got it to williams again
01:03:41Michael irvin taken out of the game, but the fact that kevin williams is legitimate
01:03:46Someone you have to think and worry about now really does give the green bay packers a serious. Let's not forget number 21
01:03:53Does kevin williams now have troy eichmann? Oh, absolutely if i'm quarterback eichmann i'm thinking thank god now
01:03:58I have two receivers a great tight end a great fullback and one of the best running backs in the history of the nfl
01:04:04All right. We've got a nice matchup coming up next week
01:04:06America's team from two different eras the green bay packers will be taking on the dallas cowboys and we'll preview that matchup
01:04:13Coming up, of course, you'll see it next week right here on fox. We'll talk about it in a second
01:04:20That matchup
01:04:22Check it out
01:04:24The packers and cowboys conjure up images of one thing the ice bowl vintage 67th and a green bay combat victory
01:04:33But that was long ago and very far away
01:04:37Now the pack is back and brett's been the man all year
01:04:41Topping the league in yards and touchdowns thrown brett's touchdown total was the most ever by an nfc qb
01:04:48All this while bringing green bay its first conference title since 72
01:04:53Mr. Brooks has been golden in sterling's absence. Although he may need a vowel. Don't forget trimura
01:05:00Heading the defense are sean jones and reggie white two of the league's toughest linemen
01:05:05The battle is set in irving where the boys have won five straight from the pack including the past two divisional playoff games
01:05:13Dallas has talent motivation and the home field as far as talent is concerned two words emmett smith
01:05:20He led the league in rushing for the fourth time in five years while setting the nfl record with 25 tds
01:05:27But this team is not a lone star unit
01:05:30Troy rules the range and was the nfc second rated passer and with michael looking to beat you long
01:05:36Can't forget speedy kevin or the reliable. Mr
01:05:39Novacek and after last year's fall this group of cowboys is looking to ride high once again
01:05:46They took care of the eagles now, they want to stop the pack for their third conference championship in the last four years
01:05:55All right, that's the nfc title match next week jimmy
01:05:57Of course the packers come in with a red hot quarterback brett farve 21 tds only two picks in the last nine games
01:06:03But you can't get past six straight losses five under holmgren in texas stadium. How do you overcome that?
01:06:09Well jv just like brett farve said on our halftime show that you know, they went into san francisco lose
01:06:15They felt like they didn't have anything to lose and they went out there and played that way brett farve was red hot
01:06:20You know had a great ball game the problem with the packers against the cowboys the last few years
01:06:25Is you know, they haven't been able to match up in a couple of areas
01:06:28They haven't been able to slow down emmet smith running the football and then on top of that
01:06:32They haven't had a strong running game edgar
01:06:35Bennett's gonna have to really run the football if they're gonna match up against the cowboys the other thing
01:06:39They've got more confidence now than they've ever had. Yeah timmerman there their replacement for uh,
01:06:44The kid from notre dame edgard is a big matchup on leon. Let eric williams looks like he's back
01:06:50Giving up the big play has been a big problem versus dallas. They need to keep a safety in center field
01:06:55They need to run the ball or find ways to supplement the run with screens
01:06:59That's right
01:07:01What talk about the big key charles haley could be back next week charles
01:07:05It'll make it even better position this week. We like it when terry is succinct. No doubt about it
01:07:09All right
01:07:10There's some guys I know who definitely have some thoughts on that matchup coming up next week on fox are the guys who call today's game
01:07:16pat summerall and john madden
01:07:19All right, jb. This is I guess uh, john what our 11th cowboy game that we did today
01:07:24So indeed we have seen a lot of them
01:07:26The cowboys won kind of handle a 30 to 11
01:07:29But I I got a feeling that they were not at all too happy with the way they won today
01:07:33They didn't look that sharp. Well, they would they they've looked sharper than they had though since thanksgiving. I mean, I think that
01:07:40Thanksgiving, uh emmet smith got hurt. Uh, they lost ray donaldson. I didn't think their running game was as good
01:07:47Uh, I didn't know that eric williams was really back today like they were just talking about in the studio
01:07:51I think eric williams is coming back
01:07:53I think that nate newton looks like he's blind canard is getting more comfortable in there
01:07:57Uh, I think emmet smith again is okay
01:08:00So they're starting to run and I think the cowboys are closer
01:08:04To being the cowboys that we know than they have been for a month
01:08:08I thought that the defense, uh, the cowboy defense today looked like they did at the beginning of the year
01:08:14Leon let played very well. I think they've become accustomed to deon sanders being in the secondary
01:08:19Well, yeah
01:08:19and and the thing that they did is is they had to stop the run and they
01:08:23They they stopped the run and then they could make the eagles one-dimensional and then just go after the pass now
01:08:28I think that's going to be a problem next week though with the green bay packers because I can think against the packers
01:08:33You can stop the run. Yeah, and then say okay brett farve beat us and brett farve can beat you and I think today
01:08:39When they stop the run and say, okay rodney peter randall cunningham beat us
01:08:44Randall cunningham rodney pete couldn't beat you but brett farve can beat him and reggie white has said to the packer team this year
01:08:50This is brett farve's team. He's going to take us as far as we're going to go back to you guys
01:08:56All right, pat. Thank you very much. And there is one other playoff game on the slate today
01:09:00The indianapolis coats have a formidable task, although they won their first playoff game since 1971 beating san diego last week
01:09:07They're playing the kansas city chiefs who are undefeated at home and for a preview
01:09:10Look at that matchup as he takes it in 21 yards for number 21 helping the cowboys to that 30 to 11 victory
01:09:18Over the eagles and advancing to the nfc championship game for the 14th time in franchise history
01:09:24Jimmy, this ought to be a pretty exciting championship matchup not only because of those squads
01:09:28But because you're heading back down to texas stadium as well. But again, oh boy is indeed, right?
01:09:32How do you see this?
01:09:33Well, I get to see some old friends back in dallas and when I say old friends
01:09:37I'm talking about a lot of players and the coaches and and it really will be an exciting ball game the owner
01:09:46It will be an exciting ball game because I really think that green bay goes into this ball game with more confidence than they have
01:09:51Ever had since they've been going back there and getting beat all these times
01:09:55I think that they've got more talent offensively
01:09:57They're more experienced and brett farve is the hottest player in the national football league
01:10:01Brett farve is going to have to have a monster game because this offense right now
01:10:05Looks like it is geared back up. I agree with john. Madden. This looks more like the cowboys
01:10:10We've come accustomed to knowing in the two world championship years seems like they have people healthy their focus
01:10:16Deion sanders is back healthy
01:10:18He's ready to go if they win this thing and they go on to win the world championship barry switzer's a smart move
01:10:24Deion sanders a smart move it justifies the signing bonuses justifies everything he's done
01:10:28Barry switzer did have this team ready to play we'll go right back to kevin williams
01:10:32His his coming on the last three weeks and the confidence that troy built up with him the arsenal now is
01:10:37Goes all the way across the board and that's very difficult and you all all of us agree
01:10:42The key to green bay is brett farve and john madden is right
01:10:45He can win it by himself when you run the way deion sanders ran on that reverse in the nfl
01:10:51If you're that much faster than everybody in the nfl, there's something wrong
01:10:56I'd say one other player the the player of the ball game here leon let I was fortunate enough before but
01:11:01I became a head coach. I was a defensive line coach for many years and I had the honor of coaching
01:11:06Leroy selman at the university of oklahoma leon
01:11:09Led has the same physical abilities that leroy selman had and of course, he's a hall of famer
01:11:14Folks want to know how deep is our research staff back here?
01:11:17We've got the guy who could be the number one player in the country certainly a first round draft choice in keishon
01:11:22Johnson back here usc
01:11:24Outstanding wide receiver. Well a good indication to me that jimmy's going back to the nfl at halftime
01:11:29He had keishon take his street shoes off and in the lots at fox park
01:11:3440 yard dash
01:11:37Coming up next week is the nfc championship game coming your way from texas stadium in irving
01:11:42It'll be the red hot green bay packers. Sean jones. Reggie white brett farve and company against the dallas cowboys
01:11:49We'll see you next week in texas. Have a good
01:11:52day
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