see more Patriots Games here :
us.sports-classics.stream/new-england-patriots.html
us.sports-classics.stream/new-england-patriots.html
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00a distraction to the Patriots or just attention to detail we'll find out Marvin all right thank
00:04you John covering all aspects of today's game as the Cowboys start out from their 17-yard line
00:11Aikman off the puck going deep Michael Irvin the intended receiver covered by Ty Law as we check
00:19out the Dallas offensive line and four members of the offensive line making it to the Pro Bowl
00:27one of the outstanding power offensive line Aikman the quarterback he goes to his sixth Pro Bowl Emmett
00:35Smith Darryl Moose Johnston are the running backs Kevin Williams Michael Irvin and Eric Bjornson are the
00:41receivers Bjornson is playing with two injured ankles in a second down and 10 at the 17-yard line
00:50and it is a Cowboy first down defensively the Patriots with Collins Wheeler who's played well
01:08Sanga Politelli and McGinnis McGinnis leading New England with eight and a half sacks Sam Johnson and
01:15the linebackers Ted Johnson the Patriots leading tackler Law and Smith at the corners Otis Smith
01:21starting again for Ricky Reynolds and Malloy and Clay are the deep men in the secondary first down of the
01:2728-yard line and here is Emmett Smith getting across the 30 where he's met by Johnson a couple of things are
01:36apparent early here Ty Law looks like he's going anywhere Michael Irvin he's going he's covered in
01:41one-on-one and when Ty J Armstrong number 81 comes into the ball game high tendency towards the run versus
01:46the pass yeah I'll tell you the key really as far as I'm concerned for Dallas though Sam is they have
01:51got to get that big offensive line going I don't think all four of those guys deserve to go to the
01:56Pro Bowl but they've all got to play like it for Emmett today well you have to wonder when you see
02:01four guys making it to the Pro Bowl and the offense lagging in every category but here's Emmett Smith
02:06out to the 35-yard line stopped by Ted Johnson you know right there Emmett Smith you watch Emmett
02:14Smith run today guys I mean the one thing that's missing for him is is what I'll call it missability
02:20he doesn't lie he doesn't have that make guys miss type thing because of the ankles he's a lot more
02:26evident when he's on grass but on this AstroTurf he's more of a power runner now because he can't
02:30avoid the guys coming in at him Sam like yourself Randy coining phrases here in the early going
02:35I can trump that I'll get you later missability it's a third and three at the 35-yard line
02:42and Aikman under pressure taken down that's a rare sack of Troy Aikman Dwayne Sab coming up with his
02:52first sack of the season there's a lot of pressure on the quarterback they had that time
02:58TJ Armstrong normally a running situation up here he's going to go out for a pass and coming down
03:04here comes the blitz from the outside straight push back right up the middle good pressure coming
03:10straight up the chute though no room for Troy Aikman on that one great power move by Willie McGinnis
03:14there Sam he was put this defensive tackle offensive tackle right in Troy's face and here's John
03:19here's John Jett putting to pro bowler Dave Megan takes at the 30
03:23and Megan running into a storm at the 35 led by Jim Schwantz another pro bowler 42-yard punt 5-yard return
03:36back in Dallas the New England Patriots to the offense for the first time
03:44this is a matchup of the highest scoring team and the number one ranked defense in the Dallas Cowboys
03:52New England from its 35-yard line
03:56first to the left it looked like the Cowboys had him and it ends up as a 21-yard run finally the strong
04:17safety Darren Woodson made the stop the first thing that happened here is Deion Sanders tries to make a
04:23shoulder tackle without wrapping up Curtis Martin you'll see a right bang there it is
04:27he doesn't wrap him up and then Curtis Martin reverses his field
04:30you know Sam it's December how often in December do you see fundamentals go straight into the toilet
04:36guys aren't wrapping up they're not finishing blocks and we see it right off the get-go at the beginning
04:41you're looking at a lot of natural ability at Deion Sanders and sometimes the fundamentals are lacking
04:45so New England with a flush down at the Dallas 44 and blitz on a throw
04:50and completes Terry Glenn covered by the free safety George Teague it's another Patriot first down
05:00that's good for 19.
05:02Glenn is going to be in motion a lot here he comes right now he's going to go in motion
05:06and he's coming up into the corner the clear out down at the bottom is just to give him room
05:10underneath they're going to challenge him deep today you can see it well you know what they're
05:13going to do a lot too is move Terry Glenn around and try to get those matchups you make the point a lot
05:18Sam it's a game of matchups they want him matched up on a safety or a third or fourth cornerback
05:23well the Patriots two plays and they picked up 40 yards
05:28first down at the Cowboy 25
05:30and Bledsoe looping one of the end zone
05:35Deion Sanders had a shot at it double coverage on Terry Glenn
05:40Terry Glenn actually saves the interception right here because he just bumps Deion right at the very end
05:47inside release pressure on the quarterback he has just put it up
05:50this stuff is there holes right there or what
05:52well that's big time all the time but yeah it's all set up by the fact that
05:57Bledsoe had to put that weather balloon up there because of the rush from the Cowboys
06:01they were all over him they brought an all-out three-man blitz along with that four defensive linemen
06:06and you mentioned earlier Sam that the Patriots might try to go deep
06:10with Glenn or Jefferson on Sanders that was the first opportunity off the play fake
06:15intended for Glenn covered by the weak side linebacker Darren Smith
06:23let's check out the the Patriots that offensive line including pro bowler Bruce Armstrong for the fifth time in his career
06:30Roberts will a ball Rucci and Lane Curtis Martin Keith Byers are the running backs
06:37Byers taking over as the starting fullback for the injured Sam Gash Jefferson Glenn and Coates an outstanding group of receivers
06:46and now Vincent Brisby has checked along with Troy Brown for this third and ten
06:53but it's a handoff for Dave Megan crossing the Cowboys up
06:59Charlie Williams made the stop and it is another Patriot first down
07:06this is the important thing for Bill Parcells offense you saw the first run go outside and the pursuit got to him
07:13don't run outside on the speed of this defense go right at him a great draw call
07:18but I mean more importantly it's inside that's where you attack the Cowboys
07:23now Jefferson is to the left Glenn is to the right
07:28Coates in motion first down at the 15
07:30Martin
07:32Curtis Martin trying the middle met by the combination of Tony Tolbert and Chad Hennings up front for the Cowboys
07:40Tolbert with a career-high 12 sacks having a terrific season making the Pro Bowl for the first time
07:48the linebackers Godfrey the rookie from Georgia who's played well given a game ball last week
07:53Strickland and Darren Smith and that secondary called by the Patriots the best they have faced
07:59all season
08:01second down and eight
08:04and Witzel throwing for the end zone
08:07it is incomplete but a penalty marker is down
08:10Terry Glenn covered by the left corner Kevin Smith
08:13Kevin Smith got a little too cute that time he tried to
08:16intimidate Terry Glenn right before the snap jumped out at him crossed into the neutral zone the official got him
08:23referee is Jerry Austin
08:25offside number 26 of the defense
08:28five yards repeat second down
08:31well that's the left corner Kevin Smith
08:33you know what he's doing Marv is he's trying to be a Deion
08:35you know Deion gets in that crouch and he lurches right at the guy
08:39and look at him he goes to that body position they catch him offside
08:42you know you gotta be a little bit nervous if you're Dallas this is the number one red zone team in the NFL
08:48and when they get down here they score touchdowns
08:51second down and three from the eighth off the pitch
08:58Mark following his blocker could not make the turn a flag is thrown once again as he's run out by George Teague
09:06it's kind of an unusual situation the Patriots lead the NFL in drawing opposition penalties
09:12why would that be you know the league average is about 94 93 94 penalties so far this season
09:19the Patriots opponents have a hundred and three
09:22all sides number 59 of the defense after this is to the goal first down
09:27have 123 penalties against the Patriots this exact same thing they're right up here you're gonna see a jump
09:34excuse me right down here at the bottom right here it is jumps across trying to anticipate the snap count
09:40sometimes the snap count is on rhythm sometimes it's on the early movement by the quarterback they're just trying to be intimidating
09:46a lot of it Marv is nerves I mean you're facing a team with a lot of offensive talent and guys just want to get that extra little jump
09:53play action and Bledsoe's pass incomplete intended for fires covered by Godfrey
10:07hey Tony Tolbert was right in his face too trying to throw that I mean he had that pass
10:12but Tolbert's the reason Bill Parcells quarterback could complete that pass
10:16this the eighth play of the drive coming up it is very clear coming into today's game
10:22if the Patriots win they clinch the AFC East if the Cowboys win they clinch the NFC East
10:29if the Cowboys win they clinch the NFC East
10:33second and goal at the four yard line Bledsoe with the long look firing intended for Glenn
10:41covered by Kevin Smith bringing Ben Kosa into short motion a little bit
10:47third down now decision time for for Bill does he go with that little run that they were successful on
10:54in the previous third and long situation of course they haven't got as much room there
10:58gonna be more people closer to the ball well he's paid it spent an awful lot of time concentrating on the
11:02the flanks of Barry Switzer's defense you gotta wonder in this situation in the red zone near the goal line
11:07where's Ben coach you better keep track of him and Bledsoe only one of five here at the start looking at a
11:14third and goal at the four looking in zone it is almost intercepted it went through the hands of
11:23coach and the free safety George Teague had a shot at it but now the Patriots will have to settle for the three
11:30they just watch the end of this thing I mean it's a circus attempt and that's because of the good defense pressure on Bledsoe and
11:37and Sam I don't know what you think but I don't think you beat Dallas in Dallas getting these kinds of opportunities and
11:43kicking field goals well that's right you're gonna go for those now you on third down of course you're gonna be
11:48gonna be going for it but they went to the key guy you called it ahead of it they went to the big tight end
11:52our 22-yard attempt by Adam Vinatieri who has been on fire after the slow start so the Patriots with a
12:013-0 lead 9-14 remaining in the first
12:1021-yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri and the New England Patriots with a 3-0 lead on the Dallas Cowboys
12:18Herschel Walker Kevin Williams are back deep
12:28and here's Herschel Walker who is a major concern
12:32according to Bill Parcells and once again the Patriots who have played very well on special teams
12:37doing the job on Herschel an 18-yard return Scooter Magruder on the tackle
12:43a moment ago on third down here's the tip of the blitz is coming when you've got two defenders lined up over one receiver
12:50the motion comes across now here comes the blitz from the both slot cover people
12:54a lot of pressure quick throw by the quarterback man-to-man behind it incomplete
12:58and also Sam first and goal on the four-yard line and no runs
13:03that's stopping the best scoring team in the NFL
13:08Cowboys first down from the 27-yard line
13:13to the offense for the second time
13:15as Aikman's pass is picked off
13:17intercepted by Ty Law
13:20it was intended for Michael Irvin so Ty Law who last week
13:25picked one off against the New York Jets for his first career touchdown as he ran it in
13:32a guy who's been battling a spray knee
13:35made his return two weeks ago in San Diego
13:38and Law with the intercept to get the ball back for the Patriots
13:42who wants this one more you know Irvin's really been taking the team on his shoulders especially last week
13:47but look at this Ty Law kind of out Michaels Michael
13:50he does it and really after the interception it looked like Michael Irvin didn't know what happened
13:54he almost turned and looked to the Patriots sideline as if they were yelling something
13:59watch his head right here
14:00he just turns like what's going on
14:02he still used those precise Aikman throws exactly where they're supposed to be
14:06so the Patriots from the 30-yard line
14:09Martin on a slant
14:11picking up short yardage
14:13stopped by the middle linebacker Fred Strickland
14:16with help from Randall Godfrey
14:19you know part of the intimidation that the Dallas Cowboys like to portray
14:24sometimes works against them
14:25a team comes in here that they haven't seen before from the AFC
14:28they're the world champions
14:30it's a slow start
14:31you're not taking them totally for granted
14:32but you're not quite as intense as you need to be
14:34the best way to stop a strut is to smack it in the face
14:37and they're doing a pretty good job of smacking right now for New England
14:40second down and seven
14:42the swing
14:43Martin
14:44gets inside the 25-yard line
14:47still short of the first down by about four yards
14:50Darren Smith and Kevin Smith combined to make the tackle
14:53Sam how about the pass here
14:54where's he expecting this ball
14:55where's Urban want this ball which number?
14:57he wants it all the way to the outside
14:59those numbers are 12 yards from the sideline
15:02they measure their timing throws from that
15:04he wants it right on the sideline
15:05the ball is really a little behind
15:06yeah he looks very shocked
15:08it wasn't that he wasn't trying to get it
15:09it was just hey
15:10it wasn't where Troy usually puts it on the outside eight
15:14third and four at the Dallas 24-yard line
15:19again the swing
15:20Byers picks up the first down
15:22and runs it out
15:24Randall Godfrey running out
15:26Keith Byers making his first catch of the day
15:29we're talking last night with Byers
15:31who has been trying to tell his younger teammates on the Patriots
15:35not to be intimidated by the Dallas Cowboys
15:37in fact Keith
15:38pointed out that he's had great success here at Texas Stadium
15:41as a member of the Eagles
15:42as a member of the Dolphins
15:44seven wins in nine games
15:47the important thing for him at fullback though Marvin
15:49is he's a little big back
15:50he's not a good lead blocker
15:52they gotta make a try to find a way to make up for that
15:54first and ten at the 18-yard line
15:57Curtis Martin is sizing it up
15:59then cutting to his right
16:00met by Casillas
16:01and Watson
16:03there's a lot of motion by the New England Patriots
16:07part of that is to try to read the coverage
16:09when the motion goes across
16:11if a quarterback
16:12defensive quarterback goes with it
16:14many times that indicates man coverage
16:16if he kind of slows up and they just soften a little bit
16:18it sells on
16:19so there's a reason for all this motion
16:20the surprise he doesn't
16:22audible out when he sees all that blitz coming in his face on it
16:25at least the Patriots have an audible system
16:27Dallas does
16:28second down
16:29and nine
16:30what's so for the end zone
16:31the leaping attempt
16:33Ben Coates could not
16:36get his hands on it
16:37covered by Darren Woodson
16:39this is where the term
16:41it's a game of inches came from right here
16:44one more stride
16:45full extension reach out
16:47full extension reach out
16:48you're talking about one of the best receiving tight ends in the business right there
16:51and also one of the best cover safeties too
16:54I mean he is right there
16:55Bledsoe had had to put that thing perfectly
16:57and Bledsoe knew he was just trying to squeak it in and no squeak
17:02talking about strong safety Darren Woodson
17:05a Pro Bowl starter for the third straight year
17:08third and nine
17:09and Bledsoe got it off under pressure able to rifle it to Byers
17:16but still short on the first down
17:19yeah Tony Tolbert amazes me
17:21I mean he really does
17:22you talk about a guy on two arthritic knees
17:24he wears those black knee sleeves to keep his knees warm
17:28so you know the fluids don't go crazy
17:30and you know he's got a sack
17:32and east of the last four games when they've really needed it
17:35and you know he's just stepping up
17:37I mean you don't coach that
17:38that's just the guy's side and he's not going to take it
17:40and he did not practice all week because of the knee problems
17:44this a 30-yard attempt by Vinatieri who earlier hit from 21
17:49so Adam Vinatieri with two field goals
17:56and the Patriots have taken a 6-0 lead
18:00this set up by the interception by Ty Law
18:035.56 left first quarter
18:06the New England Patriots with the early lead on the two field goals by Adam Vinatieri
18:116-0 New England
18:14with just under six minutes remaining in this opening quarter
18:18and here's Herschel Walker
18:20oh he found the opening Vinatieri is back
18:23Walker inside the 40
18:25it is a foot race Vinatieri diving to haul him down
18:29oh ho
18:31the kicker ran him down Mark
18:39it's a 70-yard kickoff return by Herschel Walker
18:43watch Vinatieri at the very end of this
18:48but before he gets there the key blocks up front by the wedge people
18:52just muscling room for Herschel Walker to find it
18:55and now actually Vinatieri doesn't even have the angle on him Randy
18:58closing speed
18:59I've never used the term closing speed with a kicker
19:02I'm putting him on my fantasy football team tonight
19:04he's definitely on the defensive stats
19:06well we mentioned earlier that a concern of Bill Parcells
19:11Herschel Walker on the kick return
19:13we saw why
19:14and here's Emmett Smith
19:15trying to get to the outside
19:17stumped by the free safety Willie Clay
19:19well there's that lack of acceleration that Emmett doesn't have with these injuries in the ankles
19:24and you know sorry Marv but that's lack of miscibility
19:28oh I see
19:29you don't have that miscibility
19:30you get in the corner here
19:31you know average backs try to use speed
19:33and Emmett's got miscibility and speed
19:35Emmett Smith bothered by sprained a sprained right ankle
19:40comes in fourth in rushing in the NFC
19:44but it certainly had his ups and downs this season
19:47second down
19:54a flag is thrown
19:56and again
19:57Emmett Smith got the call
19:59stopped by Ted Johnson
20:04offsides
20:05on the defense
20:06five yards
20:07repeat second down
20:08all right the call
20:11on the defense
20:12we'll check in with Greg Gumbel
20:14all right Marv in Carolina
20:16the Panthers jumped on top of Baltimore
20:18but here's Vinny Testaverde
20:20his AFC leading 30th touchdown pass of the season
20:23a 23 yarder to Michael Jackson in the end zone
20:26with the extra point
20:27Baltimore grabs the 7-3 lead
20:29on the Carolina Panthers
20:31Mark
20:32all right thank you Greg
20:33well it's been a pro ball season for Vinny Testaverde
20:35just under five minutes remaining
20:38in this first quarter
20:40second and three
20:41down at the 12 yard line
20:42the starter step by Smith
20:44but has nowhere to go
20:45stopped in his tracks
20:48by the combination of Ted Johnson
20:50and Mark Wheeler
20:52well coming up next on most of these NBC stations
20:55game two of our NFL doubleheader
20:57most of you will see an AFC West matchup
21:00the Denver Broncos going up against the Oakland Raiders
21:03others will see the Chiefs and the Colts or the Bengals square off
21:07against the Oilers that's coming up next right here on NBC
21:12on a 70 yard kick return by Herschel Walker
21:15setting up this drive his
21:17his high this year at 89 yard kick return
21:20Michael Irvin
21:22brother
21:24Eric Bjornsson
21:25he stopped by Ted Johnson
21:27it's a quick count
21:30man to man coverage
21:32joints have got the angle on Ted Johnson
21:34isn't this the area the Cowboys really desperately missed that tight end position
21:38nobody in the league has suffered more than Barry Switzer's offense
21:41without that Jane Novacek type influence in the red zone
21:44from the tight end
21:45you know you miss a Michael Irving when he misses the first five days
21:48but the guy you really miss for the long haul
21:50is that thread in the middle of the field that opens up all the other options
21:53the wide receivers and running backs
21:55it is fourth and less than a yard as the Cowboys go for it
22:02quarterback sneak by Aikman and he has the first down
22:08quarterback sneak is the call of choice around the league
22:11the more you watch the games because you don't want any mishandling the ball
22:14but it's also the spot is the crucial thing get a big pileup get any movement at all
22:18you're going to get the first down
22:20especially with the Dallas Cowboys Sam
22:22I mean everybody on defense looks at Daryl Johnston
22:25and says go after Daryl Johnston
22:27he'll take you to the ball
22:28and Emmitt says oh the heck with a fullback
22:30I don't have to watch him
22:31I'll just follow Donaldson and big Nate Newton
22:33and go behind Larry Allen
22:35I'll get it up front with all those wide derrieres he's got in front of him
22:41what are they from Wisconsin?
22:43they always say from Wisconsin welcome to our derriere
22:46if they were wearing white pants
22:48Troy Aikman would think he's at a drive-in movie
22:51Randy I'm so sorry that you have to be exposed to Sam
22:55as Aikman throws in complaint throwing to the endzone
23:01Aikman's pass intended for Daryl Johnston
23:04intended for Daryl Johnston
23:06the Dallas Cowboys have won their last two over Washington and Arizona
23:11after losing to the Giants at the Meadowlands
23:14a devastating loss for the Cowboys
23:16last Sunday they just did get by Arizona
23:1910-6 in Tempe
23:21a game that saw the Cowboys lose two fumbles
23:23inside the Cardinal
23:2510-yard line
23:26the offense has been sputtering
23:28Smith off the pitch
23:29and he's taken down
23:31hit from behind
23:32taken for the loss by Ted Johnson
23:35you know a week ago
23:37Boomer Sison when these Dallas Cowboys played Arizona
23:40got the Dallas defense
23:42sleeping a little bit on some quick counts
23:44here Dallas tries the same tactic
23:46a quick count
23:47the Patriots are alert
23:48quick contain up
23:49once you can get them back inside
23:51you can get the rush
23:52but more importantly Sam too
23:54look at the run through
23:55talk about having a tendency
23:57Johnson's done his game study
23:58he studied those films
23:59he sees that formation
24:00he just runs through right now
24:01makes a tackle
24:02it is a third and goal at the 11
24:06and he's been able to peck it for Johnson
24:11you hear the chant of Moose
24:14from this capacity crowd
24:16Jerome Henderson on the stop
24:18so it is a fourth and goal at the 5
24:22and here comes the field goal unit
24:25how do you explain to your mom
24:28your mom Sam
24:29how you got the nickname Moose
24:31and why everybody in the country
24:32screams it when they see you
24:34well the first thing you do
24:35is you exaggerate
24:36whatever that story's going to be
24:38he's got a local radio show here at town
24:41called the Moose Call
24:42promoting his own name of course
24:44and this is a 23 yard field goal attempt
24:47by Chris Bonio
24:51so the Cowboys on the board with 120 left
24:54and the first quarter
24:57Patriots lead by three
25:01we welcome you back to Texas stadium
25:04the usual capacity crowd
25:05better than 65,000 on hand
25:08Dave Megan Troy Brown are back
25:10waiting for the kick from
25:12from Borneo
25:18and Megan with the return
25:19out across the 20
25:21trying to cut inside
25:22and then take it down
25:24Allen Campos stopping Megan
25:26he went for 13
25:27we noticed on the last series
25:28Deion Sanders seemed to be struggling
25:30still bothered by the back problem
25:32for more of that
25:33let's check in with John Dockery
25:34John?
25:35you know Mark I've been tracking Deion Sanders
25:37since the warm-ups
25:38he didn't come out very much in the warm-ups
25:40he took a whirlpool before the game
25:42to try to loosen up his back
25:44he's also wearing a back support
25:45if you look closely
25:47underneath his uniform
25:48you'll see that
25:49also on the bench
25:50he's been trying to stay limber
25:51probably won't see him much on offense today
25:53he only worked on defense on Friday
25:55back to you Mark
25:56but thank you John
25:57last week against Arizona
25:59he was injured during the course
26:00of the warm-ups
26:01missed the first three quarters of play
26:03Curtis Martin
26:04stopped by the combination of
26:06Roderick Thomas
26:07and Tony Tolbert
26:09it is a short pickup
26:11three-yard gain
26:12a second down and seven
26:13coming up
26:14you know early in the game
26:15when Curtis Martin made
26:17the run to the left
26:18and reversed his field
26:19Deion Sanders came up
26:20and tried to make the hit
26:21and you could see right away
26:23that he was bending from the waist
26:24athletes bend at the knees
26:26watch it bend over
26:27as he tries to make the hit
26:28right there
26:29doesn't really get that full
26:30extension and uncore
26:33second
26:34and seven
26:37and what so
26:38completing to Terry Glenn
26:39Kevin Smith
26:41on the stop
26:42Terry Glenn with a second catch
26:44seventy-six for the season
26:46that is already a rookie record
26:48for a wide receiver
26:49and how far has Terry Glenn come
26:51first round draft pick
26:52controversial first round selection
26:54it was clear
26:55Bill Parcells preferred a
26:56defensive player
26:58then got off to the slow start
26:59pulled a hamstring
27:01hurt it a bit
27:02from Parcells
27:03able to handle it
27:04now Parcells
27:05is comparing him to
27:06Hall of Famer Paul Warfield
27:07I think Bill has come around
27:09and Terry Glenn
27:10Curtis Martin
27:11strung out and stopped
27:13the free safety
27:14George Teague
27:15on the tackle
27:17as this first quarter
27:19winds down
27:20so that's the end of the first
27:24here in Dallas
27:26with the New England Patriots
27:27leading the Dallas Cowboys
27:286-3
27:29Sam Weiss
27:32Randy Cross
27:33John Dockery
27:34New England with a 6-3 lead
27:35on Dallas
27:36and all New England
27:38in the opening quarter
27:3981-20 in total yards
27:41Emmett Smith
27:42five rushes
27:44five yards
27:45that has been it
27:47it is a second and ten
27:48for the Patriots
27:49from their 35-yard line
27:51as the second quarter
27:52gets underway
27:53the screen from Byers
27:55picking up blockers
27:56that's the first down
27:58and more
27:59Byers running well
28:01finally taken down
28:03by the strong safety
28:04Darren Woodson
28:05it is a game of 20
28:07not only a great play
28:10it's set up very nicely
28:11by Bledsoe
28:12dropping back
28:13watch
28:14Byers feet
28:15right there
28:1641
28:17watch his feet when he runs
28:18do his feet get more
28:19than six inches off the ground
28:20I mean you try to come in
28:21and hit this guy at the legs
28:22look at those feet
28:23he's not running
28:24he's shuffling
28:25he's shuffling
28:26remember this is the guy
28:27that plays tight end
28:28and he plays running back
28:29so he's a natural receiver
28:30but a natural runner too
28:31third catch of the day
28:33for Byers
28:34and a first down
28:35of the 45-yard line
28:36Curtis Martin
28:38trying to accelerate
28:39met by Tony Tolbert
28:41running right up the middle
28:43and this is what
28:44Deion Sanders
28:45told us Friday
28:46he wanted to force
28:47the Patriots to do
28:48that they would take care
28:49of Deion and
28:50Smith would take care
28:51of the wide receivers
28:52let those safeties
28:53come up
28:54help on the running game
28:55force them to play
28:56between the numbers
28:57well I think he's absolutely
28:58right if I'm New England
28:59and Bill Parcells
29:00I run inside
29:01there's no Leon Lent
29:02you got a Childress
29:03in there on and off
29:04who hasn't played football
29:05this year for about a week
29:06or so
29:07about ten days
29:08go inside
29:09second down
29:11and five
29:12again
29:14fires
29:15submarine
29:17but has
29:18another first down
29:19hit by
29:20Deion Sanders
29:21we were talking with Deion
29:22the other day at practice
29:23and he has such respect
29:24for the skills
29:25of Drew Bledsoe
29:26he says Drew
29:28is a receiver's dream
29:29although
29:30he made it clear
29:31that he has not faced
29:32any secondary
29:33like the Dallas Cowboys
29:35Drew Bledsoe acknowledges
29:36that he thinks this is the
29:37best secondary he's going to
29:38face and you see him
29:39throwing a lot of balls
29:40short to the tight end
29:41running back positions
29:42watch right at the end
29:43watch Deion
29:45Deion wasn't going to take
29:46on Keith Byers
29:47one on one up high
29:48he will live to fight
29:49another day
29:50and a first down play
29:52for Curtis Martin
29:53Martin
29:55tried a couple of
29:56shoulder head fakes
29:57George Teague
29:58did not go for it
29:59well you brought up a good
30:00point with Deion
30:01talking about going
30:02you know outside
30:03keeping him going outside
30:04and coming inside
30:05and looks like Bledsoe
30:06and the offensive coaches
30:07are saying well fine
30:08if you don't want the
30:09receivers going outside
30:10we'll swing all buyers
30:11out there and maybe
30:12coats and whatnot
30:13and get our other guys
30:14on the outside
30:15you know part of the game
30:16is adjusting during the
30:17course or after the ball
30:18is kicked off
30:19adjusting to what the
30:20strategy the opponent is
30:22and we're seeing it
30:23happen right here
30:24by both teams
30:25second down
30:26and nine of the
30:27Dallas 24
30:29big hole for Martin
30:33now in that case
30:34this is the Patriots
30:35doing exactly what
30:36the Dallas Cowboys
30:37were trying to force
30:38them to do
30:39but the Patriots
30:40are winning on this
30:41score
30:42remember what we said
30:43Sam inside
30:44you go in there
30:45you count on the
30:46the defense pursuing
30:47and going backside
30:48and let Martin make a
30:49cut back
30:50that's just going inside
30:51and getting some great
30:52blocking
30:53man-on-man blocking
30:54just hat on hat
30:55nine carries 45 yards
30:57for Curtis Martin
30:58it's a third
30:59at about a yard
31:00now at the 16
31:01and it is back to Martin
31:04but he stopped
31:05the goal may have been
31:06knocked free
31:07Cowboys say they have it
31:09Chad Hennings was able
31:11to grab the football
31:12yes they do
31:14the Dallas Cowboys have
31:16recovered the fumble
31:17by Curtis Martin
31:19Chad Hennings
31:23in his fifth season
31:25out of the Air Force
31:26Academy coming up
31:27with that loose ball
31:29Jets 34-10 but he said
31:32if they play like that
31:33they will not beat the
31:34Cowboys and he was very
31:36upset a moment ago about
31:37that the fumble by Curtis
31:38Martin only his third of the
31:39season which is a low
31:42number when you consider
31:43how many how often he
31:44carries the ball so the
31:45Cowboys take over at
31:46their 17 yard line
31:48Patriots with a 6-3 lead
31:50and the completion
31:52from Michael Irvin for
31:53a Dallas first down
31:54is good for 13
31:56back to the fumble
31:57you're going to see
31:58Darren Woodson coming
31:59right up through this
32:00hole right here
32:01Deion Sanders told us
32:02we'll take care of the
32:03wide receivers we don't
32:04need those sneaking
32:05safeties helping us
32:06keep them up around the
32:07ball stopping the run
32:08we've been talking about
32:09fundamentals you know
32:10that's ball maintenance
32:12you want to be Curtis
32:13Martin to go to the
32:14sideline and tell this
32:15guy but but coach it's
32:16only my third fumble
32:17right that looked like
32:19that looked like an
32:20Andrew Gulotta low blow
32:21thrown by Parcells on the
32:23sideline first down play
32:25Evan Smith looking for the
32:27hole and that his best run
32:29of the day and here's it
32:30from this crowd
32:32Farron Collins on the stop
32:35Willie Clay comes up really
32:38fast and hard from the
32:39safety and it does a good
32:40job containing forcing
32:41Emmett back inside but
32:42there's no help we're
32:44gonna see a little miss
32:45ability to Sam I mean make
32:46some people stop and go
32:48here's the hole Ted Johnson
32:53what able to stay on his
32:54feet we had a little sleep
32:55early before the game I
32:56don't think it's a slick
32:57footing out there though
32:58second down and two and Smith
33:02looking for the first down
33:04Emmett Smith last week
33:07against the Cardinals
33:08managed only 70 yards on
33:1127 carries trying to get it
33:13into it here in the second
33:14quarter after the the slow
33:16start and he did pick up the
33:18first down seven carries just
33:2016 yards and the report from
33:24the field from John Dockery
33:26who part time works for the
33:29Weather Channel is it is now
33:31raining is he under or out of
33:33the hole in the roof does he
33:37know to come in out of the
33:38range first down at the 41
33:41yard line of marker is his
33:43throw penalty is down pass
33:45intended for Darrell Johnston
33:47covered by Ted Johnson that
33:49penalty happened before the
33:51throw
33:56illegal use of hands to the
33:58face number 79 of the offense
34:0010 yards repeat first down I
34:03tell you the officials all
34:04year long have been all over
34:05Eric Williams about this it's
34:07one of his first moves last
34:09year drove Reggie White crazy at
34:11Green Bay watch him watch his
34:13hand right hand yep it's his
34:16first move he does it every
34:17play they could call that on a
34:18passing play I think at least half
34:20the time against Dallas the rule
34:22though generally is if it's an
34:23incidental head and you pull away
34:25quickly they're not going to call
34:26it but most of the time that
34:27means if you hit up somewhere
34:28else first it slides up and then
34:30you come away that was an
34:31initial hit oh that's what we're
34:32thinking of you call so a first
34:35and 20 at the 31 five minutes
34:38in oh big hit on Emmitt Smith by
34:41Chad Eaton very quick to get to
34:44the ball carrying Chad Eaton in
34:46his first year out of Washington
34:48State a guy who's been around he
34:50spent time with the Jets Browns
34:53Cardinals and Eaton with the
34:55stop of Smith he's a high energy
34:58good motor guy 90 right there let
35:00take a look at what he does see
35:01I think a big deal about this guy
35:02dying his hair all the time it's
35:04blue and it's it's white and it's
35:06green and he's trying to imitate
35:07America's favorite Chia pet
35:09Dennis Rodman I think Randy
35:11taking a little blind side shot
35:13here at Chia pets one of my
35:15favorite gifts second and 21 from
35:18the 30 but in trouble and hold
35:23down second sack of the day for
35:25the Patriots and Willie McGinnis
35:27adds to his sack total that's
35:29nine and a half for the season he
35:32leads the team Troy Aikman told
35:34us in playing these guys in the
35:36preseason they don't have a lot of
35:37big name guys they just play well
35:39together everybody does their job
35:41Willie McGinnis speed move up the
35:43outside against two and a chasing
35:45him down and and if you can't find
35:48somebody to throw it to and you
35:49can't get the ball up you better
35:50take the sack I'd say nothing fires
35:52up a defensive guy either than
35:54hearing a quarterback say you know
35:55they don't have very many big name
35:57guys right you know recognize me now
36:00it is now a third and 28 back at the
36:0523 it's time Aikman able to avoid the
36:08pressure to find Smith and Evan Smith
36:11runs it across the 30 yard line met
36:14by Jerome Henderson and that will bring
36:18on the punting unit that time they
36:21move Willie McGinnis who just got a
36:22sack from the right side moved him
36:24over to the left side let work on
36:25Eric Williams a little bit I think
36:27he'd like that match up a lot better
36:29on two and a than he will on Eric
36:30Williams Eric Williams is a flat out
36:33get in your face pound you into the
36:35dirt football player it's a lot
36:36friendlier on the other side with
36:37two and eight and 328 pounds of that
36:40pounding that's what he admits to
36:42all right a look behind John Jett
36:44good one Megan he loses the tackler
36:49he's in across the 25 yard line so
36:53Megan taken out by Randall Godfrey
36:5550 yard point 11 yard return
37:00react that's what happened here but
37:03Megan was too quick and the Patriots
37:06start out from the 27 yard line a
37:08nice hole Curtis Martin stopped by
37:13Deion Sanders so Patriots going
37:15right back to Martin after he
37:16fumbled earlier let's check in with
37:18Greg Gumbel Greg all right Marvin
37:21Carolina the Panthers have jumped back
37:24into the league Anthony Johnson from
37:25two yards out gives the Carolina
37:28Panthers with the extra point a 10
37:30seven lead now on the Baltimore
37:32Ravens still plenty of time remaining
37:34in the first half Marv all right
37:36thank you Greg seven and a half
37:38remaining first half here in Dallas
37:40Patriots six Cowboys three the
37:42Patriot defense doing the job thus far
37:45in this first half they've stopped
37:47having Smith they've come up with
37:48two sacks his blitzel off the mark
37:51intended for buyers and Darren
37:53Smith the weak side linebacker was
37:55thinking interception well he was but
37:57you know the Patriots are getting a
37:58good read as to what's happening
38:00early right here the motion is
38:01helping him when the motion starts
38:03across right here watch Deion Sanders
38:05he doesn't go with it it's tipping
38:07the quarterback that there's a zone
38:08and see everybody playing the zone in
38:09back behind it ball is just off target
38:12almost intercepted could have been
38:15third and six from the 31
38:19Bledsoe seven to 14 for 76 yards
38:23gets the time loose it very tough
38:27for Beckett to do anything with that
38:28as he's taken out of bounds and it is
38:32well short of a first down that was
38:34all set up though by Deion Sanders
38:37and the job he did in his coverage
38:38I mean he jammed the receiver they
38:40wanted to go to Shawn Jefferson
38:41on a quick slant he jammed him right
38:44out of that they bump and run or
38:47press jam all day long they don't
38:49want you to know if it's man or
38:50zone by their alignment well Kelvin
38:54Martin is back deep for Tom Tupa
38:56who's having an outstanding season
38:58there's Martin product of Boston
39:04College taken down at the 30 yard
39:07line a 48 yard punt by Tupa nine
39:10yard return will be back in Dallas
39:13in a moment
39:17back in Dallas Marv Albert Sam Weiss
39:21Randy Cross Randy doing his ninth
39:23football game the last three days
39:25direct from San Diego Chicago
39:27yesterday working with Charlie
39:29Jones penalty flags are thrown
39:31ball start number 81 five yards is still
39:37first down Ty J Armstrong colline 6 42 to go
39:41first-hand Patriots six and the Cowboys
39:44three now this tries to get in and
39:46Smith rolling so Smith able to get up to
39:49the 30 yard line met by the combination of
39:52William McGinnis and Ted Johnson talking
39:55with Barry switcher Friday after practice he
39:59was telling us that today's game is such
40:01significance to him because with the win
40:03he'd be able to approach next week's
40:05finale against the Redskins as a buy wants
40:07to rest people and he he'd like to sit out
40:10some people who are hurt like Evan Smith and
40:12Eric Johnson Tony Tolbert also he'd like to
40:16play Sherman Williams next week but needs the
40:18win here today
40:20leaping catch by Irving short on the first down
40:23hit by Ty Law
40:24Ty Law is Kurt covering Irving all over the
40:27field they hit that slam for a big 50 yarder
40:30last week against Arizona to win the ball game
40:32and where he puts it is important Sam I mean
40:35the guy this big and physical you don't put
40:37it at the numbers you put it up where you get
40:39this hands on it just like last week and
40:41Nias Williams one of the best cover guys in
40:43the league couldn't bring him down last
40:44week and it resulted in a touchdown and even
40:46that tackle around the waist you're right he's
40:48up above everybody else with the catch I
40:50could remember this fourth reception of
40:52the day but two yards short of a first down
40:55so Aikman pull out
40:58for the groan from the ground
41:01off the swing Emmitt Smith though
41:03is able to break tackles
41:05that looked like a busted play Ty Law
41:08on the stop of Smith
41:10Ray Donaldson gave him that ball I think
41:12a little bit either he gave him the ball
41:14early or only nine guys didn't have the
41:16snap count
41:18I think it was the former sometimes that
41:20center will pull it up you see the
41:21quarterback's hands weren't ready
41:23Craven wasn't ready he made something
41:24happen though now this is why Emmitt
41:26Smith is such a great runner watch right
41:28here everybody else thinks it's over
41:30except him but you see the defense I mean
41:32Mike Jones there number 96 was coming in
41:34kind of almost like half speed expecting
41:36a flag to have been thrown never concede a
41:39tackle so the first down picked up by the
41:42Cowboys and here's Smith again this time
41:45this time finding the running
41:47really clay from free safety to make the
41:50tackle
41:51you know people make a lot about you know
41:53where do you run if you're Dallas most
41:55of the time most of the time surprisingly
41:57they start at the right side where Eric
41:59Williams and Larry Allen are but the
42:01reason Emmitt can break back so well to
42:03his left is because two and a and Newton
42:06back there are great backside run run blockers
42:09sealing that backside like that play that
42:12was a huge pickup on the swing pass to
42:14Smith it was good for 21 yards on the
42:16first down second and two now and now the
42:19hold for Smith on the left side and has a
42:22first down inside the 25 yard line lawyer
42:26Malloy on the tackle and for the first time
42:29today you have the sense that the Cowboys
42:31have something going and that big offensive
42:34line will wear you down it's just happening
42:36earlier in the game than I'm sure the
42:38Patriots wanted to but this is just a big
42:40offensive line giving Emmitt Smith an
42:42opening just cutting behind and you're
42:44talking about the cutback blocks or the
42:46backside blocks how important they are
42:48they're just as important as the point
42:49of attack blocks because the runner is
42:51going to bend back half the time these
42:53guys are like full eclipse I mean they
42:55enveloped defensive guys
42:58Smith running very well
43:01Malloy on the tackle Emmitt Smith ramming
43:05his way now 12 carries 44 yards picked
43:10up another eight
43:12hey that's what Dallas is talking about
43:14Emmitt's still down got some pretty good
43:15contact at the end of that play but
43:17watch these guys in the white jerseys
43:19helmet on helmet look at big Nate Newton
43:21not very good technique on Ted Johnson but
43:24people don't get off those big bodies
43:27when they do get off they're trying to
43:28grab it with an arm and you could lose
43:30an arm trying to grab Emmitt and
43:32Emmitt shake it up when we come back a
43:36second and two down at the 16 310 left
43:39first half
43:41headline they're still checking out Emmitt
43:45Smith Sherman Williams replacing
43:48Emmitt and got the call stopped by Todd
43:51Colvin Sherman Williams second year man from
43:54Alabama second round draft pick last
43:56season
44:00and they are short of a first down
44:02they're working Sam on that right
44:04shoulder of Emmitt Smith all three of
44:06those big plays he went barreling into
44:09the tackler watch lawyer Malloy he
44:11finally gets lower than Emmitt but
44:13watch the right shoulder Emma Smith
44:15attacks the tackler this is the first
44:16time that the tackler got as low as he
44:20did and that was over the shoulder
44:21all right Aikman now for the third and
44:24about four going with the four white
44:26outs off the play fake in trouble can't
44:30find anybody and just throws it away in
44:33the area Billy Davis but it looked like
44:37Aikman wanted to throw it away and the
44:40field goal unit will check in Chris
44:42Bonio will look to tie the game
44:45well Sam if you're playing the Dallas
44:47Cowboys I'm sure you wouldn't mind
44:49seeing Trey Aikman running around and
44:50not standing back there with his feet
44:52planted trying to throw a pass that's
44:54not their plan I can tell you that and
44:56the to the credit of the Patriots right
44:58there they held their coverage a long
45:00time sometimes you pull off on your
45:01coverage and those completions are
45:02made 36 yard attempt earlier hit from
45:0523 and gunning for his 24th in a row
45:11it is good so Bonio has tied the game
45:16the NFL record incidentally 31 straight
45:19by Fuad Reves of the Vikings back to
45:23the yard using nine plays four minutes
45:2636 seconds remaining in this first half
45:30you see Evan Smith heading back to the
45:34locker room we're told he suffered a
45:36stinger to the right shoulder and will
45:39return the stinger is it's a nerve you're
45:42pitching the nerve in that shoulder and
45:44as we mentioned on all those carries
45:46prior to the last one where he hit
45:47Laurie Malloy he was delivering the
45:49blow underneath the pads of the
45:50tackler Laurie Malloy hit him shoulder
45:52pad to shoulder pad
45:55Evan Smith got off to a slow start
45:58that came on in that last Dallas
46:00drive ending up with the field goal
46:02kick by Bonio here is the kickoff to the
46:05combination of Dave Megan and Troy Brown
46:08it is Megan out to the 20 and taken
46:12down at the 24 yard line only a 16 yard
46:17return by Megan just under two minutes
46:20left in the first half the game tied at
46:23six
46:26five game winning streak are tied with
46:29Baltimore at 10 and 10 Kevin Green
46:32excuse me leading a group of seven
46:34Panthers headed to the Pro Bowl
46:36Vinny Testaverde's first pass of the
46:37day picked off by Chad Cota who returns
46:40at 20 yards to the Baltimore 30 led to a
46:42John Casey field goal and a three nothing
46:44Panther lead or three nothing
46:47Panther lead
46:49Baltimore lead it was Testaverde scrambling
46:51to his right later on and lofting one up
46:52for Michael Jackson who makes it a juggling
46:54catch Testaverde's 30th touchdown of the
46:57season 7-3 Baltimore in the second Anthony
46:59Johnson caps a 66 yard drive with a two
47:01yard touchdown run his sixth of the season
47:03he is over a thousand yards for the year
47:05and at the moment that game is tied at 10
47:08apiece Mike you make the point Anthony
47:10Johnson goes over a thousand yards and
47:12you wonder what coaching or system has
47:14to do with a football player here's a guy
47:15that wasn't good enough to make the New
47:17York Jets a year ago he goes over a
47:19thousand yards with an expansion team
47:21Carolina Panthers must be something to
47:23the guy all right job Mike in Detroit
47:26the Lions losers of seven of eight are
47:28looking to make it eight out of nine they
47:30trail the Green Bay Packers 10 to
47:31nothing Brett Favre having a good day
47:34throwing a football in Minnesota the
47:36Vikings winners of three of their last
47:37four are tied with Tampa Bay at
47:39seven apiece at halftime in the
47:42Meadowlands the New York Giants hosting
47:44and trailing the New Orleans Saints seven
47:46to nothing the score there and in
47:47Atlanta the St. Louis Rams with a 24 to
47:5010 lead on the Atlanta Falcons when we
47:52come back to stadium Marv Albert Sam
47:54Weiss Randy Cross Patriots and Cowboys
47:57tied at six first half Emmett Smith
47:59started slowly then came on but really
48:02took some pretty good shots as a result
48:04was forced to leave early absolutely
48:06Mario and you look at the three play
48:08sequence that he really was involved in he
48:10started to emerge you know there's one
48:13he's delivering the blow the second one
48:15another great job by the offensive line
48:17he delivers the blow to lawyer Malloy now
48:19the third one lawyer Malloy puts one right
48:22on that right shoulder Sam yeah and they're
48:24running the ball well just that way but
48:26without him can they do it with Sherman
48:27Williams doing the running it'll be the
48:29big question and also without him in
48:32there the protection is a little bit
48:34different too and Troy tries to throw
48:36well Emmett's one of the best blitz
48:38pickup backs in the league that's where
48:40they'll miss him on the pass game and
48:44we're ready for the Dallas kickoff Chris
48:47Ponyon will kick away to Dave Meggett and
48:52Troy Brown it has been a duel of field goals
48:57to this point the biggest play a 70 yard
49:00kick return by Herschel Walker
49:04Meggett across the 20
49:08oh he's taken down he accelerated to the
49:1130 yard line and he was ripped down by
49:13Darren Woodson a 17 yard return
49:18look at the Coors Light halftime statistics
49:24you make a great point about a field goal
49:26duel Marv I mean here's a game with the
49:29number one defense in the NFL in Dallas
49:31and a defense for New England people had
49:33some worries about and questions about
49:35Dallas 100 yards Sam in the first half
49:37I mean that's some defense well let's
49:39deep end look here it's 144 to 100 you
49:42double that and you're way below their
49:44average both sides average 16 plus
49:47minutes right here may be the difference
49:49right here in a close game it comes down
49:50to turnovers field position which is a
49:53bunch of sometimes special teams but
49:55how long you can keep the other guy
49:56from coming out of his doldrum
49:58and on the kick return John Burke back
50:04up the tight end who sat out last week
50:06with an ankle injury fourth round draft
50:10pick three years ago out of Virginia
50:11Tech shake it up in the first half
50:18through Bledsoe nine of nineteen eighty-three
50:21three yards was intercepted once and