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00:00:00Well, they're going to have to score some points. That's what Dan Reedus was saying yesterday.
00:00:04He thinks that they're going to have to score 24 points. They have Rodney Hampton back.
00:00:08They're going to have to be able to run the ball, play fast, take some shots at the thing.
00:00:12But I think they're also going to have to have some big plays from their defense and their special teams.
00:00:19The Cowboys have won the toss. Dallaruso will kick it off.
00:00:25A loud crowd.
00:00:28Kevin Williams downs it in the end zone.
00:00:33I don't think I've ever heard this crowd as into it and as loud as they are today.
00:00:39Troy Aikman, the Cowboy quarterback.
00:00:43In front of him, that strong, big offensive line.
00:00:47Frank Cornish instead of Stepnowski.
00:00:52And those who handled the ball for Aikman,
00:00:56Novacek, Harper, Irvin, Darrell Johnson and Emmett Smith.
00:01:00First and ten Dallas at their own 20.
00:01:03First series of the day.
00:01:14About eight.
00:01:16Stopped by Guyton.
00:01:21The giant defense. They've been strong all year long.
00:01:25Fox, Dillard and Hamilton in the front three.
00:01:28Brooks back as one of the inside linebackers with Bayling.
00:01:33Lawrence, Taylor and Miller on the outside.
00:01:36The secondary is Raymond Jackson.
00:01:38Guyton and Mark Collins.
00:01:41Second and two.
00:01:43Emmett Smith got eight on the first carry.
00:01:45Flag on the play and Smith comes close to a first down.
00:01:49Stopped by Stacey Dillard.
00:01:52Yeah, I was talking to Norm Turner, the offensive coordinator,
00:01:55just out in the hall before the game started, Pat,
00:01:57and he says that what they're going to have to do is loosen that giant defense up
00:02:02and really start running Emmett Smith a lot early in the game.
00:02:05So he said they're going to give him a heavy dose of number 22 early.
00:02:09Offside, number 75.
00:02:12Defense lined up in the neutral zone.
00:02:15Five-yard penalty.
00:02:17First down.
00:02:19Dan Reeves was talking about Emmett Smith yesterday.
00:02:22He said he never seems to get tired.
00:02:24He just keeps coming back and coming back.
00:02:27He's so strong, and his legs are so strong, and he runs so strong.
00:02:32He has everything a great running back has to have.
00:02:35He has the vision, and he has the cutting ability,
00:02:38and he has the strength and the toughness.
00:02:41Anything you want in a running back, Emmett Smith is that guy.
00:02:45Pro bowler Daryl Johnston was the man in Mosan, Aiken.
00:02:50Pass complete to Novacek.
00:02:54The Cowboys plan to get him a lot more involved today, Novacek.
00:02:58Well, you know, last year when they had a lot more two tight ends,
00:03:01Jay Novacek caught a lot more passes.
00:03:04You see he only has 40 this year,
00:03:06but the guy who picked up that slot was Daryl Johnston.
00:03:09They've really been, in fact,
00:03:11as Bray Aiken was saying last night,
00:03:13all year they've been mauling Jay Novacek.
00:03:16They just jump on him, grab him, do everything to him,
00:03:19but Johnston has been open more.
00:03:21Two tight ends this time.
00:03:23Nate Newton jumps the count.
00:03:27Mark Turney started backwards, and then Newton jumped.
00:03:32Ball start, number 71, offense.
00:03:36No snap, five-yard penalty, second down.
00:03:40Jimmie Johnson, the master motivator.
00:03:51Second and nine, make it.
00:03:53I'll tell you, Jimmie Johnson knows what he wants
00:03:56and lets his players know exactly what he wants,
00:03:59and they're a top organization.
00:04:02They may have a plan for everything.
00:04:06Aikman to throw it.
00:04:08Outside to Daryl Johnston.
00:04:11Picked up about four.
00:04:13The Giants converge quickly.
00:04:16Myron Guyton was the first man there,
00:04:18helped by Mark Collins.
00:04:23Bill Samuels.
00:04:26That's probably the longest thing.
00:04:28You know, you come out, you get warmed up,
00:04:30you go in, you have the introductions,
00:04:32the crowd's all fired up.
00:04:34It's the biggest game of your season,
00:04:36and you have to stand over in that sideline
00:04:39waiting to get the ball, and you know you're playing
00:04:41against a team like the Cowboys that have so many weapons,
00:04:44you just hope you get a big third down play in defense.
00:04:48Aikman back quickly.
00:04:50Outside to Smith.
00:04:53Not quite enough for the first down.
00:04:56Jesse Armstead was the nearest Giant defender.
00:05:00Smith indicating to the sideline they need about six inches.
00:05:03Jimmy Johnson has his biggest decision early in the game,
00:05:06and he's already made it, Pat.
00:05:08He's not going to take a chance here on fourth down.
00:05:10He's going to punish.
00:05:14John Jett.
00:05:17In the kick for Dallas.
00:05:19Back deep.
00:05:21The dangerous Dave Megan.
00:05:27Giants only had 10 guys on the field.
00:05:29Now they have 11, so they're ready to go in their return.
00:05:34Jett hasn't had to do a lot of practice.
00:05:37Gets it out.
00:05:39Megan signals fair catch.
00:05:42And the Giants will take over at their own 24.
00:05:46No score.
00:05:48Giants' first drive coming up.
00:05:53We'd like to show you our new Achieva Special Edition.
00:05:57The Giants have the ball led by Phil Simms, a quarterback.
00:06:00An outstanding year for Phil.
00:06:02In front of him, it'll be Jumbo Elliott starting after problems with a bad back
00:06:07at left tackle.
00:06:09They need him.
00:06:11Roberts, Oaks, Kratz, and Riesenberg, the rest of the offensive line.
00:06:15Rodney Hampton, who did not play in the first game against the Cowboys
00:06:18down at Texas Stadium.
00:06:20Jared Bunch, Calloway, Jackson, and Cross.
00:06:25Phil Simms.
00:06:28Been a very, very good year for Phil.
00:06:43Slung down by Norton and Dixon Edwards.
00:06:47The front four for Dallas left.
00:06:50And place of Haley.
00:06:53Marilyn Casillas and Colbert.
00:06:56Smith, Norton, and Edwards, the linebackers.
00:07:00And the secondary, Larry Brown and Kevin Smith, the cornerbacks,
00:07:03Everett and Woodson, the safeties.
00:07:06Second and seven, Hampton got three.
00:07:18Bob Kratz might have moved a little bit early.
00:07:22Yeah, that's what you get in a big game.
00:07:25Number 61 offense.
00:07:27And we saw the Cowboys.
00:07:29Second down.
00:07:30We saw the Cowboys jump early on their first possession.
00:07:33Now the Giants.
00:07:34I mean, everyone gets fired up.
00:07:35You know, you want those offensive linemen.
00:07:37Okay, come on, guys.
00:07:38We've got to pancake them.
00:07:39We've got to go.
00:07:40We've got to go.
00:07:41And then the first hard count they hear, and that's what Simms gave was a hard
00:07:44count.
00:07:45And those guys, they're just ready to go.
00:07:47I mean, the first thing that can set them off is going to set them off,
00:07:51especially early in a big game like this.
00:07:54Second and 12, Megan behind Simms this time.
00:08:02Aaron Pierce is the man in motion.
00:08:04Simms looking at Megan.
00:08:05Now looks the other way.
00:08:07Has his tight end, Aaron Pierce.
00:08:10Fumble.
00:08:11And I think the Giants got it back.
00:08:15It's going to be shaky.
00:08:18From the sides, it looks like the Dallas got it back.
00:08:25We have an official without a cap pointing towards Dallas's way.
00:08:31Great read by Simms.
00:08:32Oh, he had Megan to the left.
00:08:35He has Pierce to the right.
00:08:36You see him look to the left and then come back to Pierce.
00:08:39Now, in looking at Megan, that took that safety out of there,
00:08:43and that led Aaron Pierce right down the middle,
00:08:46and he just got that ball stripped out of there.
00:08:48Megan went for it, didn't get it, and the Cowboys came up with it.
00:08:52Darren Woodson came up with it.
00:08:55And so Dallas takes over at about their own 40.
00:08:58Call it the 37.
00:09:01That was a big play for the Giants.
00:09:03It turned out to be a big play for the Cowboys.
00:09:06One of the things that both teams talked about yesterday is,
00:09:10one, that on defense they have to get turnovers,
00:09:13and the other side, when on offense, we can't turn the ball over.
00:09:18Cowboy first and count at the 38.
00:09:21And Aikman to throw it.
00:09:24He looked in the direction, and then it spread the flag on the play.
00:09:31Usually when that guy throws it from that deep position,
00:09:34it's going to be against the tight end.
00:09:38Number 54, defense.
00:09:40Against Carlin Bailey.
00:09:42Automated first down.
00:09:44See, that deep guy keys the tight end,
00:09:46and it's usually someone doing something to the tight end.
00:09:51And that's what Aikman was saying.
00:09:53He was saying, you know, last year it was a lot easier to get the ball to J. Novacek,
00:09:57whereas when you get a guy like J. Novacek, who's a pro ball tight end,
00:10:03you know that he's going to draw a crowd,
00:10:05and they're just doing everything to him.
00:10:08They grab him every play.
00:10:12Johnston on the move.
00:10:14And Aikman to throw it again.
00:10:17Michael Irvin.
00:10:19Irvin stays on his feet and gets to the giant.
00:10:2340 and a half.
00:10:25Greg Jackson was the defender.
00:10:31You watch Aikman here, and again, a little play pass,
00:10:34and then look at this pass protection, the time that he has.
00:10:37And if he has time, this guy can get the ball in there anywhere,
00:10:42and the guy that he's going to look for most of the day is number 88, Michael Irvin.
00:10:47Harper comes right this time.
00:10:49Irvin has left.
00:10:52Ain't going to hurt him.
00:10:53And it's made the track down from behind by Keith Hamilton.
00:10:59Talking to Jimmy Johnston before the game, Pat,
00:11:01and he says that in all the years that he's had Emmitt Smith,
00:11:05and this is his fourth year, he said he's never seen him as excited in practice
00:11:09as he was this week.
00:11:11He said he's never seen him getting ready for a game.
00:11:14He said, you know, that's not one of his strengths,
00:11:16getting ready in practice and all that.
00:11:18He said that he practiced harder this week for this game
00:11:22than he has in any other game in four years for Cowboys.
00:11:26That's a pretty good tribute.
00:11:28Second and nine.
00:11:30Aikman outside to Daryl Johnston.
00:11:34Johnston bowling down to about the 32 stopped by Corey Miller.
00:11:39Maybe Aikman is going to feature the boost today.
00:11:43Here's a guy that has meant so much to this Cowboy team.
00:11:47You know, he's the big play that the Cowboys run to Emmitt Smith
00:11:50is that lead draw.
00:11:52Of course, the lead part of it is Daryl Johnston,
00:11:56and then he's the receiver part who's taken a lot of those balls
00:11:59that Gene Novacek used to get.
00:12:01In fact, he's made himself, you know, the blocker,
00:12:04the think-off receiver all the way to the pro bowl.
00:12:08I talked to him Tuesday.
00:12:11Never seen anyone so excited about being chosen for the pro bowl.
00:12:17An honor indeed.
00:12:20Everyone looks forward to Fridays.
00:12:24You'll love the way we fly.
00:12:26Oldsmobile and buy Coors Light.
00:12:28Aged ice cold for that pure taste of the Rockies.
00:12:31Reach for the silver bullet.
00:12:32The right beer now.
00:12:36That Dallas timeout means they have two left in the first half.
00:12:40Third and short.
00:12:42Aikman fell down, gives to Smith.
00:12:44Smith has the first down.
00:12:45He almost fell down.
00:12:48Myron Guyton made the stop.
00:12:50That's what makes Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smithy.
00:12:52He almost always falls down but doesn't fall down.
00:12:55You see, he's going to start here like it's going to go to the right
00:12:59and then cut it all the way back in here,
00:13:01and there's no one that does this better than Emmitt Smith.
00:13:05See, he starts to the right.
00:13:06He's supposed to be up there in the middle.
00:13:07He feels something back here and then sees it,
00:13:10then makes that move, almost falls, like I said,
00:13:13put his left hand down and still made the first down.
00:13:17Aikman will throw it on first down.
00:13:19He gets it out to Darrell.
00:13:23And Darrell Johnson got it back.
00:13:26At the 21, Mark Collins cut him down.
00:13:33Let's watch Lawrence Taylor, Patty,
00:13:35because one thing the Giants have to do is they're going to have to get some
00:13:38pressure on Troy Aikman.
00:13:40Now, one of the guys, if he's going to come up with a big day,
00:13:43if he still has a big pain left in him, it has to be Lawrence Taylor.
00:13:47He has to get there, just disrupt him a little.
00:13:50You're not going to get a lot of sacks.
00:13:51Make him throw it when he doesn't want to.
00:13:54Don't let him step up, all those kinds of things.
00:13:59That time, three of the Dallas blockers had a shot at Lawrence Taylor.
00:14:03They all took it.
00:14:05The last one, Emmitt Smith.
00:14:06Lawrence Taylor throws a strong throw.
00:14:09That's Emmitt Smith to about the 15.
00:14:15Stopped by Bailey.
00:14:18Of course, Emmitt Smith is going for his third consecutive Russian title today.
00:14:22So, he'll know what he has,
00:14:26but Jerome Bettis and the Rams will also know what Emmitt Smith has.
00:14:30And Bettis and the Rams play later today.
00:14:33And Emmitt Smith wants his win number one.
00:14:36But number two, he wants that third consecutive Russian title.
00:14:39First and ten at the 15.
00:14:43Emmitt Smith again.
00:14:48Taken down by Myron Guyton.
00:14:50But he got four yards.
00:14:53The one thing with the Cowboys, you always have to block that back side
00:14:58because you never know where it's going to go.
00:15:00You see, here he is here.
00:15:02Here's the onside.
00:15:03So, you block that.
00:15:04But then the other thing the Cowboys do is they block this side equally as well
00:15:09because even though the onside is to the right,
00:15:12look at how that back side blocks.
00:15:15And you see those blocks there?
00:15:16Those are the things that make the cutback possible.
00:15:20Second and six.
00:15:23Galbraith in motion.
00:15:25Emmitt Smith again.
00:15:27This time he doesn't get much.
00:15:29Stacy Dillard.
00:15:31Smith got just across the ten.
00:15:33Yeah, I always said, Pat, that the best friend of a quarterback
00:15:36is a good running back or a good running game.
00:15:40And now that the coaches call all the plays,
00:15:43I think the best friend of an offensive coordinator is a good running back
00:15:47because you don't know what to call.
00:15:50You know, you always come somewhere where you have a blank.
00:15:53All you have to do is just give it down to Smith.
00:15:55Leapfrog.
00:15:56And, of course, when you have an offensive line like this,
00:15:59you have another weapon.
00:16:03Galbraith moves over to the right side.
00:16:05Third and four.
00:16:09Flag on the play.
00:16:10Aikman gives to Novichik.
00:16:13And about to five.
00:16:15I think that was being Eric Williams, the right tackle, to move.
00:16:20Ball starts.
00:16:21Number 79.
00:16:24I think he had to block on Lawrence Taylor.
00:16:26Watch, here's Lawrence Taylor here.
00:16:29Eric Williams is watching him, knowing that he has to block him.
00:16:33So he just takes a little rock there.
00:16:35You see, just starts to get back there.
00:16:38Lawrence Taylor sees him rock and is smart enough to know,
00:16:41if that guy rocks, I'm going to go because they're going to call him for the rock.
00:16:45That makes it third and nine.
00:16:50Emmitt Smith has gotten the short game so far,
00:16:54but it's almost inevitable that before too long, he'll break one.
00:17:00Aikman back to throw it.
00:17:02Gets it to Novichik.
00:17:05And it got out of bounds.
00:17:08The Giants had a shot at it.
00:17:10The Cowboys maintain possession.
00:17:22You see Novichik gets by the linebacker right here,
00:17:26and then you see the hit and the fumble.
00:17:29And again, Armstead just can't hold on to the ball.
00:17:33He fumbles it now.
00:17:34He doesn't have control of it, so it goes out of bounds.
00:17:37Now, the last team that had control was the Cowboys,
00:17:40so of course they maintain control and get the craft field goal.
00:17:44That ball doesn't look like it would be that hard to pick up.
00:17:48The only one that doesn't roll.
00:17:51From 32 yards, Murray puts the Cowboys ahead.
00:17:573-0.
00:17:58437 left first quarter.
00:18:01First quarter.
00:18:04437 left.
00:18:06Pat Summerall with John Madden.
00:18:09The winner is the NFC division champion.
00:18:18The Eastern division champion, I should say.
00:18:21Offside kick.
00:18:23Handled by the Giants, by Jesse Armstead.
00:18:28Big play by Jesse Armstead there, Pat.
00:18:31Jesse Armstead was the guy that didn't get the fumble before it got out of bounds.
00:18:36But watch this.
00:18:37This is a gutsy call here.
00:18:38The onside kick.
00:18:40At front five, they always have to check the onside.
00:18:43Jesse Armstead didn't turn his back, didn't run fast to block,
00:18:47but checked the onside kick first.
00:18:50It was a perfect kick right through him, and he handled it.
00:18:52I'll tell you, that's a big play.
00:18:54Really?
00:18:55Because a lot of young guys would turn and start to run backwards
00:18:59to block for the kickoff return.
00:19:01The first thing you have to do is check the onside kick, and he did.
00:19:05Actually, a pretty good onside kick by Murray.
00:19:07Left-footed.
00:19:09Here's Sims with time.
00:19:13Finally had to throw it away as he was hit by Leon Lentz.
00:19:19Well, he was trying to get deep to Chris Calloway,
00:19:22and, again, this was one of those coverage sack type of things.
00:19:27It looks like Phil Sims got banged up a little there.
00:19:31When Leon Lentz gets on you, that's going to hurt.
00:19:33Absolutely.
00:19:34He does have time here, Pat.
00:19:36This is a bootleg.
00:19:37You fake going one way, you come back the other way.
00:19:40He had good time.
00:19:41He's looking deep.
00:19:42Chris Calloway was deep down the middle, but he had good coverage,
00:19:45and he had to hold the ball just so long, and Leon Lentz got there.
00:19:51Hampton and punched behind Sims.
00:19:54Calloway is the man that motioned, and Sims will throw it again.
00:19:59Through the hands of Mark Jackson.
00:20:02Phil Sims is thinking, what the heck does he have to do?
00:20:05He started a hit here on Pierce on a beautiful play.
00:20:08Pierce catches the ball and then fumbles,
00:20:11then he throws that one a perfect pass there to Jackson, and he drops it.
00:20:16He thought he had Calloway.
00:20:17He didn't have time.
00:20:18Leon Lentz got there.
00:20:21Phil Sims is doing his part.
00:20:23He certainly is all year long.
00:20:26He's an amazing guy.
00:20:28Fifteen years in this league and still looks like he's been in it about five years.
00:20:34And talks like that.
00:20:36Back to throw it again is Sims.
00:20:38Chased by Jetco.
00:20:40Down by Jimmy Jones.
00:20:46But Jetco made him duck.
00:20:50Yeah, and that's on Jumbo Elliott.
00:20:53You're going to see Jetco right here.
00:20:55Here's Elliott coming back here.
00:20:57Remember, he still has that bad back.
00:20:59But watch Jetco.
00:21:00Starts to the outside.
00:21:01Then they had a double team on him.
00:21:03Aaron Pierce left him a little too soon, and Elliott didn't stay with him.
00:21:09One of those things.
00:21:10Sometimes you have two guys on one, and they both relax a little too much.
00:21:15Horan.
00:21:16Back to punt.
00:21:21He fielded at the 11.
00:21:24Gets away from one.
00:21:27Gets out to about the 20-yard line.
00:21:30On a penalty marker down.
00:21:33Back where he first caught him.
00:21:3440-yard cut by Horan.
00:21:40Remember, it was after the Dallas game.
00:21:43Illegal block.
00:21:45Number 51 on the return.
00:21:48Half the distance to the goal.
00:21:50First down.
00:21:51And after the last Dallas game, Dan Reeves got rid of Sean Landetta,
00:21:56and he brought in Mike Horan.
00:22:003-0.
00:22:013-43 left of the first quarter.
00:22:05Hello.
00:22:06So, what did you think of that Bonneville?
00:22:08Did you drive it?
00:22:09Oh, that SSEI is terrific.
00:22:11Yeah.
00:22:12Supercharged.
00:22:13Traction control.
00:22:15ABS.
00:22:16Dual airbags.
00:22:17Leather.
00:22:18What a car.
00:22:19I told you.
00:22:20You were right.
00:22:21It's thousands less than the BMW or the Lexus.
00:22:24Well.
00:22:25The Cowboys 3.
00:22:29And about their own 12.
00:22:31On the 7.
00:22:32Beg your pardon.
00:22:335 further back.
00:22:34And it's Smith.
00:22:40Struggle outside the 10 to about the 12.
00:22:44Stopped by Brooks and Taylor.
00:22:49Troy Aikman, by the way, is 7 of 7.
00:22:52For 51 yards.
00:22:55That's the amazing thing about Troy Aikman.
00:22:59He's so hot now and so efficient that that brings confidence.
00:23:05I mean, I think that right now he believes that he can throw anything.
00:23:09I mean, I think that right now he believes that he can throw anything.
00:23:16To about the 16.
00:23:19Lawrence Taylor on the stop.
00:23:22Again, we talk about guys that are going to have a big game, have been in big games,
00:23:28have been the best that ever played, has to have a big game today.
00:23:32That's Lawrence Taylor.
00:23:33I mean, I think when you talk about a guy that's going to have a big game,
00:23:37has been in big games, has been the best that ever played,
00:23:40has to have a big game today, that's Lawrence Taylor.
00:23:43I think when you talk about who is the best linebacker that ever played this game,
00:23:48I think it's this guy right here.
00:23:50Now, he's not that right now, but you wonder, does he still have one more in him?
00:23:56And if he does, the Giants hope they get it today.
00:24:00Aikman again fell down, and Smith comes out of the pack.
00:24:05And that's Smith to about the 27 right now for an NFL update.
00:24:09Let's send you back to Greg Gumbel in our New York studios.
00:24:13All right, Pat, at the Silverdome, a battle for the NFC Central.
00:24:16The Packers turn a turnover into a touchdown.
00:24:19Brett Favre screened to Edgar Bennett, 39 yards.
00:24:22He'll die at the final few.
00:24:247-0 Green Bay.
00:24:25Final minutes of the first quarter, Pat and John.
00:24:283-0 at Giants Stadium.
00:24:30Two minutes to go in the first quarter with the clock running.
00:24:34That's what a great running back does, Pat.
00:24:37I mean, they were backed up there,
00:24:40and now they're out to the 27-yard line already.
00:24:53They're trying to find that seam in that double zone.
00:24:56See, Mark Collins is going to come up here, and he's going to make a bump,
00:25:00and he's going to force him to the inside.
00:25:02And then they're going to try and find that seam, that hole,
00:25:05right between the corner, Collins, that bump, and Jackson, the safety.
00:25:10I think what happened, I think Irvin went a little too far in
00:25:14because Jackson got there just when the ball did.
00:25:18Irvin and Harper are split wide right this time.
00:25:23Second and 10, they get here, and it's Smith.
00:25:26And it's Smith, hit down by Eric Howard.
00:25:30Now, here's the thing that the two deep were talking about.
00:25:34You see you have these two corners.
00:25:37They come up and bump here.
00:25:39The two safeties play deep.
00:25:41This is what the Giants use.
00:25:43So on that play, Irvin was trying to come in and get in this hole here.
00:25:47He got a little too close to Jackson.
00:25:50But this is the thing that the Giants do better than anyone else.
00:25:55It's that loose two-deep zone, a loose umbrella,
00:25:58and that makes you go underneath.
00:26:00That's been their base defense for years.
00:26:03Here's Aikman.
00:26:07Out of the pocket, Aikman got the first down.
00:26:10It was against the Giants at Texas Stadium,
00:26:13where Aikman got hurt on a scramble.
00:26:16That was one of the things that Keith Hamilton talked about yesterday.
00:26:20He says, we have to contain Troy Aikman.
00:26:23We can't give him lanes.
00:26:24Now, if you look right here, you're going to see where the lane is.
00:26:27You see right here, when they have the tackles to the inside,
00:26:31the ends to the outside, they gave him the lane.
00:26:34Now, Aikman isn't a big runner.
00:26:36I mean, it's not like you're playing against a Steve Young.
00:26:38But if you give him a lane, he has the talent and he will take it.
00:26:42Aikman.
00:26:45First and 10, Dallas.
00:26:48And the 40.
00:26:50And it's neck and neck.
00:26:53We thought he was down, and finally he is.
00:26:58Michael Brooks finally kept him down.
00:27:02He was hit first by Eric Howard.
00:27:05That's the end of the first quarter.
00:27:08With the score, Dallas 3,
00:27:11the Giants nothing.
00:27:13Down at the bottom.
00:27:14Sometimes that can come back to haunt you.
00:27:17Keep the ball all the time and only get three points.
00:27:19Yeah, and that's the thing, that the time of possession is good
00:27:23if while you're possessing, you score points.
00:27:26If you possess and don't score points, it doesn't do you any good.
00:27:31Second and 12.
00:27:34Aikman is looking and gets it to Smith.
00:27:39Down by Corey Miller.
00:27:42There goes big Kevin Gogan going back into the game.
00:27:45You know, something happened to his hat,
00:27:48and they had to bring it over to the sideline.
00:27:50You don't see many guys misplace because of their hat.
00:27:53But what happened is he broke the face mask on it.
00:27:56So they had to bring it back, and they had to screw the side of it
00:27:59back into the helmet so it's protected.
00:28:02So Earl Gogan, he's there blocking on that lead drawing.
00:28:07He got his hat knocked off.
00:28:08You don't see a lot of hats that big.
00:28:10No, he has the biggest head on the Cowboy team.
00:28:13They call that thing the lunch bucket in his helmet.
00:28:19Drive straight ahead.
00:28:22Nothing there.
00:28:24Well, like North Turner says, he said,
00:28:26they're going to get a heavy dose of Emmett Smith early.
00:28:29This is the 14th time that Emmett Smith has handled the ball running
00:28:34and passing.
00:28:37Look here, the Giants win this battle.
00:28:39They stopped the line, they stopped the linebackers,
00:28:42and there's Eric Howard making the play.
00:28:44Howard is box.
00:28:46I was going to say Howard is playing as well right now, Pat,
00:28:49as probably he has in three years.
00:28:51Well, he's over.
00:28:52He had all kinds of back problems.
00:28:54Those have gone.
00:28:56And he's playing with a lot of enthusiasm.
00:28:58Jets kick high.
00:29:02A single spare catch makes it.
00:29:05The Giants will take over.
00:29:08And their own 16, 13, 29 left in the first half.
00:29:12We don't know where we'll be, but we'll be there.
00:29:20Yeah, it's going to be the Sunday game.
00:29:22It will be a wild card game.
00:29:24And we do know one thing,
00:29:25the loser of this game plays at home against the Minnesota Vikings.
00:29:30We don't know when or where, but we know that's one of the games.
00:29:34First and 10 Giants at their own 17.
00:29:39Sims, back to Hampton.
00:29:43Ripped up by Casillas.
00:29:46And the Giants have to get some running game going.
00:29:48Yeah, they've only won, that's the second time they've run.
00:29:51They only had three yards.
00:29:53Of course, they haven't had the ball a lot.
00:29:56But if they're going to do anything,
00:29:58they have to be able to run the ball and they have to break some tackles.
00:30:01You know, last week against the Cardinals they couldn't run the ball,
00:30:04but they didn't break any tackles.
00:30:06And the first guy that was there would tackle him all the time.
00:30:12Injured cowboy down on the play is the defensive tackle Russell Maryland.
00:30:22Dallas 3, the Giants nothing.
00:30:24Still in the second quarter.
00:30:29Tom O'Keefe is in the grip of a really tough coach.
00:30:33Pat Summerall, John Madden, the Giants stadium.
00:30:37The Cowboys leading 3-0 in the second quarter.
00:30:43Rodney Hampton.
00:30:45He's back at second and nine.
00:30:47That was Megan in motion and the reverse goes to Megan.
00:30:54Norton on the stop.
00:30:55There's Russell Maryland who was injured earlier.
00:30:58There's Russell Maryland, Pat.
00:31:00They're checking his Achilles tendon.
00:31:02And I'll show you what happened.
00:31:03Here's Jumbo Elliott.
00:31:05Right here is Russell Maryland.
00:31:06He starts to ride in here.
00:31:08Jumbo Elliott flips him from behind.
00:31:10Now, this is really an illegal block if we just look at it.
00:31:14See, he's engaged there.
00:31:15See him engaged there.
00:31:17Now watch right there.
00:31:18See, Jumbo Elliott comes right back and gets that right ankle or right Achilles tendon.
00:31:24That is tough.
00:31:26Third and four.
00:31:27Sims back to throw.
00:31:31Standing around with time now.
00:31:32Chased by Jeff Cote.
00:31:34Finally threw it away.
00:31:36Hit the yard line marker.
00:31:38Sims went down.
00:31:41Chased by Jeff Cote and Casillas.
00:31:43You know, this Dallas Cowboys secondary is doing a good job of coverage
00:31:47because that time Phil Sims really had time there.
00:31:51And if you just look at the coverage that this secondary is doing,
00:31:55you see he's looking.
00:31:56We can stop it now.
00:31:57We can see that everything is covered.
00:31:59There's no one open.
00:32:01And he had to wait and wait and wait because he did have good pass protection,
00:32:05but none of his receivers got open.
00:32:08So, Mike Horan is in to kick.
00:32:11Kevin Williams, back team for Dallas.
00:32:13This is where he can use a good directional punt outside the number.
00:32:22When it bounces, it bounces sideways and is out of bounds.
00:32:27And Dallas will take over in pretty good shape, about their own 42.
00:32:32Three-nothing.
00:32:37Russell Maryland, problem with his right ankle.
00:32:42And they're in the process of re-taping that right now.
00:32:45Yeah, that's a tough one that he got there.
00:32:47You know, when you're playing one guy, he was playing Roberts
00:32:50and then Jumbo Elliott come from behind and got him right down on that ankle.
00:32:56With all that Jumbo Elliott, 310 pounds on one ankle joint,
00:33:01kind of tough for a defensive tackle to take.
00:33:04Fake is the snap that Aikman throws and opens Michael Irvin.
00:33:11Greg Jackson knocked him out of bounds.
00:33:1622-yard pickup.
00:33:17Now, here's where they could work it.
00:33:19You know, we talk about this double zone.
00:33:20We'll see this.
00:33:21We'll see the safety come over.
00:33:23Now there's a hole right in here,
00:33:25and that's the area that Michael Irvin's going to go in.
00:33:29You see the rotation, but he didn't get a good bump.
00:33:31Now, see, because you don't get a good bump,
00:33:33look at this big hole that you have here.
00:33:36Michael Irvin sees it.
00:33:37More importantly, Troy Aikman sees it.
00:33:40Here's Emmitt Smith inside the Giant 35, a pickup of perhaps three.
00:33:46Stopped again by Eric Howard.
00:33:48Yeah, that's the thing that this cowboy team can do to you.
00:33:52I mean, they can pound you and pound you and pound you with Emmitt Smith,
00:33:55and you think he's going to stay inside.
00:33:57Then he bounces outside.
00:33:58Then they can throw the ball to him,
00:34:00and they can throw it to Johnston and Novacek underneath.
00:34:03Then you always got Michael Irvin outside,
00:34:05and then if you say, okay, we got all that,
00:34:08they have Alvin Harper, whoever.
00:34:10Every now and again, they'll just go deep to him on a bomber.
00:34:15Aikman back to throw it again.
00:34:17Drops it out to Emmitt Smith,
00:34:19and Emmitt Smith goes inside the Giant 30.
00:34:22Corey Miller and Carlton Bailey converge to bring him down.
00:34:26That's where they're so good.
00:34:27We were just talking about where they pound Emmitt in there,
00:34:30and they get that middle clogged up.
00:34:32So they can't get him in there.
00:34:33So instead of going away from Emmitt Smith,
00:34:35they say, okay, we can't get him in that middle.
00:34:39They're closing up that middle.
00:34:40Eric Howard's playing well in there.
00:34:42Brooks is coming up and so on.
00:34:43So now they just dump it to the outside to him and let him run around everything.
00:34:48Third and four.
00:34:49Dallas is three out of six on these third-down conversions,
00:34:53and they'll go with two tight ends.
00:34:56Aikman decides whatever it is they want to go with, he doesn't like.
00:35:01So it's a Dallas timeout.
00:35:02They'll have one left in the first half.
00:35:07Three-nothing.
00:35:11At the Giant Stadium.
00:35:13You can tell that Jumbo Elliott is having trouble there with his back pad.
00:35:17I mean, just trying to sit down or sit up or whatever is making him cringe.
00:35:24You have to sit the bench and hold out with both hands and stuff.
00:35:27Yeah.
00:35:28That's a bad sign.
00:35:32Being dissolved by Fardos.
00:35:39Kevin Williams in the slot.
00:35:42Flag on the play.
00:35:43Aikman gets the damage.
00:35:48All the way down to about the 17.
00:35:51He was down.
00:35:52The ball came loose.
00:35:53Mark Collins up to hit him.
00:35:57I think that's going to be good for a first down.
00:35:59I think the penalty is against the Giants.
00:36:01You know, I've always been against throwing short
00:36:04when you have third down against throwing short of the first-down marker,
00:36:07but if you're throwing to Emmitt Smith, I think it's okay.
00:36:12You got a pretty good chance of him getting whatever you need.
00:36:16Number 75, defense.
00:36:19Penalty is declined.
00:36:21First down.
00:36:22That's the second one on Keith Hamilton.
00:36:25Number 75 is here.
00:36:27The first one, they had him for lining up in the neutral zone.
00:36:31This time they have him for jumping offside,
00:36:34but that didn't look like 75 Hamilton.
00:36:37That looked like 74 Eric Howard.
00:36:41It looked like he got that on the snap count or the hard count.
00:36:50And he gets inside to the 15 to about the 13,
00:36:53stopped again by Eric Howard.
00:36:58You wonder if everything in its simplest form offensively,
00:37:03Jimmy Johnson's offense here is you start off
00:37:06and you're going to hand it to Emmitt Smith
00:37:09and you throw it to Michael Irvin.
00:37:11And in the first half of this game,
00:37:13that is just about been the offense of the Dallas Cowboys.
00:37:16There are a lot of decisions you don't have to make when you have those two.
00:37:23Especially when you have a guy like Aikman getting it to him.
00:37:35Irvin, perhaps, was the nearest Cowboy receiver.
00:37:39Watch Corey Raymond here.
00:37:41He's going to be man to man on Michael Irvin.
00:37:44Now, that's who Aikman's trying to throw to.
00:37:47Now, Irvin, I don't know what kind of pattern he's running.
00:37:50Now, Corey Raymond does have a little grab of that jersey,
00:37:53but Aikman didn't look like he knew the ball was coming to him.
00:37:57And if he did know, he should have ran a better pattern than that.
00:38:02Third down.
00:38:05Three wide receivers.
00:38:07Williams in the slot.
00:38:09Aikman back to throw.
00:38:15He's going to be close to first.
00:38:18David Tate made the stop on Emmitt Smith.
00:38:21Now, the other part of that equation is hand it to Emmitt, throw it to Michael.
00:38:25The other part is if you don't want to throw it to Michael, throw it to Emmitt.
00:38:28So you can either hand it to Emmitt, throw it to Emmitt, or throw it to Michael.
00:38:32And that's not bad as long as you got those big guys up front blocking for all that stuff.
00:38:37And they are doing that.
00:38:38They're going to measure.
00:38:49How about that much?
00:38:53Let's go ahead and go.
00:38:54Yeah, he's going. You see big John Giese goes in there.
00:38:57He goes in at the right guard.
00:38:59Kevin Goguen, number 66, is going at tight end.
00:39:02He becomes eligible.
00:39:04They're not going to throw it to Goguen.
00:39:09I don't even know if they're running to Emmitt Smith here.
00:39:11I mean, this is the type of thing that...
00:39:13Moose?
00:39:14No, I don't think they're handing it to the Moose either.
00:39:16I think they're going to hand it to someone.
00:39:18I think it will be Emmitt Smith.
00:39:19But I would think, with this type of thing, he's just going to quarterback Tate.
00:39:24Although they're staying in that huddle a long time.
00:39:27He's going to stay in the huddle that long.
00:39:29It's a pass.
00:39:32Smith is deep.
00:39:38First down, Dallas.
00:39:39At the 5.
00:39:46Mark Collins on the bottom of the pile.
00:39:51Again, you just see Emmitt Smith, the deep guy.
00:39:53Darryl Johnston getting a good lead block there.
00:39:56And that's the soft spot.
00:39:58He went right in there at Michael Brooks.
00:40:00Johnston got it.
00:40:01That's why he's in the Pro Bowl.
00:40:03That's why Emmitt Smith, or one of the reasons,
00:40:06that Emmitt Smith was the leading rusher in his league.
00:40:09First and goal at the 5, Albert.
00:40:14Nothing.
00:40:17Harlan Bailey.
00:40:19And Stacey Dillard.
00:40:24Smith got nothing.
00:40:27You know, Dan Reeves is concerned here.
00:40:29I mean, he would love to see a field goal by the Cowboys here.
00:40:32His giant team stop him and make him go for a field goal.
00:40:35Because one of the things he was worried about yesterday
00:40:38is getting behind early.
00:40:40He said down there in Dallas, that's what did him in.
00:40:42You know, when they got down 17-3.
00:40:44The Giants are not a good team playing uphill.
00:40:50Second and goal at the 5, Aikman.
00:40:55Touchdown, Emmitt Smith.
00:41:04I don't know how much money they paid Emmitt Smith.
00:41:06I know it's a lot of money.
00:41:07But he's earned it the first half of this game, Pat.
00:41:12He said, who's going to be a giant beater?
00:41:14And so far, it's been Emmitt Smith.
00:41:16They've run it to him.
00:41:17He's run it right, left, inside, outside.
00:41:19They've passed it to him.
00:41:21This guy has done everything a running back can do.
00:41:24Look, the blitz is on.
00:41:26They don't get a good coverage on Emmitt Smith.
00:41:28Troy Aikman makes a perfect throw.
00:41:31Murray for the extra point.
00:41:32Novacek holding.
00:41:36Murray's kick is good and Dallas leads 10-0.
00:41:407-26 left to play in the first half.
00:41:44Emmitt Smith comes inside and goes right in that hole
00:41:47where the linebacker blitzed from.
00:41:49See, there's the blitz.
00:41:51Emmitt Smith goes, boom, right there in that same spot.
00:41:54And he catches his first touchdown of the season.
00:42:00There goes another ball for number 22
00:42:03into his collection, into the trunk.
00:42:06And they'll lock it up.
00:42:08Hey, this whole first half, Pat,
00:42:10could be a collection for Emmitt Smith.
00:42:12You talk about a pro football player
00:42:15showing you what a pro football player is in the NFL,
00:42:18that's what Emmitt Smith is doing.
00:42:20An all-pro football player.
00:42:22Well, the best.
00:42:24I think that these kind of games,
00:42:27these big games, are what it's all about.
00:42:29I mean, you know, you go, you're going to,
00:42:32you'll get the playoffs, you're going to get the home field,
00:42:35you're playing for the division, you're playing for everything.
00:42:38Big players come up big in big games.
00:42:41Murray's kickoff sails to make it
00:42:44five yards deep in the end zone,
00:42:46and he will not bring it out.
00:42:49Pro Bowl selections for the 1993 Cowboys,
00:42:53Aikman, Smith, Irvin, Novacek.
00:42:56Offensive lineman, Williams, Newton, Mark Stepnoski,
00:43:01will be operated on next Tuesday.
00:43:04Obviously, he won't play in the Pro Bowl,
00:43:06Maryland, Norton, Thomas Everton, Darryl Johnston.
00:43:10Yeah, now that's a representation.
00:43:13I mean, you get 11 guys.
00:43:15I mean, that's like playing, that's what the Giants said,
00:43:18it's like playing an all-star game.
00:43:20You get 11 Pro Bowl players on the Cowboys.
00:43:23And then hit by Lynn.
00:43:26Nothing there.
00:43:32There's Martin Stepnoski.
00:43:36You know, he had a deal in his contract
00:43:39that if he was voted to the Pro Bowl,
00:43:42he would become a free agent at the end of the season.
00:43:45So he got that injury, and then he started worrying about
00:43:48whether he was going to be voted to the Pro Bowl or not.
00:43:50He injured that knee, he's out for the season,
00:43:52but he was voted to the Pro Bowl,
00:43:54so he will become a free agent.
00:43:57♪♪
00:44:01Casillas jumps.
00:44:04Has to bleed to Callaway.
00:44:06♪♪
00:44:09Whoo!
00:44:11♪♪
00:44:15I think that has to be against Casillas,
00:44:17and that's where the Giants lead.
00:44:19Number 75, defense, penalties declined.
00:44:23First down.
00:44:25Not a guy jumping off sides,
00:44:27but just a guy making a play, a guy making a catch.
00:44:30I mean, you know, Sims gets back.
00:44:32He had good pass protection.
00:44:34Callaway makes a good, sharp cut out there.
00:44:36Sims hits him perfectly.
00:44:38The Giants don't need a lot of things going.
00:44:41They just got to start making some plays now,
00:44:43start getting some first downs,
00:44:45and get into a rhythm.
00:44:48The handoff is to Hampton.
00:44:50Hampton...
00:44:52is hit after about a 3-yard pickup.
00:44:55For another NFL update,
00:44:57let's go back to Greg Gumbel in New York.
00:44:59Matt John at the Silverdome.
00:45:01Detroit pulled even on Eric Lynch's 5-yarder.
00:45:03All kinds of room off right tackle.
00:45:05Gets a 7-7 tie at the Silverdome in the second quarter.
00:45:08Back to you.
00:45:10At Giants Stadium, it's 10-0 Dallas.
00:45:14Sex Hampton.
00:45:23They've got more than 6 Hamptons
00:45:25got in the front this time.
00:45:28Blocked Hampton out to about the 47.
00:45:32Tripped up by Thomas Everett.
00:45:35That's for the Giants' feet.
00:45:37Just something to get them started.
00:45:39Sims hit that pass, and they got that good push to the left side.
00:45:41We saw the first run to the left side.
00:45:43to the left side, now we watch the second one.
00:45:45Trap play, boom, good trap by Roberts there.
00:45:47Hampton's right in behind it,
00:45:49runs right off the trap block.
00:45:55Giant first and 10 at their own 48.
00:45:58Hampton behind seven, and Hampton will carry again.
00:46:03Taken down by Tony Tobin.
00:46:07Got a yard, maybe.
00:46:09Yeah, someday, you know,
00:46:10you talk about great running backs,
00:46:12we know that Emmitt Smith is,
00:46:13and a year ago, Rodney Hampton was a Pro Bowl player,
00:46:16and I've always felt that when a running back
00:46:19plays against another great running back,
00:46:21he wants to show his best, too,
00:46:23and I know that Emmitt Smith, so far, has the upper hand.
00:46:28I mean, he's done everything
00:46:29that a running back has to do,
00:46:31and Rodney Hampton wants to show his stuff now.
00:46:34You know, I'll show you what a running back can do.
00:46:37Second and nine.
00:46:42Across the 50 to about the Dallas 48.
00:46:45Leon Litt tripped him up.
00:46:50Yeah, we saw the one trap,
00:46:51now we trap from the other side.
00:46:53This time, it's gonna be Kratch here.
00:46:55Kratch pulls this way, Hampton gets right in behind him,
00:46:58and you want to run right off that trap block.
00:47:01We saw Roberts do it to the right,
00:47:03now we see Kratch pull, boom, right there's a trap,
00:47:07Hampton right in behind him.
00:47:09Good play by Leon Litt.
00:47:12The trap worked, but they didn't get Litt blocked.
00:47:18Here's Simms, down by Tolbert.
00:47:22And Litt, and Casillas, they all converge,
00:47:26and the Giants will have to putt.
00:47:29And Simms is really upset there
00:47:31because he didn't have a chance.
00:47:32I mean, here's the first one,
00:47:33Tolbert is going to get the first pressure,
00:47:36and then once Simms sees that, he puts the ball down,
00:47:39and then the whole thing becomes a jailbreak.
00:47:42But see, Tolbert's the first guy right there.
00:47:44Tolbert was the guy that made him bring the ball down,
00:47:47and there was Leon Litt and Casillas.
00:47:50Cowboys were coming after Horan.
00:47:53Gets a good roll on the end of the kick.
00:47:56All the way down to the 10-yard line.
00:48:03Dallas still leading 10-0.
00:48:04It looked like the ball sort of slid off the side of the foot
00:48:09of Mike Horan, but he got a good bounce.
00:48:12Maybe that's how you get directional kicking,
00:48:14is that you just slide the ball off your foot.
00:48:19The Patriots beating Miami,
00:48:21the Dolphins having all kinds of problems,
00:48:23and New England playing better each week.
00:48:27Kansas City, 24-3.
00:48:31The Cardinals playing well of late.
00:48:34Green Bay has taken a 10-7 lead over the Lions.
00:48:39The Giants have good field position here defensively.
00:48:42They have to make a stand.
00:48:43They have to stop the Cowboys and make a run here
00:48:46and get some good field position.
00:48:49Emmitt Smith looking for room.
00:48:52Cut down by Corey Raymond.
00:48:54Good tackle.
00:48:56Yeah, but the secondaries make way too many tackles
00:48:59on Emmitt Smith.
00:49:00You know, how many tackles does a defensive line
00:49:02made on Emmitt Smith?
00:49:03They're not gonna make a lot,
00:49:04but the linebackers have to make more tackles
00:49:07because the more tackles the secondary makes
00:49:11means that the ball carrier's running
00:49:13farther and farther into the defense.
00:49:15Those linebacker tackles are sort of the key
00:49:17to this Giants' defense also.
00:49:19And they haven't been doing it today,
00:49:20and they didn't do it last week against the Cardinals.
00:49:23Second down.
00:49:24That's a gap.
00:49:29He lines up field for about three.
00:49:31Stopped by Lawrence Taylor and Stacey Dillard.
00:49:36You know, if you look here, Pat,
00:49:38so far Emmitt Smith has been tackled five times
00:49:41by the first guy that hit him,
00:49:43five by the second, eight times it was the third guy,
00:49:47and five times it was four or more.
00:49:50So the first guy has only tackled him five times.
00:49:5418 carries, 63 yards.
00:49:56They need two.
00:50:03And Emmitt Smith.
00:50:06One down by Greg Jackson.
00:50:13And Smith is hurt.
00:50:25Watch this hole.
00:50:26He's gonna make a little counter move.
00:50:29You see he follows Nate Newton.
00:50:30Nate gets a little block right there.
00:50:33Poor tackling right there.
00:50:34Great running.
00:50:35And I think at the end, Pat,
00:50:37I think he just falls under football.
00:50:44Yeah, nothing.
00:50:45Two minute warning.
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00:50:56Last play.
00:50:59And I think we're gonna see as Greg Jackson tackles,
00:51:02and watch him go right there on the right shoulder.
00:51:04See right here, he puts his right arm down
00:51:07and then goes on the right shoulder,
00:51:09and that's what they're checking.
00:51:12Smith has 19 carries, 109 yards now.
00:51:16Lincoln Coleman has requested.
00:51:19Aitman, one down by Hamilton.
00:51:29I think there might be a penalty.
00:51:33I do see a flag, finally, at the 40.
00:51:35Face mask foul.
00:51:37Five yards on the defense.
00:51:40Still first down.
00:51:42One day you lose at Emmitt Smith and everything goes.
00:51:46I mean, here they come, Keith Hamilton,
00:51:48he gets a penalty on that play,
00:51:50but the big thing was that he got by his guy,
00:51:53that he got into the backfield,
00:51:55that he got pressure on Troy Aitman,
00:51:57because that's really the first pressure
00:51:59the Giants have had on Troy Aitman.
00:52:01And it's ironic, it's the first play
00:52:03that Emmitt Smith isn't back there,
00:52:05because when Emmitt Smith is there,
00:52:07you always have to worry about that run,
00:52:09so you just can't tee off on the quarterback.
00:52:12The word on Emmitt Smith is that he does have
00:52:14a bruised right shoulder.
00:52:16Don't know when he'll be back, that's Lincoln Coleman.
00:52:19Who replaced Emmitt Smith straight ahead.
00:52:21Yeah, we got the answer right now, Pat.
00:52:23There's Emmitt Smith going back into the game,
00:52:25and look at the fans don't like that.
00:52:28The fans know what Emmitt Smith has done to him.
00:52:31He has 151 yards already.
00:52:36When they see him coming on the field,
00:52:38the fans kind of went, oh no,
00:52:40I mean, it's just kind of yada yada.
00:52:42That type of thing when he came back out there.
00:52:45It's a one-game game.
00:52:48Here's Aitman.
00:52:49Gives it out to Darryl Thompson.
00:52:52Thompson, a Dallas first down at about the 22.
00:52:57Flipped up by Corey Raymond.
00:52:59Shows how big Darryl Johnson's gotten.
00:53:02They call him the Moose, of course.
00:53:04That's his nickname, the Moose.
00:53:05He's a pro bowler now.
00:53:06But usually you just get your nickname called
00:53:09when you play at home.
00:53:10Darryl Johnson gets his nickname called
00:53:13when he plays on the road.
00:53:15That is big.
00:53:19Smith behind Aitman, but Aitman's a throw off.
00:53:22Still overchecked.
00:53:24Overchecked down to about the 16.
00:53:27Stopped by Mark Collins and Michael Brooks.
00:53:31Gets you with this Dallas Cowboy team.
00:53:33You know, you say, what do you stop?
00:53:35You know, you stop Emmitt Smith.
00:53:37They hit Novacek.
00:53:38You stop Novacek, they hit Irvin.
00:53:39You stop Irvin, they hit Harper.
00:53:42This offense drives coaches crazy.
00:53:45And they've had the ball almost the entire first half.
00:53:48Here's Aitman throwing again.
00:53:50Johnson, incomplete.
00:53:54Stops the clock with 20 seconds left.
00:53:56Dallas with one timeout left.
00:53:59Don't forget to stay with us at the half.
00:54:03Greg and Terry will have all the scores and highlights
00:54:06and New Year's resolutions.
00:54:08Be careful.
00:54:17Dallas out of the huddle quickly.
00:54:20Third and four, 20 seconds before halftime.
00:54:25One timeout left.
00:54:28Aitman, nowhere to go.
00:54:31Down he goes.
00:54:32At the 20.
00:54:35With 14 seconds left to play in the first half.
00:54:38And that's another coverage sack there, Pat.
00:54:41I think he was trying to get to Michael Irvin right here.
00:54:44And you'll see Irvin get down in there deep.
00:54:47And there's too many Giants on him.
00:54:49You see Irvin there, he got a double team right there.
00:54:53Jackson and Guyton both on him.
00:54:55That's who Aitman was looking for.
00:54:57This is what happened.
00:54:58Now here's how Aitman sees it.
00:54:59See, he's looking down, he's looking for Irvin,
00:55:01looking for Irvin, looking for Irvin.
00:55:02Waiting, getting up, no chance.
00:55:06Emmett Smith heading for the locker room.
00:55:10There's Russell Maryland who injured his ankle earlier.
00:55:13Waiting in the tunnel.
00:55:16Dallas uses their last timeout.
00:55:18They lead 10-0, three seconds to go and Murray's in the game.
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00:56:0638-yard field goal effort coming up by Eddie Murray.
00:56:10Nova Jack holding.
00:56:18Good, the kick is plenty long enough.
00:56:21And straight down the middle.
00:56:24That is the end of the first half with the score,
00:56:28the Cowboys 13, the Giants nothing.
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00:57:02Halftime statistics.
00:57:05As you would expect,
00:57:06the Cowboys are in the lead with a score of 13-0.
00:57:10As you would expect, lean entirely toward Dallas.
00:57:1413 first downs to two.
00:57:16Time of possession, 22 minutes, 24 seconds
00:57:19for the Cowboys, 7.36 for the Giants.
00:57:24Look at the rushing yardage and passing yardage
00:57:27and John, the pass distribution.
00:57:29Well, that's the thing that the Cowboys have.
00:57:31You know, they have so many weapons.
00:57:32You can see that Emmitt Smith,
00:57:34they throw to him six times, 42 yards.
00:57:36Michael Irvin, three times for 40 yards.
00:57:40The rest of the team, they've thrown seven out of nine
00:57:43for 44 yards.
00:57:44So one thing, you know, that we talked about
00:57:46before the game, that Troy Aikman is so efficient
00:57:49and he has so many good guys to throw to,
00:57:52but again, I say the guys that make it all possible
00:57:56is that offensive line.
00:57:57They've done an excellent job of both run blocking
00:58:00and pass protecting this first half.
00:58:03Andy Murray sent the ticket off.
00:58:06Dave Meggett and Chris Calloway back deep.
00:58:10Line by a kick by Murray.
00:58:13Handled by Meggett to the 15.
00:58:16And he gets outside the 30, about the 32,
00:58:19and the Giants will take over.
00:58:21You know, one good news for the Giants fans here
00:58:25and bad news for the Cowboy fans anywhere
00:58:28is that I don't see Emmitt Smith out on the field.
00:58:32You know, he hurt his shoulder just before halftime.
00:58:35Went in just before the field goal was kicked.
00:58:37We got word that they wanted to look at it.
00:58:39They thought it was a shoulder bruise,
00:58:42but he's still in the locker room.
00:58:48They x-rayed Russell and Maryland at the half.
00:58:52Leon Flint, defensive tackle.
00:58:55Howard Cross made the reception from Sims.
00:58:59That's his third completion of the day.
00:59:02And he gets about nine, maybe a little bit more.
00:59:05And the Giants just have to come out and get a new start here.
00:59:08Remember, early in the game,
00:59:09they hit that one to Aaron Pierce
00:59:11and then he fumbled the ball.
00:59:13And I think that took all the air out of him.
00:59:15And then they caused a fumble and they didn't get it.
00:59:18They had a couple opportunities in the first half.
00:59:21They lost him and then they never got back.
00:59:23So maybe the second half, they got to start over
00:59:26the way they started to start in the first half.
00:59:29They need about a foot for a first down.
00:59:31Word from the Cowboys is that they're trying
00:59:33to put extra padding in Emmitt Smith's shoulder pads.
00:59:38And he's going to try to go.
00:59:40And the same thing is true of Russell Maryland.
00:59:43They're putting extra padding on his ankle.
00:59:47And he'll give it a go in a moment.
00:59:48You know, one of the problems the Giants have had,
00:59:50they've had a lot of problems offensively,
00:59:52but one is not gaining much yardage on first down.
00:59:56In fact, that play was the first time
00:59:58that they gained over four yards on first down in this game.
01:00:01They need about a half yard for a first down.
01:00:04Rodney Hampton is the new faggot.
01:00:06And he'll get the first down.
01:00:10Up to the 45, stopped by Casillas.
01:00:13And let.
01:00:14This is what you want to do.
01:00:15You want to get right in behind Roberts
01:00:18and right in behind Jumbo here in the running game.
01:00:20That's where it goes.
01:00:21You need a first down.
01:00:22They start the double on let.
01:00:24That was the soft spot that Rodney Hampton
01:00:27kind of ran right into.
01:00:30You see, if you know where your double team is,
01:00:32then that's where you're going to expect to get the soft spot.
01:00:35That's where Hampton got it.
01:00:37Cowboys, 13, Giants, nothing.
01:00:40First attempt, the Giants.
01:00:43And Simms will throw it on first down.
01:00:46Gets it in the direction of Aaron Pearson to play.
01:00:50Second and long, and that's the situation
01:00:52they don't want to be in coming up.
01:00:54And they're trying to get in the mixture.
01:00:56To get out of that thing where you run on first down
01:00:59all the time, so they're trying to go
01:01:00some passing on first down.
01:01:02But those short passes, they get you five or six yards.
01:01:06I'll tell you one thing, the Giant offensive line so far
01:01:10has not done a good job.
01:01:11They haven't done a good job of run blocking,
01:01:13nor have they done a good job of pass protection.
01:01:17Aaron Pearce is the man moving it.
01:01:20Sends it right.
01:01:23Gets it to Hampton at fifth field.
01:01:26And that line stakes him across fifth field
01:01:28into Dallas territory, stopped by Norton.
01:01:36Now the Giants come in with their third down offense.
01:01:40You can see Dave Meggett comes in.
01:01:42This is where they use McCaffrey to get the ball.
01:01:45This is where they use McCaffrey, three wide receivers.
01:01:48Derrick Brown is the fourth.
01:01:49He becomes the tight end in there.
01:01:52Whereas the guy they like to go to in this situation
01:01:55is Dave Meggett.
01:01:57And he's lined up to Simms' right.
01:02:00He's just showing him who to block if they blitz.
01:02:02Meggett comes out of the backfield.
01:02:06And it's almost picked off by Gant.
01:02:10Here comes Emmett Smith with that extra padding in place
01:02:14inside his shoulder pads.
01:02:16Again, it was his right shoulder.
01:02:20And you don't know if he's ready to play yet.