DALLAS GETS THE OPENING KICKOFF. YOU GET CHRIS MYERS DOWN ON THE SIDELINE. >> Chris: JOE, CAN THIS COWBOYS CROWD TRULY AFFECT A VISITING TEAM? DOUG BALDWIN DOESN'T THINK SO. HE REMINDS US THE SEAHAWKS PLAY AT HOME IN A LOUD PLACE. WHEN THEY GO ON THE ROAD THEY'RE NOT OVERWHELMED. THIS IS A YOUNG SEATTLE TEAM, MORE THAN HALF THEIR PLAYERS HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A PLAYOFF GAME. THEIR HEAD COACH THE OLDEST IN THE NFL, PETE CARROLL, IS HIP TO THE SCENE, JOKING THE LOUD SCOREBOARD WILL BLOCK THE SOUND FOR HIS TEAM AND SAYING THIS PLACE IS DIFFERENT. IT OFTEN FEELS LIKE YOU'RE PLAYING IN A NIGHTCLUB. >> Joe: THAT MIGHT MAKE JERRY JONES HAPPY. SPANISH LANGUAGE BROADCAST AVAILABLE TONIGHT ON FOX DEPORTES. AND WE GET SET TO GO. IT'LL BE DAK PRESCOTT, EZEKIEL ELLIOTT, AND THE COWBOYS OFFENSE TO START THE GAME. AS SEBASTIEN JANIKOWSKI WILL KICK IT OFF. TUPBACK NUMBER 43 FOR JANIKOWSKI ON THE YEAR. HERE COMES DAK PRESCOTT. WE'LL SEE HOW HE GETS ALONG. HE'S COMING OFF A CAREER HIGH FOUR TOUCHDOWN GAME, IN A GAME THAT DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT IT GAVE THE COWBOYS A LITTLE MOMENTUM, A LITTLE BETTER FEELING ABOUT THEIR OFFENSE IN THEIR WEEK 17 AT THE GIANTS. >> Troy: AGAINST TAMPA THEY DIDN'T FEEL WELL ABOUT HOW THEY PERFORMED. EZEKIEL ELLIOTT DID NOT PLAY LAST WEEK. DAK PRESCOTT PLAYED WELL. THEY FEEL HE COMES IN WITH GREAT MOMENTUM WITH THIS OFFENSE. >> Joe: HERE IS ELLIOTT. A NICE START ON THE GROUND. SO THE COWBOYS GOT REST FOR ZAK MARTIN, TYRON SMITH, EZEKIEL ELLIOTT. THAT WAS A GOOD DAY IN THE MEADOWLANDS. TWO PRO BOWLERS BOTH BANGED UP THIS YEAR. BOTH HAVE THE WEEK OFF LAST SUNDAY. >> Troy: YES, THEY DID. THEIR LEFT GUARD GOT REST THIS WEEK. HE GETS THE START TONIGHT. >> Joe: THREE TIGHT ENDS AND THE THROW TO THE SIDELINE IS CAUGHT BY COOPER. FOR THE FIRST DOWN. A HEAVY FORMATION ON SECOND AND SHORT AND PRESCOTT ROLLS TO HIS RIGHT AND THROWS A STRIKE. >> Troy: ALREADY HIS LONGEST RECEPTION HERE IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS IN EACH OF THE LAST THREE GAMES HIS LONGEST HAD BEEN JUST 11 YARDS. THEY'VE HAD A HARD TIME INCORPORATING HIM. THEY GET HIM GOING EARLY. >> Joe: AS IS TYPICAL DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S MUCH THERE OR HE HAS ANY ROOM. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A REBUILD. THEY STARTED 0-2. THEY INTRODUCED NEW DEFENSIVE STARTERS REALLY THROUGHOUT ON EACH OF THE THREE LEVELS OF THIS DEFENSE. SECOND DOWN AND FIVE. PRESCOTT, BEASLEY. FIRST DOWN. INSIDE THE 35. WITH LESS THAN A HANDFUL OF PLAYS AS BEASLEY CAN'T GET UP. >> Troy: JOE, I TALKED TO HIM BEFORE THE GAME. HE'S BEEN BATTLING THROUGH A RIGHT ANKLE INJURY AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW IT'S BEEN GIVING HIM SOME PROBLEMS AND DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THIS. THAT MIGHT BE WHAT THIS IS. >> Joe: AERIAL COVERAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY STATE FARM. IT'S BEEN FOUR PLAYS ON OFFENSE FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS. THEY'RE AVERAGING OVER TEN YARDS A PLAY, 41 YARDS OF OFFENSE. THEY'RE WORKING ON THE ANKLE AND LOWER LEG OF COLE BEASLEY ON THE SIDELINE. A SCREEN. ELLIOTT CUTS BACK, GETS NINE. BOBBY WAGNER, THE ALL-WORLD LINEBACKER FOR SEATTLE OVER THERE TO MAKE THE STOP. AN ALL PRO AGAIN IN 2018. HE'S AS GOOD AS THERE IS. HE COULDN'T GET TO ELLIOTT BEFORE EZEKIEL GOT NINE YARDS. >> Troy: A GOOD START FOR DAK PRESCOTT AND THIS OFFENSE. SCOTT LINEHAN AND THE WAY HE IS MIXING THINGS UP, THEY START THE GAME, THEY RUN, PASS, RUN, PASS. THEY COME BACK WITH A SCREEN. IT'S WELL DONE RIGHT NOW THAT THEY'RE MIXING IT UP AND GIVING A LOT OF DIFFERENT LOOKS. >> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND ONE. ELLIOTT HAS A FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: IN THE PROCESS SEATTLE HAS NOT YET GOTTEN DALLAS TO THIRD DOWN. THEY'VE BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE AND PICKED UP FIRST DOWNS ON SECOND DOWNS AND THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE THE CHAINS. THIS IS A SEAHAWKS DEFENSE THAT IS OUTSTANDING ON THIRD DOWN. THEY'RE FIFTH IN THE NFL GIVING UP JUST 35%. SO FAR THEY'VE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING DALLAS IN THIS OPENING POSSESSION TO A THIRD DOWN. >> Joe: COVERED 52 YARDS OVER SIX PLAYS. THEY FAKE THE TOSS. PRESCOTT, HIS RECEIVER FELL DOWN. AND BROWN, BY THE TIME HE GOT UP, PRESCOTT WAS STILL LOOKING IN HIS DIRECTION. BROWN COULDN'T ADJUST AND MAKE THE CATCH. THE COWBOYS' SEASON IN REVIEW. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS OVER AT 3 AND 5, BUT THEY WON 7 OF THEIR LAST 8. AND THEIR RUNNING BACK IN HIS THIRD YEAR WINS HIS SECOND RUSHING TITLE, EZEKIEL ELLIOTT, WHO HAD A 1,400-YARD YEAR. >> Troy: HARD TO BELIEVE THE DALLAS COWBOYS WOULD NOT REALLY FULLY EMBRACE WHAT THEIR IDENTITY IS. ONCE THEY WENT BACK TO EZEKIEL ELLIOTT AFTER THE LOSS TO TENNESSEE, THEY GOT BACK TO PLAYING DALLAS COWBOYS FOOTBALL AND STARTED ROLLING. >> Joe: A GOOD PLAY B BY SHAMAR STEPHEN. A THIRD AND LONG, THIRD AND TEN. BEASLEY IS READY TO CHECK BACK IN. >> Troy: THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE 20 YARD LINE BUT THIS HAS BEEN THE ACHILLES HEEL FOR THE COWBOYS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON AND THE LAST TWO TIMES THESE TEAMS HAVE MET. THEY'VE HAD A HARD TIME WHEN THEY'VE GOTTEN DOWN TO THIS END OF THE FIELD BEING ABLE TO CASH IN. A BIG DOWN NOW FOR THE SEATTLE "D." >> Joe: BLITZ OFF THE EDGE. LOOKING FOR BLOCKS. NOTHING OUT THERE AND WELL PLAYED BY SEATTLE. TYRON SMITH COULD NOT FIND A BODY TO GET IN FRONT OF. A GAIN OF TWO. IT WILL BRING ON THE FIELD GOAL TEAM FOR DALLAS. >> Troy: SEATTLE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THAT WHEN YOU GET THE BALL OUT QUICK, YOU HAVE TO ATTACK THESE BALL CARRIERS. HAD A BLOCKER OUT. SEATTLE IS ABLE TO BEAT THAT AND THEN MAKE THE PLAY AND FORCE THE MAHER FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT WHICH HAS BEEN ANYTHING BUT AUTOMATIC. >> Joe: CEDRIC THOMPSON MADE THE LAST PLAY DEFENSIVELY FOR >> Joe: THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE MET IN THE POSTSEASON. THE FIRST TIME THAT 2006 WILD CARD GAME DOWN BY ONE WITH 1:19 REMAINING. THE MISHANDLED SNAP ON THE FIELD GOAL TRY. BILL PARCELLS WOULD RETIRE AFTER THAT GAME. TONY ROMO IS NOW A TV GUY. HE GETS IT. HE KNEW IT WAS COMING. >> Troy: THAT WAS A CRAZY FINISH, AS WE KNOW, FOR THOSE OF US THAT SAW IT. REALLY THE LAST TWO TIMES THESE TEAMS HAVE MET. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CRAZY PLAYS IN THOSE AND SOME TIGHT GAMES. NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SCORING OVERALL WHEN THESE TWO TEAMS MEET. >> Joe: SEATTLE LOST IN OVERTIME TO CHICAGO. CHICAGO BEAT THE SAINTS AND WENT ON TO THE SUPER BOWL AND LOST TO THE COLTS IN SUPER BOWL XLI. HERE IS RUSSELL WILSON WHO HAS JUST DONE NOTHING IN THE NFL EXCEPT WIN. IN THE REGULAR SEASON, IN THE POSTSEASON, HE WON A SUPER BOWL IN HIS SECOND YEAR OF THE NFL. THIRD-ROUND PICK OUT OF WISCONSIN. AND ARGUABLY HAD HIS BEST YEAR IN 2018. >> Troy: I ASKED PETE CARROLL THAT QUESTION SINCE HE'S BEEN HERE FOR ALL OF THEM AND SAID HE HAD A GREAT YEAR. I CAN'T SAY IT WAS BETTER THAN ALL HE'S HAD. THAT WAS A GREAT RESPONSE BECAUSE WHEN I WATCHED RUSSELL THIS YEAR, I SEE THE SAME GUY DOING THE SAME THINGS THAT HE'S BEEN DOING EVER SINCE HE GOT HERE IN 2012. >> Joe: THE HANDOFF TO CARSON, THE NFC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER. HE COMES ROLLING INTO THIS GAME OFF THREE STRAIGHT 100-YARD RUSHING DAYS. IT'S THE TOP RUNNING TEAM IN THE LEAGUE ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT. THEY GET THEIR GUARDS BACK FOR THIS GAME INCLUDING J.R. SWEEZY WHO WAS MORE IFFY THAN D.J. FLUKER. THE BACKS AND RECEIVERS. WE'LL SEE A LOT OF CHRIS CARSON WHO RUSHED FOR 102 WHEN THEY MET IN WEEK THREE. SECOND AND SIX. CARSON AGAIN BOTTLED UP. STILL FIGHTING. AND HE TURNS IT INTO THIRD DOWN AND TWO WITH THAT EFFORT, A GAIN OF FOUR. AND NOW THE DEFENSE, TROY, AND NUMBER SEVEN OVERALL, AND THEY CAN GET AFTER THE PASSER AND THEY HAVE TERRIFIC YOUNG LINEBACKERS. >> Troy: THEY REALLY DO. THEY HAVE OUTSTANDING LINEBACKERS THAT CAN RUN. THE ROOKIE LEIGHTON VANDER ESCH, SMITH IS FULLY HEALTHY. HE'S GOTTEN BETTER AS THE SEASON HAS MOVED ALONG. HARD TO GET THE BALL ON THE EDGES AGAINST THIS DEFENSE. WE'LL SEE WHAT SEATTLE IS ABLE TO DO ON THEIR FIRST THIRD DOWN. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND TWO. WILSON RUNNING IN CIRCLES. COLLINS CHASING HIM. AND BATTED DOWN. SMITH GOT HIS HAND IN THERE. >> Troy: YOU LOOK AT THIS SEATTLE OFFENSE, JOE, COMING INTO THIS GAME THEY HAD THE THIRD MOST THREE AND OUTS OF ANYBODY IN FOOTBALL. AND THE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED THE COWBOYS WEEK THREE THEY HAD 12 OFFENSIVE POSSESSIONS IF YOU DON'T COUNT THE KNEELDOWN. SIX OF THOSE WERE THREE AND OUTS. SO HERE THEY OPEN UP THIS BALL GAME ON THEIR FIRST OFFENSIVE POSSESSION, ANOTHER THREE AND OUT. >> Joe: HE CAN BOOM IT. THIS IS A KNUCKLEBALL. TAVON AUSTIN GETS BROUGHT DOWN IMMEDIATELY. 44-YARD PUNT. NOTHING ON THE RETURN.PELETON. >> Joe: IT IS WILD CARD WEEK AROUND THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. THE COWBOYS LEAD HERE AT HOME, 3-0. THEIR DEFENSE DOING WHAT IT DOES IN THE OPENING QUARTER. THEY'VE ALLOWED ONLY 24 FIRST QUARTER POINTS OF THE YEAR. BY FAR THE FEWEST IN THE NFL. AND THEY FORCED A THREE AND OUT. WE'LL SHOW YOU THE REPLAY. TO SPY ON RUSS WILSON. THIS DRIVE STARTS AT THE 23. A HANDOFF TO ELLIOTT. RUNNING RIGHT. TURNS THE CORNER. AND AVOIDS BENCHES AND PLAYERS AND EVERYBODY ELSE. GAINS THREE. LET'S GO BACK TO THE PLAY BY SMITH. >> Troy: YOU SEE JALEN SMITH AND HOW HE WILL SHADOW RUSSELL WILSON. HE'S GOING TO FOLLOW HIM. ULTIMATELY HE KNOCKS THE PASS DOWN AS HE'S TRYING TO THROW IT UP THE RIGHT SIDELINE. IT'S AN EXCELLENT JOB AND EXPECT TO SEE WHETHER IT'S JALEN SMITH, LEIGHTON VANDER ESCH, OR SOME OTHER. THEY WANT TO RUSH RUSSELL WILSON. AT THE SAME TIME THEY DON'T WANT TO RESTRICT THE PASS RUSHERS, HAVE SOMEBODY IN AS A SPY TO HANDLE HIM WHEN HE SCRAMBLES. >> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN. PRESCOTT TO HIS RIGHT THROWS. OFF THE HANDS OF TWO COWBOYS. FIRST NOAH BROWN THEN DALTON SCHULTZ. AND THE INCOMPLETION TO BRING UP THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN. THE NIGHT BEFORE SUPER BOWL 53>> Reporter: THE NFL'S BRIGHTEST STARS WILL COME TOGETHER TO HAVE THE PLAYS AND MOMENTS FROM THE 2018 SEASON. TUNE IN TO NFL HONORS ON FEBRUARY 2nd AT 9:00 EASTERN ON CBS. THIRD AND SEVEN. PRESCOTT TURNS FOR THE FIRST DOWN. HEARNS MADE THE GRAB. AND NOW HEARNS IS HURT. HEARNS WHO HAS BEEN SELDOM USED SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF AMARI COOPER IN SOME PAIN. HE GOT A FIRST DOWN BUT AT WH >> Joe: HEAD COACH JASON GARRETT OUT THERE HOLDING THE LEFT HAND OF ALLEN HEARNS. WE WON'T SHOW IT AGAIN. IT WAS UGLY. HE MADE THE CATCH AND GOT THE FIRST DOWN BUT NOW EVERYONE IS STANDING AROUND HOPING THAT SOMEHOW HE'S ABLE TO COME BACK FROM IT AT SOME POINT. JOE>> Joe: THEY ARE ABLE TO GET ALLEN HURNS ON THE STRETCHER AND THEN HE WILL GO STRAIGHT INTO THE LOCKER ROOM IF NOT THE HOSPITAL. THERE'S THE RIGHT HAND OF JASON GARRETT, THE LEFT HAND OF ALLEN HURNS, WHO JUST MADE HIS EIGHTH CATCH OVER HIS LAST TEN GAMES FOR A FIRST DOWN HERE A MOMENT AGO, BUT THEN HAD A GRUESOME LEFT LOWER LEG INJURY. THEY PUT THAT INFLATABLE BOOT OVER THE LEFT ANKLE AND FOOT. AND SO WE ARE STILL WAITING HERE IN ARLINGTON AND NOW THIS SELLOUT CROWD OF EITHER JUST BELOW OR JUST ABOVE 100,000. APPLAUDING ALLEN HURNS AND PLAYERS FROM BOTH SIDES COMING UP TO HIM AND WISHING HIM LUCK. >> Troy: YOU LOOK AT THIS OFFENSE WITH COLE BEASLEY BANGED UP AND LOSING ALLEN HURNS, THEY SUITED UP SIX WIDE RECEIVERS COMING INTO THIS GAME. TAVON AUSTIN WHO HAD MISSED NINE GAMES CAME BACK IN WEEK 17, CAME BACK IN WEEK 17 AND GOT A LITTLE BIT OF ACTION, SO HE IS ACTIVE TONIGHT. THEY STILL HAVE COLE BEASLEY ON THE FIELD, BUT HE IS NOTICEABLY LIMPING AROUND. THERE IS ALLEN HURNS IN A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN. >> Joe: THE FIRST YEAR WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS. FORMER JACKSONVILLE JAGUAR. HAD A COUPLE REALLY GOOD YEARS IN JACKSONVILLE. INJURIES HAVE SLOWED HIM THE PAST COUPLE OF SEASONS. THERE'S BEASLEY WHO HAS BEEN BACK OUT THERE BUT WITH A NOTICEABLE LIMP WITH THAT RIGHT ANKLE ISSUE THAT WAS EXACERBATED ON THE FIRST POSSESSION. AS YOU SAID, THEY GET TAVON AUSTIN BACK. THEY HAVE GALLUP THE ROOKIE, COOPER. HURNS IS BEING CARTED OFF. AND SALUTED BY THESE FANS. 14-YARD CATCH ON THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN FOR HURNS. AND DAK PRESCOTT HAS STARTED THIS GAME 5 FOR 7 FOR 53 YARDS AND BACK TO THE BALL GAME WE GO WITH THE BALL AT THE DALLAS 40. >> Joe: GOOD PROTECTION. ELLIOTT TRIED TO GO AROUND WAGNER, AND THEN THE TACKLE MADE BY FORD WHO IS COMING OFF A SIX-TACKLE GAME IN A MORE DIFFICULT EFFORT THAN YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IN A HOME WIN OVER ARIZONA, A GAIN OF FOUR ON THE PLAY. SECOND AND SIX. >> Troy: FORD IS BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND REALLY HE HAS SHOWN SEATTLE A LOT. LIKE YOU SAID, HE'S SHOWN UP AT THE END OF THE SEASON. THE ONLY REASON HE WAS UNDRAFTED WAS BECAUSE OF HIS HEIGHT. HE'S ONLY 5'11". HE SHOWS UP WHEN YOU WATCH THIS DEFENSE. >> Joe: WRIGHT PLAYED ONLY FIVE GAMES. HE'S AN ALTERNATE THIS YEAR. WITH FIVE GAMES PLAYED. SO THEY'VE HAD HIM NOW THREE GAMES IN A ROW, AND HE REALLY MANCE A KEY SPOT AT THE WEAKSIDE LINEBACKER FOR KEN NORTON JR.'S DEFENSE. >> Troy: NO DOUBT. THEY WERE THRILLED TO GET HIM BACK, BACK AT 100%, MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS THEY GO INTO THE POSTSEASON. BOBBY WAGNER THE FACE WITH SO MANY PLAYERS HAVING LEFT THIS LAST YEAR. K.J. WRIGHT ANOTHER ONE WHO WAS ONE OF THE MAINSTAYS FOR THIS GROUP. >> Joe: OUT OF THE SHOTGUN, THE PASS FOR GALLUP IS INCOMPLETE. AND LOOKING FOR A BIG CHUNK OF YARDAGE ON THIRD AND TWO, PRESCOTT FIRED IT OUT OF BOUNDS. IT'S FOURTH DOWN. >> Troy: THEY'VE TRIED THIS CONNECTION A LOT, ALL SEASON LONG. A LOT OF CONTACT HERE AT THE END OF THIS. THE BALL, THEY DEEMED IT PROBABLY UNCATCHABLE. IT WAS NOT MUCH OF A CHANCE AT ALL ON THE THROW. THEY TAKE A LOT OF SHOTS, MORE DEEP SHOTS TO MICHAEL GALLUP THAN ANYBODY ELSE. THEY JUST DON'T HIT MANY OF THEM. WHEN THEY THROW TO GALLUP THEY'RE ONLY COMPLETING 48% OF THE PASSES, WHICH ISN'T VERY GOOD. BUT, LIKE I SAID, MORE TIMES THAN NOT THEY'RE THROWING 30, 40, 50 YARDS DOWNFIELD. >> Joe: JONES WITH A KNUCKLER. BACK UP INSIDE THE 15. AND DIVES DOWN NEAR THE >> Joe: SETTING UP THE SCREEN, CARSON GETS BLOWN UP. ANTWAUN WOODS. A LOSS OF EIGHT. >> Troy: ANTWAUN WOODS READS THIS PERFECTLY. HE'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. ONCE HE FEELS THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN KIND OF LET HIM GO, HE GOES AND ATTACKS THE BACK. JUST NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER. THIS GUY HAS HAD A HECK OF A SEASON. HE GOES INTO CAMP IN OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, THE FOURTH STRING DEFENSIVE TACKLE. BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVE BACK IN DALLAS TO START THE SEASON, HE WAS THE STARTER. >> Joe: SECOND AND 18. CARSON. WOODS AGAIN. DRAGS DOWN CHRIS CARSON WHO HAD A BIG YEAR AT OVER 1,100 YARDS. THE FIFTH BEST TOTAL IN THE NFL. THAT SCREEN THAT WAS SHUT DOWN BY WOODS HAS, IN ESSENCE BROUGHT THIRD AND LONG. >> Troy: THESE NEGATIVE PLAYS, BECAUSE THE TWO DEFENSES ARE SO DOMINANT, ESPECIALLY SEATTLE ON THIRD DOWN, THE PRESSURE THEY CAN GET TO YOU ON THIRD DOWN, WHEN YOU GET INTO LONG DOWN SITUATIONS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME AND NEGATIVE PLAYS REALLY IMPACT THESE POSSESSIONS. >> Joe: WILSON DIVING AROUND AND ENDS UP WITH A POSITIVE PLAY, A GAIN OF THREE. DEMARCUS LAWRENCE MADE THE STOP. THE FIRST GUY THERE WAS RANDY GREGORY AND CHRIS RASHARD WHO FOR THREE YEARS WAS THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR THE SEAHAWKS AND WHO WILL INTERVIEW FOR A NUMBER OF HEAD COACHING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE UPCOMING WEEK. HE IS PLEASED WITH THE WAY HIS DEFENSE HAS STARTED THIS BALL GAME. >> Troy: AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN COVERAGE. NOWHERE FOR RUSSELL WILSON TO GO. HE DOES A GOOD JOB GETTING WHAT HE COULD TRYING TO HELP THIS PUNT AND FIELD POSITION. >> Joe: AUSTIN SURVEYS AND NOW LOOKS FOR SOME ROOM. CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE 30. A 57-YARD PUNT AND EIGHT-YARD RETURN AFTER THE SEAHAWKS HAVE THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT THREE AND OUT. THIS FEBRUARY BUCKLE UP FOR THE BIGGEST RACE OF THE YEAR -- THE DAYTONA 500 ON FOX. THE GREAT AMERICAN RACE KICKS OFF THE 2019 NASCAR SEASON THIS FEBRUARY ONLY ON FOX. >> Troy: LOOK AT THIS GAIN, JOE. SEATTLE HAS STARTED THIS GAME MUCH LIKE THEY STARTED THE OTHER GAMES, AND IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE. THEIR FORMULA FOR BEATING DALLAS HAS BEEN TO STAY THE COURSE, TAKE AWAY THE BALL ON DEFENSE AND THEN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE. >> Joe: PRESCOTT TO THE SIDELINE AND INCOMPLETE FOR AMARI COOPER. >> Troy: THIS HAS BEEN AN OFFENSE, LAST WEEK AGAINST THE GIANTS THEY HAD FIVE PASS PLAYS OF 20 YARDS OR MORE WHICH IS THE MOST THEY'VE HAD ALL SEASON. BIG PASS PLAYS HAVE BEEN HARD TO COME BY FOR THIS OUT OF BOUNDS OFFENSE. IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE SOMEBODY DOWN ON THE FAR SIDELINE. >> Joe: WATCH JARON REED, HAS HAD A HUGE YEAR. MAKES THAT PLAY. OUT THERE ON THE EDGE WHERE THE PASS WAS INCOMPLETE, TRE FLOWERS WHO PETE CARROLL PREDICTS GREATNESS FOR IS SLOW TO GET UP. >> Troy: THEY'RE CHECKING HIS ANKLE. HE PLAYED SAFETY. SOME TEAMS WERE LOOKING AT HIM AS SAFETY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE PLAYED. HE FIT THE MOLD FOR SEATTLE. THEY BROUGHT HIM IN AND MOVED HIM TO CORNER. THEY FEEL BETWEEN HE AND SHAQ GRIFFIN THEY HAVE THEIR TWO CORNERS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. >> Joe: NOW THEY LOOK AT TRE FLOWERS. KING COMES IN TO TAKE OVER FOR FLOWERS. SECOND AND TEN. THEY RUN IT WITH ELLIOTT. WAGNER IS THERE FOR SEATTLE. A FLAG IS DOWN. >> Troy: THAT FLAG CAME IN LATE, TOO. >> Referee: DURING THE RUN, HOLDING, NUMBER 89 OFFENSE. TEN-YARD PENALTY FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL. STILL SECOND DOWN. >> Joe: SEATTLE ACCEPTS THE PENALTY. WE ARE PLEASED MOST WEEKS WITH THE PRESENCE OF MIKE PEREIRA IN OTHER BROADCAST BOOTH. WE HEARD FROM WALT ANDERSON. THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR, MIKE, WHERE THESE REFEREES AND THESE CREWS ARE PUT TOGETHER ON THE FLY, SO TO SPEAK. >> Mike: THEY HAVE WALT ANDERSON AND HIS UMPIRE TOGETHER SO IT GIVES THEM CONSISTENCY IN THAT VERY IMPORTANT DUO THERE. >> Troy: THE HOLD ON JARWIN BRINGS UP SECOND AND 20. PRESCOTT TO THE SIDELINE. COOPER WITH A CATCH. AND THIRD DOWN AND A GAIN OF NINE. >> Troy: ONE OF THOSE GAMES, JOE, BECAUSE YOU DO EXPECT IT TO BE SOMEWHAT LOW SCORING GAME, IT'S A GAME OF FIELD POSITION. AND SO THOSE -- I WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH SEATTLE WHEN THEY HAVE THE SCREEN PASS THAT GETS PLAYED BY ANTWAUN WOODS, THEY COME BACK AND HAVE THE HOLDING PENALTY AGAINST DARWIN AND IT BACKS YOU UP. AWFULLY DIFFICULT HERE. >> Joe: PRESCOTT THE LONG THROW AND BROKEN UP. SHAQ GRIFFIN STEPPED IN FRONT OF MICHAEL GALLUP. GRIFFIN HAD VISIONS OF TAKING THIS TO THE HOUSE. >> Troy: IF HE THROWS IT WHERE GALLUP CAN MAKE A PLAY ON IT, THEN IT'S A PICK SIX. IT'S GOING THE OTHER WAY. YOU CAN TELL THAT SHAQ GRIFFIN HAD A CHANCE ANYWAY. PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THAT BALL. HE MISSED OUT ON AN OPPORTUNITY. THAT'S BEEN THE DOWN FALL. SO FAR NO TURNOVERS IN THIS GAME. THEY'VE TURNED IT DOWN IN EACH OF THE PREVIOUS TWO MEETINGS AGAINST THE SEAHAWKS. >> Joe: THAT HIT TAVON FRAZIER FURTHER UP THE FIELD AND THEY'LL PUT THE BALL AT THE 27. COMING INTO THE YEAR HERE ARE SOME OF THE PRESEASON HEADLINES FROM DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS WHETHER "THE NEW YORK TIMES," "USA TODAY," "SPORTS ILLUSTRATED." CAN RUSSELL WILSON AND A REBUILT DEFENSE GET BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS? THE ANSWER IS YES. RUSSELL WILSON HAS ONLY MISSED THE PLAYOFFS ONE TIME AND THAT WAS LAST YEAR. BY THE WAY, ANOTHER WINNING SEASON AT 9-7. >> Troy: AND A REBUILT COACHING STAFF AS WELL. WE TALK ABOUT CHRIS RASHARD LEAVING. THEY REPLACED DARRELL BEVELL WHO HAD BEEN THE COORDINATOR FOR SEVEN YEARS AND BRING IN BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER. IN THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS THEY WERE A LITTLE HEAVY THROWING THE BALL. THEY WERE PLAYING FROM A DEFICIT. THE OTHER PART WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD ABANDONED THE RUN. THEY'RE NOT ABANDONING IT ANYMORE. >> Joe: CARSON ON FIRST DOWN ABLE TO GET IT JUST ACROSS THE 30 WHERE LEIGHTON VANDER ESCH, WHO SET A COWBOYS ROOKIE RECORD WITH HIS 138 TACKLES THIS YEAR, BRINGS HIM DOWN. >> Troy: TO FOLLOW UP ON BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER, I THINK PETE CARROLL MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT THAT HE'S BEEN OUTSTANDING AS THE PLAY CALLER. IT'S NOT AN EASY POSITION TO COME INTO WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR IDEAS OF THINGS YOU WANT TO DO AND YET SEATTLE UNDER PETE CARROLL HAVE ONE PHILOSOPHY AND THAT IS WE ARE GOING TO RUN THE FOOTBALL AND HE'S BEEN GOOD AT CALLING THOSE PLAYS FOR HIM. >> Joe: HERE IS CARSON. GOT MAYBE A YARD. THE FIRST GUY THERE WAS DEMARCUS LAWRENCE. SO THIRD DOWN. THIRD AND SIX UPCOMING. >> Troy: THIRD AND SIX AND WE'LL SEE IF SEATTLE IS ABLE TO GET THEIR FIRST FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: WILSON SACKED. MAHLIK COLLINS GOT THROUGH AND STILL NO FIRST DOWN FOR SEATTLE. >> Troy: D.J. FLUKER IS THE RIGHT GUARD. I DON'T KNOW IF EXPECTED HELP BUT INSTEAD HE TAKES JALEN SMITH WHO WAS BLITZING. THERE'S A FACEMASK THAT THE COWBOYS GET AWAY FROM -- OR GET AWAY WITH. JUST NOT GOOD UP FRONT. YOU TURN THE FURTHEST GUY AWAY FROM THE FULLBACK, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN JALEN SMITH. IT BUYS RUSSELL WILSON A LITTLE MORE TIME. COLLINS HAS A DIRECT SHOT. >> Joe: AUSTIN BACK TO THE 21. FLAG. AUSTIN TAKES OFF. THIS IS LIKELY COMING BACK. AUSTIN WILL GO DOWN THE SIDELINE AND GET INTO THE END ZONE. A FLAG IS DOWN BACK NEAR THE 24. IT HAPPENED NEAR THE COWBOYS SIDELINE. AND GARRETT CAN'T BELIEVE THE CALL. HERE IS THE OFFICIAL WORD FROM WALT ANDERSON. >> Referee: DURING THE RETURN, HOLDING, NUMBER 35 BY THE RECEIVING TEAM. TEN-YARD PENALTY FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL. FIRST DOWN AND THIS IS THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER. >> Joe: THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER HAS THE CROWD UPSET. IT ERASE AS HOLD ON FRAZIER OR BY HIM. ERASES AN 80-YARD RETURN. >> Joe: WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE THEY CALLED IT ON KAVON FRAZIER. WE BELIEVE THEY CALLED THE WRONG NUMBER. WE'LL SHOW IT TO YOU IN A MOMENT THIS DRIVE STARTS AT THE 14 FOR DALLAS. TRE FLOWERS BACK OUT THERE, A CORNER FOR SEATTLE. INJURED THE LAST TIME DALLAS HAD THE BALL AND THE COWBOYS GO BACK TO THE GROUND GAME. TAKE US THROUGH THIS IMPORTANT AND BIG HOLDING CALL. >> Mike: YOU THROW THE FLAG AND THEN THEY TELL YOU YOU HAVE TO KEEP OFFICIATING THE RETURN. WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU LOSE TRACK OF THE NUMBER. THEY JUST ANNOUNCED THE WRONG NUMBER BUT IT WAS THE RIGHT CALL. >> Joe: THE PASS IS CAUGHT. THAT IS AUSTIN WHO WAS TRADED TO DALLAS BY THE RAMS COMING INTO THE YEAR. CHRIS MYERS, WHAT DO YOU HAVE DOWN THERE? >> Chris: UPDATING WHAT YOU SAID ON TRE FLOWERS, HE'S PLAYING ON A TENDER LEFT ANKLE. THEY HAD TO REWRAP IT. HE WENT OVER TO PETE CARROLL AND SAID I'M GOOD TO GO BACK IN. THE BACKUP CORNER DOUBTFUL WITH A SHOULDER INJURY, IS WEARING AN ICE PACK ON THE SIDELINE. SEATTLE IS ALREADY WITHOUT SAFETY DELANO HILL WHO WAS INJURED LAST WEEK. >> Troy: HE'S IN THE SLOT ON AMAR'E HOOPER. YOU WOULD THINK COWBOYS WOULD GO AFTER HIM. >> Joe: HOW ABOUT DALLAS' INJURIES IN THE FIRST HALF. >> Erin: THE OFFICIAL WORD ON ALLEN HURNS, ANKLE INJURY, OUT. COLE BEASLEY STILL BANGED UP WITH THAT RIGHT ANKLE INJURY. HE'S TRYING TO GUT THROUGH IT. AND ALSO STRONG SAFETY JEFF HEAP HAD TO WRAP UP HIS WRIST. >> Joe: FOR DALLAS AT LEAST AT THE SAFETY SPOT THEY DRESS THREE SAFETIES SO THEY'RE A BIT PINNED BACK THERE. SECOND DOWN AND FIVE FOR DALLAS AT THEIR OWN 30. BEASLEY, FIRST DOWN. SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS BY SHAQ GRIFFIN. >> Troy: HE'S THE WIDE RECEIVER WHO DOESN'T GET A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PASSING GAME. HE'S A BLOCKER. THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THE BALL HERE TO THE BOTTOM AND THEY COVERED UP PRETTY WELL. PRESCOTT ABLE TO FLUSH TO HIS RIGHT AND EVEN WITH A BAD ANKLE GIVES THEM SOME SEPARATION. >> Joe: AUSTIN GETS IT. GOOD PLAY BY NUMBER 50 AND A LOSS OF THREE. >> Troy: I DON'T THINK THAT WILL WORK WELL FOR TAVON AUSTIN. HE GOES IN MOTION ON THE JET SWEEP ACTION. THEY TRIED TO GET HIM THE BALL THAT WAY, ALSO. I DO THINK HE'S A GOOD ROUTE RUNNER AND HAS MISSED A LOT OF TIME AS WE TALKED ABOUT. I ALSO THINK NOAH BROWN IS. THEY HAVE SOME GUYS EVEN NOW WITHOUT ALLEN HURNS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF BEING IN ONE-ON-ONE COVERAGE. YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN WITH EZEKIEL ELLIOTT GOING BACKWARDS. IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS HIM FINISHING UP FORWARD. THAT'S A HECK OF A PLAY BY JARON REED. HE'S ABLE TO JUST CORRAL EZEKIEL RIGHT THERE. A BIG YEAR HE'S HAD. A GREAT RUN GUY THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, BUT THIS YEAR ALL OF A SUDDEN HE EMERGED AS A PASS RUSHER. >> Joe: THEY'RE GOING TO CALL THIS AGAINST DALLAS. >> Referee: FALSE START, NUMBER 71, OFFENSE. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. STILL THIRD DOWN. >> Joe: COLLINS WAS GUILTY OF FLINCHING. >> Troy: JUST A LITTLE, YOU KNOW. AND HAD HE SNAPPED THE BALL WHEN SEATTLE GOT INTO THE NEUTRAL ZONE, THEN THE COWBOYS PICK UP FIVE YARDS. IT'S NOT SNAPPED BUT THERE WAS ENOUGH MOVEMENT GOING ON ALONG THE OFFENSIVE FRONT THAT GOT COLLINS. >> Joe: UNDERNEATH IT'S ELLIOTT TO THE 40. EIGHT-YARDS SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN AND A GAIN OF NINE. >> Troy: EZEKIEL ELLIOTT HAS PUT THE BALL ON THE GROUND. HE'S FUMBLED SIX TIMES THIS YEAR. SEATTLE DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF CREATING TAKEAWAYS, GOING AFTER THE FOOTBALL. A GOOD JOB BEING MINDFUL OF THAT. >> Joe: A BEAUTY. LOCKS IT BACK NEAR THE 10. TRIPPED UP. JOE THOMAS SAVED WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A BIG RETURN BY LOCKETT. IT'S 12 YARDS AS IT IS HERE AFTER A >> Joe: WELL, AS WE COME BACK INTO THIS GIGANTIC STADIUM IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS, JOE AND TROY WITH YOU. ERIN AND CHRIS DOWN ON THE SIDELINE. SO FAR NOT MUCH FOR SEATTLE OFFENSIVELY. >> Troy: THEY HAVE FIVE YARDS HERE IN THIS BALL GAME. THREE CONSECUTIVE THREE AND OUTS TO START THIS GAME. THE DEFENSE IS SAYING, OFFENSE, LET'S GET SOMETHING GOING NOW. >> Joe: WILSON FLOATS IT. PASS IS CAUGHT BY DICKSON, THE TIGHT END. THERE'S THEIR FIRST FIRST DOWN AND A BIG PLAY ON TOP OF IT. DICKSON GETS 27. >> Troy: SUCH GREAT TOUCH BY RUSSELL WILSON. HE COMES OFF OF IT AND THEN JUST FEATHERS IT RIGHT THERE TO DIXON. IT'S A NICE JOB, A GOOD CONCEPT BY BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER. DICKSON MISSED SOME TIME AS WELL. THEY'VE HAD TO KIND OF DO IT BY COMMITTEE EVER SINCE THEN. >> Joe: WILSON. PROTECTION IS THERE. HERE IS LOCKETT WITH A CATCH INSIDE THE 20. AND IN TWO BIG PLAYS HERE A TON OF YARDS. 26 TO DICKSON AND NOW 40 TO TYLER LOCKETT. >> Troy: THIS IS THEIR SPEED GUY, THEIR DEEP THREAT. IMMEDIATELY HE'S ONE-ON-ONE ON THE SAFETY. AND YOU SEE HOW THAT'S A MISMATCH. THERE'S NO WAY WITH A TWO-WAY GO ON XAVIER WOODS, JUST NO WAY FOR HIM TO KEEP UP WITH THEM. JUST TWO OUTSTANDING PLAYS AND THROWS BY RUSSELL WILSON. >> Joe: HANDOFF HERE TAKES IT DOWN INSIDE THE 10. CHRIS CARSON BROUGHT DOWN BY JALEN SMITH, A GAIN OF FOUR. >> Troy: WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PRIOR GAMES BETWEEN THESE TWO, THE SEAHAWKS DOMINATED OFFENSIVELY IN THE RED ZONE. THEY HAVE COME AWAY WITH TOUCHDOWNS. THE COWBOYS, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAVE NOT. THIS COWBOYS DEFENSE IS AS GOOD AS THEY'VE BEEN IN THIS GAME. THEY'VE GIVEN UP A LOT OF YARDAGE ON THOSE FIRST TWO PASS PLAYS. CAN THEY MAKE A STOP DOWN HERE? >> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND SIX. CARSON AGAIN NOTHING. MALIEK COLLINS WHO HAS A SACK IN THIS GAME BROUGHT CARSON DOWN WITH A LOSS OF ONE. SO NOW THIRD DOWN. BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE RIGHT PLAY AGAINST THE NUMBER 27 THIRD DOWN DEFENSE IN THE LEAGUE. BUT THE NUMBER SEVEN RED ZONE DEFENSE DURING THE REGULAR SEASON FOR ROD MARINELLI. THIRD DOWN AND SIX. JUST GOT IT AWAY. PASS INCOMPLETE FOR DICKSON. AND THE COWBOYS DEFENSE DOES MAKE A STOP IN THE RED ZONE AS THE FIELD GOAL UNIT COMES ON FOR SEATTLE. >> Troy: THEY DIAL UP THE BLITZ. WE'VE SEEN THAT A FEW TIMES IN THIS GAME. THEY GO LEIGHTON VANDER ESCH. RUSSELL WILSON, HE SAW IT. HE RECOGNIZED IT. LEIGHTON VANDER ESCH TIPPED HIS HAND BEFORE THE SNAP OF THE BALL, AND SO YOU SAW RUSSELL WILSON CHECK OUT OF IT. HE ANTICIPATED THE BLITZ. BUT EVEN WITH A BETTER THROW AND A CATCH, DICKSON DOES NOT PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN THERE. >> Joe: JANIKOWSKI KNOCKS IT THROUGH FROM 27. THIS WILD CARD PLAYOFF GAME IS T >> Joe: SOME OF THE GREAT COWBOYS QUARTERBACKS, STAUBACH, AIKMAN. AND BEFORE THE GAME A LITTLE MEETING AROUND MIDFIELD WITH THE GREAT DANNY WHITE. >> Troy: THE GREAT DANNY WHITE. TOOK THE TEAM TO THREE CONSECUTIVE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. HE DOES THE NATIONAL BROADCAST ON RADIO FOR THE COWBOY GAMES. >> Joe: AND JANIKOWSKI KNOCKS IT INTO THE END ZONE. OUT TO THE 25 IT GOES. MILLIONS OF FANS MADE THE MASKED SINGER AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE SHOW AND THE STEELERS ANTONIO BROWN WAS THE FIRST TO BE UNMASKED FROM EMMY WINNERS TO HALL OF FAMERS YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHO IS UNMASKED NEXT. "THE MASKED SINGER" WEDNESDAY HERE ON FOX. 7:03 LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF. >> Joe: SO FAR ELLIOTT NINE CARRIES. PRESCOTT THROWS AND THE PASS IS DROPPED. A FLAG IS THROWN. >> Referee: PRIOR TO THE PASS, ILLEGAL CONTACT, NUMBER 26, DEFENSE. FIVE-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT, FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: THAT IS THE FIRST SEAHAWKS PENALTY. >> Troy: THEY HAD TRE FLOWERS WORKING AGAINST AMARI COOPER. THAT'S WHERE PRESCOTT WAS LOOK TO GO THROW THE BALL AND COOPER WAS ABLE TO GET SEPARATION. I THOUGHT WHEN THEY LINED UP THAT'S WHERE HE WAS GOING. TRE FLOWERS IS BANGED UP, HE'S HOBBLED. THEY DON'T MATCH UP SO YOU CAN GET COOPER ON TRE FLOWERS ANYTIME YOU WANT. >> Joe: ELLIOTT ON FIRST DOWN. AND THERE'S A PLAY MADE BY K.J. WRIGHT. HE'S BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE. A GAIN OF ONE. >> Troy: WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, SEATTLE EVEN WHEN THEY HAD RICHARD SHERMAN, THEY DO NOT PUT A CORNER ON THE OPPOSING TEAM'S BEST OFFENSIVE WEAPON. THEY JUST PLAY THEIR LEFT AND RIGHT CORNER POSITION. TRE FLOWERS WILL PLAY HIS RIGHT CORNER SPOT. YOU CAN PUT ANYBODY YOU WANT ON TRE FLOWERS, THE ROOKIE, WHO IS HOBBLED AS IS GRIFFIN. MISSED TWO-THIRDS OF THE GAME LAST WEEK WITH THE ANKLE. >> Joe: COOPER AND GRIFFIN AT THE TOP. THAT'S WHERE PRESCOTT GOES AND AMARI COOPER, WHO MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE WIN COLUMN AND STATISTICALLY FOR THIS DALLAS OFFENSE GETS 15 AND A FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: THE LAST THREE WEEKS HAVE BEEN TOUGH FOR AMARI COOPER THROUGH NO FAULT OF HIS. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE PASSES IN HIS DIRECTION WHEN HE'S HAD SEPARATION. HE'S A HARD GUY TO GET TO THE GROUND. I'VE SAID IT ABOUT EVERY TIME WE'VE HAD A COWBOYS GAME, I REALLY HAVE NOT SEEN ANYBODY ONE-ON-ONE COVER HIM YET. HE'S SO GOOD IN AND OUT OF BREAKS AND GIVING DAK PRESCOTT A TARGET AND A GOOD PLACE TO GO WITH THE FOOTBALL. >> Joe: ELLIOTT RIGHT SIDE. LOOKED LIKE HE GOT ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN BEFORE HE WAS KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS. TO THE SEATTLE 40. A GAIN OF 13 AS McDOUGALD MADE THE STOP. >> Troy: McDOUGALD PUT A PRETTY GOOD HIT ON HIM. YOU SEE EZEKIEL ELLIOTT GO FLYING. THERE'S SOME OF THAT HELMET-TO-HELMET STUFF WE TALKED ABOUT. IT WAS MORE SIDE HELMET AS OPPOSED TO THE CROWN OF THE HELMET. >> Joe: THE LONGEST CARRY OF THE DAY. THEY GO RIGHT BACK TO HIM. THAT WAS MADE BY FRANK CLARK. NO BEGIN ON THE PLAY. THE SEAHAWKS ARE THE ONLY TEAM IN THE LEAGUE THAT HAD TWO DIFFERENT PLAYERS ON THEIR DEFENSE WITH TEN OR MORE SACKS. CLARK WITH A CAREER HIGH 14 AND JARRAN REED 10 1/2. CLARK PROVES HE CAN PLAY THE RUN AS WELL ON THAT PLAY. >> Troy: AND FRANK CLARK WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS YEAR 27 -- OR OVER HALF OF HIS QUARTERBACK HITS ON THE YEAR CAME FROM THE LAST FIVE BALL GAMES. >> Joe: IT'S PRESCOTT! PLAY IS MADE BY CLARK. AND HE COMES UP WITH A HUGE PLAY BACK TO MIDFIELD. A LOSS OF TEN. >> Troy: KENNY NORTON THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, THEY RUN A GAME. THE COWBOYS DON'T HANDLE THAT WELL. THEY GOT THE ROOKIE CONNOR WILLIAMS WORKING ALONGSIDE SMITH. THEY DO NOT PLAY THAT OFF. YOU WOULD LET THE LEFT TACKLE, CONNOR WILLIAMS HAS TO PICK UP FRANK CLARK. THEY DON'T DO THAT AND CLARK HAS A FREE SHOT. >> Joe: PRESCOTT WAS SACKED FIVE TIMES IN WEEK THREE AT SEATTLE. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME HE'S BEEN SACKED IN THIS ONE. UNDERNEATH IS ELLIOTT TRYING TO GET SOME YARDS AND MAYBE HAVE A CRACK AT A FIELD GOAL TRY. WENT AROUND K.J. WRIGHT WHO HAS SIX TACKLES IN THIS HALF, AND HE GETS TEN AND THE FIELD GOAL UNIT COMES ON FOR DALLAS. >> Troy: YOU'LL SEE THE MOVE THERE. NORMALLY HE WOULD HANG HERE AND HANG THERE AND THEY WOULD PASS IT OFF. INSTEAD, THEY DON'T. THEY DON'T SEE AND FEEL -- AND THAT'S JUST PART OF CONNOR WILLIAMS AND SMITH NOT HAVING WORKED TOGETHER MUCH. IT'S BEEN AT RIGHT GUARD. HE HASN'T BEEN AT LEFT GUARD SINCE THE FIFTH GAME OF THE SEASON. >> Joe: MAHER. HE IS WIDE TO THE RIGHT. MADE THREE DURING THE REGULAR SEASON OF 55 OR MORE, PUSHES THIS WIDE RIGHT. GREATOU TO NOT DRINK AND RIDE YOUR HORSE. >> Joe: IT'S A WILD CARD MATCHUP BETWEEN THE SEAHAWKS AND THE COWBOYS AS BRETT MAHER MISSES FROM 58. THAT WOULD HAVE TIED AN NFL POSTSEASON RECORD, GANO AND STOYANOVICH HAVE HIT FROM 58 IN POSTSEASON GAMES PAST. HERE IS RUSSELL WILSON OUT TO HIS LEFT IN TROUBLE. GREGORY IN PURSUIT. AND THE PASS IS TO DOUG BALDWIN, INCOMPLETE. THAT BOUNCED IN. CHRIS MYERS, GIVE US MORE ON RUSS WILSON. >> Chris: POSITIVE, JOE, BUT MORE SUBDUED FOR HIS PERSONALITY. THAT WAS BEFORE THE LAST SERIES. HE HASN'T SHOWN FRUSTRATION. THE SIDELINE CHATTER INDICATING THAT OUR PATIENCE IS PAYING OFF AND WE CAN BE MORE AGGRESSIVE ON FIRST DOWN OR AT LEAST TRY TO BE. >> Joe: THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WILSON HAS TARGETED DOUG BALDWIN IN THE GAME. SECOND AND TEN. THE MISSED FIELD GOAL, THE GREAT FIELD POSITION. WILSON GETS RID OF IT AND LOCKETT WITH A CATCH! WHAT A GRAB BY TYLER LOCKETT. >> Troy: THIS GUY HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE ALL SEASON LONG. MR. RELIABLE REALLY. HE JUST -- HE AND BALDWIN ARE GREAT COMPETITORS. TYLER LOCKETT AS A SPEED GUY MUCH BETTER AT MAKING THOSE CONTESTED CATCHES THAN PEOPLE REALIZE. THAT'S AN OUTSTANDING JOB. >> Joe: A 25-YARD GRAB. HERE IS CARSON, AND HE LOSES YARDAGE. A LOSS OF FOUR. BACK TO THAT AS WILSON JUST HEAVED IT WITH LAWRENCE IN HIS FACE. >> Troy: HE JUST LAYS IT UP. HE JUST TRUSTS THAT HIS GUY WILL GO UP AND MAKE A PLAY AND AWUZIE LOSES SIGHT OF THE BALL. HE DOESN'T MAKE A PLAY AT ALL ON IT. THAT'S GOOD WORK. HEY, THAT 58-YARD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT BY MAHER, YOU SET UP SEATTLE WITH GREAT FIELD POSITION ON THE 48 YARD LINE, ONE BIG PLAY AND THEY'RE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. >> Joe: WE ARE AT THE >> Joe: THE GREAT CHARLES HALEY SITTING NEXT TO COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL. WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THEM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BREAK, AND HE'S GOT GOODELL CRACKED UP. I MEAN, CHARLES HALEY IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING GUYS THAT YOU COULD EVER SIT NEXT TO ANYWHERE. >> Troy: ONE OF THE GREATEST TEAMMATES I EVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF PLAYING WITH. I GUARANTEE YOU THE COMMISSIONER WILL BE ENTERTAINED THROUGHOUT THE GAME. >> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND 14. RUSSELL WILSON HAS ONLY FOUR COMPLETIONS. THREE HAVE BEEN 25 OR MORE YARDS. THE LAST ONE TO LOCKETT. VISA HALFTIME COMING UP. HERE'S CURT. >> Curt: COMING UP ON THE VISA HALFTIME THE COLTS BEAT THE TEXANS EARLIER AND SET UP A SHOWDOWN WITH THE CHIEFS NEXT WEEK. WE WILL TALK WITH T.Y. HILTON ABOUT THE BIG WIN. WE'LL BREAK DOWN THE FIRST HALF OF THE GAME YOU'RE HAVING FUN AT IN BIG "D." JOE? >> Joe: CURT, THANK YOU. SO THAT MEANS THE WINNER OF THE CHARGERS AND THE RAVENS, THAT GAME IN BALTIMORE, WILL BE AT FOXBOROUGH TO TAKE ON THE PATRIOTS NEXT WEEK. NOW THE SECOND AND 14 PLACE SEAHAWKS DOWN TO TWO TIME-OUTS. >> Joe: WILSON, CARSON. THIRD DOWN COMING UP. A GAIN OF SEVEN. >> Troy: GOOD DEFENSE BY DALLAS AND ESPECIALLY JAYLON SMITH MAKING THE TACKLE. BOTH DEFENSES ARE REALLY GOOD IN THE OPEN FIELD, OF BEING ABLE TO MINIMIZE THE YARDS AFTER CONTACT. SETS UP ANOTHER THIRD DOWN FOR SEATTLE. >> Joe: DALLAS USED A TIME-OUT TRYING TO CONSERVE AS MUCH TIME AS THEY CAN SO THEY GET A CRACK AT IT AGAIN BEFORE THE HALF. REMEMBER, SEATTLE WILL RECEIVE THE KICKOFF TO START THE SECOND HALF. THE SEAHAWKS ARE 0 FOR 4 ON THIRD DOWN. >> Troy: CHRIS RICHARD HAS CALLED BLITZES IN THE FIRST HALF. WILL HE AGAIN HERE? >> Joe: SMITH AND VANDER ESCH ON THE LINE, BOTH COMING AFTER WILSON. THE PASS INCOMPLETE WITH AWUZIE IN COVERAGE. THAT BRINGS UP FOURTH DOWN. >> Troy: HE HAD A CHANCE, TOO. THE COWBOYS DID BRING PRESSURE SO THEY'RE ONE-ON-ONE AND GO AFTER AWUZIE AGAIN AND A WELL-THROWN BALL BY RUSSELL WILSON. GETS AWAY WITH A BIT OF A PUSHOFF. AND THAT'S ONE THAT DOUG BALDWIN DOESN'T MISS THAT CATCH VERY OFTEN. >> Joe: TOUCHDOWN CATCHES IN SIX OF HIS LAST EIGHT POSTSEASON GAMES. JANIKOWSKI HAS PUT SEATTLE ON TOP AS HE HITS FROM 42. 2 FOR 2 IN THIS PLAYOFF GAME. THE 2019 PRO BOWL PRESENTED BY VERIZON IS HEADED BACK TO ORLANDO FOR A WEEK FILLED WITH ENTERTAINMENT AND A CELEBRATION OF FOOTBALL AT ALL LEVELS. THE 2019 PRO BOWL PRESENTED BY VERIZON SUNDAY, JANUARY 27th AT 3:00 P.M. EASTERN ON ESPN AND ABC. AND DON'T MISS THE PRO BOWL SKILLS SHOWDOWN ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 24th AT 9:00 EASTERN ON ESPN. >> Troy: THEY HAVE TWO TIME-OUTS. IF YOU PUT MUCH MEANING INTO STATS AND NUMBERS, SEATTLE AT 7-0 THIS YEAR WHEN THEY ARE LEADING AT HALFTIME. REMEMBER THAT SHORT FIELD AND THE OPPORTUNITY SET UP BY THE 48-YARD POSITIONING OF THE FOOTBALL AFTER THE 58-YARD FIELD GOAL MISS BY MAHER. OUT TO THE 25 IT WILL COME. FOR THE COWBOYS THEIR POSTSEASON HISTORY 1990 THROUGH 2000, 12-5 RECORD. THREE SUPER BOWL WINS. SINCE, THEY HAVE ONLY TWO WINS. IN EIGHT TRIES. >> Troy: THEY HAVE HAD GOOD TEAMS, TOO. THEY WERE THE NUMBER ONE SEED IN THE NFC. THEY LOST TO THE NEW YORK GIANTS AND ELI MANNING WHEN THEY WENT ON TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL AND TWO YEARS AGO TO THE GREEN BAY PACKERS. >> Joe: PRESCOTT WITH PROTECTION. COMING OFF THE HUGE WIN AGAINST THE GIANTS. A GAIN OF FOUR. >> Troy: HE HAS EMERGED AS A GUY DAK PRESCOTT CAN RELY ON. DARWIN ONLY HAD TWO RECEPTIONS IN GAMES SWAYNE PLAYED IN. HIS WORK HAS COME WITH SWAIM ON I.R. AND A HUGE GAME SUNDAY AGAINST THE GIANTS. >> Joe: THE COWBOYS LONGEST PLAY OF THE HALF IS 15 YARDS. THIS ONE IS CAUGHT BUT SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: COOPER IS SLOW TO GET UP. >> Joe: AND HE GOES RIGHT TO THE SIDELINE. >> Joe: THE CLOCK RUNNING. ELLIOTT BOUNCING. EZEKIEL ELLIOTT DOWN INSIDE THE 25 AND OUT OF BOUNDS WITH 1:03 LEFT. THE BIGGEST PLAY BY DALLAS. >> Troy: NOBODY THEN CONTAINS. THE OUTSIDE GUY, AKEEM KING, NUMBER 36, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO COME UP AND FILL THAT OUTSIDE GAP. HE WASN'T THERE AND EZEKIEL ELLIOTT WITH HIS SPEED, ONCE HE GOT A STEP YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET HIM FOR A WHILE. >> Joe: AMARI COOPER BACK IN THERE AT THE SEATTLE 22. HERE'S DARWIN. UNDER A MINUTE TO GO. THE CLOCK CONTINUES TO RUN. McDOUGALD ON THE STOP. A GAIN OF SEVEN. >> Troy: THE COWBOYS MIGHT CALL A TIME-OUT THERE BUT THEY'RE GOING TO LET DAK PRESCOTT HANDLE IT AT THE LINE NOW THAT THEY HAVE SEATTLE SCRAMBLING A LITTLE BIT. >> Joe: PRESCOTT, DARWIN. FIRST DOWN. BLAKE JARWIN WAS A FREE AGENT SIGNED HERE WITH DALLAS. GEOFF SWAIM LOST TO THE BROKEN WRIST AND JARWIN WITH HIS FIRST THREE TOUCHDOWNS CAME AT THE GIANTS LAST WEEK. AMARI COOPER AT THE BOTTOM. PRESCOTT. NOT THERE. GRIFFIN IN COVERAGE. >> Troy: I SAID IT EARLIER, JOE, I AM SURPRISED. AMARI COOPER AND HIS ABILITIES AND TRE FLOWERS, OF COURSE THE COWBOYS DON'T KNOW TO THE EXTENT THAT HE'S BANGED UP. HE DEFINITELY HAS A WRAP AFTER HE LEFT THE GAME, THAT THEY HAVEN'T TRIED TO TARGET HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN HE'S BEEN ONE-ON-ONE WHICH HAS BEEN MOST OF THIS HALF. >> Joe: THE PLAY CLOCK AT FIVE. ON SECOND DOWN, THE SAME PLAY. THE PASS IS CAUGHT. GALLUP. TOUCHDOWN. AND A PERFECT THROW FROM DAK PRESCOTT FOR THE 11-YARD SCORE. >> Troy: LIKE YOU SAID, JOE, THEY TRIED TO TAKE THEIR SHOTS TO MICHAEL GALLUP ONE-ON-ONE. AND THIS TIME THEY'RE ABLE TO CONNECT. YOU'RE RIGHT. A WELL-THROWN BALL BY DAK PRESCOTT AND EVEN WITH GOOD COVERAGE BY GRIFFIN GALLUP ABLE TO HAUL THAT IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. >> Joe: AND THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME BELONGS TO THE HOME TEAM. THAT WAS DROPPED IN BEAUTIFULLY BY DAK PRESCOTT. >> Troy: YOU HAVE A TARGET AND YOU WANT TO DROP IT RIGHT DOWN IN THERE ALONG THE BOUNDARY. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT'S PRETTY GOOD COVERAGE RIGHT THERE. HE'S NOT GETTING HIS HEAD AROUND QUITE AS EARLY AS YOU'D LIKE. EVEN WITH ESSENTIALLY ONE ARM GALLUP ABLE TO HAUL THAT IN. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THE RED ZONE POSSESSIONS ARE IN A GAME LIKE THIS. THE COWBOYS FINALLY CASH IN. >> Joe: THEY CAME IN AS THE NUMBER 29 RED ZONE OFFENSE IN THE LEAGUE DURING THE REGULAR YEAR. GALLUP BECOMES THE SEVENTH DIFFERENT RECEIVER THAT DAK PRESCOTT HAS FOUND FOR A COMPLETION IN THIS FIRST HALF. THE ROOKIE THIRD-ROUND PICK OUT OF COLORADO STATE WHO HAD TWO TOUCHDOWNS DURING THE REGULAR SEASON GETS A BIG ONE HERE WITH UNDER HALF A MINUTE TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF. >> Troy: THE BIG RUN BY EZEKIEL ELLIOTT HE GOES 44 YARDS AND THAT'S WHAT SETS HIM UP WITH THE BIG PLAY AND BEING ABLE TO GET THE TOUCHDOWN BEFORE THE HALF. >> Joe: THEY MOVED THE FOOTBALL AFTER THE INITIAL SPOT. A 44-YARD RUN WHICH IS A SEASON LONG FOR EZEKIEL ELLIOTT. LOCKETT WILL BRING IT. TYLER LOCKETT GIVES SEATTLE HOPE WITH 16 SECONDS LEFT, AND THE KICKER, BRETT MAHER, MADE THE TACKLE. 52-YARD RETURN. AND YOU NOW KNOW AFTER THIS SEASON I THINK JUST HOW GOOD TYLER LOCKETT IS. HE PLAYED THROUGH INJURIES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THEY REWARDED HIM WITH A NEW THREE-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION AND HE IS GOOD. >> Troy: THERE'S NO QUESTION AND HE'S CAPABLE OF GOING THE DISTANCE ANYTIME HE HAS THE BALL. MAHER SAVES WHAT VERY WELL COULD HAVE BEEN A TOUCHDOWN. AFTER A SUNDAY THEY WERE JUST DISMAL ON SPECIAL TEAMS THEY COME UP BIG BEFORE THE HALF WITH 16 SECONDS. >> Joe: WILSON OUT TO HIS RIGHT. VANDER ESCH ON THE TACKLE. DICKSON IS PLAYING IN HIS 15th CAREER POSTSEASON GAME. >> Troy: SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI HAS HIT FROM 63 YARDS. AND SO RIGHT NOW THIS IS HIS RANGE RIGHT HERE -- I SAY RANGE. HE'S HIT FROM HERE. THIS WOULD BE 63 IF THEY DON'T GET ANY MORE YARDAGE. >> Joe: TWO TIME-OUTS, 11 SECONDS LEFT. THE PASS IS CAUGHT. THE TACKLE IS MADE. TIME-OUT IS TAKEN. THAT'S DICKSON AGAIN, WON A RING WITH THE RAVENS. VANDER ESCH IS OUT THERE COVERING. AND NOW WITH SIX SECONDS LEFT, THE SEAHAWKS ARE DOWN TO ONE TIME-OUT. CHRIS, HOW ABOUT SOME MORE ON SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI. >> Chris: I KNOW TROY TALKED BEFORE THE GAME, HE WAS RATHER JOVIAL. HE MADE FROM 62, 63 IN THE PREGAME WARM-UPS. HE TOLD ME HE WOULD TRY A 68-YARDER AND WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE. >> Joe: HE IS A FORMER 17th OVERALL PICK IN 2000 BY OAKLAND. AND ONE OF FOUR GUYS STILL ACTIVE IN THE LEAGUE THAT WERE ACTIVE WHEN OLD NUMBER 8 WAS SLINGING IT AROUND FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS. THIRD DOWN AND THREE. >> Troy: RUSSELL WILSON HAS TO BE SMART. BE READY TO CALL TIME-OUT. >> Joe: INSTEAD DALLAS TAKES A TIME-OUT. IF THE KICK HAPPENS FROM THIS SPOT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A 60-YARD TRY. JANIKOWSKI IS OVER THE AGE OF 40 IN HIS 19th YEAR. I KNOW WHAT HE SAYS. THIS WOULD BE PUSHING THE OUTER EDGE OF HIS FIELD GOAL RANGE. >> Troy: THERE'S A LOT OF RISK INVOLVED RIGHT HERE. I'M NOT SO SURE I WOULDN'T JUST TROT JANIKOWSKI OUT THERE AND LET HIM GIVE IT HIS BEST SHOT. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND THREE. AND THEY RUN IT RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, AND SLIDE IT MIKE DAVIS. THEY TAKE THEIR FINAL TIME-OUT. AND IT WILL BE A LONG FIELD GOAL TRY BY JANIKOWSKI AFTER A GAIN OF FOUR. >> Troy: THAT WAS WELL DONE WITH MIKE DAVIS UNDERSTANDING. OF COURSE THEY HAD TIME TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT, WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE BALL. EVEN IF YOU HAVE A LANE, JUST KNOWING THERE'S ONLY SIX SECONDS ON THE CLOCK THAT IF THE COWBOYS ARE SOFT AND THEY'RE LETTING YOU RUN, YOU'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME, GET TO THE GROUND. SO THAT'S WHAT HE DOES. AND HELP THIS FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> Joe: A 57-YARD TRY WHICH WOULD BE A SEASON LONG FOR JANIKOWSKI. HIT FROM 56 AT CHICAGO WEEK TWO. THIS WOULD ALSO BE A SEATTLE POSTSEASON RECORD. HE HOOKED IT. AND JANIKOWSKI COMES AWAY LIMPING AND GRABBING HIS LEFT HAMSTRING. TRIED TO AIR IT OUT FROM 57. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD BE REVISITING IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS GAME. THE PLAY OF THE FIRST HALF IS PRESENTED BY DIRECTV. MORE FOR YOUR THING. THAT'S OUR THING. THE ONLY TOUCHDOWN OF THE FIRST HALF, THIS THROW FROM PRESCOTT TO THE ROOKIE MICHAEL GALLUP FROM 11 YARDS OUT PUT THE COWBOYS ON TOP. THEY LEAD BY FOUR AND THE VISA HALFTIME IS COMING YOUR WAY AFTER ♪ WE'RE GOING TO BE LEGENDS ♪ ♪ GOING TO GET THEIR ATTENTION ♪ ♪ IT'S ABOUT TO BE LEGENDARY ♪ ♪ WE'RE GOING TO BE LEGENDS ♪ ♪ GOING TO TEACH YOU MORE LESSONS ♪ >> Joe: IT'S A 10-6 GAME AT THE HALF. THE SEAHAWKS WILL START THE SECOND HALF WITH THE FOOTBALL. WELCOME BACK. I'M JOE BUCK WITH HALL OF FAMER TROY AIKMAN. DEFENSES DOMINATED IN THAT FIRST HALF ONLY ONE TOUCHDOWN BELONGS TO DALLAS AND THE STORY GOING OUT WAS THE LEG OF JANIKOWSKI. >> Troy: WE'LL SEE HOW THE FIRST HALF WENT. SEATTLE HAS TO GET SOMETHING GOING. IT'S JUST BEEN A STRUGGLE. A FEW BIG PLAYS THAT SET UP SOME OF THEIR POINTS, SIX POINTS. I WOULD THINK PETE CARROLL WOULD HAVE BEEN OVERALL HAPPY WITH THAT SCORE ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. A GOOD JOB BY DALLAS, THIRD AND ONE. THE BIG RUN BY ELLIOTT. THE ONLY TOUCHDOWN IN THE GAME TO GIVE THEM 10. >> Joe: LOCKETT WILL WATCH IT SAIL INTO THE END ZONE. DOWN TO CHRIS MYERS. >> Chris: JANIKOWSKI DOUBTFUL WITH A THIGH INJURY, REACHING FOR HIS LEFT HAMSTRING. HE DIDN'T COME OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM. DICKSON CAME OUT EARLY TO WORK ON HIS KICKS. HE TOLD ME HE CAN DROP KICK FIELD GOALS AND EXTRA POINTS. HE HAS PRACTICED ON SIDE KICKS. THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE CALLING SIGNALS AFTER DALLAS' DEFENSE SHOWS THEM DIFFERENT LOOKS. THEY HOPE TO CHANGE THAT IN THE SECOND HALF. >> Joe: DRAMA WITH THE SPECIAL TEAMS FOR SEATTLE. KICKOFF SHOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH OF AN ISSUE. FIELD GOAL TRIES WILL. HERE IS A HANDOFF TO CARSON AND A PLAY MADE BY JAYLON SMITH. >> Erin: JASON GARRETT VERY HAPPY WITH HIS DEFENSE IN THE FIRST HALF. HE SAID THE POINT OF EMPHASIS WAS TO STOP THE RUN. RUSSELL WILSON DID, IN FACT, HURT US ON A FEW BIG PLAYS. I DID ASK HIM IN THE SECOND HALF IF THEY WOULD TRY TO TARGET TRE FLOWERS MORE. WITH ALLEN HURNS OUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MANAGE THIS WIDE RECEIVER POSITION BECAUSE THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT COLE BEASLEY HERE IN THE SECOND HALF. >> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND NINE. HANDOFF TO CARSON. VANDER ESCH AND SMITH RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AGAIN. THIRD DOWN COMING UP. >> Troy: THEY'RE TRYING TO POUND THE BALL WITH CARSON. IT'S BEEN TOUGH SLEDDING. HIS LONGEST RUN ON THE NIGHT IS JUST FIVE YARDS, AVERAGING UNDER TWO YARDS A CARRY. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE IT UP. THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT THIS TEAM IS BUILT AROUND. SCHOTTENHEIMER TRYING TO HELP THEM. THEY'VE ONLY PICKED UP ONE ALL NIGHT. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN, BLITZ. PASS INCOMPLETE FOR LOCKETT. WE'VE SEEN JAYLON SMITH SPY ON RUSS WILSON AND WE'VE SEEN JAYLON SMITH COMING AFTER RUSSELL WILSON WITH QUITE A FEW BLITZES. >> Troy: HE'S REALLY GOOD WHEN HE DOES BLITZ. IT'S SOMETHING HE DID A LOT OF WHEN HE WAS IN COLLEGE IN NOTRE DAME AND SOMETHING HE ENJOYS DOING WITH THE COWBOYS AND HE'S EFFECTIVE. THERE'S PRESSURE PUSHED BACK INTO RUSSELL WILSON THAT HE HAS NOT HAD MANY CLEAN LOOKS. >> Joe: MICHAEL DICKSON TO PUNT. END OVER END. TAVON AUSTIN FROM JUST OUTSIDE HIS 20. OUT TO THE 28. 51-YARD PUNT, EIGHT-YARD RETURN. THE COWBOYS WILL HAVE IT FOR THY PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE, HANDING OUR SAVINGS TO YOU. >> Joe: NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT TUNE IN TO FS1 FOR A HUGE SUPER WEIGHT FIGHT. THAT'S LIVE AFTER FOOTBALL NEXT SUNDAY ON FS1 AND THE FOX SPORTS APP. THIS DRIVE FOR DALLAS STARTS AT THEIR OWN 39 AS YOU LOOK AT KEN NORTON JR., FORMER TEAMMATE OF YOURS. AT THE 29, FIRST DOWN. FIRST POSSESSION SECOND HALF. ELLIOTT RIGHT SIDE. CUTS BACK. HE'S BEEN BOTTLED UP BY SEATTLE FOR THE MOST PART, A GAIN OF THREE. >> Troy: THIS SEATTLE DEFENSE HAS GIVEN UP YARDS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, BUT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET OFF THE FIELD ON THIRD DOWNS AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE TAKEAWAYS. AS I SAID EARLIER IN THE GAME THAT WAS REALLY THE FORMULA FOR BEAT DALLAS. AND THE STRUGGLES CONTINUE FOR THE SEATTLE OFFENSE. SEVEN POSSESSIONS, FOUR OF THEM ENDED IN THREE AND OUT. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS DEFENSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO CREATE SOME TAKEAWAYS. >> Joe: ON SECOND DOWN THE PASS IS CAUGHT SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN. THAT TIME EZEKIEL ELLIOTT FANNED OUT TO HIS RIGHT AND SEATTLE HAD SHAQ GRIFFIN ACROSS FROM HIM. ELLIOTT WITH A DALLAS RUNNING BACK RECORD WITH 77 CATCHES ON THE YEAR. THAT LED THE TEAM A CAREER HIGH, AND HE BECAME THE FIFTH PLAYER ALL TIME WITH OVER 1,400 RUSHING YARDS AND 75 OR MORE CATCHES IN A SEASON IN NFL HISTORY. >> Troy: THERE'S UNTAPPED POTENTIAL IN HIS ABILITY AS A RECEIVER. >> Joe: THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN IN THERE. ELLIOTT WON'T GET IT. WHAT A GOOD PLAY UP FRONT MADE BY SEATTLE. THE FIRST GUY THERE WAS McDOUGALD BUT THERE WAS BOBBY WAGNER, THE ALL-PRO LINEBACKER THERE TO MAKE SURE ELLIOTT DIDN'T PICK IT UP. >> Troy: A GREAT JOB BY BOBBY WAGNER FILLING THE HOLE AND BEING RIGHT THERE. BRADLEY McDOUGALD AND BOBBY WAGNER JUST FINISH HIM OFF. THEY'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS ON THIRD AND SHORT. AGAINST THIS SEATTLE DEFENSE. >> Joe: ELLIOTT DURING THE YEAR 13 OF 19 ON THIRD AND ONE. HE WAS STOPPED THERE. JONES HITS HIS BEST OF THE GAME. LOCKETT LETS IT GO OVER HIS HEAD, AND IT HIT OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 13 YARD LINE. GOOD PUNT BY CHRIS JONES. YOU KNOW THEY LOVED IT. PETE CARROLL, TERRIFIC HEAD COACH AND THE FIERY >> Joe: AERIAL COVERAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY STATE FARM INSIDE THIS BIG, AT LEAST TONIGHT, COVERED STADIUM. THEY HAD A DECISION TO MAKE. OPEN UP THE ROOF OR KEEP IT CLOSED. THEY KEEP IT CLOSED. TENTH YEAR HOME FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS. THE DEFENSIVE BATTLE CONTINUES AS WILSON GETS PROTECTION. PROTECTION RUNS OUT. AND HERE'S DICKSON WHO MAKES THE CATCH. RUSSELL WILSON DID NOT PANIC. WAS UNDER PRESSURE AND COMPLETES TO DICKSON FOR NINE YARDS. >> Troy: HE'S A PRETTY COOL CUSTOMER IN THE POK. HE HAS PRESSURE COMING RIGHT AFTER HIM. JEFF HEAP MISSES HIM AND FLIPS IT OUT TO DICKSON. HE HAD A CHANCE BUT HE HAD TO HOLD IT LONGER THAN HE WANTED TO. IT WAS A NICE JOB OF TURNING THAT INTO A POSITIVE PLAY. >> Troy: CARRYING FOR A FIRST DOWN AND A GAIN OF FIVE. >> Troy: THEY HAVE SOME BACKS. PENNY RETURNED LAST WEEK. HAD MINIMAL SUCCESS IN THE WIN AGAINST ARIZONA. HE'S HADOME GAMES. HE CAN FLY, 4.4. MIKE DAVIS, ALL OF THOSE GUYS HAD OVER 400 YARDS RUSHING. >> Joe: PENNY AGAIN, BIG MOVE. THE ROOKIE INTO DALLAS TERRITORY. RASHAAD PENNY CARRIES FOR 28. >> Troy: THE TIGHT END WILL TAKE ON AWUZIE AND HE MAKES A PRETTY GOOD BLOCK. AWUZIE DOESN'T MAKE TOO MUCH OF AN EFFORT BUT THAT'S THE SPEED PENNY GIVES HIM. >> Joe: RANDY GREGORY MADE THE STOP. AFTER THE BIG RUN A LOSS OF SEVEN AND A BIG DEFENSIVE PLAY BY RANDY GREGORY. >> Troy: BROWN KIND OF KNOCKS HIM OFF OF IT AND IT ALLOWS GREGORY THEN JUST A CLEAN SHOT JUST DIDN'T EXECUTE THE BLOCKING SCHEME VERY WELL. THE SEAHAWKS SUFFERED FROM IT WITH A BIG LOSS. >> Joe: BALDWIN DOES NOT HAVE A CATCH IN THIS GAME. LOOKING FOR A CLARIFICATION. HERE IS CARSON, INCOMPLETE. NOW THIRD AND 17. >> Troy: A COUPLE BIG PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD THAT SET THEM UP. AND OTHER THAN THIS THIS COWBOYS DEFENSE, THEY DO NOT GIVE UP MUCH. THEY MAKE YOU EARN EVERY SINGLE YARD. THEY'RE OUTSTANDING IN MINIMIZING THE BIG PLAYS. THEY JUST HAVEN'T GIVEN RUSSELL WILSON MANY PLACES TO GO WITH THE BALL. THEY'RE PLAYING SOFT WITH THIRD AND LONG. >> Joe: THE PASS IS CAUGHT. NOTHING OUT THERE. LEIGHTON VANDER ESCH CLOSED DOWN ON IT AND THAT IS GOING TO BRING UP FOURTH AND 12. THAT WAS AN ODD PLAY CALL. >> Troy: I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL. THERE WAS NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER OF PICKING UP THE FIRST DOWN. SO, AGAIN, NEGATIVE PLAYS AND A DRIVE. >> Joe: A LOSS OF SEVEN ON THE CARRY BY PENNY AFTER THE LONG RUN. SO DICKSON A PUNT, COLE BEASLEY WAITS FOR IT BACK AT HIS OWN 11. >> Joe: IT IS KEPT OUT OF THE END ZONE. AND THE PLAY MADE BY NEIKO THORPE. THORPE ABLE TO KEEP IT OUT. WHAT AN EFFORT AND THE COWBOYS >> Joe: THORPE JUST MADE A TREMENDOUS PLAY. YOU SEE MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL TEAMS UNIT WHETHER IT'S THE ROOKIE PUNTER MICHAEL DICKSON OR SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI OUT. NEAR IS THORPE. A COUPLE OF BIG PLAYS BY SEATTLE SPECIAL TEAMS. STARTING AT THE 2, UP BY FOUR. THEY CARRY WITH ELLIOTT. LOOKED LIKE HE RAN INTO THE TIGHT END DALTON SCHULTZ AND HAD TO SPIN JUST TO GET OUT OF THE END ZONE, A GAIN OF ONE. >> Troy: EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. A GREAT JOB BEING ABLE TO COME OFF THIS COLLISION WITH SCHULTZ AND PICK UP A COUPLE YARDS. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. NOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT, THIS GAME BEING A GAME OF FIELD POSITION, WHO IS GOING TO WIN HERE. WHO IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL AND PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN AND REGAIN FIELD POSITION. CAN THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS MAKE A STOP AND GIVE THE BALL BACK TO THEIR OFFENSE IN GREAT POSITION. >> Joe: PRESCOTT FROM THE END ZONE THROWS. INCOMPLETE FOR COOPER. THIRD DOWN AND NINE WITH THE BALL SITTING AT THE 3 YARD LINE. >> Troy: SCOTT LINEHAN, THIRD AND NINE, HOW AGGRESSIVE DOES HE WANT TO BE IN TRYING TO PICK THIS UP? AND WILL HE RUN SOME TYPE OF SCREEN, SOMETHING SAFE, SOMETHING CONSERVATIVE? >> Joe: NO TURNOVERS IN THIS GAME. SAW THE RECORD FOR PRESCOTT WHEN HE DOES NOT TURN IT OVER. THIRD DOWN AND NINE. AND THIS ONE IS JUST THROWN AT THE FEET OF ELLIOTT. IT'S THREE AND OUT. GREAT WORK BY THE SEAHAWKS DEFENSE. >> Troy: THEY BRING THE BLITZ. THE SEAHAWKS DON'T BLITZ OFTEN BUT THEY BROUGHT IT THERE AND THEY PICK UP -- YOU'RE GOING TO SEE EZEKIEL ELLIOTT WILL RUN THE SCREEN. AND IT'S PICKED UP BEAUTIFULLY. JUST NOWHERE TO GO. DAK PRESCOTT DOES THE RIGHT THING WITH WAGNER RIGHT IN HIS FACE. THAT'S A GREAT JOB. NEIKO THORPE MAKES A HECK OF A PLAY PINNING HIM DOWN INSIDE THE 5 YARD LINE. THE DEFENSE DOES THEIR JOB. RUSSELL WILSON AND COMPANY SHOULD HAVE OUTSTANDING FIELD POSITION HERE NOW. >> Joe: CHRIS JONES STARTING FROM THE BACK OF HIS END ZONE. IF HE CAN GO BACK AT ALL, HE'LL DO IT NOW. >> Referee: FALSE START, NUMBER 89. HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL AND FOURTH DOWN. >> Joe: THAT'S AGAINST BLAKE JARWIN. AND SO NOW THAT AREA IS CLOSED DOWN EVEN MORE. SEATTLE HAS HAD THAT 51-YARD KICK RETURN. THE PLAY BY THORPE AND NOW AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR SEATTLE UP FRONT. JONES GOT IT AWAY AND LOCKETT WITH A SLIDING CATCH NEAR THE 45. THEY'RE GOING TO MARK LOCKETT DOWN AT THE 44 OF DALLAS. IS SPONSORED BY IBM. LET'S PUT SMART TO WORK. >> Joe: IT HAS BEEN A BATTLE CERTAINLY IN THE TRENCHES, A BATTLE OF THESE TWO GOOD DEFENSES. A 10-6 GAME. BEST STARTING POSITION BUT ALL THINGS CONSIDERED GOOD EFFORT BY CHRIS JONES STARTING THAT PLAY IN FRONT OF THE BACK LINE OF THE END ZONE. PENNY IN THE BACKFIELD. BLITZ OFF THE EDGE. PENNY CARRIES UP THE MIDDLE FOR THREE. ON HIS WAY TO AT&T STADIUM COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL SURPRISED COWBOYS SUPER FAN STONY AND DIANA WITH A VISIT. HE TOURED THEIR HOUSE. TURNED INTO A COWBOYS MUSEUM IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS. THE TOUR ENDED WITH A SPONTANEOUS INVITATION TO JOIN THE COMMISSIONER FOR TONIGHT'S GAME AND TWO SUPER BOWL TICKETS FOR THOSE TWO SUPER FANS. >> Troy: PRETTY AWESOME. >> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN. HANDOFF TO CARSON. BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THAT'S IT. BY THE WAY, THROUGHOUT THE SEASON THE NFL HAS BEEN GIVING AWAY 500 SUPER BOWL TICKETS TO PASSIONATE FANS LIKE THE KIRSCHES, YOUTH FOOTBALL COACHES AND THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY. NOW THIRD DOWN. WE'LL SEE IF THE SEAHAWKS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GOOD STARTING FIELD POSITION. THIRD AND SEVEN. >> Troy: THEY'VE HAD A HARD TIME ON THIRD DOWN AND THEY CONTINUE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL. NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT. THEY HAD THE ONE RUN BY PENNY FOR 28 YARDS. OTHER THAN THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN. THE LEAGUE'S LEADING RUSHING ATTACK HAS GONE NOWHERE. >> Joe: JUST GOT IT AWAY. THEY HAND TO DAVIS. HE'S TO THE 40 AND THAT'S IT. >> Troy: I THINK THEY WERE HOPING TO CATCH DALLAS OFF GUARD. FOUR DOWN TERRITORY. RUSSELL WILSON STAYING OUT ON THE FIELD. >> Joe: VANDER ESCH MADE THAT STOP. NOW THE DECISION BY PETE CARROLL, YOU GO FOR IT HERE AND YOU DON'T GET IT. THEN YOU HAND DALLAS GOOD STARTING FIELD POSITION. >> Troy: YOU'RE TRUSTING YOUR DEFENSE AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE A PLAY. THIS GAME, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, THE COMMITMENT TO THE RUN GAME. THEY'VE BEEN SO INEFFECTIVE, IT WILL BE RUSSELL WILSON AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE HIM MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAN JUST ON THIRD DOWN TO PICK UP PLAYS. >> Joe: WILSON FLOATS IT. PASS IS CAUGHT FOR THE FIRST DOWN BY BALDWIN. THE INITIAL INDICATION WAS THE CATCH WAS GOOD, AND LET'S WATCH. BRILLIANT CALL. UNBELIEVABLE CATCH BY DOUG BALDWIN. >> Troy: EVERYBODY IN THE SECONDARY IS SAYING IT'S INCOMPLETE BUT THAT'S A GREAT JOB OF KNOWING WHERE HE WAS, SECURING THE CATCH AND PUTTING HIS FEET DOWN. >> Joe: MIKE DAVIS CARRIES. THIS WAS A CATCH. >> Troy: THIS WAS A CATCH AND IT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE THROW WITH PRESSURE AGAIN IN RUSSELL WILSON'S FACE. THIS GUY REALLY IS A TECHNICIAN. I'VE LOVED DOUG BALDWIN SINCE HE CAME INTO THE LEAGUE AND WHAT HE'S SHOWN IN SEATTLE. THAT IS GREAT WORK ON HIS PART. AN UNDRAFTED GUY OUT OF STANFORD IN 2011. HE PLAYS WITH A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER AND HE'S BEEN MAKING PLAYS FOR A LONG TIME. >> Joe: 22 YARDS ON FOURTH AND SIX. NOW SECOND AND SEVEN. HANDOFF IS TO DAVIS. ANOTHER THIRD DOWN COMING UP. BUT, REMEMBER, WHILE THEY'RE IN HERE, THEY DON'T HAVE JANIKOWSKI. WE WATCHED WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE BREAK AT HALFTIME WITH MICHAEL DICKSON TRYING TO KICK FIELD GOALS. IT WASN'T VERY PRETTY. HE CAN DROP KICK, BY THE WAY. BUT TRYING THE CONVENTIONAL WAY DIDN'T LOOK VERY GOOD. THIRD DOWN AND FIVE. >> Troy: JAYLON SMITH IS COMING AGAIN. >> Joe: RUSSELL WILSON KEEPS AND GETS IT. DOWN TO THE 5 YARD LINE. A GAIN OF SEVEN TO SET UP FIRST AND GOAL. >> Troy: THEY BOTTLE EVERYBODY UP. THEY BLOCK DOWN ON VANDER ESCH. THEY SWING AROUND. HE GETS BYRON JONES. THAT'S NICE EXECUTION BY SEATTLE. >> Joe: JUST THE SECOND CARRY OF THE GAME BUT THE BIGGEST FOR RUSSELL WILSON. FIRST DOWN AND GOAL. CARSON. TO THE 4. TYRONE CRAWFORD WHO SOMEHOW IS ABLE TO GET BACK IN THERE. WE WERE HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN HE LEFT AFTER SUFFERING WHAT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A SINGER AND A SCARY MOMENT AGAINST THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. SECOND AND GOAL. >> Troy: WELL, WE'LL SEE. I ALWAYS THOUGHT SECOND DOWN WAS AN AWFULLY GOOD DOWN FOR PLAY-ACTION. HEAVY, HEAVY ON THE RUN. ONE BACK IN THE BACKFIELD. >> Joe: WILSON KEEPS. GOING TO HIS RIGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. AND THE SEAHAWKS WILL GO FOR TWO. WE'VE HAD OUR THIRD LEAD CHANGE OF THE GAME AND IT'S A FOUR-YARD TOUCHDOWN CARRY. >> Troy: ON THAT TOUCHDOWN WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY'VE GOT NOW. MARCUS LAWRENCE AT THE END THERE HE COLLAPSES ON CHRIS CARSON. A WALK-IN FOR WILSON. >> Joe: THIRD CAREER RUSHING TOUCHDOWN FOR WILSON WHO DIDN'T HAVE ANY RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS DURING THE REGULAR SEASON THIS YEAR. >> Troy: THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS ARE 1 FOR 1 ON THE YEAR. ON TWO-POINT PLAYS. >> Joe: IT'S DAVIS, HE GOT IT. AND THE NUMBER ONE RUSHING ATTACK IN THE NFL THIS SEASON JUST POUNDS IT IN. AND NOW IT'S SEATTLE UP BY FOUR. >> Troy: NICK VANNETT, YOU SEE THE BLOCK HE MAKES. HE HAD A FEW GOOD BLOCKS. OF COURSE MIKE DAVIS DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF NAVIGATING THAT. HE'S ABLE TO SIDESTEP IT AND SHOW SOME OF HIS POWER TO PUNCH IT IN. >> Joe: THERE WAS A FOURTH DOWN CATCH BY DOUG BALDWIN THAT GOES INTO THE CATEGORY OF BRILLIANCE. THAT SET IT UP AND THEN RUSSELL WILSON WHO CONVERTED A THIRD DOWN CARRIES IT INTO THE END ZONE OVER THE OTHER SIDE FOR THE THIRD TIME WHERE HE HAS GONE 8-4 AS A STARTING QUARTERBACK. >> Troy: WELL, HE'S UNBELIEVABLE THIS IS A QUARTERBACK AND AN OFFENSE AND REALLY AN ORGANIZATION IN A LOT OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN HOLD THEM DOWN, HOLD THEM DOWN BUT THEY'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP COMING AFTER YOU. >> Joe: NOW THE DROP KICK BY DICKSON. IT IS FIELDED BY ROD SMITH AND THE BACKUP TO EZEKIEL ELLIOTT GIVES DALLAS PRETTY GOOD STARTING FIELD POSITION OUT ACROSS THEIR 30 AT THEIR OWN 33. HE'S DONE THIS BEFORE. HE DID IT AGAINST CHICAGO. HE DID IT AGAINST KANSAS CITY. IT'S KIND OF A KNUCKLER. TOOK THE QUICK BOUNCE AND KNOCKED IT INTO THE ARMS OF ROD SMITH. >> Troy: THEY'RE TRYING TO WEATHER THIS DEAL AS BEST THEY CAN. AND HOPING THIS GAME DOESN'T COME DOWN TO HIM HAVING TO MAKE A FIELD GOAL AND A BIG KICK. >> Joe: PRESCOTT FINDS GALLUP. FOX BRINGS YOU THE BIGGEST TELEVISION EVENT OF THE YEAR BASED ON THE BEST-SELLING TRILOGY "THE PASSAGE." PREMIERES MONDAY, JANUARY 14th HERE ON FOX. SECOND DOWN AND THREE. THAT TOUCHDOWN SEQUENCE BEGAN ON THE PLAY BY NEIKO THORPE AND THEN THE THREE AND OUT, GOOD FIELD POSITION, A CONVERSION ON FOURTH DOWN WITH BALDWIN. RUSSELL WILSON TOOK CARE OF THE REST. DAVIS FOR TWO POINTS. HERE'S ELLIOTT. A YARD SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN. A GAIN OF TWO AS MINGO WAS OUT ON THE EDGE TO MAKE THE STOP. >> Troy: CAN THEY PICK IT UP THIS TIME? THE LAST TIME THEY WERE IN THIS SITUATION EZEKIEL ELLIOTT GOT STUFFED. GOING BACK TO THE WEEK THREE GAME THEY HAD THIRD AND TWO OR LESS, AND THEY ONLY CONVERTED ONE OF THOSE. THIS IS A DOWN OFFENSIVELY THAT YOU JUST NEED TO WIN. >> Joe: THEY FAILED ON THIRD AND ONE AND THIRD AND TWO IN THIS GAME. PRESCOTT KEEPS. DROPS IT TO NOAH BROWN AND HE HAS THE FIRST DOWN. AND THEN BROWN GETS UP JARRING WITH CEDRIC THOMPSON. THAT'S THE EIGHTH DIFFERENT RECEIVER PRESCOTT HAS FOUND. >> Troy: THE RIGHT IDEA. THEY'VE BEEN STUFFED. YOU HAVE NOAH BROWN AND DAK PRESCOTT HAS THE ABILITY TO RUN IF IT'S COVERED UP. THIRD CONVERSION ON THIRD DOWN TONIGHT. >> Joe: AND THE THIRD QUARTER ENDS WITH THE FIRST FIRST DOWN OF THE SECOND HALF FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS. ONE OF THE MOST OPTIMISTIC HEAD COACHES IN THE NFL AND ONE OF THE MOST DEMONSTRATIVE HAS HIS SEAHAWKS UP BY FOUR. >> Joe: IT'S BEEN AN IMPRESSIVE NIGHT FOR THAT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS DEFENSE. THE OFFENSE GETS A CHANCE TO TAKE A SEAT. FIRST DOWN FOR DALLAS AT THEIR OWN 48. TOSS TO ELLIOTT RUNNING LEFT. NOT MUCH OUT THERE. WELL PLAYED BY SEATTLE. FLOWERS ON THE STOP. DOWN TO ERIN ANDREWS. >> Erin: AFTER DALLAS' DEFENSE CAME OFF THE FIELD, JAYLON SMITH WALKED UP TO ME AND IN SO MANY WORDS SAID WE'RE GOING TO BE FINE. IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. THERE IS CONCERN FOR MALIEK COLLINS. HE IS QUESTIONABLE TO RETURN WITH A LEFT ANKLE INJURY. THEY WERE TAPING HIM UP. HE'S OUT THERE TRYING TO SEE IF HE'LL BE ABLE TO GO. >> Joe: HE HAS THE ONLY SACK OF THE GAME. COLLINS SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT. PRESCOTT THROWS. WIDE OPEN IS COOPER. A LITTLE STUTTER STEP AND DOWN NEAR THE 15. >> Troy: YOU SEE AMARI COOPER GETS OPEN BECAUSE THEY RUN JARWIN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE DEFENSE. IT MAKES THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER TURN AND RUN AND OPENS UP THAT LANE AND JUST GETTING READY TO SAY THE COWBOYS, THEIR LONGEST COMPLETION PRIOR TO THAT WAS JUST 15 YARDS. HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING BIG PLAYS. THEY FINALLY DO. >> Joe: 34 YARDS AND NOW ELLIOTT TAKES IT INSIDE THE 10 TO ABOUT THE 9 1/2. McDOUGALD ON THE STOP. A GAIN OF SIX. AND THE COWBOYS ARE HURRYING IT UP OVER THE LAST TWO PLAYS. >> Joe: PRESCOTT IS GOING TO RUN IT. TOUCHDOWN, DALLAS. FIRST WE'LL SEE THAT HE IS INTO THE END ZONE, THAT RIGHT HAND. THE LUNGE. CLOSE. >> Troy: THAT'S CLOSE. IT LOOKED PRETTY GOOD FROM WHAT I COULD TELL. BRADLEY McDOUGALD WAS THE ONLY GUY WHO REALLY HAD A SHOT AT DAK PRESCOTT. DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE WANTED ANY PART OF PRESCOTT ON TRYING TO MAKE THAT PLAY. WELL, RIGHT THERE YOU HAVE IT. HE'S SHORT. >> Referee: THE PREVIOUS PLAY IS UNDER FURTHER REVIEW. >> Joe: HE LOOKS TO BE INCHES SHORT. IT WOULD BE FIRST AND GOAL IF HE'S SPONSORED BY GEICO. SAVE 15% OR MORE ON CAR INSURANCE. >>> THE DEFINITIVE LOOK. >> Joe: IT IS FIRST AND GOAL. I SAID FROM THE 1 FOOT LINE. PROBABLY EVEN CLOSER THAN THAT. SO NO TOUCHDOWN FOR PRESCOTT. THE POINTS ARE OFF THE BOARD. FIRST DOWN AND GOAL. AND THERE IS NOTHING TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN THE POSTSEASON. ELLIOTT STUMBLES, AND NOW HE'S BACK OUTSIDE THE 1. JEFFERSON WAS THROUGH THERE, BUT I THINK ELLIOTT LOST HIS FOOTING AND THEN JEFFERSON WAS THERE FOR SEATTLE. AND THERE'S A LITTLE TRIP. >> Troy: YEAH, HE KIND OF STARTED TO LOSE HIS FOOTING IT LOOKED LIKE OR TRYING TO PUT HIS FOOT ON THE GROUND AND THEN MAKE A CUT BECAUSE HE SAW JEFFERSON COMING. WHAT STARTED OUT ABOUT THE 6-INCH LINE. THEY LOSE SOME YARDAGE. >> Joe: ANXIOUS MOMENTS HERE IN ARLINGTON AS ELLIOTT GETS IN TO DEFINITIVELY PUT DALLAS BACK ON TOP. THAT IS LEAD CHANGE NUMBER FOUR OF THIS WILD CARD MATCHUP. HERE'S THE TOUCHDOWN. >> Troy: YOU SEE DEION JORDAN AS WELL IN THE HOLE TO MAKE A PLAY AND IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW HARD IT IS TO GET EZEKIEL ELLIOTT TO THE GROUND. RARELY -- I COMMENTED ON IT EARLIER -- RARELY DO YOU SEE HIM GO BACKWARDS. HE'S LED THE LEAGUE IN RUSHING THIS YEAR. HE'S A GREAT RUNNER. HE MAY BE THE GREATEST FINISHER IN THE GAME OF FOOTBALL RUNNING THE BALL. YOU JUST DON'T SEE HIM GO BACKWARDS AND HE CASHES IN. >> Joe: THE 35th CAREER TOUCHDOWN FOR ELLIOTT. IN 42 CAREER GAMES REGULAR AND POSTSEASON. THREE-POINT DALLAS LEAD. THE BIGGEST PLAY ON THAT DRIVE WAS THE LONGEST COMPLETION OF THE GAME FOR DAK PRESCOTT TO AMARI COOPER. >> Troy: IT WAS A GOOD DESIGN WITH SEATTLE ON THIRD DOWN. THEY PLAY COVERAGE WITH TWO DEEP SAFETIES. THEY RUN JARWIN THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND IT OPENS UP THAT HOLE AND HERE IS EZEKIEL ELLIOTT FINISHING HIM OFF WITH THE TOUCHDOWN. AS IS GENERALLY THE CASE, AND IT HAS BEEN FOR SEATTLE TONIGHT, YOU GET BIG PLAYS. THEY USUALLY END IN POINTS. THEY GET THE BIG 34-YARD PLAY FROM AMARI COOPER, SETS UP THE TOUCHDOWN FOR ELLIOTT. >> Joe: DAK PRESCOTT, WHO CAME IN 0-2 IN HIS YOUNG CAREER AGAINST THE SEAHAWKS, ONE TOUCHDOWN, FOUR INTERCEPTIONS. QUARTERBACK RATING COMBINED OF 52.9. TWO OF HIS FOUR LOWEST QUARTERBACK RATINGS HAVE COME BECAUSE OF THIS SEAHAWKS DEFENSE. BETTER TONIGHT. 21 OF 29. ONE TOUCHDOWN, NO TURNOVERS. AND NOW A THREE-POINT LEAD. JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM AT&T STADIUM IS A BOWLING FAN'S DREAM. BOWLING'S INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTER. TOMORROW THE FIRST EVER PBA EVENT ON FS1 WILL TAKE PLACE RIGHT THERE, THE PBA HALL OF FAME CLASSIC. RUSSELL WILSON, WHO KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT PULLING VICTORIES OUT OF THE FIRE LATE IN BALL GAMES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OR OVERTIME. HE'S DONE IT 27 TIMES IN HIS CAREER. STILL 12:30 TO GO. HIS TEAM DOWN BY THREE. HANDOFF TO CARSON. NOTHING. DEMARCUS LAWRENCE PLAYING THE RUN. LOSS OF ONE. >> Troy: EVERY TIME CHRIS CARSON HAS GOTTEN THE BALL TONIGHT HE HAS RUN INTO A WALL. HE HAS NOT HAD ANYWHERE TO GO. HIS LONGEST RUN OF THE NIGHT STILL JUST FIVE YARDS. RASHAAD PENNY HAD THE BIG RUN. OTHER THAN THAT NOTHING ON THE GROUND. I KNOW THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL AND THEY NEED TO TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. THEY ALSO NEED TO LET RUSSELL WILSON DO HIS THING. >> Joe: CARSON WILSON OUT TO HIS RIGHT, AND AWUZIE COVERING. A GAIN OF FIVE. THIRD DOWN COMING. >> Troy: IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING WITH RUSSELL WILSON THIS YEAR. THE PASS ATTEMPTS ARE DOWN. NOBODY ATTEMPTED FEWER PASSES PER GAME THAN SEATTLE ABOUT. 26 PER GAME AND YET HIS EFFICIENCY WAS THE BEST ALL YEAR. HE HASN'T RUN THE BALL AS MUCH THIS YEAR EITHER. A CAREER LOW IN RUSHING ATTEMPTS. BUT WE'VE SEEN THE EFFECTIVENESS WHEN HE HAS TUCKED IT AND RUNS WITH THE BALL TONIGHT. >> Joe: SEATTLE 2 FOR 10. LOCKETT DOWNFIELD. PASS BROKEN UP. AWUZIE AND PETE CARROLL LOOKING FOR A FLAG. THERE MUST NOT HAVE BEEN CONTACT WITH AWUZIE NOT GETTING HIS HEAD AROUND. >> Troy: HE NEVER DID. HE WAS KIND OF RIGHT UP IN THE CHEST OF LOCKETT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD NO CALL. IT'S LOCKETT WHO WAS PUSHING ON AWUZIE. AWUZIE NEVER EVEN REALLY MADE THE CONTACT OR INITIATED IT ANYWAY. >> Joe: BYRON JONES IS THE PRO BOWL CORNER. SOME WOULD THINK AWUZIE PLAYED BETTER DOWN THE STRETCH. >> Troy: I'M ONE OF THOSE. >> Joe: NICE TO MEET YOU. FOURTH DOWN AND SIX. THE PUNT FROM DIXON. A BEAUTY. JUST A BOMB. AUSTIN BACK INSIDE THE 15 MAKES THE CUT. NO FLAG. AUSTIN TRIPPED UP A BIT AND OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE SEATTLE 40. DICKSON WAS THE PUNTER WHO MADE AUSTIN CHANGE DIRECTION. AND THEN IT WAS ED DICKSON DOWNFIELD WHO WAS THERE TO FORCE HIM OUT. 53-YARD PUNT RETURN BY TAVON AUSTIN. >> Troy: LIKE YOU SAID, DICKSON BOMBED IT. WHEN THAT HAPPENS IT GIVES A GUY LIKE TAVON AUSTIN A LOT OF ROOM BEFORE THE COVERAGE CAN GET DOWN THE FIELD. HE MAKES ONE GUY MISS AND HE HAS A LOT OF ROOM AND OPEN SPACE. THEY'RE FORTUNATE THAT WAS NOT A HOUSE CALL. >> Joe: THEY HAD PUNTING WOES LAST WEEK. IN THEIR WEEK 17 WIN OVER ARIZONA HAD A PUNT BLOCKED AND ONE DEFLECTED GIVING UP THE BIG RETURN. THIS ONE BY TAVON AUSTIN WHO MISSED NINE GAMES REGULAR SEASON WITH A GROIN INJURY. PRESCOTT, COOPER. NICE ADJUSTMENT BY COOPER. AND THE CATCH DOWN NEAR THE 11. 27-YARD COMPLETION TO AMARI COOPER. >> Troy: THIS IS A GOOD DESIGN. THEY HAVE AMARI COOPER IN THE SLOT AND COLEMAN, THEIR SLOT CORNER, IS TRYING TO RUN WITH THEM AND CAN'T DO IT. THEY ROLL DAK PRESCOTT TO HIS RIGHT. THEY EXPECTED EVEN A BIGGER PLAY THAN THIS THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HIT A HOME RUN SHOT AND GET THE MIDDLE SAFETY OUT OF THERE. SO A GOOD DESIGN WITH SCOTT LINEHAN AND A BIG PLAY. >> Joe: THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. YOU CAN SEE ON THAT CATCH -- REMEMBER THE RULE CHANGE COMING INTO THIS YEAR THE CATCH BOTH FEET DOWN AND THEN THE ABILITY TO MAKE ANOTHER FOOTBALL ACT. WILL THIS MEET THE CRITERIA EVEN THOUGH THIS BALL ROLLED A BIT, AND WILL THE CALL STAND? CHALLENGE BY PETE CARROLL. 4 FOR 5 ON CHALLENGES THIS YEAR. >> Joe: DURING THE BREAK THEY CONFIRMED THE CALL ON THE FIELD. WITH THAT RULE CHANGE A COMPLETED CATCH, THAT THIRD STEP IN ESSENCE. AND SO IT GOES DOWN AS A 27-YARD CATCH BY COOPER TO SET UP FIRST DOWN AT THE 11. AND COOPER OVER 100 YARDS YET AGAIN FOR THE COWBOYS. FLAG IS DOWN AS EZEKIEL ELLIOTT CUTS BACK. AND FOR THE MOMENT GAINS FOUR. INITIAL INDICATION IT'S AGAINST DALLAS. >> Referee: ILLEGAL FORMATION OFFENSE. TIGHT END WAS COVERED BY THE WIDE RECEIVER. FIVE-YARD PENALTY AND STILL FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: BY THE WAY, PETE CARROLL IS DOWN TO ONE CHALLENGE IN THAT MISS ON THE CHALLENGE THAT COST THE SEAHAWKS THEIR FIRST TIME-OUT OF THE HALF. >> Troy: YOU LOOK AT THIS GAME, JOE, AND WE'VE TALK ALL YEAR ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE AMARI COOPER HAS MADE. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON THIS POSSESSION. HIS RECEPTION ON THE PRIOR POSSESSION SET UP THAT TOUCHDOWN FOR EZEKIEL ELLIOTT AND THEN ANOTHER BIG PLAY THERE, OVER 100 YARDS ON SEVEN RECEPTIONS FOR AMARI COOPER TONIGHT. >> Joe: PLAY-ACTION. THE PASS IS PICKED BY K.J. WRIGHT SCHAM! NOAH BROWN WAS THE TARGET. K.J. WRIGHT JUST MADE THE PLAY. AND THERE'S THE FIRST TURNOVER OF THE GAME AS IT WENT OFF THE HANDS OF NUMBER 85. >> Troy: THEY HAD HIM. YOU COULD SEE THAT THE BALL IS UNDERTHROWN. K.J. WRIGHT TRYING TO MAKE UP GROUND ON NOAH BROWN AND WHAT A JOB BY K.J. WRIGHT STICKING WITH IT AND THEN BRINGING IT IN. THE FIRST TURNOVER OF THE GAME AND A COSTLY ONE THAT KEEPS THE COWBOYS FROM EXTENDING THEIR LEAD. >> Troy: WHAT A GREAT PLAY BY K.J. WRIGHT. MIKE PEREIRA IS WITH US. ENOUGH EARLY CONTACT TO WARRANT A FLAG OR A GREAT NO CALL? >> Mike: TO ME IT'S ONE OF THOSE BANG-BANG CALLS THAT THE DEFENDER GETS THERE JUST BEFORE THE BALL ARRIVES. I LIKE THOSE WHEN THEY'RE NOT CALLED. >> Troy: ALSO BECAUSE THE BALL GOES UP AND HE MAKES THE INTERCEPTION, I THINK THERE WAS A THOUGHT OF MAYBE CALLING IT. >> Joe: PASS IS CAUGHT BY VANNETT. FLAG IS DOWN AS DAMIAN WILSON, THE LINEBACKER, GOT UP LOOKING AT THE OFFICIAL. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS COMING BACK. >> Referee: HOLDING, NUMBER 68, OFFENSE. TEN-YARD PENALTY. STILL FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: THAT'S AGAINST JUSTIN BRITT THE CENTER. RIGHT THERE. >> Troy: THERE'S THE CONTACT. THERE WAS CONTACT MADE. WATCHING IT LIVE, JOE, I WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE PASS INTERFERENCE ON THE CALL. AND I THINK JUST THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THERE, IN SLOW MOTION IT LOOKED DIFFERENTLY, WHETHER THEY WOULD HAVE CALLED IT OR BECAUSE OF THE BALL BEING DEFLECTED AND HIM MAKING THE PLAY, DOES IT KEEP THEM FROM CALLING IT? I DON'T KNOW. >> Joe: VANDER ESCH ON THE STOP. THE FOURTH RED ZONE TURNOVER FOR DALLAS THIS YEAR. A LATE FLAG. >> Troy: XAVIER WOODS. >> Referee: AFTER THE PLAY, PERSONAL FOUL, UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS, NUMBER 78, OFFENSE. HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL. SECOND DOWN. >> Joe: THAT'S AGAINST D.J. FLUKER. HE'S BACK AFTER MISSING STARTS WITH A BAD HAMSTRING. >> Troy: HE HITS JAYLON SMITH RIGHT IN THE BACK. THOSE ARE TOUGH CALLS. AND PETE CARROLL, YOU CAN SEE HERE IS A BETTER LOOK AT IT. >> Joe: GOING BACKWARDS AFTER THAT GREAT PLAY BY K.J. WRIGHT. STARTED AT THE 20. THEY'RE BACK INSIDE THE 10. WILSON SWINGS IT OUT. LOCKETT TRIES TO SPLIT DEFENDERS. WILL GIVE ANTHONY BROWN THE TACKLE. THE OTHER PLAYER OUT THERE WAS BYRON JONES, A GAIN OF TWO. BOY, A HOLDING CALL ON BRITAIN THEN THE PERSONAL FOUL AGAINST FLUKER. AND WHAT LOOKED LIKE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO REGAIN MOMENTUM IN THIS GAME IS SLIPPING THROUGH THE FINGERS OF THE SEAHAWKS RIGHT NOW. >> Troy: IT SURE IS. THIS DALLAS DEFENSE HAS BEEN AWFULLY GOOD HERE ON THIRD DOWN AND SHUTTING DOWN THIS OFFENSE. WE HAVE TYLER LOCKETT BEING ASSISTED OFF THE FIELD. SO THAT'S NOT -- THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE REST OF THE GAME. IT'S ESPECIALLY NOT GOOD FOR HERE ON THIRD AND 20. >> Joe: THE SEAHAWKS HAVE TO GET OUT TO THE 30 FOR A FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: FOUR-MAN RUSH, SETS UP THE SCREEN AND JUST BUYING A BIT OF BREATHING ROOM FOR THE PUNTER DICKSON, DAVIS GETS 13 AND HERE ARE THE TWO PENALTIES. FIRST THE HOLD BY JUSTIN BRITT ON DAMIAN WILSON RIGHT HERE. AND THEN D.J. FLUKER WITH THIS LATE HIT ON JAYLON SMITH. >> Troy: THAT THIRD AND LONG, THIRD AND 20, THE COWBOYS WERE SO SOFT THAT SEATTLE, THEY GOT SOME DECENT YARDAGE OF THAT. THEY ALLOW DICKSON TO MAKE A PUNT AND NOT GIVE UP SO MUCH FIELD POSITION. >> Joe: LINE DRIVE, END OVER END PUNT. THIS TIME IT'S BEASLEY. MADE A MAN MISS AND DIVES OUT NEAR THE 38. WHICH IS >> Joe: EZEKIEL ELLIOTT 106 YARDS, AVERAGING FIVE YARDS A POP. HE HAD THE 44-YARDER IN THE FIRST HALF. THE COWBOYS THE LAST TIME THEY HAD IT HAD OPPORTUNITY BUT THREW A RED ZONE PICK. GREAT PLAY BY K.J. WRIGHT. NOW THEY GET IT BACK STARTING AT THEIR 37. THEY RUN IT WITH ELLIOTT. HERE IS K.J. WRIGHT. WHAT A GAIN HE'S HAD. A GAIN OF TWO. >> Troy: YOU DON'T THINK THEY MISSED HIM WHILE HE WAS GONE? HE'S REALLY A GREAT PLAYER AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME. HE HAS THAT ABILITY. HE PLAYS THE RUN ON EZEKIEL ELLIOTT. THEY REALLY LIKE HIS LENGTH AND HIS ABILITY TO COVER RUNNING BACKS AND TIGHT ENDS AND WHAT A BIG PLAY HE MADE MOMENTS AGO. >> Joe: THREE CAREER INTERCEPTIONS, TWO AGAINST PRESCOTT. SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT. PRESCOTT THROWS IT AWAY. DIPPING AND DUCKING TRYING TO AVOID THE SACK, WHICH HE DID. NOW IT'S THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT. AS WE SIT HERE IN A THREE-POINT GAME, SEATTLE IS WITHOUT THEIR KICKER JANIKOWSKI. THERE IS NOTHING AUTOMATIC DOWN THE STRETCH THE REST OF THE WAY FOR THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS. >> Troy: IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT PETE CARROLL IS THINKING IN REGARDS TO THAT. DOES HE WANT TO TRY TO PUT IT IN MICHAEL DICKSON'S HANDS ON A DROP KICK OF SOME SORT, HOWEVER HE WANTS TO GO ABOUT IT, OR IS EVERYTHING ESSENTIALLY ONCE THEY GET DOWN TO THAT AREA. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT. PASS IS BROKEN UP. GALLUP WAS THE TARGET. AND A FLAG FLIES FROM THE SECONDARY. K.J. WRIGHT IN COVERAGE. >> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, NUMBER 50 DEFENSE. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN AT THE SPOT OF THE FOUL. >> Troy: IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE HOOKED HIM AND TURNED HIM WITH THE RIGHT ARM. GOT IT AROUND HIS WAIST. DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE TURNED HIM SO MUCH. MAYBE A TOUCH. THAT'S WHAT WAS SEEN AND THAT'S WHY THE FLAG CAME IN. >> Joe: THE AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. THERE'S ELLIOTT. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDFIELD, BOBBY WAGNER WITH THE TACKLE, A GAIN OF FIVE. WITH UNDER 6:30 TO GO. >> Joe: ELLIOTT TRYING TO BOUNCE IT. GOOD PLAY BY GRIFFIN. A GAIN OF ONE, MAYBE ONE AND A HALF. >> Troy: THEY LIKE THAT FORMATION WHERE THEY MOTION NOAH BROWN ACROSS AND THEN HE HELPS LEAD THE WAY. BECAUSE OF HIS SIZE AT 225 POUNDS, HE'S LIKE ANOTHER TIGHT END. BUT THEY HAVE SOME PLAY-ACTION OFF OF THAT, TOO. AND WE'VE SEEN THEM THROW THE BALL TO NOAH. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF BEFORE THIS GAME ENDS ON AN EARLY DOWN WITH NOAH BROWN THAT THEY DON'T TRY TO FLIP HIM PAST AND GET A SHOT. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND FOUR. PRESCOTT PULLS IT DOWN. PASS IS INCOMPLETE. FLAG AS BEASLEY ENDS UP ON THE GROUND. AND IT'S AGAINST SEATTLE. >> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, NUMBER 28, DEFENSE. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN AT THE SPOT OF THE FOUL. >> Joe: BOTH THE PASS INTERFERENCE CALLS COMING ON THIRD DOWN. ONE ON K.J. WRIGHT. THIS ONE ON JUSTIN COLEMAN. >> Troy: I DON'T THINK PETE CARROLL AGREES WITH EITHER CALL. I LIKE THE CALL BY SCOTT LINEHAN. IT'S THIRD AND MEDIUM AND THEY'RE GOING TO RUN WITH COLE BEASLEY ON THEIR SLOT CORNER WHO IS PLAYING OUT WIDE ON A DOUBLE MOVE. THEY GET THE PENALTY AND A NEW SET OF DOWNS. >> Joe: PRESCOTT KEEPS. AND AFTER GETTING THROUGH K.J. WRIGHT, GAINS FIVE YARDS. >> Troy: THEY'RE RIPPING AT THE BALL COMING WHEN DAK PRESCOTT IS STARTING TO GO TO THE GROUND. I THINK IT WAS FRANK CLARK COMING IN AND TRYING TO JUST RIP IT OUT OF THERE AND PRESCOTT BEING VERY SMART SECURING THE FOOTBALL. RIGHT HERE K.J. WRIGHT KIND OF STANDS HIM UP A LITTLE BIT. ACTUALLY JAKE MARTIN. THAT'S WHAT THIS DEFENSE HAS BEEN SO GOOD AT. THEY'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO JAR ONE LOOSE. >> Joe: ELLIOTT ON SECOND DOWN. FIRST DOWN. A GAIN OF SIX AND THERE'S MARTIN ON THE STOP. DOUBLE FISTED IS ELLIOTT ASKING TO BE FED. THE COWBOYS RIGHT NOW ABOUT TO GO INTO THEIR FOUR-MINUTE OFFENSE AND SEE IF THEY CAN'T PUT THIS GAME AWAY. THEY CONTINUE TO TAKE TIME OFF THE CLOCK, RUN THE FOOTBALL WITH EZEKIEL ELLIOTT, MOVE THE CHAPS. THEY WIND THIS DOWN AND COME AWAY WITH A TOUCHDOWN IT'S ALL ABOUT OVER. >> Troy: DALLAS TOOK OVER AT THEIR OWN 37 WITH 7:20 LEFT. COMING UP ON 3:30 LEFT. >> Joe: CAN'T BRING HIM DOWN. ELLIOTT STAYS INBOUNDS AND HAS ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. AND THIS IS WHERE NUMBER 21 CAN TAKE OVER A GAME. >> Troy: HE CAN AT ANY TIME. THIS IS THE STRENGTH AND THE POWER THAT HE HAS. HE HAS SUCH RARE COMBINATION OF SPEED, QUICKNESS, POWER AND, LIKE I SAY, HE FINISHES EVE AND EVERY TIME. HE CAME IN AFTER THE SUSPENSION LAST YEAR, I THINK HE WAS EMBARRASSED, MISSED SOME TIME. HURT THE OFFENSE. DIDN'T MAKE THE POSTSEASON. WANTED TO PROVE HIMSELF. HE'S DONE IT EVERY WEEK. >> Joe: THE BIGGEST RUSHING DAY AGAINST THE SEAHAWKS ALL YEAR. A GAIN OF HALF A YARD. HERE ARE THE THIRD DOWN PENALTIES. K.J. WRIGHT WITH A HOOK FOR A PASS INTERFERENCE CALL AND JUSTIN COLEMAN GETTING TANGLED UP WITH COLT BEASLEY. SEATTLE JUST USED THEIR SECOND TIME-OUT. BEFORE A SECOND DOWN AND NINE. IT'S INTERESTING WHEN YOU KNOW THE OTHER TEAM IS GOING TO BE GOING FOR TOUCHDOWNS WITHOUT A FIELD GOAL. TYPICALLY THAT'S A BIG DEAL HERE DOWN THE STRETCH. BUT SEATTLE MORE THAN LIKELY IS GOING TO BE GOING FOR TOUCHDOWNS NO MATTER WHAT THE SCORE IS. WE'LL SEE HOW THIS DRIVE ENDS UP. >> Troy: THE CHANCES ARE DRYING UP. THEY'LL HAVE TO MAKE A STOP HERE. ON THIS SET OF DOWNS, THEY'VE HAD THEIR OPPORTUNITIES AND GOTTEN TO THIRD DOWNS. THEY'LL KEEP THE DRIVE GOING. >> Joe: SECOND AND NINE. FLAG IS DOWN AND SO IS ELLIOTT. ABOUT A YARD AND A HALF, MAYBE TWO SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN. IT'S AGAINST DALLAS. FOR AN ILLEGAL SHIFT. >> Referee: ILLEGAL SHIFT. >> Troy: WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS. HE JUST NEVER GETS SET. THAT'S ON DAK PRESCOTT. HE HAS TO LET HIM GET SET. EITHER THAT OR NOAH BROWN IS IN MOTION AND CAN'T TURN AS THOUGH HE IS GOING TO GET SET. AND YET THEY GIVE UP A LOT OF YARDAGE. >> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND 14. PRESCOTT. AND INCOMPLETE FOR GALLUP. >> Troy: WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF WITH THE CLOCK STOPPING, SAVE SEATTLE ANOTHER TIME-OUT. NOW THIRD DOWN. A HUGE PENALTY IN THIS GAME BY NOAH BROWN WHICH ESSENTIALLY THE COWBOYS WERE RIGHT THERE ABOUT TO PICK UP ANOTHER FIRST DOWN AND RUN THIS OUT. >> Joe: IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THIRD DOWN AND TWO, A YARD AND A HALF. IT FORCED THE PASS. THE INCOMPLETION STOPS THE CLOCK. HERE IS AMARI COOPER. HE'S ONE-ON-ONE WITH NO HELP. >> Joe: PRESCOTT IS GOING TO CARRY. FIRST AND GOAL AT THE 1. PRESCOTT DID IT HIMSELF. THOMPSON WITH THE HIT, AND THAT IS WHERE THE BALL WILL BE PLACED, A HALF YARD AWAY FROM THE END ZONE. >> Troy: ZACK MARTIN AND CONNOR WILLIAMS, THE LEFT GUARD, THEY MAKE THAT HAPPEN. INSIDE THE DEFENSIVE FRONT THAT SPRINGS PRESCOTT. YOU HAVE THIRD AND LONG AND SEATTLE GIVES UP THE QUARTERBACK DRAW TO DAK PRESCOTT. HOW ABOUT THAT. PRESCOTT GOING AND GETTING IT. >> Joe: HE SETS UP FIRST AND GOAL AND FORCES SEATTLE TO USE THEIR FINAL TIME-OUT WITH 2:14 REMAINING. AND DAK PRESCOTT, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THIS YEAR THEY HAVE ASKED DAK TO RUN THE BALL A LITTLE BIT MORE. SUCH A WEAPON DOING THAT. AND TO PICK UP A FIRST DOWN IN THAT SPOT, 16 YARDS ON THIRD AND 14. WHAT A PLAY. PRESCOTT KEEPS. NO SIGNAL. TOUCHDOWN! AND IT'S A TWO SCORE GAME WITH 2:08 LEFT HERE IN ARLINGTON. >> Troy: WHY NOT LET DAK PRESCOTT FINISH IT OFF. THAT'S REALLY A NICE JOB. NOAH BROWN, HE OUGHT TO BE GOING OVER THERE AND THANKING AN OFFENSIVE LINE AND DAK PRESCOTT AFTER THAT PENALTY. COULD HAVE HAD HUGE RAMIFICATIONS ON THE OUTCOME OF THIS GAME. SEATTLE DEFENSIVELY HUNG IN THERE AS LONG AS THEY COULD. DIDN'T GET MUCH HELP FROM THEIR OFFENSE. >> Joe: TEN-POINT GAME. GREAT SCENE HERE TONIGHT. ANOTHER GREAT SCENE COMING UP ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN LOS ANGELES AT THE COLISEUM. THEY HAD SOME HOME GAME FUN THIS YEAR WITH JARED GOFF AND THAT OFFENSE OF AARON DONALD AND THE YEAR THAT HE PUT TOGETHER. THE RAMS WILL HOST THE BEST REMAINING NFC SEED SATURDAY NIGHT AT 4:30 PACIFIC HERE ON FOX. >> Troy: THAT WILL BE FUN. FUN IN NEW ORLEANS AS WELL. LOS ANGELES COMING OFF A BYE WEEK. I'M EXCITED. THE TWO BEST WEEKENDS. WILD CARD AND DIVISIONAL WEEKEND, SATURDAY, SUNDAY FULL OF PLAYOFF FOOTBALL. IT LOOKS LIKE DALLAS IS GOING TO MOVE ON. >> Joe: THEY'RE THE NUMBER FOUR SEED. THEY WON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE HEADED UNTIL TOMORROW'S GAME BETWEEN THE EAGLES AND THE BEARS. OUT TO THE 25, LOCKETT BACK IN FOR SEATTLE. THEY'LL NEED HIM IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING OVER THE LAST 2:08. YOU KNEW THE STATS COMING IN. PETE CARROLL HAS BEEN ON THIS RUN. IT'S THE SEVENTH YEAR HE'S TAKEN THE SEAHAWKS ON. HE AND THE SEAHAWKS HAD NEVER LOST THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF GAME IN ANY POSTSEASON. THEY ARE FACED WITH A TEN-POINT DEFICIT HERE. MEANWHILE ON THE OTHER SIDE DAK PRESCOTT HAS GONE 32-16 AS AN NFL STARTER. A LOSS TO THE PACKERS AND AARON RODGERS. LOCKETT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. 2:08 LEFT. DAVIS OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. AND THAT WILL TAKE US TO THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING. DAVIS INJURED AFTER HE GOT HIT HARD. TW >> Joe: DAK PRESCOTT WITH A BIG CARRY ON THIRD DOWN. GOT 16 YARDS ON THIRD AND 14 AND THEN POPPED IT INTO THE END ZONE FOR A TEN-POINT LEAD. TWO MINUTES LEFT. SECOND AND ONE. J.D. McKISSIC IS NOW IN THERE AT RUNNING BACK FOR SEATTLE. SEAHAWKS WITH NO TIME-OUTS LEFT. WILSON STEPS INTO IT. HAS A MAN. PASS CAUGHT. LOCKETT DOWN INSIDE THE 15. AND THE SEAHAWKS AREN'T FINISHED YET. A COMPLETION OF 53. >> Troy: HOW DO YOU ALLOW TYLER LOCKETT TO JUST ESSENTIALLY RUN RIGHT THROUGH THE DEFENSE. >> Joe: THEY HURRY IT UP. END ZONE. PASS IS INCOMPLETE. VANNETT THE CLOSEST TO IT. BACK TO THAT COMPLETION TO LOCKETT. >> Troy: IT'S UNBELIEVABLE TO ME YOU ALLOW TYLER LOCKETT TO ESSENTIALLY JUST RUN RIGHT PAST YOU WITH NOBODY PLAYING COVERAGE. BYRON JONES IS OUT THERE. LET HIM GO. I KNOW IT WAS SHORT YARDAGE BUT THEIR ONLY CHANCE IS A BIG PLAY DOWN THE FIELD. >> Joe: THEY NEED A TOUCHDOWN. THEY NEED TWO SCORES. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A SUCCESSFUL ONSIDE KICK IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS. PASS IS BEHIND THE RECEIVER BALDWIN. AND INCOMPLETE. VANDER ESCH BACK THERE DEFENDING. NOW THIRD DOWN AND TEN. >> Troy: YOU SEE WHAT BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER HAS DIALED UP. NEED A QUICK SCORE. THEY HAD A CHANCE ON THE LAST ONE OF ALL THAT JUST GOT AWAY FROM RUSSELL WILSON. THE COWBOYS HAVE HAD SUCCESS WHEN THEY BROUGHT PRESSURE BUT THEY'RE GOING WITH A FOUR-MAN RUSH. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND TEN. PRESSURE OFF THE EDGE. THE PASS IS CAUGHT BY McKISSIC. FOURTH DOWN COMING UP. BYRON JONES FORCED HIM OUT. AND WE'LL SEE IF SEATTLE CAN FINISH THIS QUICK DRIVE. >> Troy: THEY GO FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN RATHER THAN TAKE THE THREE POINTS AND THEN TRY YOUR ONSIDE KICK. SO CLEARLY JANIKOWSKI'S INJURIES HAVE HAD AN IMPACT HERE IN THE SECOND HALF. >> Joe: FOURTH DOWN AND FOUR. PATS PASS IS CAUGHT BY McKISSIC FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. AND THERE IS HOPE FOR THE SEAHAWKS. THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS A TOUCHDOWN. SEE WHERE THE BALL IS WHEN McKISSIC ENDS UP OUT OF BOUNDS. AND THAT LOOKS TO BE GOOD. >> Troy: IT LOOKS GOOD AND BYRON JONES HAD HIS BACK TO THE SIDELINE. YOU HAVE McKISSIC WITH AN OUTSIDE BREAKING ROUTE. HARD TO MAKE A PLAY. >> Joe: THE SEAHAWKS WILL GO FOR TWO AGAIN WITHOUT THEIR KICKER. THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH MIKE DAVIS POUNDING IT IN. SO 2 FOR 2 ON THE YEAR, 1 FOR 1 TONIGHT. CARSON BACK THERE NOW. HANDOFF TO CARSON. A TWO-POINT GAME. 24-22 WITH 1:18 REMAINING. NO TIME-OUTS, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A SUCCESSFUL ONSIDE KICK FOR SEATTLE TO HAVE A CHANCE. CHRIS? >> Chris: JOE, THEY WERE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH MICHAEL DICKSON EVEN DROP KICKING FOR EXTRA POINTS. HE DID TELL ME BOTH HE AND SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI HAVE PRACTICED ON SIDE KICKS. I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S RUN A SUCCESSFUL ONE IN A GAME BUT HE SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT. THEY WILL TRY IT WITH DICKSON ON THE SPOT. >> Joe: THE INJURY TO JANIKOWSKI RIGHT AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF WHEN HE ATTEMPTED A 57-YARDER. IMMEDIATELY GRABBED FOR THE HAMSTRING. MIKE PEREIRA IS WITH US. WITH THE RULE CHANGE COMING INTO THIS YEAR HAVING TO BE BALANCED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE KICKER, NOT GETTING THE HEAD START WITH A RUN BY THE TEAM TRYING TO RECOVER, ON SIDE KICKS WERE ONLY 4 FOR 52, UNDER 8% SUCCESSFUL. >> DOWN FROM 21% IN 2017. >> Joe: HERE'S THIS LITTLE POP-UP KICK AND THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY EASIER. FIELDED BY BEASLEY AND THAT WAS A GIFT. >> Troy: IT WASN'T MUCH OF A CHANCE, WAS IT? >> Joe: THAT IS HARD TO EXPLAIN. IT'S NOT AS IF DALLAS DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY BACK THERE AND THE LITTLE DROP KICK, MAYBE HE GOT MORE OF IT THAN HE EXPECTED. THIS IS THE EASIEST CATCH AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOMENTS FOR COLE BEASLEY AND HIS CAREER. >> Troy: PETE CARROLL, HE CAN'T BELIEVE IT BUT YOU DON'T COME INTO A GAME, ANY GAME, AND EXPECT TO LOSE YOUR KICKER THE WAY THEY LOST JANIKOWSKI IN THE FIRST HALF. >> Joe: NO TIME-OUTS LEFT FOR SEATTLE. JASON GARRETT FLIPS THE HEADSET OFF AND BELIEVES THAT HE IS NOW 2-2 IN THE POSTSEASON AND HIS EIGHTH FULL YEAR. HE AND THE COWBOYS WRAPPED UP THEIR THIRD DIVISION TITLE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. TROY, THEY WERE -- THEY LOOKED COOKED AT 3 AND 5. THEY HAD ROAD DATES WITH PHILLY AND ATLANTA. HERE THEY ARE IT APPEARS MOVING ON TO THE POSTSEASON. >> Troy: THEY MADE SOME MOVES THAT PAID OFF. IT OBVIOUSLY STARTED THE MOST PROVE NEPT WITH AMARI COOPER. THEY CHANGED THE OFFENSIVE LINE COACH AND THEY'VE BEEN A DIFFERENT TEAM. EVER SINCE THEN THE DEFENSE HAS DONE THEIR JOB THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THEY DID ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT. HELD THE SEAHAWKS TO UNDER 100 YARDS ONCE AGAIN AND THE COWBOYS ARE MOVING ON. >> Joe: YOU SAW THAT NOTE SINCE 1996 THE THIRD PLAYOFF WIN FOR DALLAS. AND FOR THE COWBOYS THEY HAVE NOT WON MORE THAN TWO GAMES IN ANY ONE POSTSEASON SINCE YOU AND YOUR TEAMMATES WON THE SUPER BOWL BACK IN THE '95 SEASON. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. AND IN THIS GAME EZEKIEL ELLIOTT 30 TOUCHES, 169 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. DAK PRESCOTT A TOUCHDOWN THROW AND A TOUCHDOWN RUN. AMARI COOPER WITH A 100-YARD DAY RECEIVING ON SEVEN CATCHES, 106. AND THE NUMBER FOUR SEEDED DALLAS COWBOYS WILL HAVE A DATE NEXT WEEK EITHER IN NEW ORLEANS OR IN LOS ANGELES DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE EAGLES AND BEARS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. LET'S GO DOWN TO ERIN ANDREWS. >> Erin: YOU JUST ROLLED YOUR EYES. YOUR FIRST PLAYOFF WIN. WHAT? >> THIS TEAM, EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, WE HAD SO MUCH CONFIDENCE COMING INTO THE GAME AND OUR CONFIDENCE REMAINS. WE PLAYED A GREAT, GREAT SEATTLE TEAM. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WAY WE COMPETE THROUGH ADVERSITY. PROUD OF OUR GUYS. >> Erin: CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE WAY THIS GUY FOUGHT TO GET THE FIRST DOWN AND THEN SET UP THE TOUCHDOWN? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHEN YOU SAW HIM TAKE OFF? >> YOU'RE A GROWN MAN. THAT'S HOW YOU PLAY TODAY AND HE LED US TO THE WIN. >> Erin: SPEAKING OF ALL GROWN UP, HOW ABOUT HIM, HE SAID HE WANTED THE BALL AND HE WANTED IT A LOT TODAY. YOU GAVE IT TO HIM. WHAT DID HE THINK OF HIS PERFORMANCE? >> HE'S A HELL OF A PLAYER AND ALWAYS WANTS THE BALL. THE BEST GUY IN THE NFL WITH THE BALL, WE TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET IT TO HIM. IT WAS A GREAT TEAM WIN. >> Erin: CONGRATS TO YOU BOTH. THANKS, GUYS. >> Joe: EZEKIEL ELLIOTT GOT THE WEEK OFF LAST WEEK. HE NEEDED IT. 30 TOUCHES, 169 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. COWBOYS ARE MOVING ON. WE'LL COME BACK ON THE OTHER
