>>> THE SUNDAY NIGHT ANTHEM PRESENTED BY UBER EATS. ♪ WAITING ALL DAY FOR SUNDAY NIGHT ♪ ♪ ALL RIGHT WHAT A NIGHT IT'S FINALLY HERE ♪ ♪ SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL KICKING IN HIGH GEAR ♪ ♪ THE TIME HAS ARRIVED ♪ ♪ WHOA YEAH ♪ ♪ HEY THERE LET'S GO BACK IN TOWN ♪ ♪ THE COWBOYS AND COLTS IN A NASTY SHOWDOWN ♪ ♪ GET READY TO GET ROCKING AND CRANK UP THE SOUND ♪ ♪ YEAH THE NFL'S BEST IN ONE PLACE ♪ ♪ COAST TO COAST ONE THING LEFT TO SAY ♪ ♪ I BEEN WAITING ALL DAY FOR SUNDAY NIGHT ♪ ♪ MORE THAN A GAME IT'S EVERYTHING RIGHT ♪ ♪ I BEEN WAITING ALL DAY FOR SUNDAY NIGHT ♪ >> THIS IS FANTASTIC. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. >> WOW. >> WE'RE HAVING SOME FUN NOW. ♪ WAITING ALL DAY WAITING ALL DAY FOR SUNDAY NIGHT ♪ >> Mike: 18 MILES FROM DALLAS, IT'S ARLINGTON, TEXAS, AT AT&T STADIUM. WE SEE THE RED HOT 8-3 DOLLARS COWBOYS. LED BY THEIR QUARTERBACK WHO IS BACK, DAK PRESCOTT, AND TAKING ON THE 2016 MVP, MATT RYAN AND THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS. IT'S WEEK 13 OF SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ON NBC. THANKS FOR HAVING US IN. MIKE TIRICO, CRIS COLLINSWORTH, MELISSA STARK IN A BIT. WE ARE SITTING HERE OPENING NIGHT. ALL THE OPTIMISM. 26 YEARS WITHOUT A TITLE. IT COULD END THIS YEAR. AND DAK HURTS HIS THUMB. AND NOW IT'S DECEMBER. THE OPTIMISM IS BACK. >> Cris: IT CHANGES WEEKLY. THEY HAVE BEEN AVERAGING 34 POINTS A GAME SINCE DAK'S RETURN. THEY HAVE TWO GOOD BACKS THAT CAN RUN THE FOOTBALL, AND THE DEFENSE IS FLAT OUT INTIMIDATING. 34 SACKS LEADS THE LEAGUE. MICAH PARSONS, DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, YOU CAN MAKE A STRONG CASE. >> Mike: YOU HAVE A NEW COACH, OFFENSIVE COACH FIRED. AND MORE ON THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE NIGHT. BUT ON THE FIELD, THEY PLAY THEIR BEST GAMES AGAINST KANSAS AND PHILADELPHIA. HOW DO THEY DO IT TONIGHT WITH DALLAS? >> I THINK JONATHAN TAY LAR HAS TO HAVE A GOOD GAME. FOR ME, THE OTHER PART OF IT, THE COLTS NODE TO TAKE SOME CHANCES DOWN THE FIELD. THEY HAVE BIG WIDE RECEIVERS. GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO MAKE THE PLAY. >> Mike: THEY ARE 1-2 COULD BE EASILY 3-0. IT'S THE COWBOYS AND THE COLTS FOR YOU ON SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. >> Announcer: NBC SPORTS WELCOMES YOU TO THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. >> TO HONOR AMERICA, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US IN SINGING TONIGHT'S NATIONAL ANTHEM. TONIGHT'S COLORS ARE PRESENTED BY SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN REPRESENTS EACH OF THE BRANCHES OF THE ARMED FORCES. FORMING TONIGHT'S ANTHEM, OUR OFFICIAL TRUMPETEER, FREDDY JONES. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> Mike: HERE IN ARLINGTON, THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS HIGHLIGHTED THIS WEEKEND HERE. YOU CAN SEE HONORING ALL OF THOSE WHO RECEIVED THIS HONOR, UNDER CONSTRUCTION HERE AT ARLINGTON, AND THE COWBOYS ARE A HUGE PART OF THE ENDEAVOR. MORE ON THE COLTS STORY TONIGHT. AND GOOD EVENING TO MELISSA STARK. >> Melissa: HELLO, MIKE. AND FIVE SATURDAYS AGO, JEFF SATURDAY WAS HUNTING IN GEORGIA WITH HIS SON. TONIGHT, HE IS COACHING HIS FOURTH NFL GAME. I ASKED WHAT IT'S LIKE WITH SATURDAY AT THE HELM? WAYNE SAID THAT HE DOES THINGS LIKE WE DID BACK IN THE DAY HERE. HE IS A LEADER OF MEN. I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT. AS FOR HIS PLAYERS, CENTER RYAN KELLY SAID, WHEN THEY FIRST HIRED SATURDAY, IT SOUNDED CRAZY BUT HE BRINGS A NEW ENERGY LEVEL. HE'S AN AUTHENTIC ENERGY GUY. AND HE IS A COLT FOR LIFE. HE HELPED BUILD THIS ORGANIZATION AND WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE IT BETTER. SATURDAY TELLS US HE IS HOOKED IN. HE LOVING PG A PART OF THE TEAM AGAIN AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE RUN. >> Mike: TONIGHT, HE COACHES AGAINST MIKE McCARTHY WHO HE PLAYED HIS LAST GAME FOR WITH THE PACKERS IN 2012. AND A LONG SHOT FOR THE COLTS TO GET BACK IN THE RACE. COWBOYS ON THE OTHER HAND NEED A WIN. THE GIANTS/WASHINGTON HIGH ACTUALLY HELPED THE COWBOYS. EVEN IF THEY LOSE WITH EIGHT WINS. SO THE COLTS GOING TO KICK IT OFF HERE TONIGHT. CHASE McLAUGHLIN WILL KICK IT, AND KAVONTAE TURPIN. THE ROOF IS CLOSED HERE AT AT&T STADIUM, AND ONE OF THE HARDEST TICKETS OF THE YEAR TO GET. EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE HERE. THE THE 17 YARD LINE TO BEGIN. >> DAK PRESCOTT, MISSISSIPPI STATE. TONY POLLARD, THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS. CEEDEE LAMB, OKLAHOMA. >> NOAH BROWN, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. >> DALTON SCHULTZ, STANFORD. TYLER SMITH, TULSA. >> CONNOR McGOVERN, OHIO STATE. ZACK MARTIN, NOTRE DAME, TERENCE STEELE. >> Mike: THE LINE, RED HOT. IT STARTS WITH A POLLARD RUN. WENT GO ANY WHERE. AND MADE THE TACKLE. THE DAK STORY, GAINED SIX IN THE LINEUP AFTER THE THUMB INJURY. DESPITE INTERCEPTIONS, HE HAS PLAYED WELL. AS YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN THE LAST FIVE GAMES. MOST OF THEM PICKS, ALL OF THEM, COMING IN THE FIRST HALF OF GAMES. HAS BEEN A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE. HE WANTS TO STAY THERE. HE DOES LOOK GOOD. TO NOAH BROWN. 24 YARD LINE. SET UP THIRD AND FOUR. TACKLED BY ISAIAH RODGERS. >> Cris: STEWART WHO MADE PLEAD THE MAY. BUCKNER, A LOT OF POWER INSIDE. THE COWBOYS TRY TO ATTACK THEM. MAYBE A LITTLE MORE ON THE EDGES INSTEAD OF IN THERE. >> Mike: POLLARD REMAINS IN THE BACK. CEEDEE LAMB IN MOTION. DEFLECTED AND NEARLY INTERCEPTED. RODNEY McLEOD BROKE IT UP AND THE COWBOYS, THREE AND OUT. >> Cris: TAKE A LOOK. DAK PRESCOTT, YOU CAN TELL THEY ALREADY TOOK AWAY HIS FIRST LOOK. HAD TO COME BACK TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, AND MIKE, AS A GUY WHO PLAYED IN GAMES WHERE EITHER I WAS PART OF A BIG UNDER DOG OR A BIG FAVORITE, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO START. BECAUSE THE UNDER DOG TEAM WANTS TO FEEL LIKE YOU NEED A LITTLE RESPECT HERE. RIGHT OFF THE BAT, THEY GET IT. >> Cris: SET TO PUNT IT AWAY, AND A FAIR CATCH RUNS UP. A LOT OF CONTACT. HE IS COVERED BY THE COWBOYS HERE, AND WE HAVE A PENALTY MARKER DOWN ON THIS ONE. FLOWERS IS NOT AN EXPERIENCED PUNT RETURNER. LIT IT UP IN THE SECOND HALF AGAINST PITTSBURGH. WAITING FOR THE FIRST ONE AND HE WAS INTERFERED WITH, BY JOSEPH OF THE COWBOYS. >> Cris: THE QUESTION, DID JOSEPH GET IN THERE. THAT IS WHAT THEY WILL DEBATE HERE. >> Referee: FIRST DOWN. >> Mike: A GOOD START, AS YOU WERE ALLUDING TO, A GOOD STARTING FIELD POSITION FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS OFFENSE. >> MAD RYAN, BOSTON COLLEGE. >> JONATHAN TAYLOR, KANSAS CITY. ALEC PIERCE, CINCINNATI. >> PARRIS CAMPBELL, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. MICHAEL PITTMAN, USC. >> MO ALLI-COX. >> RYAN KELLY, ALABAMA. >> WILL FRIES, PENN STATE. DENNIS KELLY. PURDUE. >> Mike: AND KELLY IS IN THERE BECAUSE OF AN INJURY. BRADEN SMITH IS OUT ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE WITH AN ILL TONS. BRADEN SMITH, ONE OF THE TOF RUSHING TEAMS. RYAN KELLY, NUMBER 78. A COUPLE KELLYS TRY TO STOP MICAH PARSONS AND COMPANY. TAYLOR ON FIRST DOWN. MATT RYAN'S FIRST RUN OF THE NIGHT. IT'S IN THE MIDDLE. MENT KYLEN GRANSON, FIRST DOWN. AND INDY JUMPED THE BALL. PAST THE 40 YARD LINE. GAVE IT TO TAYLOR. CONTACT, AND HE WAS STOPPED BY DONOVAN AND MICAH WARSONS. MATT RYAN, THE QUARTERBACK HERE. THIS YEAR, IT'S BEEN EYE OPENING. 14 YEARS IN ATLANTA. YOU ASK FOR A TRADE. GOT HERE. IT LOOKED LIKE A PERFECT FIT, RIGHT? A GREAT OFFENSIVE LINE. TERRIFIC RUNNING BACK IN TAY ALREADY. THE "O" LINE HAS STRUGGLED. AND HE WAS INJURED AFTER SEVEN GAMES, AND SATURDAY BEGINS AS HEAD COACH. GOOD RUN. >> DeMARCUS LAWRENCE, BUTLER. >> NEVILLE GALLIMORE. DORANCE ARMSTRONG, KANSAS. >> MICAH PARSON, LEIGHTON VANDER ESCH. ANTHONY BROWN, PURDUE. JAYRON KEARSE. >> MALIK HOOKER, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. TREVON DIGGS. >> Mike: SECOND IN POINTS ALLOWED. TRYING TO STOP THIRD AND FOUR. AND THEY STOP A RUN. SEE WHAT JEFF SATURDAY DOES. TONIGHT'S FIRST DECISION WILL BE A 51 -- 52-YARD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT. >> Cris: IT'S SO HARD TO BLOCK LAWRENCE. HE CAN RUN OVER YOU AND HE HAS THE WIGGLE THAT A RUNNING BACK HAS AS WELL. BOTH GUYS ON THE EDGE, NO MATTER IF IT'S DeMARCUS LAWRENCE, MICAH PARSONS. THINK ABOUT TRYING TO TACKLE ONE OF THE BEST SCATBACKS IN THE LEAK. >> Mike: COMES OUT, AND McLAUGHLIN, 52. AND HE MADE 50 PLUS KICKS THIS YEAR. MADE THAT. >> Mike: SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY -- >> Mike: AROUND THE METROPLEX, TEXAS. HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS WRAPPING UP. THAT IS DESOTO. WINNING. THE STATE FINALS ARE RIGHT IN THIS BUILDING IN A COUPLE WEEKS. GREAT ACTION, ALL THE DECISIONS AND ALL THE CLASSES OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, WHERE IT MEANS SO MUCH. UP THREE. TURPIN FROM THE GOAL LINE, BRINGS IT OUT. AND THAT SPEED. UP TO THE 25 FROM THE 28 YARD LINE. LET'S MEET THE INDIANAPOLIS DEFENSE. >> KWITQ PAYNE. BOBBY. ZAIRE FRANKLIN. E. JESMT SPEED. ISAIAH RODGERS, JULIAN BLACKMON, UTAH. RODNEY McLEOD, UVA. >> Mike: THE MISS IN THERE, KENNY MOORE OUT WITH AN ANKLE INJURY. SUFFERED AGAINST PITTSBURGH. POLLARD AGAIN ON THE DRIVE. TO THE 30. TONY POLLARD, EZEKIEL ELLIOTT. THE BALANCE HERE AND IT'S BEEN POLLARD. >> Cris: THE ONE THING THAT ISN'T THE CONVERSATION, WHICH SIDE DO YOU RUN THE FOOTBALL TOWARDS? TO RUN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHETHER YOU HAVE TONY OR ZEKE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. THESE TWO GUYS, THEY'RE DIFFERENT. BUT THEY ARE BOTH TREMENDOUS BACKS. >> Mike: SECOND AND SEVEN. LAMB IN MOTION AND SWING OUT TO POLLARD. GIVE HIM TEN AND A FIRST DOWN FOR THE COWBOYS, THEIR FIRST OF THE NIGHT. >> Cris: THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE AN EASY PASS FOR TEN YARDS. IF YOU'RE A QUARTERBACK AND YOU ARE NERVOUS, YOU SWING IT OUT TO POLLARD, AND IT'S JUST THAT EASY. AND THAT'S WHAT GETS QUARTERBACKS IN A GROOVE EARLY IN THE GAME, AND YOU HEAR COACHES TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME. THE THROW, GOT RID OF IT, GREAT TIGHT END. THE FIST ONE OF THE MONTH, AND SCHULTZ LOST THE FOOTBALL. AFTER HE WAS DONE. THE FIFTH YEAR MAN OUT OF STANFORD. >> Cris: BOBBY OKEREKE GOT IT OUT FROM SCHULTZ. >> Mike: POLLARD, RUNS TO THE EDGE, TWO OR THREE MORE YARDS. BODIES DOWN ON THE COLTS SIDELINE. >> Cris: CAN WE SEE IT ONE MORE TIME? >> Mike: IT WAS CLOSE. REALLY CLOSE. >> Cris: I THOUGHT TOO. THERE IS A REASON THEY HURRIED UP. THAT BALL LOOKED OUT TO ME. COULDN'T SEE THE RIGHT KNEE. BUT THE LEFT KNEE WAS NOT DONE. >> Mike: IT WAS ON THE COLTS SIDELINE. THEY HAD THE BEST LOOK AT IT FROM THEIR SIDE. AND THE COWBOYS, GOOD JOB. AS MANY TEAMS DO, YOU HUSTLE UP TO GET IT OUT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. GET THE SNAP OUT. SECOND AND SECHBL, EZEKIEL ELLIOTT TO THE 36 YARD LINE. FROM OHIO STATE, JUST A COUPLE GAMES WITH A KNEE INJURY. LOOKING GOOD THE LAST TWO. >> Cris: EVERYONE WANTS TO GET BEHIND ZACK MARTIN. SO DO I. YOU CAN SEE THE PLAY GOING OFF TO THE LEFT. THE PLAYS ARE CUTTING BACK TO GET BEHIND THEIR BETTER SIDE. >> Mike: LEFT. 32 YARD LINE. BOTH TEAMS LOVE TO RUN THE BALL AND THE DIFFERENCE IS DALLAS CAN DO MORE DAMAGE OFF THE PLAY ACTION GAIN. THE COWBOYS START TO ESTABLISH THEIR RUN ON THE DRIVE. >> THE OTHER THING YOU SEE OUT OF THE COWBOYS A LOT MORE HERE LATELY, THEY BRING MORE TIGHT ENDS IN AND OUT OF THE GAME. SO TWO ROOKIES AND JAKE FERSSON. HENDERSON, AND McKEEN. A DIFFERENT LOOK. >> Mike: SECOND AND FIVE. AND THE FIRST CONTACT. L CONTINUE TO MOVE TO GIVE YOU THIRD AND A COUPLE. AND WE GO HALFWAY PAST THE OPENING QUARTER. >> Cris: MIKE McCARTHY IS POPPING IN AND OUT, THEY WILL PLAY FOUR MAN LINES AND FIVE MANY LINES AND THEY HAVE PLANS FOR EACH OR THOSE. DEPENDING ON WHAT THE REACTION IS ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THINGS. HA IS WHAT DAK WILL GET TO WITH THE AUDIBLES AT THE LINE. >> Mike: THIRD AND TWO OUT OF THE SHUT GUN. ELLIOTT LEANS FORWARD. SEE WHERE THE MARK IS. LAY IT ACROSS THE FIRST DOWN LINE, AND AS THEY COME IN AND SPOT IT, IT'S GOING TO BE SHORT. IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN. ENDED UP WELL OVER THE LINE. BUT IT'S KNEE DOWN EARLIER THAN THAT. THE OFFICIALS DETERMINE, FOURTH AND SHORT COMING. MIKE McCARTHY LOOKING UP TO SEE THE SAME THING YOU WERE LOOKING UP. AND ELLIOTT, WILL TAKE IT FOR A FIRST DOWN. AND A GAIN OF NEARLY SEVEN YARDS. A GOOD LOOK WITH ELLIOTT POLLARD IN THE BACK FIELD TOGETHER. >> Cris: WE TALKED ABOUT THE SPITE ENDS. WATCH BLACKING DOWN HERE BY JAKE FERGUSON. SO MANY TIMES PEOPLE WANT TO COMPARE THE YARDS PER CARRY AVERAGE OF TONY POLLARD, 5.6 AND EZEKIEL ELLIOTT, 4.1. THE AVERAGE THAT HELPS THE TEAM. >> Mike: ACROSS THE SCREEN, AND TRYING TO GET IT TO SCHULTZ. YANNICK NGAKOUE BROUGHT THE COVERAGE ON PRESCOTT. McYANNICK NGAKOUE HAS HAD 8 1/2 SACKS AND WILL BE A CONSISTENT FORM FOR PRESCOTT. >> Mike: A VERY GOOD START TO HIS CAREER. SECOND AND TEN. POLLARD. NO GAIN, NOTHING THERE AT THIRD DOWN. CRIS, WE TALKED TO MIKE McCARTHY AND WE TALKED TO THE FOLKS AROUND DALLAS, AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY SAY, THE COLTS ROSTER IS GOOD. LOOK AT THEIR RECORD. BUT THE ROSTER, THE GUYS OUT HERE NOW ON THES DIDDIVE SIDE OF THE BALL. >> Cris: TALK TO THEIR RIVAL IN PHILADELPHIA. THE COLTS HAVE THEM BEAT. THEY COULDN'T SCORE FROM THE 5 YARD LINE. WOULD HAVE BEEN LIGHTS OUT. >> Mike: CEEDEE LAMB, IS HE DOWN? THEY SAY NO FOR NOW AND HE'S IN THE END ZONE FOR A TOUCHDOWN! CEEDEE GOT SPUN AROUND. THEY RULE NO BODY PART WAS DOWN. STEPHON GILMORE IS STUNNED. >> Cris: LET'S TAKE A LOOK. DID ANYTHING TOUCH? I DIDN'T SEE IT. >> Mike: I THINK IT'S GOOD. >> Cris: HOW GOOD IS CEEDEE LAMB? HE IS TAKING ON THE PASSING GAME. DID THE FOREARM GET ON THE GROUND? I DIDN'T SEE IT. >> Mike: THE LEFT FOREARM COMING DOWN. AND WE AWAIT THE SCORE AND PLAY CONFIRMATION FROM NEW YORK. LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL CONFIRM THIS. THEY HAVE. DALLAS TOUCHDOWN. >> Cris: WHAT A PLAY. WHAT A PLAY. HE'S BEEN DOING IT ALL YEAR. HE'S A DIFFERENCE MAKER ON THIS FOOTBALL TEAM. >> Mike: RECEIVERS HAVE BECOME SO GOOD AT THAT. KEEP YOURSELVES ALIVE. USE THE HAND TO NOT LET ANOTHER BODY HART PIT. THE EXTRA POINT. LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE STOP THEM TH >> Mike: "THE VOICE" IS LIVE, FOLLOWED BY "THAT'S MY JAM." ON PEACOCK. OVERCAST DAY HERE IN THE METRO FLEX. RODGERS, SEVEN DEEP, WILL GIVE IT A WHIRL. A FLAG DOWN. PAST THE 25. BUT THIS IS ALL LIKELIHOOD GOING TO COME BACK. TWO FLAGS, A THIRD ONE THROWN HERE ON THE SIDELINE, AS THE PLAYERS WERE SEPARATING. A LOT TO SORT OUT HERE. A DALLAS TEAM, THE SECOND MOST PENALIZED TEAM IN THE LEAGUE, AND ON THANKSGIVING EVENING HERE AGAINST THE GIANTS, THEY HAD 13. THERE'S JACKSON, AND WILLIAMS. HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED UPON THE SIDELINE. WENT IN WITH HIS HET MEL AND MORE CONVERSATION. MORE ON THE OFFICIALS TO SORT OUT. AND THEY SORT. >> Cris: THEY ARE STUFFING THE DECK RIGHT NOW. >> Referee: UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT, 89 OF THE KICKING TEAM. HOLDING, ON THE RETURN TEAM. BOTH FUELS WILL OFF SET. AT THE SPOT OF THE RETURN TEAM'S FOUL. FIRST DOWN. >> Mike: SO IT GETS BACK TO WHERE THE INDIANAPOLIS FOUL OCCURRED. MATT RYAN WILL TAKE OVER FROM THERE. CRIS, WE STARTED TALKING TO MATT RYAN LAST NIGHT. AND THE FIRST 15 SECONDS, NOT BEING ABLE TO SPIT OUT A WORD. HE COULDN'T DESCRIBE WHAT THE LAST MONTH HAS BEEN FOR HIM. >> Cris: YEAH, IT WAS LIKE, ARE YOU OKAY? HE IS LIKE, UM, UH, THAT SUMS IT UM. YOU LOSE YOUR OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR. YOU LOSE YOUR HEAD COACH AND THEY NAME A 31-YEAR-OLD OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, SIX YEARS YOUNGER THAN YOU ARE. YOU GO OUT AND WIN THE FIRST GAME. IT'S JUST BEEN CRAZY. REALLY, THE STORY WAS HIM GETTING BENCHED, AND JEFF SATURDAY, SORT OF BRINGING HIM BACK. >> Mike: TRIES TO GET AROUND THE EDGE AND A RUN OF ABOUT SIX YARDS, YOU MENTIONED THE 31-YEAR-OLD OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, PARKS FRAZIER. >> Cris: I HEARD A LOT OF DIFFERENT STORIES. PARKS FRAZIER, RIGHT UP THERE. 31 YEARS OLD. AND BASICALLY, HE WAS THE LAST OFFENSIVE BODY STANDING IN THE ROOM SO THEY ASKED HIM TO CALL THE PLAYS. >> Mike: 26 YARD LINE. RUN INSIDE, TAYLOR, AND SPEED ON THE BACK END TO MAKE HIM PAY WHEN HE USES THE POWER. AN INDIANAPOLIS FIRST DOWN. >> Cris: THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WAY THAT THE COLTS RUN BLOCK. THERE NEVER HAS BEEN. JONATHAN TAYLOR IS A PHENOMENAL GUY. I MEAN, YOU JUST TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HE DID A SEASON AGO. HE JUST SHATTERED THE RUSHING TITLE. ONE OF MY 552 YARDS. IF THEY CAN KEEP IT WITH THE RUN GAME AND PLAY ACTION, THEY WILL BE TOUGH. >> Mike: DOWN FIELD, AND PIERCE, THE 25 YARD LINE. THE ROOKIE OUT OF CINCINNATI, TERRIFIC IN THE AIR, USING HIS 6'3" HEIGHT. TO THE 15 YARD LINE. >> Cris: WHAT DO YOU KNOW? THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WHO HAVE THE LOW DEPTH OF TARGET DREW ONE UP. THE RECEIVERS ARE 6'4", 6'3" OUT THERE. GIVE THEM A CHANCE. >> Mike: SECOND LONGEST CATCH OF HIS ROOKIE SEASON. TAYLOR INSIDE, FOR A YARD OR SO. IT'S FUNNY. WE GET DONE WITH ONE GAME AND WHAT HAVE WE HEARD? WHAT IS THE NARRATIVE? THE COLTS OFFENSIVE LINE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO GOOD ISN'T THAT GOOD, AND YOU TEXTED ME THAT REACTION. IT'S PRETTY GOOD. >> Cris: THEY'RE FINE. WHAT I WILL SAY IS MATT RYAN IS UNDER CENTER QUARTERBACK. HE IS PRETTY GOOD AT PLAY ACTION, GOING BACKWARDS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN PREDOMINANTLY SHOTGUNNED FOR THE MOST PART. >> Mike: FIRING IN, OPEN END ZONE TOUCHDOWN. FOURTH OF HIS CAREER. >> Cris: WELL, WE KNOW ABOUT TREVON DIGGS. SOMETIMES HE THINKS HE'S GOING TO P GET AN INTERCEPTION AND HE WANTS TO JUMP AROUND TO GET THE INTERCEPTION AND HE GIVES UP A REALLY EASY TOUCHDOWN. GOOD JOB BY RYAN WITH THAT LITTLE SHOULDER SHIMMY TO MAKE HIM REALLY BELIEVE THAT WAS THE SLANT. THAT IS THE M.O. TO GET THE GREAT PLAYS OUT OF DIGGS. >> Mike: McLAUGHLIN FOR THE >> Mike: YOU SEE IT ALL DAY. THE NFL PLAYERS WEARS CUSTOMIZED CLEATS TO SUPPORT THEIR CAUSE. THEY SUPPORT. YOU CAN HEAR PLAYERS STORIES AND BID ON THEIR CLEATS FOR CHARITY. WE THINK SO MUCH OF THIS ENDEAVOR WITH THE NFL AND THE PLAYERS. GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO EXPRESS WHO THEY ARE, AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM. TURPIN UP AT THE 15 YARD LINE. MELISSA. >> Melissa: MORE THAN A DOZEN COWBOY PLAYERS AND THE COACHING STAR ARE CARRYING CLEATS TO REPRESENT THE MEDAL OF HONOR PROGRAM. IT'S THE NATION'S HIGHEST RECOGNITION FOR VALOR IN COMBAT. I SPOKE WITH OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ZACK MARTIN AND HE SAID THE CAUSE IS A NO-BRAINER. HE SAID, WE PLAY A GAME, AND THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE. >> Mike: IT'S INCREDIBLE. THE MUSEUM THAT IS OPENING HERE IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS, IN 2024. 3,511 SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR ALL TIME. >> Cris: IT'S VALOR IN COMBAT ON THE BATTLE FIELD. GREAT TO SEE. >> Mike: WE WILL HAVE SECOND AND ONE WITH TWO MINUTES LEFT IN THE OPENING QUARTER. >> Cris: YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING FOR KNOW WATCH THE COLTS DEFENSE TAKE THE FIELD THERE. THIS IS THE COLTS OFFENSE THAT IS AVERAGING JUST UNDER 16 POINTS A GAME. THEY'RE ALMOST THERE. WE'RE IN THE FIRST QUARTER. AND THE DEFENSE IS LIKE, HEY, HEY, LET'S GO MAKE A PLAY OUT HERE. LET'S GO. >> Cris: THIRD AND ONE AND THEY'RE GOING TO THROW HERE. AND PRESCOTT COMES BACK TO NOAH BROWN. 33 YARD LINE, BROWN WITH THE GRAB, AND FIRST DOWN. THE GUY CALLING THE SHOTS, GUS BRADLEY, DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, HEAD COACH A DECAD AND A HALF, AND DALLAS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR. NO PLACE FOR JAKE FERGUSON TO GO. >> Cris: JUMP IN ONE OF THE MAN COVERAGES AND YOU WILL SEE, YOU WILL TRY A SCREEN TO YOUR GUY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS AN UPBEAT COMETS TEAM ON NATIONAL TELEVISION TONIGHT. I DON'T THINK THEY ARE TWO KAI ZI AS BEING UNDER DOGS. >> Mike: THREES, INCOMPLETE. TRIES TO FIRE IT ON THE SIDELINE. EVERYBODY GETS OUT OF THERE WITHOUT ANY HARM DONE. WE HAVE THIRD DOWN COMING UP. >> Cris: REALLY GOOD. THIRD DOWN AND REALLY SHORT. INSTEAD THEY ARE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN A VULNERABLE POSITION. BALL SHT HAVE BEEN GOTTEN. >> Cris: JASON PETERS IS IN THERE. AND THE LEFT GUARD POSITION HAS BEEN GETTING WORK. THIRD AND 15. AND PRESCOTT GIVING TIME, ELLIOTT. THEY GET ABOUT 11 OR 12 OF THEM. STOPPED AT THE 40. >> Melissa: BACK AT AT AND STRKS STADIUM WITH MIKE McCARTHY. WHAT DO YOU DO DEFENSIVELY? >> I THINK LIKE ANYTHING, WE RECOGNIZE WE HAVE TO STOP THE RUN. AND A LONG BALL AND DOUBLE MOVE. WE HAVE TO KEEP PLAYING. >> Melissa: WHAT ABOUT OFFENSIVELY? HOW DO YOU GET IN THE END ZONE? >> WE HAVE THE SECOND TIME, IT'S ON THE SCREEN, AND WE HAVE TO KEEP PLAYING. >> Mike: HEAD COACH MIKE McCARTHY. THE COWBOYS AT 8-3. BEHIND THE EAGLES, TRYING TO TIGHTEN THAT GAME TWO TEAMS MEET ON CRIS HAS EVE. BACK TO RECEIVE. AND FLOWERS TO THE END ZONE. AND IT IS A TOUCH BACK. JEFF SATURDAY BACK IN INDIANAPOLIS. HE HAS RETURNED UNDRAFTED OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA. A COUPLE TIMES, SUPER BOWL WINNER, WAS IN TV WORKING AS AN AN LIGS, CONSULTANT WITH THE COLTS AND ONE THING I WASN'T AWARE OF, HE WAS WATCHING PRACTICE FILM EVERY DAME SO WHEN HE CAME IN, IT WASN'T ALL THE WAY OUT OF LEFT FIELD. HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS GETTING INTO. HE HAD A LITTLE FAMILIARITY. >> IT WAS A LITTLE WEIRD, WASN'T IT? I TELL THINKING WHAT HE HAD TO BE THINKING. IT'S ONE THING IS IT YOU TAKE SOMEONE -- HE TO MAKE A DECISION WHETHER HE WAS GOING TO GO FOR IT. HE SAID OUR FAMILY HISTORY, WE TAKE CHANCES. HE TOOK A BIG CHANCE, AND THE REACTION FROM COACHES AROUND FOOTBALL, RIGHT, SOME PUBLIC ON TELEVISION. SOME PRIVATE IN PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS, HOW DARE YOU. HOW DARE YOU AS AN OWNER HIRE SOMEBODY WHO BASICALLY HAS NO EXPERIENCE AND GIVE THIS A GO, AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN, THEY ARE MUCH BETTER ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE. THEY ARE A RUN FIRST TEAM AND THEY HAVE DONE A FEW CLEVER THINGS. LET'S SEE. LET'S GIVE THEM A CHANCE. >> Mike: THIRD AND FIVE COMING UP HERE. IN THE LINEUP, AND PRESSURE FROM THE COWBOYS CAME, AND KNEW IT WAS GOING TO COME AT SOME POINT, AND DONOVAN WILSON, HIS FOURTH SACK OF THE YEAR FROM THE SAFETY POSITION. >> Cris: WHEN I SAY BETTER, LET'S NOT BLOCK THE GUY, COMING RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE HERE. GET RID OF THAT LINE. JUST IN TIME FOR THE SACK. IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT DAN QUINN CAN THROW AT YOU DEFENSIVELY. HE HAS EIGHT OR NINE GUYS WHO ARE REAL >> Mike: TONIGHT'S AERIAL COVERAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEICO. THE HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS AROUND TEXAS ON FRIDAY. IN HERE YESTERDAY, A TERRIFIC BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. KANSAS STATE BEAT TCU. BUT TCU FINDS ITS WAY TO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS AND THEY ARE HAPPY IN FORT WORTH. AND THEY HAVE A PASS FOR POLLARD TO THE 40 YARD LINE. FIRST DOWN GAIN OF 17 YARDS. >> Cris: I TELL YOU, NUMBER 73. TYLER SMITH, WATCH HIM GET OUT HERE ON THE EDGE AND MAKE A BLOCK. HE CAN MOVE. THE LAST SERIES HE WAS IN AT GUARD, ALONG WITH JASON PETERS AT TACKLE, AND THAT IS THE SORT OF ATHLETICISM YOU CAN REMEMBER. WHEN SMITH TOOK OVER THE LEFT TACKLE POSITION, HOW MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THEY GOT OUT THERE. >> Mike: POLLARD INSIDE. HERE IS MELISSA. >> Melissa: THE HAMSTRING INJURY, IN LATE AUGUST, REQUIRED SURGERY. HE TOLD ME THE ENTIRE TIME HE WAS REHABBING, HE FELT INTEGRATED AND MENTALLY, HE IS DOING GREAT. HE CAME BACK AND PLANS TO RETURN TO PRACTICE NEXT WEEK. SAID HE IS ITCHING TO GET BACK IN TIME FOR THE PLAYOFF PUSH. >> Mike: THEY OPEN UP A 21-DAY WINDOW, AND WITH THE IB INTENT OF GETTING BACK OUT THERE, AND KYLER SMITH, A LEFT TACKLE, AND POLLARD, THE CARRY TO THE 31 YARD LINE. AND NOW IN A CORNER, MAKES A TACKLE. WHEN WE WERE HERE OPENING NIGHT, THIS WAS THE PANIC FOR THE COWBOYS. >> Kirk: ABSOLUTELY. ALL THE HOLDING PENALTIES. YOU CAN'T MOVE HIM OUT TO THE LEFT TACKLE HIS, AND WHEN JASON PETERS CAME HERE, AND HE SAID THE GAME'S NOT THAT HURT. GO TO YOUR 1309, MAKE A PLAY, AND YOUR BAD CAN DO IT AND TRUST YOUR BODY AND IT'S BEEN THE KEY TO THE SEASON. >> Mike: CEEDEE LAMB BREAKS A TACKLE. AND TERRIFIC AFTER THE CATCH TONIGHT. RODNEY McLEOD HAD THAT ON LAMB. >> Cris: YOU WILL SEE CEEDEE IN MOTION A LOT. THEY DON'T WANT ANYONE DICTATING IN COVERAGE. THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET CEEDEE LAMB ON THE GROUND, AND QUICK FAKE, AND BACK OUTSIDE. BE CAREFUL. HE IS ON A STREAK RIGHT NOW. >> Mike: COWBOYS IN, THREE TIGHT ENDS IN THE GAME. FROM THE NINE. AND TO THE 2 YARD LINE. MICHAEL GALLOPER TO HIS ACL IN WEEK 17. CAME BACK IN WEEK FIVE. AND FIVE CATCHES, 63 YARDS. LIKE, HE IS LEAD BACK TO WHERE HE NEEDS TO BE. >> Cris: FOR HIM TO BE THAT EFFECTIVE, HE HAS TO MAKE CONTESTED CATCHES AND ON THANKSGIVING, WE SAW THE PLAYS MADE CONSISTENTLY. HE HAD A BIG DAY. >> Mike: THREE RECEIVERS AND POLLARD, THE PACK, AND ZACH WILL GET IT, AND HE WALKS IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! SPREAD THEM OUT. LET POLLARD GO OUT AND THE COWBOYS TAKE THE LEAD. >> Cris: WATCH THE QUICKNESS RIGHT HERE BY THE CENTER, AND THAT'S TOUGH. THE TRUANT FROM STEWART CAME AROUND HIM TO OPEN UP THE HOLE. AND IN IS AN OFFENSIVE LINE WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE COLTS, THEY WILL BE BETTER WITH SMITH COMING BACK. >> Mike: HE IS ABLE TO KNOCK IT >> Mike: SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY -- >> Mike: THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM THAT IS BEING BUILT, A WALK HERE FROM THE STADIUM HERE IN TEXAS. THE GROUND BROKE MANY MARCH 2024, THEY WILL HAVE THE MUSEUM OPEN. OVER 100,000 SQUARE FEET. THE JONES FAMILY. DALLAS. THE STABLE SITUATION. FROM ANDREW LUCK TO JACOBY BRISSETT AND PHILIP RIVERS AND CARSON WENTZ. AND THEN TWO YEAR-DEAL WERE MATT RYAN TO COME IN, AND THEN EVERYTHING'S AROUND THE TEAM SINCE THEN. THEY LOST A COUPLE GAMES TO EHLINGER, AND ARE SITTING AT 4-7-1. BY THE WAY, THE BACKUP TONIGHT IS -- HE GETS MICHAEL PARSONS. ONE OF THE COWBOYS. >> Cris: YOU THINK HE IS MUCH OF AN EDGE RUSH THEY ARE YEAR. BUT HE'S AN INSIDE BACKER TOO. HE KNOWS HOW TO MANEUVER HIS PLAY THROUGH TRAFFIC HERE AND MAKE PLAYS. THAT IS PERFECTLY DONE THERE. HE IS JUST BEEN A DYNAMO. HE HAD SIX GAMES NOW WITH TWO SACKS IN THERE. HE GETS GOING, SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T TURN HIM OFF. >> Mike: HE GETS ONE. HE GETS TO. COMING IN, AND INFRACTION THERE. THE PENALTY, THE COWBOYS AGAINST THE COLTS UNTIL NOW. >> Referee: FALSE START NUMBER 56 OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, SECOND DOWN. >> Mike: GIVE IT TO QUINTON NELSON. OUT OF NOTRE DAME. >> Cris: A LITTLE FLINCH. PRESNAP. >> Mike: SET UP SECOND AND 14. TO THE NEAR SIDE. PITTMAN TO THE 30 YARD LINE. HE IS THE TOP GUY IN CATCHES AND YARDS. >> Mike: I THOUGHT HE MIGHT SEE A LITTLE PACE, AND PERFECTLY HAPPY. AND SOMETIMES I WANT TO PICK UP THE FIRST FIRST DOWN, AND THEN THINK ABOUT IT. THE PRESSURE NOW. >> Mike: WAY OUTSIDE. OFF THE EDGE AND HE GETS A FIRST DOWN, AND A COUPLE CATCHES FOR GRANSON. HE FIVE IT GOING. >> Cris: E WILL SEE PARSONS OFF THE EDGE. AND GIVE CREDIT TO MATT RYAN. THE UPLIFTED ARMS OF DEFENSIVE LINEMAN THERE TO GET THE COMPLETION. >> Mike: I DID. TO GET THE FIRST DOWN, AND I ALSO SAW THE COLTS NOT SUBSTITUTE. THE COWBOYS DID. AND THE UMPIRE CAME IN, STOPPED THE SNAP FROM HAPPENING AND WENT TO THE SIDELINE. DOESN'T SEEM PLEASED WITH THAT, JACKSON THE RUN, TO THE 41. THE FOURTH TIME THAT -- THE FIRST DOWN WAS ACHIEVED AND THEY JUMP THE BALL TO TRY TO GO QUICK TO KEEP THAT PERSONNEL OUT THERE. >> Cris: YOU WILL SEE THE COWBOYS SUBSTITUTE SO FREELY. AND SATURDAY SATURDAY, THEY DO NOT WANT THEM SUBS CONSTITUTING, AND THE REFEREE WILL DO IT, AND HE IS DOING IT. >> Mike: PLAYING OFF THE BENCH AREA, AND GOES TO TAYLOR. THE FIRST DOWN TO THE 45. AND ENDING UP IN THE BENCH AREA. THEY GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO MATCH BACK UP. THE CONFUSION WHO IS COMING OFF THE ENCH. YOU DIDN'T SUB. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE PLAY ENDED. IT'S WHAT THEY DO. EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY. >> Cris: I BET JEFF SATURDAY IS PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH THAT. >> Mike: THIRD AND ONE. IN THE BACK, GOT IT TO THE OUTSIDE. HAS A FIRST DOWN. THE COWBOYS SIDE OF MIDFIELD. SPEAKING OF THE BENCH AREA. THERE AGGRESSIVELY BY MALIK HOOKER. THE DRIVE CONTINUES. >> Cris: A NICE JOB THAT TIME BY MATT RYAN. THEY WERE ALL BUNCHED IN OVER THE CENTER. HE CHECKED AND GOES ON TACKLE AND PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN. >> Mike: REBOUND IN THE BENCH AREA. >> Cris: ONE FOR THING TO ADD TO THE RULES. PLAY SEVEN ON THE DRIVE. TO THE RIGHT. A GAIN OF FIVE. WE TALKED ABOUT TAYLOR AND RYAN, AND HAVING THAT GUY AS A RUNNING BACK. THAT IS WHY WE THOUGHT IT WOULD WORK SO WELL WITH INDIANAPOLIS. HE IS SUCH A GOOD BACK, COMBO OF POWER AND SPEED. >> Cris: WE ALL DID, AND YET, IT DIDN'T, AND SOME OF THE MID SEASON SHIFTS, AND HOW HIS OFFENSE MATCHED UP. TOOK A LITTLE WHILE WITH MATT RYAN. THEY MAKE THEM CHANGE. SO IT'S TOUGH ON EVERYBODY. PLAY ACTION, BRINGS IT AWAY. NO RECEIVER OVER THERE. AND THE BALL IS PASSED THE INE OF SCRIMMAGE. NOW THAT CONVERSATION IS HAPPENING. MICAH PARSONS WITH THE PASS RUSH. >> Referee: BACK TO THE THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THIRD DOWN. >> Cris: HE IS OUT OF THE POCKET, HE IS BARELY OUT OF THE POCKET. >> Mike: THE RIGHT TACKLE, 69. ON THE EDGE. >> Cris: TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. SEE IF HE GETS OUTSIDE THE POCKET. NOT EVEN CLOSE. >> Mike: THIRD AND MANAGEABLE. THIRD AND FIVE. SWARMING DALLAS PRESSURE. AND ANTHONY BARR COMING FROM THE LINEBACKER SITUATION FOR THE FIRST SAM OF THE SEASON. >> Cris: ANY TIME YOU GET MICAH PARSONS DOWN HERE, YOU HAVE TO BRING BLOCKERS DOWN INSIDE, AND ON THAT ONE, JONATHON TAYLOR, HE COULD NOT GET OFF THE QUARTERBACK. >> Mike: HE COMES IN PLAY THERE, >> Mike: GEORGE LOPEZ AND HIS DAUGHTER STAR IN LOPEZ VS. LOPEZ. BACK HERE IN ARLINGTON. THE COWBOYS START, AND INSIDE, ALMOST INTERCEPTED. STEPHON GILMORE. RIGHT THERE, A KEY TURNOVER. WE MENTIONED DAK HAS THROWN SOME PICKS SINCE HIS RETURN. >> Cris: HE WAS ALL OVER THAT ONE. SAW IT, HAD IT. PHYSICAL AT THAT POINT. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET CONTACT WITH THE RECEIVERS COMING OFF THE BALL SO MAYBE THEIR PASS RUSH CAN GET HOME. >> Mike: CEEDEE LAMB ON THE RUN, AND GETTING A FIRST DOWN AT THE 22 YARD LINE. SEE IF THEY GIVE IT TO HIM. EIGHTH YEAR OF THE YEAR FOR CEEDEE. JUST SHORT. WHERE THE FOOT IS THERE. >> Cris: DID YOU SEE THE LITTLE HOCKEY STOP THERE? HE COMES TO A HALT WITH BOTH TEAM AND YOU CAN SEE THE FLAGS, THERE HE GOES AGAIN. SIMPLE. HE IS LIKE, HOLD ON TO THE REPLAY. I WILL SHOW YOU THE REAL THING AGAIN. BACK-TO-BACK, AND THAT ONE GETS A FIRST DOWN. >> Cris: CEEDEE LAMB, HE WAS ONE OF MOST ELUSIVE RUNNERS AFTER THE CATCH I EVER SAW PLAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL. HE IS JUST BRILLIANT IN THE OPEN FIELD. MAKES YOU FEEL HONORED WHEN YOU GET HIM ON THE GROUND. >> Mike: AND NOW ELLIOTT, AND NGAKOUE WITH THE CONTACT. AND BUCKNER AT THE 35-YEAR-OLD. >> Cris: CHECK OUT THE PLAY OF GROVER STEWART. THAT IS NOTHING THAT DISRUPTS THE RUN GAME MORE THAN PENETRATION FROM THE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN. HE HAS COME OUT OF NOWHERE THIS YEAR AND HAS JUST TAKEN OFF. HE TOOK IT IN THE RIBS THERE, AND TARGETED CEEDEE LAMB. >> Cris: THEY WILL BRING THE PRESSURE HERE. AND A LITTLE HIGH WITH THAT THROW. ANYTHING ELSE, HE MAKES THE PLAY. >> Mike: THREE MINUTES LEFT. THIRD AND TEN. SO WELL, THERE IS A LOT OF CONTACT. GILMORE IS DOWN TO THE 19 YARD LINE. STEPHON GILMORE. THREE SEASONS REMOVED FROM BEING DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. HIS SECOND INTERCEPTION. >> Cris: TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS STRAIGHT UP MAN-TO-MAN ALL OVER THE FIELD AND THEY ARE TAKING HIM OUT. LIKE WATCHING THE PATRIOTS PLAY. IS THERE CONTACT? THERE IS CONTACT. HE WAS BREAKING OUT INTO GILMORE. HOLDING HIS GROUND AND JUST A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER AT THE POINT. YOU JUST HAVE TO PLAY BALL SOMETIMES. I TELL YOU, GILMORE'S HAD A HALF, HASN'T HE? >> Mike: HE HAS. GETS IT HERE AND THE COLTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE LEAD. TO THE 19. STUMBLED, AND THAT DOESN'T STOP HIM. HE KEEPS GOING TO THE 16 YARD LINE. POWERFUL RUNNING BACK. >> Cris: PRESCOTT HAS THROWN A FEW INTERCEPTIONS NOW. THE LAST BIT, HE TRUSTS THE WIDE RECEIVERS AND HE SAYS I'M GOING TO ASSUME THEY'RE GOING TO GET OPEN WHEN THEY GET OUT OF THE BREAK, AND HE CANNOT BATTLE THROUGH GILMORE. >> Mike: SIX GAMES SINCE HE RETURNED, SIX PICKS IN THE FIRST HALF. AND THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING. SO THE KALTS WILL FACE SECOND >> Mike: TIME IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, HALLMARK IS STREAMING ON PEACOCK. HALLMARK MOVIE, SHOWS AND CHANNELS, SO MUCH MORE. IF YOU NEED A LAUGH AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, GEORGE LOPEZ. GEORGE IS HERE. HE'S IN THE HOUSE. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT HIS SHOW ON FRIDAY NIGHTS WITH HIS DAUGHTER. HE IS DOING A DEKE THING. >> Cris: SWINGING, INCOME PLATE. WELL COVERED BY THE COWBOYS. AND CLARK A ROOKIE WHO IS STARTING TO MAKE NOISE IN THE LINE BACKING CORP. HE IS GOING TO COME IN THE PASS QUINN LGS. DAN QUINN IS TAKING OVER THE GAME WITH PRESSURE. SEE IF HE COMES BACK. >> Mike: A QUICK SNAP. THROW IT TO THE END ZONE. OUT OF BOUNDS OR CAUGHT? OUT OF BOUNDS. INCOMPLETE. GRANSON TRIED TO DRAG THE FEET. HE IS HANS ON IT. MATT RYAN KNEW HE HAD TO GET RID RID OF IT QUICK. FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT COMING. >> Cris: DID THEY BRING PRESSURE. BECAUSE THE EARLIER PRESSURE HAS SPED UP THE CLOCK IN MATT RYAN'S HEAD, I THINK YOU CAN SEE HIM LOOK A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE POCKET AND THAT IS SOME OF THE PRESSURE HE GOT USED TO ON THE OTHER PLAYS. >> Mike: 34-YEAR-OLD FIELD GOAL >> Mike: VERY INTERESTING DAY WITH SIGNIFICANT LONG TERM RAMIFICATIONS, WITH A COUPLE INJURIES. QUARTERBACK IN SAN FRANCISCO. BALTIMORE. 14-13. LET'S GO BACK TO THE FIELD GOAL. >> Cris: ARMSTRONG HAS HIS HANDS ON A COUPLE KICKS ALREADY THIS YEAR. IF YOU ARE A -- HE TIPPED IT. JUST DIDN'T TIP IT ENOUGH. PRETTY AMAZING YOU CAN GET A HAND ON THE FOOTBALL AND HAVE IT STILL GO THROUGH. THE SPECIAL TEAMS COACH FOR THE COWBOYS. HERE IS POLLARD ON THE END. HE IS OUT OF BOUNDS AROUND THE 30. HERE IS MELISSA. >> Melissa: HE SAYS HE KNOWS WHEN THE BALL IS COMING IN HIS DIRECTION. HE LIKENED IT TO MICHAEL JORDAN, HIS FAVORITE ATHLETE. THAT HE COULD TAKE THAT SHOT. WHEN THE MOMENT GETS BIG, HE'S CLUTCH IS STEPS UP. >> Mike: SAW IT IN BUFFALO, SAW IT IN NEW ENGLAND. PRESCOTT, DOWN THE FIELD, AND GALA. THOMAS IS COMING OVER FROM THE SAFETY POSITION. AND RODGERS HAD THE COVERAGE. >> Cris: YOU SAW THOMAS RUNNING OVER, AND HE RAN A LITTLE BIT. IT LOOKED LIKE THE CONTACT WAS GOING TO BECOME HEAD ON. AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FOUL. HE TURNED UP THE FIELD AND MADE A NICE PLAY. >> Mike: THIRD AND FIVE. PRESCOTT. HE TRIED TO SQUEEZE HIM THERE, AND COMBINED WITH DEFOREST BUCKNER, AND DALLAS WILL PUNT IT BACK TO THE COLTS. >> Cris: TAKE A LOOK COMING OVER THE EDGE HERE. BUT THE PRESSURE CAME FROM THE INSIDE. AND THAT IS JUST, SQUEEZED DAK PRESCOTT, AND I TELL YOU, THIS IS AN UPBEAT, EMOTIONALLY CHARGED DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL TEAM FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS. I MEAN, THIS IS THE GAME RIGHT NOW. I'M NOT SURE THE DALLAS COWBOYS WERE QUITE EXPECTING THIS ONE. >> Mike: WE WERE EXPECTING IT TO BE QUNK. >> Mike: INTERESTING NIGHT FOR DAN QUINN. FIVE YEARS AS HEAD COACH OF THE OF THE FALCONS, WATCHED MATT BECOME THE LEADER. AND INSIDE HERE, A THROW ON FIRST DOWN. AND THROWS IT AWAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF TAYLOR. THE ELIGIBLE RECEIVER, AND RYAN GOT RID OF IT. >> Cris: HE KNOWS WHAT HE HAS TO DO WITH MATT RYAN. HE KNOWS THE PRESSURE HAS TO BE UP THE MIDDLE. RYAN IN THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER, REALLY NEVER HAD ANY RUSHERS COMING AROUND. BUT DAN QUINN NOPES IF YOU GET THE PRESSURE ON THE INTERIOR PART OF IT, THAT IS WHERE HE HAS PROBLEMS. >> Mike: SECOND AND TEN. PASS INCOMPLETE. TRY TO GET HERE. DO YOU THIS I THAT COACH GETS IN A TWO MINUTE DRIVE, AND THEY STOP THE CLOCK TWICE. >> Cris: IT DEFENDS ON WHAT YOU SEE. YOU DID HAVE THE TIME-OUTS AND YOU DID HAVE THE ABILITY. THEY CAME OUT THROWING. >> Mike: QUICK HERE. AND PARRIS CAMPBELL HERE. OUT OF BOUNDS WITH 1:06 TO GO, AND CAMPBELL WITH THE FIRST DOWN. >> Cris: THEY END UP WITH A BUNCH FORMATION OUT HERE ON THE OUTSIDE. AND THE COWBOYS NEVER GOT SET IN COVERAGE, AND THIRD AND LONG, THAT IS NOT WHAT DAN QUINN HAD IN MIND. >> Mike: TWO TIME-OUTS FROM THE 40, AND COMPLETE. HE COULDN'T GET IT TO THE ROOKIE WIDE RECEIVER. SECOND DOWN COMING UP. 10 1:03 TO GO UNTIL HALFTIME. >> Cris: YOU JUST DON'T SEE MATT RYAN MISS THOSE THREES. WE HAVE YOUNG RECEIVERS OUT HERE. THE OTHERS WE HAVEN'T SEEN IS WOODS, A TIGHT END. HE HAS BEEN A NONFACTOR. >> Mike: SECOND AND TEN. INTERCEPTED. ON THE RUN TO THE SIDELINE. INSIDE THE 25 YARD LINE FOR MALIK HOOKER! THE READILY BROWN FORCED A DEFLECTION. >> Cris: NICE PLAY BY ANTHONY BROWN. YOU CAN SEE HIM LOOKING AT THE QUARTERBACK THE ENTIRE WAY. HE IS READING THE DROP OF THE QUARTERBACK. HE'S NOT LOOKING AT THE RECEIVER. HE SEES A THREE-STEP DROP. HE'S GOING TO HIT IT RIGHT AWAY. GREAT PLAY BY ANTHONY BROWN. SO MANY TIMES HE CAME UP WITH THAT CATCH. >> Mike: CLOSE. THE BALL DOES CATCH THE FIELD. HE HAS TO SCORE IT. A DEEPER LOOK THERE. IT TOUCHES AS HE IS GOING DOWN. IT'S NOT BEEN CONFIRMED YET BY REPLAY IN NEW YORK. GOING DOWN THE SIDELINE AND THEY LOOK TO WHERE HIS OUT OF BOUNDS STEP WAS. >> Cris: YOU KNOW THAT FEELS GOOD FOR MALIK HOOKER. NEVER QUITE WORKED OUT DUE TO INJURIES. WORKED OUT JUST FINE THERE. THIS IS A BIG FLIP IN THE BALL GAME RIGHT NOW. JUST INCONSISTENTLY THROWING THE FOOTBALL OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEASON, AND THE IRONIC PART OF THE WHOLE THING WAS TODAY, THE COLTS WOULD BE ABOUT NINTH IN THE DRAFT, AND THEY HAD A VETERAN QUARTERBACK, LET'S SEE -- >> Referee: RESET THE GAME CLOCK TO 55 SECONDS. THE INTERCEPTION IS CONFIRMED AND THE RUNNER IS OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 26 YARD LINE. THANK YOU. >> Mike: HE MAINTAINS CONTROL, AND YOU'RE RIGHT. THE FRUSTRATION. THIS IS NOT A SHORT PASSING OPERATION. >> Cris: HE'S HARD TO BUT YOUR FINGER ON EXACTLY WHY THAT IS. >> Mike: INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN ONE. THE COWBOYS GET IT IN GREAT FIELD POSITION. THE COLDS GO DOWN MORE THAN THAT HERE. ELLIOTT TO THE 20 YARD LINE. DALLAS, 50 SECONDS LEFT AND ONE WILL BE TAKEN HERE. WE'LL STEP OUT FOR 30 SECOND. BACK AFTER THIS. >> Mike: EACH TEAM, ONE TURNOVER, AND COLTS WITH A FIELD GOAL, AND PRESCOTT THROUGH HERE. ELLIOTT, IN THE BACK SIDELINE. CEEDEE LAMB. HE WILL BE INBOUNDS AND PROGRESS STOPS. CLOCK CONTINUES TO RUN. >> Cris: I TELL YOU, IT'S BEEN THE MOTION OF CEEDEE LAMB TO GIVE IT TO THIS POINT. HE'S THE GUY. >> Mike: FIRES. AND INCOMPLETE. AND FRANKLIN A GREAT JOB. AND TO THE BACK, DALTON COULDN'T SECURE THE QUESTION. >> Cris: WHAT A PLAY. THE CAPTAIN OUT THERE. A SPECIAL TEAMS GUY WHO WILLED HIS WAY IN THE STARTING LINEUP AND IS SECOND IN THE NFL WITH 121 TACKLES AND BRILLIANT ON THAT ONE. McLEONARD. TERRIFIC BREAK UP BY THE FIFTH YEAR MAN FROM SYRACUSE. NOW SECOND AND TEN FOR THE COWBOYS. >> Cris: THEY RUN IT INSIDE. ELLIOTT, DEFOREST BUCKNER. GREAT PLAY TO MAKE THE STOP. TIME-OUT, 20 TO GO. >> Cris: A LOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THE DEFENSE IS REALLY JUST A PRODUCT OF -- THEY DON'T GET TURNOVERS ANYMORE. THAT GUY WAS A TURNOVER MACHINE. WHETHER IT'S INTERCEPTIONS OR PUNCHOUTS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE TURNOVERS. WHAT THEY ARE SEEING OUT OF THE COLTS IS A PAGE OUT OF BILL BELICHICK'S PLAY BALL. THEY ARE PUTTING GILMORE ON, AND DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TRY TO DOUBLE IN SOME WAYS CEEDEE LAMB. CEEDEE IS THE KEY TO THE OFFENSE. HE'S ONE YOU HAVE TO STOP, AND CAN KENNY MORE OUT OF THE LINEUP FOR THE COLTS, IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM. >> Mike: DALLAS HERE, THREE RECEIVERS. POLLARD, THE BACK. TIGHT END ON THIRD AND NINE. AND PRESCOTT AWAY. AND THROWS IT ACROSS. AND TO THE END ZONE! TOUCHDOWN DALLAS. KEPT IT ALIVE. GALLUP TOOK IT IN. COWBOYS EXTEND THE LEAD. >> Cris: EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING TALKING ABOUT. THEY USE THE MOTION TO GET GILMORE OF GALLUP, AND GALLUP IS GOING ACROSS THE FIELD TO SCORE THE TOUCHDOWN. >> Mike: EXTRA POINT IS GOOD. 21-13, DALLAS ON TOP. >> Cris: YOU HAVE STEPHON GILMORE ON THE OTHER SIDE AGAINST MICHAEL GALLUP. NOW YOU HAVE CEEDEE IN MOTION ACROSS THE FIELD. WHAT DO YOU DO? GILMORE HAS TO BUMP OUTSIDE TO TAKE CEEDEE AND GOING THE OTHER WAY, MICHAEL GALLUP WITHOUT THE COVERAGE HE IS USED TO SEEING AND HE SCORES A TOUCHDOWN. SO IT IS THE WAY THAT CEEDEE LAMB HAS BEEN USED IN THE GAME TO OPEN UP OTHER PEOPLE, NOT JUST HIMSELF. McGOOD FOR GALLUP TO FIND THE END ZONE YET AGAIN. FIRST GAME IN HIS FIRST GAME BACK FROM THAT INJURY, AND WE GO BACK TO THAT OPENING NIGHT ON THE OPTIMISM. THAT WAS A BIG PART OF WHAT WAS MISSING. THEY THOUGHT THE WIDE RECEIVER CORP WOULD SEE GALLUP AND CEEDEE LAMB AND JAMES WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON HASN'T PLAYED AT ALL. A FOOT INJURY IN THE FIRST PRACTICE OUT IN CALIFORNIA. WASHINGTON IS CLOSE TO RETURNING, AND NOW GALLUP IS HITTING STRIDES. FLOWERS ON THE RUN, AND TAKES A HIT AND FLAG COMING DOWN HERE, AND DONOVAN WILSON, A GOOD RETURN MAN THE COLTS HAVE MOUND OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. >> Referee: DURING RETURN, HOLDING, 41. RETURN TEAM, TEN-YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN. >> Mike: IT'S ON GRANT STEWART. THEY WILL BE HOSTING ODELL TOMORROW. >> Cris: THEY WILL BE, AND INTERESTING CONVERSATION. BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT. THERE'S NO QUESTION, AND MULTIYEARS. SO HOW WILL THAT GO? WILL HE SLIDE IN HERE? YEAH, AND HAVE THE COWBOYS SEEN HIM DO ANYTHING? HAVE THEY SEEN HIM RUN AROUND -- THE ANSWER IS KNOW. BUT JERRY JONES, IF HE THINKS THERE'S A CHANCE THAT OH DELL CAN DO WHAT HE DID LAST YEAR FOR THE RAMS, IT WOULD BE HARD FOR HIM NOT TO PULL THE TRIGGER. >> Mike: TOYOTA HALFTIME NOW WITH MARIA. >> WE HAVE THE FORMER AND COWBOYS AND COLTS HEAD COACHES. >> DALLAS DID A GOOD JOB TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE TURNOVER THERE. I'M NOT SO SURE THE COLTS HANDLED IT THAT WELL. >> WELL, COLTS MISTAKES. WE SEE IT NOW. >> THEY HAVE TO OUTSCORE THEM BY 32 IN THE SECOND HALF. >> HE IS IS DOING IT. >> THE COWBOYS ARE CHASING THE EAGLES AND THE BOTH SQUADS SHOWED A LOT OF GRIT, A LOT OF GRIDDY. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. >> WELCOME TO THE TOYOTA HALFTIME. LET'S GO PLACES. >> CRAZY ENDING TO THE FIRST HALF OF MATT RYAN INTERCEPTION, PULLED OFF BY MALIK HOOKER TURNED IN A PRESCOTT TO DALLAS TOUCHDOWN, AND DALLAS LEADS IT 21-13. AND DALLAS, WELCOME BACK BACK IN. WE HAVE MAYBE WANT BEST SLATE OF GAMES ALL AFTERNOON. LET'S GET THE BEST OF TODAY, AND TAYLOR HEINICKE. >> GREAT EARLY IN THE GAME AND IN BIG MOMENTS, FOURTH QUARTER, HE CAME THROUGH AND GOT THEM IN POSITION. AND IN OVERTIME. >> 15 YARDS NO GOOD. AND THE TEAMS DO IN JUST TWO WEEKS. TAKING ON TITANS. THE A.J. BROWN GAME. >> IT WAS. >> THE EAGLES CAN BEAT SOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. AND THROWING THE FOOTBALL TO THAT GUY. AND A.J. BROWN. HE IS SO GOOD ON CONTESTED HITS. >> VIKINGS TAKING ON THE JETS, A TIGHT GAME. >> THE JETS OUTGAME THE VIKINGS BUT JEFFERSON, KIRK COUSINS. >> BENGALS TAKE ON THE CHIEFS. >> TWO OFF THE BEST QUARTERBACKS IN MAHOMES AND BURROW, AND GETTING IT DONE FOR THE BENGALS. >> 3-1 AGAINST MAHOMES. 49ers. >> Cris: ENDED UP BEING A HERO. AND BROCK PERDY, FORMER MR. IRRELEVANT PLAYS WELL. THE 49ers DEFENSE SHUTDOWN MIAMI WITH THE TAKE A WAYS AND NOW THEY ARE WITHOUT JIMMY G. LET'S GET THE LATEST ON THE BIG INJURIES. >> THAT IS THE BIG ONE MARIA MENTIONED, THE BROKEN FOOT OF JIMMY GAROPPOLO. AND TUA TAGOVAILOA SUFFERED AN ANKLE INJURY LATE. HE EXPECTS TO PLAY NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT, AND JACKSON SUFFERED A QUARTERED LEFT KNEE. COACH HARBAUGH SAID IT'S NOT EXPECTED TO BE A SEASON ENDING INJURY. IT'S MORE LIKE DAYS TO WEEKS AND A MRI TOMORROW WILL TELL US MORE, AND HUNTLEY. >> RIGHT NOW, THE NINERS ARE LEADING 8-4. CURRENTLY THE THREE SEED, AND NOW YOU HAVE BROCK PERDY. WHERE DOES THE LEAVE THE 49ers TEAM? >> I THOUGHT HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB. FOR A ROOKIE TO STEP IN THAT STAGE AND PLAY AS WELL AS HE PLAYED. A LOT OF POISE AND COMPOSURE. HE GOT THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS, AND THE GUY HAS A LITTLE MOXIE TO HIM. AND I THINK HIS TEAMMATES FELL FOR IT. >> HE DID PLAY WELL AND THE THING ABOUT THE 49ers, HE CAN GO IN AND PLAY WELL, AND HE HAD A GREAT CONFIDENCE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE YOU TO HAVE TO MAKE EVERY SINGLE PLAY FOR THEM TO WIN. >> HE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT, PLAY YOUR DEFENSE AND PLAY TO THAT RUNNING GAME AND HE CAN FUNCTION. THE PROBLEM WITH THE NFL, THE COACH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE. THEY ARE REALLY GOOD. WHAT IS GOOD TODAY, THEY ARE GOING TO BEAT THEM GOING FORWARD. >> HE TOLD A GREAT STORY, SAYING LISTEN, WE GO AGAINST HIM ALL THE TIME. >>> TO HONOR SPOTLIGHT, WE WILL PUT A WRAP ON WEEK 13 STARTING WITH WHAT WE SAW HERE TODAY. WE WILL START WITH OUR TOP RECORDS. >> THE TOP RECORDS? IT IS GENO SMITH TODAY. HE WAS ON FIRE. THROWING THE BOTTOM, LOCKETT, METCALF. BIG, EXPLOSIVE GAME. WAY TO GO. >> 367 YARDS IN THE PASSING TOUCHDOWN. SEALS THE DEAL. >> GAME WINNER. >> FOR SEATTLE. NEXT UP. >> TOP PERFORMERS. WE WILL GIVE THE VIKINGS DEFENSE LOVE. THEY LIT UP A LOT OF YARDS BUT THE NAME OF THE GAME IS POINTS AND THEY MADE A KICKED FIELD GOAL. THE JETS, 22 POINTS AND FIVE FIELD GOALS AIN'T GOING TO GET IT DONE. >> THEY ARE ABLE TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE END ZONE, AND REPEAT, WHO IS IT? >> CAN I BELIEVE IT? JOE BURROW, NO ONE HAS A NUMBER GETTING THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS QUICK. BIG PLAY. >> HE IS 3-0 AGAINST MAHOMES AND THEY HAVEN'T LOST TO KANSAS CITY IN THE YEAR 2022, AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS ON REPEAT? GLORY GORY GEORGIA. >> WEEK 13 CONCLUDES WITH MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ON ESPN, AND WEEK 14 KICKS OFF THURSDAY NIGHT ON PRIDE VIDEO. STREAM GAMES ON NFL PLUS. >> Announcer: TONIGHT'S FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHEVROLET. PACKED WITH 90,000 FANS TO SEE THE COWBOYS AND COLTS ON SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. >> CEEDEE LAMB, HE'S IN THE END ZONE. >> WHAT A PLAY. >> FIRING END ZONE, OPEN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. >> AND HE WALKS IN. >> THIS IS THE GAME. ARLINGTON, TEXAS. DAK WITH A COUPLE TDs, NOW THIRD IN COWBOYS HISTORY, TIED WITH DANNY WHITE. HE PASSED ROGER STAUBACH EARLIER TONIGHT. A PAIR OF SACKS IN EVERY GAME THIS YEAR. IT'S WHY THEY LEAD THE LEAGUE ON A GOOD STAT. MATT RYAN, 11 PICKS NOW, TIED WITH JOSH ALLEN AND DAVIS MILLS, WHO HAS BEEN IN HOUSTON FOR MOST IN THE NFL. COWBOYS TRYING TO GET TO 9-3 AND CONTINUE TO STAY WITHIN TWO GAMES OF PHILADELPHIA WITH FIVE GAMES, AND THE FIRST OF THREE CONSECUTIVE GAMES AGAINST TEAMS IN THE AFC SOUTH. WE PLAY HOUSTON NEXT WEEK AND GO TO JACKSONVILLE IN A COUPLE WEEKS. COLTS ARE GOING TO GET IT TO GET THE SECOND HALF. DALLAS, LIKE HE DID THE SECOND HALF LAST WEEK. OUT TO THE 42 YARD LINE, AND THE FLAG BLOWN. HE GOT A GOOD ONE. REALITY CHECK. >> Referee: DURING THE RETURN, HOLDING, HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL, FIRST DOWN. >> Mike: MELISSA STARK WITH JEFF SATURDAY. >> Melissa: HAD THE MOMENTUM IN THE HALF. HOW DO YOU GET BACK ON TRACK IN THE DRIVE. >> GET THE BALL FIRST. A BIG RETURN, LEFT LIKE WE LET ONE GET AWAY AND WE HAVE TO MAKE IT. AND YOU CAN'T TURNT IT OVER IN A TWO MINUTE DRILL. >> Melissa: WACHG OUTEN THE SIDELINE, WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? >> YOU HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTING, YOU HAVE TO EARN IT. GO WITH THE WIN. >> Mike: IT SOUNDS LIKE AN OFFENSIVE LINEMEN. IN THE BACK FIELD, AND THE ROOKIE OUT OF OLE MISS. AND A LOSS OF A COUPLE YARDS. >> Cris: IT'S REALLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE COWBOY DEFENSE. IT APPLIES TO THE RUN GAME. THEY ARE CONSTANTLY IN MOTION. THEY ARE LOOPING AND STUNNING AND YOU ARE HERE ON FIRST DOWN. SECOND AND A 11 AND BACKED UP. >> Mike: THEY BRING IN FIVE, AND THE POCKET, INCOMPLETE, AND TRY TO GET TO PIERCE. NOT A LOT OF DEEP PASSES DOWN FIELD. IT'S 10 OR 11 YARDS. >> Mike: THEY DID IT ONE TIME AND HIT IT AND DID A DOUBLE MOVE. COME ON. THE THING THAT CHANGED THE GAME IS WHAT DAN QUINN -- THE COLTS HAVE DONE NOTHING IN THE FIRST HALF. TWO OF THE SACKS, 1 FOR 4 FOR NINE YARDS IN THE FIRST HALF AND COME OUT IN THE SECOND. >> Mike: RYAN HAS ONE OF THE LAST PASSES, AND TAYLOR, WON'T GO ANY WHERE. DONOVAN WILSON ABLE TO CLEAN IT UP IN A ONE MINUTE THREE AND OUT FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS OFFENSE. >> Cris: WHAT HAPPENS, THEY WILL RUN SO MUCH OF THE RUSH ON THE OUTSIDE SO THAT MICAH PARSONS CAN GET THE ONE ON ONE OPPORTUNITY AND THEY PROBABLY DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE LOOKING OUT THERE AND SEEING THE ROOKIE MATCHED UP AGAINST MICAH PARSONS. >> Mike: TO KICK IT. AND GOOD HANG TIME ON THE FIRST >> Mike: APOLOGIES TO PEYTON MANNING, THE SHERIFF IN DALLAS IS IN TOWN. THE DEFENSE HANDLED IT. AND A LOT OF MISTAKE FOOTBALL. KEPT IT WARM FOR DAK WHO HAS COME BACK IN FOR THE LAST FIVE GAMES AND MOST POINTS, SECOND? YARDS AND CRIS SAID IN THE VERY BEGINNING, GIVING YOU A REJUVENATING SHOT OF CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES IN THE COWBOYS FAN BASE. TEAM'S FEELING IT TOO. IN PRACTICE FRIDAY, THEY WERE VERY CONFIDENT. WE HAVE A PENALTY FLAG DOWN. >> Referee: HOLDING NUMBER 87 OFFENSE. TEN-YARD PENALTY. REPLAY FIRST DOWN. >> Mike: THAT'S ON JAKE FERGUSON. THIRD ON THE COWBOYS TONIGHT. >> Cris: AND DAK PRESCOTT ALL SEASON LONG HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD WITH PLAY ACTION PASSES. HE IS THIRD BEST IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE THIS YEAR IN PLAY ACTION, AND FIRST HALF, 2 FOR 5 FOR 6 YARDS AND THE COLTS DEFENSE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB, AGAIN, NICE STOP THERE ON FIRST DOWN. BACK THEM UP NOW. THEY HAVE A CHANCE HERE. THEY NEED THE PRESSURE WITH A FOUR-MAN RUSH. >> Mike: TO THE 45. DAK DID THROW TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND TAKES HIM PAST ROGER STAUBACH WHO STARTED THE GAME, TIED FOR THIRD WITH DANNY WHITE. TROY AIKMAN AND TONY ROMO HAVE THROWN MORE TOUCHDOWN PASSES. THERE IS THE GREAT HALL OF FAMER, ROGER STAUBACH ON HAND TONIGHT. PRESCOTT TO THROW. AND THROWS UNDERNEATH. AND FRANKLIN. RIGHT HERE, LIMITS THE GAME TO THE 48 YARD LINE. >> Cris: DON'T YOU LOVE IT WHEN A CAREER SPECIAL TEAMS GUY GETS A CHANCE? WE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH HIM. SUCH AN INTENSE PERSONAL WILL LEADER, AND MOTHER WHO RAISED HIM. AND PASSED AWAY, BASICALLY ON HIS OWN SINCE THEN. HE IS ON I HAD TWI A LEADERSHIP POSITION. >> Mike: THE PASS INCOMPLETE. AND THERE TO KNOCK IT AWAY FROM POLLARD, AND THREE AND OUT QUICKLY FORCED BY THE INDIANAPOLIS DEFENSE. >> Cris: THEY HAVE IT THE RIGHT WAY. AND GILMORE, HE IS ONLY TO STAY ON THE COVERAGE THAT BRADLEY WANTS HIM ON. HE IS ALL OVER IT. AND COWBOYS DO A NICE JOB TRYING TO AVOID HIM FOR THE MOST PART. >> Mike: SET TO KICK IT AND >> Mike: THE PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN. THE AWARDS ARE READY. TUESDAY, NBC AND E. WE GO WITH PARRIS CAMPBELL. TO THE 12 YARD LINE. LEIGHTON VANDER ESCH ON THE SIDELINE. THE COLTS TRY TO GET THE OFFENSE JUMP STARTED, CRIS. >> Cris: YEAH, A LOT OF THINGS THEY CAN DO UNDER CENTER. SO FAR IN THE GAME, THAT I HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER UNDER CENTER RUNNING THE OFFENSE THAN THEY HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE SHOTGUN. ALMOST THREE TIMES BETTER PER PLAY. >> Mike: TAYLOR, GOOD JOB TO ESCAPE THE TACKLE, GET IN, AND LOST THE FOOTBALL, AND DOES WAS DOWN. RULED DOWN. >> Referee: RUNNER WAS DOWN ON CONTACT. >> Cris: YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE IS CONTACT. >> Mike: QUICK FROM THE 31 YARD LINE. >> Cris: WILL THEY TRY SOMETHING AGAIN? TO THE 35 YARD LINE. THEY SCORE ONE TOUCHDOWN AND THEY THROW A DEEP BALL AND A SEMIDEEP BALL TO ASHSTON DULIN. SO ONE TOUCHDOWN, MAKE YOU DO IT AGAIN. >> Mike: WING IT OUT, AND VANDER ESCH, DOWN AT THE 40. COMING ACROSS THE FIELD. FIFTH YEAR IN THE LEAGUE. >> Cris: YOU SAID THAT RIGHT. THAT IS HUGE COVERAGE. THE RECEIVERS AND DEFENSIVE BACKS ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM THE PLAY. VANDER ESCH IS RUNNING FOR ABOUT 40 OR 50 YARDS HERE. BIG TIME PLAY THAT TIME BY LEIGHTON VANDER ESCH, WHO NOW THAT HE IS ALMOST WORKING HIS WAY OUT OF A COWBOYS UNIFORM, HE HAS BEEN GOOD. >> Mike: THIRD AND TWO. THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, AND WORKING INSIDE. AND COMPLETE TO THE FIRST DOWN, AND THE COWBOYS SIDE OF MIDFIELD. THE 46. ALEC PIERCE. GOOD PART OF A TERRIFIC TEAM LAST YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SNART. >> Cris: NOW WHEN YOU MAKE THE OUTSIDE MOVE, AND NIR BROWN HAS TO HONOR IT AND YOU CAN WORK A SLANT BACK IN. >> Mike: STARTED BACK RIGHT AROUND THEIR OWN 10. TAYLOR INSIDE, AND ABOUT A YARD THERE. AND WHAT TURNS OUT TO BE CARRY 17 FOR JONATHAN TAYLOR. HE HAS 6,000 PLUS YARDS. SECOND ONLY TO DON DAYS. WE SAID, A RUSHING TITLE BY 552 YARDS LAST YEAR. >> Cris: 70% OF THE TIME THEY RAN IT ON FIRST DOWN, AND THE COWBOYS ANSWER THAT TO, IS RUNNING VANDER ESCH TWO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. SO SOME POINT, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING HAPPEN OPEN, AND PARRIS CAMPBELL TO THE 25 YARD LINE. HOOKER ON THE TACKLE. >> Cris: OFF THE EDGE OVER HERE. HE SAW IT HAPPEN LG. AND KNEW HE HAD IT BLOCKED UP AND STOOD IN AND MADE A NICE PLAY. >> Referee: OFFENSIVE PENALTY, REMAINS FIRST DOWN. >> Cris: YOU CAN SEE ON THE PLAY THAT MATT RYAN WAS TRYING TO LET NEMPB KNOW HE WAS DOWN, AND THAT IS THE SENATOR COUNT. SOMETIMES WE HEAR EASY, EASY, AND THE NEXT DOWN WAS GOING TO BE THE SNAP COUNT. BUT THEN IT DIDN'T. WILSON OVER ON THE SIDELINE. THE OPEN SPACE. ANOTHER HOOKY WHO HAS BEEN IN THE DOIBS DEFENSE, HAVING AN IMPACT OVER THERE FOR THE STOP. >> Cris: THEY REALLY THINK HE HAS A CHANCE. BECAUSE JORDAN LEWIS HAD BEEN THE SLOT QUARTERBACK AND THEY HAVE HIGH HOPES NOW. HE FIGURED A FEW THINGS OUT THERE IN THE SLOT DECISION. >> Mike: ON THE DEFENSE FINDING HOLES. A LOT OF PLAYERS IN THE FIELD FOR THE COWBOYS AND GREAT PRESSURE. SCREEN COMING AND INSIDE TO THE 30. FIRST DOWN TO THE 22 YARD LINE. ANOTHER GEAR ONCE HE BREAKS IT IN OPEN SPACE. 19 ON THAT ONE. >> Cris: YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF SCREEN PASSES AGAINST THIS TEAM BECAUSE THEY ARE SO GOOD RUSHING THE PASSER, PEOPLE PULL A LOT OF SCREENS AGAINST THEM. BUT THAT IS PERFECTLY TIMED. ALL THE ACTION COMING AT THAT LINE, AND THEY ARE FINALLY ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. RIGHT AWAY BY KERS KEARSE, AND IT'S A NEGATIVE PLAY FOR INDIANAPOLIS. >> Cris: BECAUSE OF THE PREDICTABILITY OF THE FIRST DOWN RUNS, YOU GET A SAFETY. NOW IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S EASY TO AUDIBLE IT. BUT YOU HAVE TO ANTICIPATE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. >> Cris: REALLY A PRETTY THROW THAT TIME. HE HAD TO THROW IT OVER THE TOP OF THE INSIDE PLAYER, AND GET IT DOWN FOR THE CATCH. >> Mike: GHI QUICK TO THE OUTSIDE, AND ARMSTRONG MADE THAT PLAY. IN PENETRATION. KM AMAZING PLAY. AMAZING PLAY FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THAT. >> Mike: BRINGING IN EXTRA OFFENSIVE LINEMEN. SORTING. FOURTH AND ONE. >> Cris: LAST TIME THEY WINT INSIDE AND WENT OFF TACKLE FOR THE FIRST DOWN. >> Mike: RIGHT ON THE KEEPER. LOOKS LIKE HE HAS A MINNEAPOLIS FIRST DOWN TO GET RIGHT TO THE 12 YARD LINE. WE SAW MATT DO IT LAST WEEK AS WELL, A PICKUP OF A FOURTH DOWN WITH A KEEPER. McONCE YOU TAKE THE LEBS OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE DEFENSIVE TACKLE, YOU CAN JUST SEE HIM NOSE DIVING IN FRONT THE "D" LINE. IN A GAME EARLIER, OUR FRONT TALKED ABOUT THAT FACT. FIVE ON FIVE. FIRST DOWN. >> Cris: FIRST DOWN. YOU HAVE JONATHAN TAYLOR IN THE GAME. AND RYAN KELLY A GOOD PLAYER. THEY NEEDED A LITTLE BEEP UP THERE WITH THE RUN DEFENSE AND THEY GOT IT. PIERCE, HE CAUGHT IT. OH, WHAT A PLAY. THE LAST SECOND, TURNED HIS BODY, AND ALEC PIERCE WITH A TOUCHDOWN. THEY'LL GO FOR TWO. >> Cris: NOW, NOW, I WOULD SAY THROWING DEEP IS WORKING WELL FOR THE COLTS. GIESE PLAY THERE. AND PIERCE, JUST LIKE HE DID AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, GIVE HIM A CHANCE. I'M TELLING YOU, THEY CAN DO IT. MICHAEL PITMAN CAN DO IT TOO. WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF HIM. GOING FOR TWO. THROWS IT AND CAMPBELL IS TRYING TO TAKE THE BALL, BREAK THE PLANE AND THE ROOKIE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, DID A GOOD PLAY >> Mike: THIS IS BIG. ANTHONY BROWN, OUT WITH AN ANKLE INJURY. IT'S A TROUBLING SIGN, SHORT AND LONG TIME FOR DALLAS. KELVIN JOSEPH CAME IN, AND HE WAS DEFENDING ON PIERCE ON THE TOUCHDOWN. TWO-POINT CONVERSION MISSED. INDIANAPOLIS WITHIN TWO. >> Cris: LET'S TAKE A LOOK INSIDE THE GAME HERE. FRANKLIN, A TREMENDOUS PLAYER. HE LEADS BOTH TEAMS SO FAR TONIGHT WITH EIGHT TACKLES. HE HAS BEEN DOING IT AGAINST THE RUN. HE HAS BEEN A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE PASS GAME AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PLAY OF THE NIGHT. A SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER AND CAPTAIN. BACK TO THE 29 YARD LINE. HE WEARS 44, THE NUMBER WORN AT SYRACUSE BY JIM BROWN. IT'S A FAMOUS NUMBER THAT ZIP CODE EXCHANGED. >> Cris: HE IS AN OHIO STATE PLAYER? >> Mike: YOU DO RESEARCH? COME ON. SECOND AND SIX. POLLARD TO THE EDGE. GOOD RUN DOWN THE SIDELINE. POLLARD TO MIDFIELD. AND FIRST DOWN. THAT EXTRA GEAR, YOU CAN SENSE WHEN HE GETS TO THE EDGE, THE COWBOY FANS LOVE TO SEE HIM TAKEOFF. >> Cris: NO QUESTION, AND THE OTHER THING THEY CAN DO, THEY CAN MIX AND MATCH WIDE RECEIVERS AND TACKLES, AND PULL YOUR TACKLE OUT AND AROUND AND I TELL YOU, TONY POLLARD IS JUST DIFFERENT. HE IS DIFFERENT. EVERY YEAR, HE IS AVERAGING OVER FIVE YARDS A CARRY AND HE HAS DONE IT SO CONSISTENTLY. THE ADDED POP TO THE OFFENSE, IT'S THE DIFFERENCE. >> Mike: A RUN OF FOUR. HERE IS MELISSA. >> Melissa: TONY POLLARD WAS TELLING ME ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH EZEKIEL EL MAJORITY. HE TOLD ME TOUCHDOWNED DOWN IN DALLAS, AND ZEKE IS THE FIRST TERN. HE SAID THEY ARE COMPETITIVE WITH EACH OTHER, BUT ONLY AT CALL OF DUTY. ON THE FIELD, THEY ALWAYS HAVE A GOAL TOGETHER. AS A WHOLE, AND THEY DO IN EVERY GAME WITH A COME BINNED NUMBER OF YARDS THEY WANT TO RUN FOR. HE DIDN'T GIVE ME AN EXACT NUMBER. IT'S HIGH. >> Mike: GOING TO CATCH IT AT THE FIRST DOWN MARKER, AND 39 HERE OF DALLAS. LET'S CHECK THE NUMBERS. >> Cris: REALLY THE KEY HAS BEEN EZEKIEL ELLIOTT. YOU'RE THE STAR, YOU'RE THE BELL COW, AND IT WOULD BE REALLY EASY FOR EZEKIEL ELLIOTT TO -- NOW THEY HAVE A ONE-TWO PUNCH IN THE BACK FIELD WHO IS SETTING THEM APART. >> Mike: INSIDE. PETERS PLAYING LEFT TACKLE AGAIN ON THIS DRIVE. TO THE 35 YARD LINE. 19th YEAR IN THE LEAGUE. HE IS 40 YEARS OLD. HE HAS COME IN, AND WHEN TYLER SMITH IS AT LEFT TACKLE, WE HAVE TO FIND SOMEBODY AND HE PLAYED WELL IN CHICAGO LAST YEAR, AND HERE HE IS A FACTOR FOR THE COWBOYS. >> Kirk: I THINK SMITH IS GOING TO GO DARK. ASK TO THE OUTSIDE. COMPLETE. COMPLETE. THINKS HE HAD IT ON THE SIDELINES. NOW THE CONVERSATION. THOUGHT HE HAD A CLEAR LOOK AT IT AND SAID INCOMPLETE. WE WILL GET A REPLAY LOOK, AND JEFF SATURDAY WILL DECIDE, CHALLENGE OR NOT. IF THAT'S THE CASE. >> Cris: THE THROW WEH-WEH BEHIND. I DON'T KNOW IF DAK GET THE PRESSURE. THEY ARE LUCKY TO GET AWAY WITH THAT THROW. >> Mike: ONE MORE LOOK HERE AT THE INSIDE. THE REPLY IS HELPING OUT IN THIS CASE. HE HAS HIS HAND ON IT FIRST BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND. DOES HE PIN IT TO HIS CHEST? >> Referee: THE RULING ON THE FIELD SIN COMPLETE PASS. AFTER THE INCOMPLETE PASS. 15 YARDS WILL BE ASSESSED. >> Mike: WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THAT WILL NOT ONLY GIVE DALLAS STILL THE BALL. BUT WILL TAKE IT EVEN CLOSER. IT'S COMING INTO PLAY. EVEN THOUGH THE PLAY WAS DEAD AT THAT POINT, AND HE FOULS, THEY TALK OFF. >> IT'S FORCIBLE CONTACT. AHEAD ON THE PLAY. >> Mike: TAKES DALLAS TO THE 20 YARD LINE, WITH FIRST DOWN, AND GOOD TACKLE. >> Cris: AN AMAZING STATISTIC, AND WE TALKED ABOUT GILMORE. NONE OF THE QUARTERBACKS WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING OUTSIDE, IN THE GAME HAVE GIVEN UP A TOUCHDOWN. THAT IS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE, ISN'T IT? THIS IS A GOOD DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL TEAM, AND THEY'RE IN A DOG FIGHT RIGHT NOW WITH ONE OF >> Mike: SUNDAY NIGHT, OFF WE GO TO THE FOURTH QUARTER. DALLAS LEADING BY JUST TWO. 21-19. MIKE TIRICO, CRIS COLLINSWORTH. TERRY McAULAY, WE SAID IN THE GAINING, KANSAS CITY, PHILADELPHIA. THEY STAYED IN IT, AND SIMILAR STORE. AS WE START THE FOURTH QUARTER. >> Cris: REALLY THE KEY SEQUENCE IN THE GAME IS BEFORE THE PASS, AND THEY GAVE ALL TURNOVER AND IT COMES BACK THE OTHER WAY TO HAUNT THEM. THE COWBOYS, THIS HAS BEEN A TOUGH BATTLE. THIS IS A PHYSICAL FOOTBALL TEAM. OPEN FIELD TACKLE. AND TWO PASSES ON THE DRIVE. >> Cris: THE SAFETIES ON THE TEAM HAVE BEEN AN INTERESTING STORY ALL SEASON LONG. IT STARTED WITH THE ROOKIE PLAYING A SAFETY POSITION AND HE GAVE WAY TO RODNEY McCLOUD. AND RODNEY THOMAS AND BLACKMON, THEY ARE A WORK IN PROBLEM. ON THE ONE, AND CEEDEE LAMB. FIRST AND GOAL FOR DALLAS. NUMBER ONE RECEIVER, THIRD AND TEN ON THE MOVE. NOBODY CAN CATCH HIM. >> Cris: THEY DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. AS HE COMES ACROSS THE FIELD, AND HE COMES OVER, AND THIS PLAY HERE. IF HE TRIED TO THROW IT UP THE FIELD, LINE BACKERS CAN NOT MAKE PLAYS LIKE THAT. GOT IT. DALLAS TOUCHDOWN. >> Cris: ALL THE WAY AROUND, YOU HAVE YOUR BODY AND BACK SHIELDING THE FOOTBALL. BIG TIME PLAY. >> Mike: ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE GROUND. TO MAKE IT A TWO POSSESSION LEAD. A GOOD RUSH BY THE COLTS SPECIAL TEAMS UNIT. >> Mike: NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT, TUA AND THE DOLPHINS WITH THE CHARGERS. WE HAVE THE NBC SPORTS PREDICTOR APP. A CHANCE FOR $100,000 IN THE JACKPOT. MIAMI WITH A LOSS IN SAN FRANCISCO. GETS TO THE EDGE, AND OUT OF BOUNDS. HERE IS MELISSA. >> Melissa: CONTINUES WITH MY CAUSE, MY CLEATS, RYAN KELLY IS COUNTING THE KICKS TO COUNT THE KICKS, IT'S A FREE MONITOR TO MONITOR A BABY'S FETAL MOVEMENT. HE IS CARRYING CLEATS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY PREGNANCY, AND IT HELPED SAVE BABIES IN 26 STATES AND THREE COUNTRIES. >> Mike: CREDIT TO THEM FOR THE PAIN. AND IT'S RECOVERED BY DALLAS, AND IS THAT HOOKER AGAIN? IT IS! AGAIN HIS OLD TEAM AGAIN. TOUCHDOWN DALLAS! THE FORMER COLT HAVING A NIGHT. >> Cris: YOU HAVE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE INSIDE RUSH AND THERE IT GOES. I KOIDN'T SEE -- THAT WAS CLORK, AND THE COLTS HANG IN THERE, AND THEY JUST COULDN'T PUT IT OVER THE TOP. TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY THERE, AND TRY TO GO FOR TWO TO MAKE IT A THREE-SCORE LEAD. HE HAS PLAYED WELL. ONE OF THE HIGHEST GREATED GUYS ON THE DEFENSE. >> Mike: IN IN TO THROW, HE DOES, AND ON THE GROUND. INCOMPLETE. LOOKED GOOD ON THE CHALK BOARD. IT DON'T WORK OUT. >> Mike: JIM IRSAY, AND CHRIS BALLARD. MATT RYAN IN HERE, IRSAY WAS UP HAPPY WITH THE WAY LAST YEAR ENDED. REALLY FORCED A NEW QUARTERBACK IN AND TAKES A HUGE TURN, AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO ANSWER. FLOWERS TRIES TO GET TO THE 22 AND THAT IS IT. THE DALLAS DEFENSE GIVING A LEAD AND THE DALLAS DEFENSE DOESN'T NEED A LOT OF HELP. THEY HAVE BEEN TERRIFIC THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. YOU KNOW THE DOOMSDAY DEFENSE. IT'S THE 4.0 VERSION. SECOND TO SAN FRANCISCO IN POINTS ALLOWED PER GAME. THEY LIMIT YOU IN 178 PASS YARDS ALLOWED, AND THE SACK YARDAGE TOO. NUMBER ONE IN THE LEAGUE WITH 47 SACKS ALLOWED. AGAINST THE OTHER TEAM IN THE SEASON, AND DAVE QUINN, SECOND YEAR ADDS COORDINATOR, HAS BEEN A HUGE PARTICIPANT OF THAT. ONE OF THE PLAYERS DOWN ON THE KICK RETURN, GOODWIN IS INJURED, AND DRAS DALLAS HAS A TRAINING STAFF OUT. TAKING A LOOK AT HIS LEFT LEG. >> Cris: HE IS VERY MUCH THE FATHER FIGURE IN THE ROOM AND HE IS CONVINCED SINCE THE BEGINNING THAT MULTIPLE PLAYERS CAN DO MULTIPLE THINGS. AND HE HAS SO MANY GUYS THAT FIT IN THAT CATEGORY. JAYRON KEARSE IS ONE. AND DORANCE ARMSTRONG IS ONE. BUT MICAH PARSONS REALLY PUT THE DEFENSE OVER THE TOP WITH HIS PERS TALLTY AND ABILITY TO MAKE PLAYS AND IT WAS DAN QUINN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT KEPT BUILDING HIM UP, AND HE IS ALMOST 85% OR SO ON THE EDGE IN RUSHING THE PASSER. >> Cris: GOODWIN HELPED OFF. ONE OF THE KEYS TO ESSENTIAL TEAMS, AND DALLAS IS RUNNING OVER THERE, AND ANTHONY BROWN. CONTINUES TO LIGHT IT UP IN THE SLOT. >> Cris: I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A BLOW, AND HE MAKES THE PLAYS HE HAS BEEN MAKING. IT'S IMPORTANT. HE IS LIKE THE THIRD DECISION MAKER OUT THERE. SAW SAW HE IS. >> Cris: SECOND AND 11 TO 309 YARD LINE. WE HAVE RECEIVERS WE HAVEN'T SEEN. AND TERRIFIC AGAINST PITTSBURGH LAST WEEK. FOUR STOPS TONIGHT FOR WOODS. IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU ARE SEARCHING AND CERTAINING, A BIG REBUILD FOR INDY? AND THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE. ALMOST INTERCEPTED BY KEARSE. HE THOUGHT HE HAD ONE IN HIS ARMS. >> RIGHT IN SPACE. THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY OF THESE TONIGHT, WHERE THE THROW WAS THROWN ONE SPOT BY A VETERAN QUARTERBACK, AND THE RECEIVER FOR WHATEVER REASON WASN'T ON THE SAME PAGE. FOURTH DOWN. >> Mike: THEY GO FOR IT. DOWN WITH 12 MINUTES TO GO. SLINGS IT, AND HE'S GOT IT. POWERFUL RECEIVER OUT OF USC. TO KEEP THE DRIVE GOING. TO THE 35. >> Cris: IF YOU'RE THE COLTS, THEY ARE DOWN TO MISSING TWO CORNERBACKS AND THEY KEEP FLIP-FLOPPING AROUND TO MAKE SURE -- >> Mike: THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR RESUME ALMOST HAD A SUPER HIGHLIGHT REEL. >> Cris: HE ALMOST HAD A J.J. WATT MOMENT. HE SAW IT COMING THE WHOLE WAY. SMART YOUNG MAN FOR SOMEONE WITH SO LITTLE EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY SO LITTLE EXPERIENCE PLAYING ON THE EDGE. >> Mike: HE FOUND OUT HE WAS AN EA LEAD ATHLETE. HE WAS SO GOOD IN FOOTBALL. HE WAS THINKING MAYBE I DIDN'T NEED TO GO TO COLLEGE. I CAN GO TO THE NFL. THE 40 YARD LINE FOR GRANT. SO YOU SAID IT DURING OUR LAST COWBOYS GAME. IS THERE A POSITION ON DEFENSE HE CAN'T MY, YOU ASKED HIM. >> Cris: I DID. I ASKED I HAD, AND HE IS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN HANDLE THE PRESSURE. THE CORNER, A LITTLE CHALLENGED BUT I JUST GET UP. AND I THINK I CAN DO ET IT. >> Mike: HE TALKED HIMSELF INTO IT. I CAN PLAY FRESH BAIL. HE IS PASS RUSHING HERE. AND THROWS, AND THAT BALL IS INTERCEPTED! ANOTHER PICK THROWN, NUMBER TWO >> Cris: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE STATS TONIGHT. THIS A CAREER SIFT IN MOTIONS TONIGHT OF CEEDEE LAMB. ALL OF HIS YARDS CAME OFF THAT MOTION. SO IT DISTURBED THE COLTS THE. THEY ARE JUST PLAYING FOOTBALL AND MAKING THE HARDEST GAME IN THE WORLD LOOK LIKE, WELL, WE ARE GOING ABOUT OUR BUSINESS. >> Mike: I'M THINKING OF THE KANSAS CITY GAME, HE WAS MIXING HIS GROVES. DID YOU DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IN A ROUTE. >> Cris: NO, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT FANCY STUFF. >> Mike: YOU TALKED ABOUT TA. THE GLOVES HAVE ALLOWED THE GUYS TO MAKE THE CATCHES. THAT IS CAUGHT BY SCHULTZ INSIDE THE 30-YEAR-OLD. >> Cris: WHAT I LOVE, WHEN A QUARTERBACK IS SO MATURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME. THE MINUTE THEY SHIFT DEFENSES, HE COMES RIGHT BACK TO THAT SEAM UP THE MIDDLE, AND PLAYING IN. AND YOU CAN JUST -- ZACH PRESCOTT, AS MUCH AS ANYTHING QUARTERBACK IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, IS A LEADER FOR THE TEAM. >> Mike: ON THE RUN. AND GOT IT LOCKED, COME BACK INSIDE, TO THE END ZONE FOR ANOTHER COWBOY TOUCHDOWN. TYLER SMITH LED HIM TO THE END ZONE. >> Cris: HECK OUT LAMB DOWN HERE. HE TOOK CARE OF FRANKLIN AND OFF TO THE RACES, RIGHT THERE. THIS IS A DALLAS COWBOYS TEAM LIKE WATCHING PHILADELPHIA. >> Cris: GOES OVER TO TACKLE HIM BEFORE HE CAN BRING IT BACK FOR TWO. 3 F2 .... A COWBOY TEAM. DON MEREDITH WAS A QUARTERBACK SIX SEASONS WITH COWBOY. GO BACK TO WHEN WE STARTED THE SEASON HERE ON SUNDAY NOT FOOTBALL. A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IT DOES RIGHT NOW. ROUGH START TO THE REASON FOR DALLAS. AS NOW OUR CONCERN. >> THERE IS NOT A CULTURE OF ZIMPBS. THERE IS NOT A CULTURE OF WANTING TO WIN. >> THE REASON, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN TO RUN? >> ONE WORD, TWO SYLLABLES. AND THAT GAME -- >> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, 26 DEFENSE, AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Mike: THAT'S THE WAY WE FELT WHEN WE WALKED OUT OF THE BOOTH. WOW, IT WAS STUNNING. THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IT WASN'T QUITE RIGHT AND SURGICALLY REPAIRED ANKLES. AND IN THE MIDDLE. THAT IS PULLED IN, AND RONNIE WOOD TO THE 29 YARD LINE. DANGEROUS THROW BY RYAN. WOODS CAUGHT IT AND A GAIN OF 27. >> Mike: IT'S KIND OF NICE TO SEE. WE HAVEN'T PLAYED MUCH TONIGHT. EIGHT CATCHES FOR 98 YARDS AGAINST THE STEELERS. AT THE TIME THAT DAK WAS AWAY, IT WAS HUGE FOR HIM. >> Cris: COOPER RUSH MADE IT. DID THEY HAVE THE NUMBERS? DID THEY HAVE STATS? NO. COOPER RUSH, IF NOT FOR THEM, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN SITTING THERE -- AND THE PASS IS -- INTERCEPTED. LAMB AGAIN, ME WRESTLED IT AWAY FROM A VERY STRONG GUY AND IT'S ANOTHER COLTS TURNOVER. A THIRD INTERCEPTION OF MATT RYAN. A FOURTH TURNOVER IN THE GAME. >> Cris: WHEN YOU START MAKING PLAYS LIKE THAT AS A BACKUP, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE'S ATTENTION, AND IT REALLY WAS, IT WAS DAN QUINN WHO REALLY JUST COULD NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS GUY. I HAVE MORE NOTES ON HIM THAN ANYBODY. BUT HE PROVED THAT THE HARDEST PART OF THAT POSITION IS THE COMMUNICATION, AND WHEN HE HAD THAT, QUIN KNEW, HE IS A PATIENT LEADER. THE COLT SIDE THEY TIED WITH DALLAS, AND THEY ARE THE SECOND WORSE. ONLY NEW ORLEANS IS WORSE. THE SAINTS PLAY THE BUCCANEERS TOMORROW NIGHT. >> Cris: WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY DO AT QUARTERBACK. >> >> Mike: THE NEXT EIGHT MINUTES? HERE IS ELLIOTT. THIRD DOWN. THEY WILL LOSE THE GAME AND GO TO 4-8-1. DO YOU PLAY FOLES OR DO YOU SEE WHAT YOU HAVE IN EHLINGER OR -- JUST SATURDAY, TALK TO MATT RYAN. MATT RYAN WANTED TO COME BACK AND PLAY. HE HAD AN HONEST CONVERSATION. RYAN WAS HURT AND BENCHED, AND SATURDAY SAID, I KNOW WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT. WHEN HE WAS IN GREEN BAY IN THE END OF HIS CAREER. HE SAID, I WANT TO MY. DOWN FIELD, AND THERE'S A FLAG DOWN FOR PASS INTERFERENCE. COWBOYS KEEP GOING AFTER IT. >> Kevin: PASS INTERFERENCE. FIRST DOWN. >> Cris: I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. BROWN WILL GIVE HIM A BEAR COULD BE. >> Cris: IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT DEFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE. HE PULLS A DEFENDER AND PULLS HIM IN HIM. ZEKE, TO THE 5 YARD LINE. WE SAW A LITTLE BIT OF IT AS HE TURNED THE CORNER. HE WOULD BE MY ALL TIME HERO. >> Cris: I THOUGHT ELLIOT, WHEN HE IS HIS BEST, THEY ARE NOT HEAVY CUT. HE'S GOT IT, INSIDE THE FOUR. THERE IS A CONNECTION WITH ZEKE AND THEY APPRECIATE HIM SOLVE. >> Cris: IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO A COWBOYS PRACTICE, OR WHATEVER. HE IS THE PERSONALITY OF THE TEAM. HE IS HAVING FUN. HE WELCOMES IN TONY POLLARD. HE IS MAKING THEM WORK. HE'S GOT IT. ELLIOT, TOUCHDOWN! THEY'RE GOING OVER TO THE KETTLE? CHOW TIME. MORNING SO THEY SCORE ON THANKSGIVING, HENDERSHOT DOES, AND HENDERSHOT, ALL THE TIGHT ENDS FOLLOWED ZEKE FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, GOING IN THE SALVATION ARMY KETTLE. TIGHT ENDS ARE PLAYING WELL. AND MAYBE YOU WANT TO TALK TO THEM RIGHT NOW. THEY ALL GOT THEIR FINE ENVELOPES. AND ZEKE. >> Cris: WATCH PRESCOTT TIER. RUN BACK TO THE BOBBLE. THERE ARE THREE BIG LINEMEN. GO THAT WAY TO THE DOUBLE. GOOD JOB BY DAK. GOOD JOB BY DEKE. GOOD JOB, THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE MONEY OFF THE FACT THAT THE NFL FINED THEM. YOU KNEW PAY BACK WAS COMING FROM THE COWBOYS. >> Mike: DECK PRESCOTT IN THE MIX AS WELL. HERE IS THANKSGIVING. WE HAVE SEEN ZEKE ORIGINALLY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING. YOU CAN'T JUST JUMP IN IT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE WHACK A MOLE. THAT WHEES PRO FOOTBALL PLAYERS DO. JS RANK IT UP AND YOU GO -- FEED ME. FEED ME. THE CROWD WAS LOVING IT. TO THE 24 YARD LINE. >> Cris: THIS TEAM WILL BE UNDER PRESSURE NEXT YEAR. HE HAS A BIG SOLRY AND THEY'RE NOT COMMITTED TO IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> Cris: NOTHING'S GUARANTEED. THERE IS A LOT OF INTERESTING DECISIONS ABOUT THE FOOTBALL TEAL. NONE OF THAT MATTERS. MIGHT AS WELL TALK ABOUT OBJ. >> Cris: THIS IS A TWO HVR POINT GAME IN DALLAS. NINE POINTS IN THE FOURTH WATER, SEAT COWBOY RECORD FOR THE MOST FOURTH QUARTER POINTS WITH 26 TO MAKE IT 47-19. TO. >> Cris: HE GOT UP OUT OF THE KETTLE AND DID A WADDLE. IT WAS PERFECT. >> Cris: SHOULD YOU HAVE A FINE FOR JUMPING IN THE SALVATION ARMY -- THEY RING THE BELL AND DO SO MANY GREAT THINGS. >> Mike: HELPING FOR THANKSGIVING AND ALL THAT STUFF. >> Cris: THE COWBOYS HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. >> Mike: I AGREE. >> Cris: THE NFL HAS DONE ALREADY. OCCASIONALLY, BEND THE RULES A LITTLE BIT. >> Mike: JONATHAN TAYLOR TO THE 29 YARD LINE. ONE OF THE CONCERNS FOR THE COWBOYS GETTING IN THE STRETCH HERE, THIS STRETCH OF THREE GAMES, AND THEY WERE PLAYING TEAMS FROM THE AFC SOUTH, INDIANAPOLIS AND HOUSTON, AND JACKSONVILLE, AND SIGNIFICANT FAVORITES THE, DOUBLE DIGIT FAVORITES IN THOSE GAMES GOING IN, AND WILL THE COWBOYS HAVE A LETDOWN? THEY CAN'T HAVEFY WANT ANY HOPES OF CATCHING PHILADELPHIA. EAGLES, TWO AHEAD OF THE COWBOYS. WON THE FIRST GAME. COMPLETE AND IT'S OUT. AND IF HE IS DOWN, YET ANOTHER TURNOVER. AND IT IS. THEY POINT TO COWBOY BALL. THE FIFTH TURNOVER. KEARSE HAD HIS HAND IN THERE. TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM ALEC PIERCE. >> Cris: THERE IT IS. I THINK THE BALL COMES OUT BEFORE -- I THINK HE'S DOWN. >> Mike: I THINK IT'S DOWN. >> Cris: YEAH. >> Mike: WE WILL HAVE A QUICK, EXPEDITED REVIEW, AND GET THE DEFENSE BACK OUT THERE. NOT A FOURTH PLAY FOR DALLAS. >> Cris: YOU HAVE ALL THE INSIDE LORNLGER. HE WENT TO THE GIANTS, AND FREE AGENT OFF THE KNEE INJURY. WENT TO THE GIANTS, WENT TO THE BUFFALO BILLS. SCHEDULED TO COME HERE AND VISIT TOMORROW, AND THE TEAMS HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. THERE IS A DIFFICULT TO TO THIS. THIS IS A 2U6 ONE. HE IS NOT WORKING OUT FOR THE TEAMS. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GET. >> Referee: AFTER REVIEW, IT IS A CATCH AND THE RECEIVER WAS DOWN BY CON IT'S A. FIRST DOWN. >> Cris: HE WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE CHOICE IF IT'S ME, I HAVE TO SEE IT. WHAT I'M INTERESTING IS IF JERRY JONES IS WINNING A SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR. IF I'M NOT WORKING OUT -- YOU GO TO THE BE WILLING TO -- THEY HAVE SOMETHING. BUT YOU GOT SEE IT YOURSELF. YOU HAVE JAMES WASHINGTON COMING UP AND THREE RECEIVERS, A FOURTH GOOD RECEIVER. SO DO YOU REALLY NEED THAT COVERAGE. >> Cris: THE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY YES IF IT'S OBJ. THIS IS TEN MONTHS SINCE THE SUPER BOWL AND YOU HAVE TO -- IF I'M PAYING THAT MONEY, AND CUTTING INTO FUTURE BUDGETS AS WELL -- >> Kirk: HE WANTS TO DEAL FOR A COUPLE YEARS. >> Mike: I WANT IT THIS YEAR. >> Cris: AND STRUGGLES AND SACKED. THE BALL COMES OUT, ANDSLIPS IT AND, AND FOR A MOMENT, RULED A TOUCHDOWN. RYAN GOT HIT BY TWO HE IS GOING TO COME UP THE MIDDLE HERE TO MAKE THIS PLAY. >> Mike: HE IS CONTACTED. IS HIS KNEE STILL DOWN AS HE -- >> Cris: HE'S DOWN, TOUCH -- >> Mike: WE'LL SEE IF -- >> Cris: COULDN'T SEE IF HE WAS TOUCHED. >> Mike: SEE IF WILL FRIES MADE CONTACT WITH THE UPPER BODY. >> Cris: WE'RE GOING GET FRIES WITH THAT. WILLIAMS HAS COME ON. THE A VOORRYTY OF PASS RUSHERS THAT A DALLAS TEAM CAN BRING. >> Cris: IT BECAME A FEEDING FRENZY IN A HURRY. THERE IS NO WAY THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PASS PROTECH. THEY HAD BRADEN SMITH OUT OF THE GAME. AND YOU WILL TO DOUBLE-TEAM. I GIVE DAN QUINN CREDIT. THIS GAME WAS UP FOR GRABS. HE STARTED BLITZING, ESPECIALLY THIRD DOWN, AND TURNED IT AROUND. >> Referee: IT IS A FUMBLE. THE RECOVERING PLAYER IS DOWN AT THE 29 YARD LINE. FIRST DOWN. THAT WILL GIVE ANY QUARTERBACK WOULD BES AND WE HAVE SEEN IT WITH THE SACK NUMBERS AND THAT IS A FOURTH TURNOVER FORCED BY THE COWBOYS. COOPER RUSH IS IN THE AT QUARTERBACK FOR DALLAS, AND MALIK DAVIS, IN AT RUNNING BACK AND HE IS FULLED DOWN. >> Mike: WE JUST SAW FILLNY. THE COWBOYS. BOTH OF THEM HAVE HIGH END OFFENSE. YOU HAVE THE 49ers SITTING OUT THERE. >> Mike: MINNESOTA. DALLAS FANS ARE LIKE, THEY DEMOLISHED MINNESOTA. >> Cris: I THINK THAT KIND OF TOOK IT AWAY FROM MINNESOTA. IT TURNED INTO A BIG THREE WITH SAN FRANCISCO, AND THREE TEAMS. >> Mike: WE TALKED ABOUT THE FOUR THAT HAD A LITTLE BIT EXTRA ABOUT THEM, AND NOW, FRANCE LOSES JIMMY GAROPPOLO. CAME IN AND LOST A GAME AGAINST A GOOD MIAMI TEAM. I THINK WE HAVE STEVE TO PRO TICKET A VICTORY HERE FOR DALLAS. THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY A ROAD FIRST PLAYOFF GAME. >> Cris: YEAH, AGAINST A TEAM THEY HAVE HISTORY AGAINST. >> Mike: DAVIS ON THE RUN. MALIK DAVIS, FIRST NFL TOUCHDOWN. AND 53. >> Cris: THE GUY THERE THERE, JASON PETERS AND A GOOD BLOCK OUT TO THE OUTSIDE AS WELL. THAT IS PEYTON HENDERSHOT AND WE HAVE JUST SEEN AN EXPLOSION, AND IT'S HARD TO KEEP FIGHTING. IF YOU PLAY THE GAME LONG ENOUGH, YOU HAVE BEEN AVALANCHED. >> Mike: I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE EVER SEEN A 33-0 QUARTER. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW. MARIA WAS JOKING AT HALFTIME. THE COWBOYS CAN LOSE BY 40 AND HALFTIME, IT WAS AN EIGHT-POINT GAME. IT'S 35. JASON GARRETT KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT THE COWBOYS. 54-19 WITH 2:25 TO GO. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE NFC? YOU'RE THE EXPERT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> Cris: PHILADELPHIA SEEMS TO HAVE A LOT OF WAYS TO WIN A FOOTBALL GAME. I MEAN, THEY JUST HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO WIN IT, AND JALEN IS JUST HAVING ONE OF THOSE KIND OF YEARS. THE COWBOYS DO TOO. AND I HATE TO EVEN SAY IT BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ARGUING AGAINST OBJ, BUT IF THEY HAD THAT THIRD GUY, IF THEY HAD AN OBJ, AND SOMEBODY HAD TO GO GUARD HIM ONE-ON-ONE, AND HE IS ANY WHERE CLOSE TO WHAT HE WAS BEFORE, I THINK IF I WERE JERRY, I WOULD GO, LOOK, I HAVE A BRIEFCASE FULL OF MONEY. ALL I NEED TO DO IS SEE YOU RUN SIX ROUTES. THAT'S ALL I NEED, IF YOU RUN SIX ROUTES, I WILL HAND YOU A CONTRACT. >> Mike: WOULD ADDING OBJ MESS UP -- THEY HAVE A GREAT THING. IT'S NOT JUST 54 -- YEAH, 54 ON THE BOARD. THOSE GUYS LIKE EACH OTHER. GOOD JOB BY ROGERS. EP AND I DON'T THINK HE'S THAT GUY. I REALLY DON'T. THEY LOVED HIM. AND HE PUT IN PERFECTLY WITH THAT. DALLAS HAD SCORED FIVE TOUCHDOWNS ON THE FIVE INDY TURNOVERS AND YOU SEE MIKE McCARTHY AND DAK PRESCOTT, YOU COME IN AND DO THE MEETINGS AND COACHES, WHAT'S THE UPDATE? WE ASKED MIKE McCARTHY AND HE WAS DUMBFOUNDED. ME SAID, NOTHING SAY. THE SAME GUY SINCE THE THIRD OR FIRST LUNCH WE HAD, THE DAY I GOT HIRED. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TRAIT TO HAVE IN THE FACE OF THE FRANCHISE. >> THE OTHER THING IS, HE'S A FAN OF MAN OF THE PEOPLE. HE'S IN THE LOCKER ROOM, WITH THE GUARDS, AND EVERYBODY ELSE. I MEAN, HE BRINGS THAT GROUP TOGETHER. >> Mike: THE CHALLENGE FLAG RIGHT THERE? THEY JUST TOOK IT FROM MIKE McCARTHY. WE TALKED TO DAN QUINN AND DAD SAY, I UNDERSTAND WHAT JEFF SATURDAY WAS GOING THROUGH. THE PITTSBURGH GAME, AND HE SAID, YEAH, WE SHOULD HAVE CALLED TIME-OUT. DAN SAID MY FIRST CAME GAMES, IT WAS FIGURING OUT THE SYSTEM? WHO IS GOING TO TAKE THE CHALLENGE AT TWO MINUTES SO I DON'T THROW IT. THERE'S A PROCESS OF LEARNING HOW TO BE HEAD COACH, AND JEFF IS TRYING TO JUMP INTO AND SAVE THE FOURTH QUARTER. THE QUARTER'S UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP FOR 15 QUARTERS. THIS THIS IS AN EMBARRASSMENT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. >> Mike: INDIANAPOLIS IS OFF NEXT WEEK AND THEIR SCHEDULE IS NOT EASY DOWN THE STRETCH. THEY GO TO MINNESOTA, THE CHARGERS, THE GIANTS, THREE TEAMS THAT WILL BE NEEDING THOSE GAMES IN THE PLAYOFF PUSH AND THEY WILL CLOSE WITH THE TEXANS IN WEEK SO YOU HAVE BEEN IN IT OR WANT IT. BUT TONIGHT -- THEY HAD TO GET BACK IN THE DROP BACK PASSING MODE AND JUST HAVE NOT BEEN THERE. SPEAKING OF BEATEN BADLY. THE DIVISION TO PLAY AGAINST THE WHOLE OF ANOTHER DIVISION IN THE OTHER CONFERENCE. THE NF CLRKS EAST PLAYED THE AFC SOUTH. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY THE NFC EAST IS ABOVE .500, IT'S THE AFC SOUTH. THIS WILL BE 12 GAMES, 11 WINS BY THE NFC EAST OVER THE SOUTH. TWO TODAY AND THE COWBOYS, TWO MORE GAMES COMING UP. >> Cris: YOU THINK ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT THE NFC IS THIS YEAR. EVERYBODY THOUGHT -- NO GREEN BAY, TAMPA IS NOT DOING WELL, DALLAS, THE RAMS ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT YEAR THAT WAS ANTICIPATED BY MOST IN THE NFC. >> Mike: YEP. OVER HERE IN ARLINGTON. SECOND HIGHEST FOURTH QUARTER IN NFL HISTORY, 33 FROM DALLAS. COWBOYS IMPROVE TO 9-3. THE COLTS FALL TO 4-8-1. AND DALLAS, THE TEAM WITH THE WORST RECORD IN THE NFL LOOK TO CONTINUE ON THEI
