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00:00You know doesn't matter what the sport is it can be the Dodgers and the Giants or the Lakers and the Celtics or
00:06The Canadians and the Maple Leafs through the years the Redskins in the Cowboys. It just has a magical ring
00:12And RFK Stadium even a little more magical
00:15The stadium actually shakes
00:18The things are going right for the Redskins
00:21Dallas after the penalty starts in the two-yard line
00:26And Derek Lashik
00:28Takes it up to
00:30the five-yard line and
00:31You know the one thing that's really weird tonight that we haven't talked very much about to look down at that sideline
00:37That Washington sideline and not see Joe Gibbs
00:40Those three Super Bowl victories in 12 years. I'm gonna be watching somewhere. Are you betting?
00:44Well, I asked him Hanifin and I said, where is he?
00:46So I don't know where he is and they're good. They're good pals. He's had his home in Virginia
00:49He felt uncomfortable coming to the stadium tonight and thought that he'd rather view it at home rather than create a commotion
00:55But you could not have a transition any easier than what they've seen here in Washington going to Richie Pettibone
01:00The coaching staff is intact. Pettibone was here for 15 years. It's the way Joe wanted it
01:06And this club looks the same to me and at least he won't have to replay it all night long and look at it
01:17And second down eight out of the end zone
01:19Every time I see Aikman in the end zone
01:21I think back to last year the most controversial play of the season was that fumble non-fumble and
01:27It's funny. Jimmy Johnson was talking to us last night. He said I hope you guys realize that that was not a fumble last year
01:34It's a great play by Aikman and a very dangerous play throwing it into the traffic
01:39and
01:40Lassie ku stands about 510
01:43With a good shot. He's got the ball
01:45And
01:46Lassie ku stands about 510
01:49Goes way up to get it. Had he not that one could have been picked off
01:53Certainly a risk of a deflection. You've got to be careful holding in the end zone as well
01:57That'd be a safety since there was a penalty on first down in his second down now second down from the seven yard line
02:03And Lassie bumps his way up to the 12. He's a little short
02:07Of the first down with five minutes and 25 seconds remaining in the first half
02:12And the washington redskins leading the dallas cowboys by virtue of a missed extra point seven six
02:20Talked about the unavailability of h-bacteria or for the redskins also
02:24Andre collins over on the right side. He's not dressed tonight the ordinarily
02:28Strong right side linebacker that can do so many things for the redskins and monty coleman
02:34A good nickel linebacker for so many years the agent is filling in 15 years. You've been playing and he is in great shape still
02:41I think if monty plays every game this year he
02:44Moves up to like number two on the all-time list for washington redskins trailing only dave butts
02:50when you're
02:5115 year guy and you're still butting heads every down. You are a
02:56You're a special character clay matthews in cleveland another
03:00We're not talking about a kicker who hangs around for 15 years 66 is an eligible receiver
03:06Short yardage situation, but he's got a one interception for each year. He's played
03:11gogan moves from right guard out to tight end and
03:14The announcement by mark right that he's eligible
03:18So short yardage here third down
03:21inches
03:22That's nova check in motion
03:25And they go the other way with lasik
03:28And the rookie has the first down before he's banged back at the 13 yard line. Daryl. Johnston's block. He'll pave the way
03:35And dallas has a first down
03:40It's like sterling palmer number 97 is hobbling
03:44he's a fourth round draft choice a rookie that they think has a real promising future as a pass rusher and
03:50He tried to make it to the sideline and decided I better sit this one out
03:56Injury timeout 444 to go in the half
04:05So
04:07Here is the right knee of sterling palmer watch kevin gogan cut him and watch that knee get hyper extended
04:13He's lucky in one respect right here. You see it gets straightened out. That's called hyper extending your knee
04:19At least he got the cleats up in a hurry and out and hopefully he's not hurt too badly
04:24He's over on the redskin sideline being looked at right now first down at the 13 yard line is derrick lasik
04:32Takes it up to the 17
04:35Yard line a pickup of four shane collins in on the hit
04:40Cowboys trying to become only the fifth team to repeat super bowl titles
04:48Green bay was the first winning the first two and san francisco was the last capturing it after the 88 and 89 seasons
04:56Easier to build a dynasty back then than it will be now
05:02The league I think across the board more competitive and next year with the salary cap
05:07We are really going to see some evening out
05:09second and six
05:11eight men with wonderful protection and then
05:14Derek lasik simply drops it and he'd like to drop it. Hey, you missed that too
05:18Yeah, that's another point you can make for emmett smith emmett smith last year 59 receptions
05:24As well as those 1700 yards rushing and of course at alabama
05:28I don't believe derrick lasik would even have approached those numbers
05:32But emmett smith a good check off man that time lasik didn't handle it and he would have had a first down
05:38Yeah, that's frustrating too
05:43He's wide open and aikman with excellent pass protection given a lot of time
05:49Oh, he's just that's the case of him taking an eye off the ball running before he had it in his hands
05:54Third and six aikman slings it and he's lucky that one wasn't picked off by big play man gobeio who almost made another big play
06:02Well, I'll tell you at the end of the 91 season the end of the super bowl of 91
06:06Super bowl 26 gobeio was all over the field for the redskins as they went
06:15I think he intercepted the pass in the last three games. They played as well as the super bowl
06:19He had three interceptions last year as well
06:21And for a guy who's really predominantly known as a run-stopping type of middle linebacker, that's that's pretty impressive
06:30Here's john jett to kick brian mitchell back to accept it
06:37That's not much
06:40Downed in washington territory
06:44Bill bates gets down there to make the touch
06:47After a 29-yard kick by jett a pop gun
06:57Goodyear blimp stars and stripes hovering above rfk stadium in washington as week one comes to an end
07:06Pretty predictable first week all things considered
07:11First and ten washington at the 45-yard line seven to six
07:16And redskins lead it reggie brooks swings to the outside and with a flag down
07:22He momentarily picks up a first down. It's an 11-yard game, but a marker is down and it's going to come back for a hold
07:35To this point in the game dallas has outgained holding number 64
07:41Offense 10-yard penalty
07:43First down it outgained washington 175 to 100 moe elliwan nebe the man
07:48Very much in the spotlight this season and he will be tonight and all season long with the absence of jim lachey
07:53Well, he's putting a tough spot. Look at haley who's clear outside of him and this play designed to go the outside
08:00Oh, and he just well, you got to let go mo
08:03That's the one piece of advice i'll offer you you can grab in there, but you've got to let go
08:09When the guy's trying to get to the outside and that was a good spot by the officials at a good call
08:16First and 20 at the 45 3 15 to go
08:20In the hand, here's brian mitchell hangs his way into dallas territory to the 47. It'll be second down and 12
08:28Brian mitchell who was an option quarterback in college. He's been used as a return man and when preseason started
08:35Richie pettibone wanted him to be the featured back. It's his first nfl start
08:39And he's carried the ball coming into tonight's game only 24 times in three years
08:43Now we understood it because we saw him start last year in our playoff game against minnesota 209 combined yards 112 rushing that
08:51afternoon and
08:53We saw him finish the game one time too. Yep
08:56Quarterback second and twelve and mitchell gets finished off before he's able to
09:00Make the reception by kenneth gantz. Yeah, we saw mitchell finish that game monday nighter in philadelphia the
09:06So-called body bag game where philadelphia knocked
09:10Everything but the logo off the redskins helmets knocked every quarterback out of the game except for mitchell who had to finish
09:16In fact, it was garbage time. Did he throw he threw a touchdown pass in that game at the end?
09:22I'm not sure that he'd appreciate you referring to it as garbage time. Well, that's what it is
09:28When we're doing the fourth quarter blowout, I hope they don't call it a garbage telecast or advertisers don't want to call that third down and twelve
09:36Flag is thrown
09:38But ball is I think still alive incomplete and he's fortunate. It was not a lottery
09:46And one headline's been was looking at that ball as though it might have been
09:51Third and 12
09:53Prior to this play and the call goes against washington
09:58And jimmy says it'll be fourth down and we want the football back
10:05So with 224 remaining in the first half washington on top 76 number 64 offense
10:13Penalty decline
10:14Fourth down. That's another one on mo. Yeah, that's
10:18All right, that's middleton who gets the first pop
10:21And then mo really just falls on top of him. That's uh, that's not really holding by l-o-n-e-b
10:27You're allowed to fall
10:28You're allowed to fall on top of a guy like that
10:30That's a play that comes in from a call comes from the sidelines because you just see it and it looks like a tackle
10:36That's not l-o-n-e-b. That's not l-o-n-e-b
10:39That's not l-o-n-e-b. That's not l-o-n-e-b
10:41Comes from the sidelines because you just see it and it looks like a tackle that's not l-o-n-e-b's fault
10:49Teddy good burn to kick kevin williams back to receive it
10:54Here come the cowboys for what they hope is a punt block, but he gets it off it bounces inside the 20
11:01Bounce hits a cowboy loose ball to the 17 yard line. Washington's got it. I think it hit james washington
11:08It hit number 37 washington the city washington has it not the player
11:15Cowboys ordinarily very good on special teams. They have
11:19Bobbled the ball twice now on punt returns. Jimmy johnson is not going to like it. Well
11:25Washington's back there trying to make a block
11:27And I can only assume he never saw the football
11:31Williams right there trying to tell him to get out of the way
11:34And there it is
11:36Washington's trying to make a block. He's trying to block eilers and never saw the football until too late
11:43That is the third cowboy turnover of the first half
11:48Washington tried to pirouette away from it
11:51But the redskins will get it inside the red zone and I think washington was banged up on the play
11:58For eilers who made the team because of his special teams work and there is washington being worked on
12:05Eilers
12:07Making the team because of his special teams work has now recovered
12:10two
12:11fumbles tonight and as you can see the cowboys last year fielded
12:1662 and fumbled only twice all year with kelvin martin as their basic runback man
12:20He's now in seattle and they have fumbled two out of three tonight. You mentioned eilers. He is a great story. He was
12:27There is as I know the special teams coach obviously concerned
12:30We saw him earlier, but eilers kind of talked his way back into training camp this year
12:35he was cut by washington late last year had been cut earlier by
12:39the cardinals and
12:41Former yaley who transferred to notre dame
12:44Has really performed well in training camp and earned a spot on this roster
12:49Well, this is not a happy sight under any circumstances, but particularly for johnson because darren woodson and kenneth gant
12:55Two of the other safeties for dallas have both been banged up in preseason guys
12:59It's kind of high and wide here, but watch the right foot right here of washington
13:04It's going to get stepped on right here. And I think that's what happened right there
13:08Oh, you see how hard he gets stepped on
13:12And I'll bet you that's the cause of his problem. You can see him spinning trying to get out from underneath it
13:17Again, here's the title at the bottom of your screen. Whoa right on the ankle
13:23oh and boy, you can see that that sent washington into a
13:27A real twisting move to try to get out from under it
13:31So the redskins have it at the cowboy 17. They lead 7 6 2 14 to go in the half skins of all of their timeouts
13:40Screen to mitchell the goal blocking and he takes it to the eight yard line does brian
13:46He wants to keep going but it's down at the eight and he appears to be a little short of the first down
13:52We come to the two minute warning
13:56Both good blocks ken norton slow and getting up and now arising as we have come to the two minute warning
14:03At rfk, it's washington seven dallas six on opening up chugga chugga chugga
14:10Chugga chugga chugga
14:15And back inside rfk stadium where washington has it second down and one at the eight yard line two minutes to go skins lead by one
14:23And here's the first down brian mitchell straight ahead to the three yard line
14:29Well, that's a first down pickup that gives you a lot of flexibility now
14:34Now with the time on the clock, there's absolutely no hurry to the redskins whatsoever
14:40That's a big play their whole playbook is open to them now as they're inside the five yard line
14:55First and goal at the three yard line
15:00And mitchell
15:03Is stopped
15:04At about the two yard line tolbert there among others at the bottom of the pod clock continues to tick down
15:10Washington doesn't care at this point. No here comes their big package though. Jim riggs checks in a 252 pound tight end joe. Jacobi
15:18checks in
15:20Ray brown number 67 moves out to tight end
15:24And there is one of the great offensive linemen one of the great guys this franchise has ever seen
15:29Had a little scare last week with the knee problem
15:32Jim, hannifin said he's all right. It's an ongoing problem with joe
15:35They line up jenkins in the backfield number 88 to provide blocking for mitchell touchdown
15:40washington
15:42That's the big package
15:44So
16:06Number 82
16:08That's about 900 pounds working on that left side
16:12That's just playing putting the blue shirts back in the end zone low miller
16:18Bangs it through with 40 ticks remaining
16:21In the first half by rfk erupting as the redskins go up by eight
16:28By eight
16:38The redskins did there is they ended up at the snap of the football in a formation
16:43That had three offensive linemen and two tight ends to the side of the ball
16:48Here comes jenkins here in motion
16:50We got a tight end here and three offensive linemen here at the snap of the ball and they completely overload and overwhelm
16:58that side of the dallas defense
17:00That was a good scheme and a good call by rod
17:03Dauhauer and dallas did not compensate and shift enough big bodies over there to compensate for the redskins big guys
17:10low miller to kick off
17:12And the rookie kevin williams second round pick out of miami at the four yard line
17:20And he brings it back to the 25 yard line the clock stops with 34 seconds remaining the dallas cowboys have two timeouts
17:27steve young
17:29Visits with us live at halftime and we will see him next week
17:33As the san francisco 49ers take on the cleveland browns at cleveland stadium
17:39lake erie
17:41And in fact, there is steve young looking on at the nfl yt center
17:46In southern california in compton. That's a youth education training center out in south central. Los angeles
17:52Found about the nfl garth brooks in the united way and we'll be talking to steve from there in just a few moments
17:58First down dallas up at the 26 yard line
18:02And they're going to keep it on the ground and see what lassa can do
18:06And he takes it up to the 33 yard line coleman makes the tackle
18:11and the dallas cowboys
18:14Appear to be content to go into the locker room down by eight and regroup
18:21Aikman
18:23To the 48 yard line the catch is made there by
18:26jay novacek
18:28That's enough for a first down and the dallas cowboys
18:31Will take a timeout
18:35So a play
18:45Three cowboy turnovers in the first half very uncharacteristic of the dallas cowboys meanwhile
18:50Noem and smith derrick lasik and his numbers pretty good 52 yards 12 carries
18:55But clearly it does change the offensive philosophy the the thing now
18:59Is dallas needs to get down a 35 at the 35 yard line?
19:03That would be a 52 yard field goal in nine seconds
19:06The question is can you run a 20 yard out pattern and get the clock stopped their field goal kicker?
19:12Then elliot's best is 53 yards
19:15Or even over the middle and take a time out there's a deep drop and a drop pass kevin williams wouldn't hold on
19:21you know, that's
19:22That's a that's a pass route. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. No
19:26Right over the middle and you got to cover close to you got to cover close to 20 yards
19:31Well, it's safe and they're hoping for the run out of it from their
19:35Good return man good broken field runner and then they were just being yeah, i'm very conservative now
19:39They have no choice but to go to the end zone with a uh with the bombs away
19:44And they send williams and ervin
19:46Why to the right and they also put harper over there as well
19:49So you got the three big guys all on the right side. This is basically to draw a foul
19:54Cap cannot end on a defensive foul. Let's take a look man. Aikman just launching one up for grabs batted away and the half is over
20:02So the first half belonging to the skins
20:06Washington 14
20:08Dallas 6 and back we come with halftime activities after this work from the national football league and this
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20:27Rfk stadium on a sparkling late summer night
20:32And the washington redskins receiving the second half kickoff from lynn elliott taking two yards in this is brian mitchell
20:40And he brings it back out to the 22 yard line and that's where the
20:45Redskins begin the third quarter of washington on top
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21:06Opening night rfk 14 to 6 redskins on top mark rippon begins with a two-back set. He's got
21:14biner and brooks
21:17And reggie brooks the rookie on a no today runs smack into hen morton
21:24And his best back
21:27minimal gain if any
21:29Let's take a look now at the numbers through the first half of play. Dallas of course turning the ball over three times
21:34And that is the the critical figure
21:37And one of those turnovers resulted in a washington touchdown. So seven points directly attributed to the turnovers
21:44More offense for dallas. So if you take a look at it, they're completely dominating the passing game 145 to 47
21:5280 yards to harper
21:54Represents a lot of that
21:56Brian, mitchell is now the ace back in this set
21:59He gets the ball
22:02He gets the ball big hole for brian mitchell in the first down up to the 31 yard line
22:11Boy that's good looking blocking
22:16Good looking blocking by the redskin offensive line
22:19Jordan yardage to bring that jumbo offense in now gray brown number 67 is going to pull and lead up through the hole
22:27L-o-n-a-b blocks off haley. There's brown's block on bob jones
22:31the middle linebacker
22:34Good block there by the left guard of the redskins
22:37Dallas beginning this half minus james washington the starting safety
22:41Woodson is in there instead goes down the yard and
22:45As he did come up short of the first down the second down carry and that picks up the first goes mitchell
22:50Up to the 33 yard line good block by jim riggs the
22:54The
22:56Free agent in cincinnati number 82
23:00He's got a couple of major blocks tonight
23:02And a touchdown just before the half good lead block there
23:06and riggs
23:07in his seventh year
23:09and
23:10unprotected free agent from cincinnati
23:15First and ten at the 33 early third quarter washington by eight
23:20White
23:23A short drop by ricken
23:25And a very short pass to sanders and there's something that washington will feature
23:30A lot more this year according to richard pedervone. Everybody calls it the san francisco style of the west coast style offense
23:36Whatever shorter drop shorter routes everywhere we go. We hear the same thing, don't we? Yep
23:42although the funny part of this is the man who's calling the plays for the redskins rod dahauer was
23:48While he has served time with bill walsh in that type of offense really is a disciple of don correal
23:53I'll tell you that that's where the bulk of his passing game
23:57background was instituted
24:00Not a bad combination for ellen bill walsh. No, you could take the best of that group and come up with something
24:05Here's mitchell on second and six and he bangs his way up to the 43 and that's close to a first down
24:11Redskins rapidly getting control of this football game first down washington their second in succession moving it
24:17relatively easily
24:19Against the number one direct defense against the rush from a year ago
24:23Dahauer with the glasses perched on the bridge of his nose there the edge of his nose
24:28former head coach of stanford
24:30former head coach of the indianapolis colts
24:32And now the man responsible for calling the plays and richie pedibone being a defensive back
24:38Pedibone being a defensive minded individual has turned the offense over completely to dahauer
24:46Rippon on first down swings and after under the arms of ricky sanders good throw good catch
24:53First down i'll tell you that that was a difficult pass to catch
24:57it was wobbling it was
24:59Reversed for a right-handed receiver. I think it looks like he made a terrific catch ricky sanders drives on the cornerback
25:06Kevin smith squares it off the ball's in the air right here
25:09Floating just a terrific catch because he had to know exactly where he was. You got to admire it
25:15nice
25:16Very nice. Remember him superbowl 21
25:19against canada
25:21Oh
25:31Barry brown on the coverage not me. He says the official said yeah you
25:39That ball was probably uncatchable why is it ricky is saying that
25:45Pass interference number 24 defense
25:53Brown doesn't get there much before the ball. Let's take a look at it. Oh, yeah. There's the contact
25:59Initially, it looked like he was swinging with his left and missed him
26:01But you can see made body contact with the back of his head rippon takes a shot on it, but brown almost
26:08Mug sanders. Yeah, he hits him with his body. That's what draws the flag rippon
26:12Certainly did not see the end of this
26:14Leon led burying rippon. It's a 36-yard penalty. It's first and goal at the eight-yard line
26:25I'll tell you one thing. This is a very very big defensive series for dallas
26:31If they can hold him to a field goal
26:34It's a whole lot different
26:36Than a touchdown because of that missed extra point
26:38And remember this could be a 17 to 6 lead low miller missed a very short field goal in the first quarter
26:47Redskins last year in rushing. They were fourth from the bottom 3.58 league average a little over four
26:54But tonight look at him five yards of carry against the number one team against the run last year
27:00Mitchell on second and goal swinging to the outside and he
27:05Is just before he can get to the goal line darren woodson one of the guys there to
27:12Prevent him from going in
27:14It'll be third down and go ken morton is also there here come the big folks 88. Jenkins 82 rigs
27:20You'll see brown go out to left end number 67 is an eligible receiver 67
27:27You see mitchell almost getting in on his own
27:31But let's see if they'll come back over the left side they scored easy there a short while ago
27:35There's jacoby on his outside with ray brown
27:39Third and goal mitchell is the tailback the fake to mitchell. He locks it to a wide open middleton for a touchdown
27:48Good time for play action and a superb call
27:52For a dollar
27:59Second touchdown of middleton's career. Yeah, he faked the down block
28:05Went down on all fours got lost for a nanosecond and then heads for the corner of the end zone
28:13Well, i'll tell you
28:14John roper was in the middle and he really was fooled by
28:19Middleton going down. Well when you've been jamming the ball
28:22Against this defense the way the redskins have that run fake is going to work. It's going to be successful
28:29Will miller
28:30Bangs you through with 9 35 remaining in the third washington now leads 21 to 6
28:37So
28:459 35 remaining in the third quarter the redskins leading by 15 and low militia just went into the end zone
28:52Or it is down to buy kevin williams
28:58Remember the last time when washington scored a touchdown how they stuffed it in on the left hand side by
29:04Overloading that side. Here's dallas
29:06Overcompensating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 players on this side of the field
29:13What do they do? They throw back here to a wide open ron middleton
29:17Dallas completely over playing the left side of the redskin offensive formation
29:23And the redskins wisely going away from the overload easy touchdown and norton playing run all the way linebacker
29:30First down dallas in the 20-yard line
29:34Aikman throws up to the 36-yard line and the catch is made by michael irvin who's been pretty quiet for a while
29:41Daryl green makes the tackle
29:45Michael irvin may have just not caught many balls, but he has been quiet
29:50One of the great talkers in the nfl
29:52He puts just enough drive on green the green has to play him deep even though he
29:57Probably figured from the formation and the movement that he was going to break it across the middle, but he had to
30:02Respect irvin's tremendous speed and side first down dallas up at the 36-yard line
30:11Here's lasik
30:13And he picks up
30:15A first down and takes it to the 50-yard line. Derek lasik with some
30:20Nifty running tackled by a.j. Johnson. I'll tell you is that north and south enough for you?
30:25He's a good running back. There's no question about it
30:27He's not an emmett smith, but he can play for a lot of football teams and do well in this league
30:32Youngster out of alabama and what pressure i'll say it again to come in there on a monday night
30:37Emmitt smith looking on everyone in the country talking about emmett smith
30:41And he comes out and puts on quite a show. That's great effort
30:44Weirdly went right to his own teammate alvin harper who is just standing there. There's that at the 49-yard line. Here's aikman again
30:52Troy throws catch made at the 32-yard line and all of a sudden michael irvin becoming a lot noisier
30:57You know, it's funny too
30:59How stories get lost the big story in dallas two and a half months ago was troy aikman. Would he be ready tonight?
31:04We haven't even touched on it
31:05He had back surgery
31:07At the end of june most of you know the story came back late in the last two preseason games
31:12Looks terrific tonight in that regard and the original projection was second or third week of the season
31:17You know that he would almost certainly miss his opener reason we aren't talking about it. He's been back for almost sure
31:22He started throwing the ball over a month ago. Yeah, it wasn't his projection
31:26He said all along that he'd be back for opening night first down at the 33-yard line
31:33Aikman open his heart for a touchdown and just like that dallas gets back into it
31:40Big man against little man once again a.j. johnson and daryl green matched up against two big ones
31:52Well, that took about two minutes, yeah
31:54Well, that's a.j. johnson who's got harper and even when he catches the ball, he just bounces off of him
32:00You see the little move to the outside though?
32:02a.j.
32:03Had to respect it. It cost him a split second in his coverage and that was just enough in a perfectly thrown ball
32:10Now elliot who missed an extra point earlier and that's a big one right now
32:17Hits this one harper's touchdown catches fourth reception of the game
32:23134 yards receiving and dallas gets back in it. They now tie the game at the 33-yard line
32:29134 yards receiving and dallas gets back in it. They now trail 21 to 13