For the first time in a long time, Dallas has gotten all three phases of their game rolling. The Offense is scoring points, and is ranked 10th in the NFL.
The Defense is stopping their opponent, and is ranked 10th in that category as well.
Special Teams are providing field position, and is ranked 10th in kickoff return yardage and 10th in punt return yardage.
“Overall, it was pretty good on special teams,” says Head Coach Bill Parcells.
Defensive Tackle La’Roi Glover knows that the field position provided by the Special Teams has been very beneficial. “Whenever you have the ball at the 50 going in, or around the 40 going in, the percentages are in your favor then,” he says.
Unknown guys like Tight End Brett Pierce, are having a major impact. “Yeah, you gotta get yourself ready for it every time, “ he says. “Its not necessarily a natural thing to do go down there and slam your body into three guys that just standing there.”
Rookie running back Tyson Thompson has learned in a hurry, that his kickoff returns as just as important as filling in for Julius Jones.
“Going in, I know special teams were important,” he says. “Like I said, we work on that the majority of the time, we're prepared to carry out some things.”
Wide Receiver Patrick Crayton needs to learn how to run with the ball differently.
“Crayton is too careless with the ball,” says Parcells. “We're going to have to do something about that, or else I'm going to have to make a change there.”
Against the Eagles, Crayton had 7-punt returns for 84-yards, including a 25-yarder in the 1st quarter.
“I always tell the ten guys in front of me, if you can hold up just a little bit, we can make some others miss,” says Crayton. “If we get a few blocks here, a few blocks there, we got a chance to pop one all the way.”
Special teams rarely get the recognition they deserve, but that has been changing lately. As a result, the rest of the team, has been reaping the rewards.
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