Sunday night was an evening for the Dallas Cowboys defense to build a little confidence.
“I said defense, three points, that's pretty good. That was my first comment to the team,” said Head Coach Bill Parcells on Monday.
Allowing no offensive touchdowns against the Washington Redskins is certainly a start. Dallas finished the night with 6-sacks, five more than one week ago during the season opener in Jacksonville.
“It was tremendous,” said Cowboys Linebacker DeMarcus Ware. “I mean the Cornerbacks where out there covering and giving us time to get to the quarterback. The defensive lineman were getting pressure on Redskins Quarterback Mark Burnell on those five step drops, because we were playing up. Give it up to the offense for just putting points on the board.”
Just as important, was the Cowboys defensive performance on third down. Washington converted only 2 in 14-attempts.
“It’s always positive when you can give opposing teams different looks,” says Defensive end Marcus Spears. “I always think, that anytime you have a defense and your getting the upper hand, by making guys guess what coverage they're going to get, not knowing how many guys are going to come, it definitely puts you at an advantage.”
Said Cowboys Linebacker Greg Ellis, “The coaches did a good job preparing us, took this game really, really serious, and I say that, not just by going out on the field and trying to execute, but early in the week, the practice week, everybody just concentrated and studied and worked hard this week.”
“Those guys were like pit bulls tonight,” said Cowboys Cornerback Terence Newman laughing. “Its funny, the coaches were saying, we don't need any German Shepard’s. We need pit bulls. W had some pit bulls out there tonight.
Coming out of training camp, the Cowboys were expected to be an aggressive and improved bunch of players on defense. It didn't happen in week one, but that certainly changed in week two against division rival, the Washington Redskins.
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