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Video: Danny White and Jackie Smith in 1977 game
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fivetwos
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Jackie Smith wasn't on the 77 Cowboys though. Had to be 78.
First play....Dorsett blocking for Laidlaw lol. Wow.
erod
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Yep, you're right. The Pittsburgh Super Bowl year when Jackie Smith went from being one of the greatest of all time to that dude who dropped a TD right in his gut.
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Someone who was alive watching that SB would have known. Thanks
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Just had a little time to watch the first drive and wanted to note that two of Staubach's throws were behind the receiver. On the first one, Pearson had enough cushion to slow down just a bit and catch the ball on his back hip. On the second, he slid down to catch the behind throw.
I'm not saying that either throw was bad, just that it shows that it's not all about the quarterback. Better coverage would have likely broken up the first throw, but Pearson deserves credit for creating the cushion. He also deserves credit on the second one for making a tough catch look routine.
And the third throw for a touchdown was absolutely brilliant placement by Staubach against the blitz, with decent protection. He got it up out of the defender's reach where only Hill, I believe, had any shot at it.
I only bring this up because we tend to expect perfect throws from our quarterbacks and complain when they don't make them (if they aren't completed). There's a lot more that goes into a good play, though, than the quarterback's throw.
I'm not saying that either throw was bad, just that it shows that it's not all about the quarterback. Better coverage would have likely broken up the first throw, but Pearson deserves credit for creating the cushion. He also deserves credit on the second one for making a tough catch look routine.
And the third throw for a touchdown was absolutely brilliant placement by Staubach against the blitz, with decent protection. He got it up out of the defender's reach where only Hill, I believe, had any shot at it.
I only bring this up because we tend to expect perfect throws from our quarterbacks and complain when they don't make them (if they aren't completed). There's a lot more that goes into a good play, though, than the quarterback's throw.
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I remember some time after that SB, as a kid, finding out that he was actually a great player at one point. Made it worse.
Still not sure that was the difference in the game, but it didn't help. Somehow Pittsburgh wasn't going to be denied that day.
My first goldfish died that day, and my parents argued over whose fault it was. I also lost 25 cents to the kid who sat behind me in school on the game.
Fortunately I've had better days since!
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SAME here. I thought he was JAG until my dad told me he was great before this. It was a bummer to hear that. I used to root for Danny White so hard back then. Just couldn't turn the corner. Pittsburgh has been number one on my hate list ever since this time.
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The play that lives in infamy.....the expression of Staubach...you know he still thinks about that one. Both of them do.
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That was the second NFL game I ever watched. The first was Super Bowl 12 the year before. I didn’t know much about football, but I knew I liked the Cowboys.
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And Staubach burned a timeout before that infaous drop play because he questioned the play call. They usually only used it close to the goal line, but Landry decided to call it a little further away than normal. Good call, not a great pass, but still catchable. Dallas just shot themselves in the foot multiple times that game.
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He was a big part of the team in the 70s for about 4-5 years. It was him, Preston Pearson, Robert Newhouse and Tony Dorsett through those years. They had another guy named Doug Dennison who was pretty good, but he had a crappy attitude.
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Was that the play that killed them or Randy White’s fumble of the kickoff? I feel the kickoff may have been worse for “momentum”.
I’m not going off memory, some YouTube guy punted it out and I thought it was a good point.
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The bigger plays were some very questionable calls and non-calls for pass interference.
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Real shame as Smith, along with John Mackey, were the forerunners of the TE as a receiver and Jackie Smith had great hands at St; Louis. That one play, at least for Cowboys fans, shaded his entire career.
The crime is he gets blamed for that loss. That's like the Dez catch/no catch, can't point to that as the reason they lost. Hell, the Cowboys gave up 35 to the Steelers in that game.
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Same thing I thought. I watched those games too. But he was flushed from my memory.
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The Steelers of course as usual got the critical calls. They always do in the SB. But the phantom DPI and NO CALLS on some steeler OPI to me was the real difference in the game.
But the Boys made some mistakes as well. Jackie Smith always admitted he should have caught it and Staubach always said he should have thrown a better pass.
But the Boys made some mistakes as well. Jackie Smith always admitted he should have caught it and Staubach always said he should have thrown a better pass.