Cowboys at 49ers: Dallas underrated star for Divisional Round

[Doomsday101]

One of the most outstanding moves Dan Quinn deployed on Monday night was the usage of second-year defensive back Israel Mukuamu. He had been a guy who carved out a role for himself as the team’s fourth safety who would come in and spell the other veteran guys in front of him, as well as being one of the core special teams guys. On Monday night that all changed. In a move that Quinn had not shown to the outside world until then, he had Mukuamu playing slot cornerback, being the third cornerback deployed for the evening.

It was a move that virtually no one outside of that building knew was coming and it ended up being an outstanding chess move by Quinn. Mukuamu not only stepped in, he stepped up and looked like a piece to this Cowboys defense that they have been missing all along. He was physical all night as he used his 6’4” frame to frustrate wide receivers. He used his athletic ability to not only stay with some high level receivers, but was able to frustrate the group as a whole. The idea to give Mukuamu a chance at cornerback isn’t crazy given his background as a cornerback in college at South Carolina, but it was never formally discussed in the media and had left many of us in the dark about the plan of attack.

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[nalam]

The 2nd play was pivotal, Godwin had him beat for a supposed to be easy completion and 1st down but Izzy length came in handy to knock the ball down. Those type of plays determine how the game goes.