Dallas' second drive:
1st and 10 -- Quick pass to Turpin for 6. DE got around Waletzko off snap and into the passing lane, but Rush threw over him. Rest of line was blocking down to right, including Hendershot on the left side and didn't really allow any penetration on a designed quick throw.
2nd and 4 -- Pass batted down by DE who raced around Waletzko. Other four linemen doubled the two tackles. McKeon got driven back some by the other DE, but held his ground enough and got some double help from Hendershot when the LB he was blocking dropped into the flat.
3rd and 4 -- Quick slant to Tolbert. Waletzko and Richards each walled off their ends to keep the pocket. Ball gave some ground to the DT, but the quick throw kept him from being a factor. Farniok stopped the middle blitzer cold. Hoffman didn't have much trouble with the other DT. And Davis picked up the other blitzer well enough.
1st and 10 -- Quick TE screen to Hendershot for 7. All the linemen blocked down to the right and kind of just caved it all together. The DE was left unblocked as Hendershot released and the DE was left in no man's land.
2nd and 3 -- Davis up the middle for about 7. Richards keeps his man to the outside. Hoffman doubles the DT, allowing Farniok to wall him to the left side and Hoffman to peel off and stop a LB trying to get through. Ball and Waletzko absolutely bury the other DT, putting him on skates and then into the ground. Hendershot holds up the DE enough so that he's not able to get in on the play until Davis has enough for the first down. Davis deserves credit for running through an unblocked linebacker.
1st and 10 -- Davis 2-yard gain while trying to run to the left side of the blocking. Richards failed to pin his man, a DT, to the inside with the line blocking down to the right. Hendershot didn't get the DE walled off, either, so if the DT had not made the play, the DE probably would have. The rest of the line blocked down well enough for the play to work. It should be noted that Schoonmaker had an outside block on the opposite side but allowed the DE to punch and shed him and probably would have made the play if the others had not.
2nd and 8 -- Draw to Davis for 4 yards. Blitzing DB made the tackle. Richards kept his man walled outside. Hoffman absorbed a hit to maintain position to the inside as well to create a crease. Not a great block but enough in this case. Farniok and Ball doubled to make the other DT give some ground but he anchored down to eventually clog the middle and keep Farniok from peeling off in time to clear a LB. Waletzko rode the DT charging inside to the ground, causing Davis to have to step around him.
3rd and 4 -- Incomplete pass by Rush on low throw due to pressure. Waletzko's DE pushed inside of him to get Rush to leave the pocket. That allowed time for Richards' DE to loop him for some pressure, but the pressure that rushed the throw was from the DT going around Ball. Not Ball's fault, though because he kept the DT to the outside, but Rush moved there because of the inside pressure. Waletzko did a good job reestablishing himself after initially giving up the inside, but Rush abandoned the pocket because of that initial push. Hoffman held up his man well enough, and Farniok had no one to block. This was the throw to Tolbert that was reverse because the nose of the ball hit the ground. Waletzko went out after this play but appeared to have hurt his shoulder several plays earlier.
4th and 4 -- First-down throw to Brooks. Richards set up deep between the DE and Rush and stopped his rush. Hoffman carried the DT inside and into Farniok, who was helping Ball block the other DT, who then tried to go around the stack late. Taylor pushed the other DE wide. Hoffman's DT did squeeze through for some late pressure.
1st and 10 -- Dowdle up the middle for 4. Taylor and Ball put the DT on skates and then buried him. Farniok initially pushes back the other DT, but he sheds to get in on the tackle. Hoffman pulls to hook the DE. Richards pins the other DE outside. No one cleared the LB out of the hole. May have been McKeon's responsibility but the DE beat him off the snap and caused him to stay with him until Hoffman picked the DE up on the pull.
2nd and 6 -- Dropped pass by Tolbert. Taylor got in position to stop the outside rush by the DE. Richards and Hoffman stuffed the other DE. Ball got swam past but then took the DT's legs out from under him to knock him to the ground. Farniok with a quick initial help from Hoffman held up the other DT, who shook Farniok too late to get pressure.
3rd and 6 -- First down to Turpin. Dowdle did a good job of picking up the outside blitzer. Taylor's man got inside of him fairly quickly, but it was a quick pass. Richards absorbed his man with some help from Hoffman. Farniok and Ball kept the two DTs from getting much of a push.
1st and 10 -- Dowdle up the middle for 2. Richards released upfield to stuff a LB. Hoffman took the DE and kept him to the outside. Farniok failed to move the NT, who made the tackle. Ball and Taylor doubled the other DT and turned him around. Hendershot lost to the DE who shoved him to the inside and then off of him to get in on the tackle.
2nd and 8 -- Dowdle for 3 more up middle. Richards hooked the DE. Hoffman and Farniok doubled a DT and drove him to the left. Ball pushed the other DT to the left then peeled to get a hat on a LB. Taylor went upfield to block a LB, but left the DE unblocked (by design?) and he came down the line to make the play.
3rd and 5 -- Pass to Tolbert for first down. Richards and Hoffman got beat quickly as the end split them so it was a good thing it was a quick throw. It looked like Richards' fault as he allowed the DE to rip around him before Hoffman was in position to help. Farniok and Ball didn't give much ground to the two DTs. Taylor set up deep and walled off the other DE.
1st and goal -- Dowdle 2 yards up middle. Richards walled off the end. Hoffman initially had a LB blocked but he came around him and made the tackle. Farniok failed to get any movement on the DT. Ball and Taylor got a little late on the double. Hendershot got blown up by the DE and thrown into Dowdle's path, which forced him to stutter-step and helped the LB catch him from behind.
2nd and goal -- Pass to Dowdle in the flat for TD. Richards absorbed punch by DE to maintain position on quick throw. Hoffman, Farniok and Ball formed wall in front of two DTs, and didn't allow one to loop it. Taylor pushed the other DE wide.
