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ARLINGTON – Cowboys coach Jason Garrett held Dwayne Harris up as a perfect example of a player who fought his way through adversity.
Sunday’s 31-7 pummeling of the St. Louis Rams was a strange game for Harris, who began it with a muffed punt that resulted in a turnover and capped it with a 24-yard touchdown catch early in the fourth quarter following an injury to his hip.
To his credit, Harris was able to put the forget the turnover, which didn’t result in any points for the Rams thanks to a Cowboys defense that quickly stiffened and forced a three-and-out.
“You just got to take it out of your mind and move on,” Harris said of his mistake. “My teammates do a good job of helping me with that. They do a good job of picking me back up and getting me back on the right track and helping me get my mind right.”
Harris suffered a hip pointer while returning another punt in the first quarter. Cole
Beasley replaced him on special teams, but Harris shook off the injury to haul in a strike from Tony Romo early in the fourth quarter for his first TD of the season and the second of his three-year career.
“You’ve just got to keep playing,” Garrett said when asked about Harris’ grit. “You have to keep playing through success. You have to keep playing through adversity. Obviously, we preach (securing) the football. The reason Dwayne is back there (returning punts) is because he’s been solid with the football. And it was a bad play. It was a bad play by him, but our defense went out there and responded the right way, and Dwayne responded the right way himself as the game wore on, (fighting through the muff and the hip pointer).
“…He really showed a lot of mental and physical toughness throughout the game.”
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Sunday’s 31-7 pummeling of the St. Louis Rams was a strange game for Harris, who began it with a muffed punt that resulted in a turnover and capped it with a 24-yard touchdown catch early in the fourth quarter following an injury to his hip.
To his credit, Harris was able to put the forget the turnover, which didn’t result in any points for the Rams thanks to a Cowboys defense that quickly stiffened and forced a three-and-out.
“You just got to take it out of your mind and move on,” Harris said of his mistake. “My teammates do a good job of helping me with that. They do a good job of picking me back up and getting me back on the right track and helping me get my mind right.”
Harris suffered a hip pointer while returning another punt in the first quarter. Cole
Beasley replaced him on special teams, but Harris shook off the injury to haul in a strike from Tony Romo early in the fourth quarter for his first TD of the season and the second of his three-year career.
“You’ve just got to keep playing,” Garrett said when asked about Harris’ grit. “You have to keep playing through success. You have to keep playing through adversity. Obviously, we preach (securing) the football. The reason Dwayne is back there (returning punts) is because he’s been solid with the football. And it was a bad play. It was a bad play by him, but our defense went out there and responded the right way, and Dwayne responded the right way himself as the game wore on, (fighting through the muff and the hip pointer).
“…He really showed a lot of mental and physical toughness throughout the game.”
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