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LANDOVER, MD.
-- Cowboys defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli is not about to praise his unit for what they did in the middle of the field in the 27-23 victory against the Commanders.
He knows they gave up too many big plays and too many yards.
But Marinelli said the character of the unit showed through in the second half when it came up strong on the final three drives in the red zone.
The Cowboys held the Commanders to field on the first two drives and then got an interception in the end zone when safety Barry Church stepped in front of a pass from Commanders quarterback Kirk Cousins.
And that was before the Cowboys turned the Commanders away on two final drives in the fourth quarter, including a 4th and 1 pass deflection from linebacker Justin Durant.
“Something we did well today. We played really good red zone defense,” Marinelli said. “In between the 30 and 30, I don’t know how good it was. But when we got down tight I thought we did a solid job. Inside the red zone when it counted, we made some plays down there. Then the last two stops of the game were big. It was something we had not done a great job at. We finished today.”
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports...rner-blog/article102652437.html#storylink=cpy
link/http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-corner-blog/article102652437.html
-- Cowboys defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli is not about to praise his unit for what they did in the middle of the field in the 27-23 victory against the Commanders.
He knows they gave up too many big plays and too many yards.
But Marinelli said the character of the unit showed through in the second half when it came up strong on the final three drives in the red zone.
The Cowboys held the Commanders to field on the first two drives and then got an interception in the end zone when safety Barry Church stepped in front of a pass from Commanders quarterback Kirk Cousins.
And that was before the Cowboys turned the Commanders away on two final drives in the fourth quarter, including a 4th and 1 pass deflection from linebacker Justin Durant.
“Something we did well today. We played really good red zone defense,” Marinelli said. “In between the 30 and 30, I don’t know how good it was. But when we got down tight I thought we did a solid job. Inside the red zone when it counted, we made some plays down there. Then the last two stops of the game were big. It was something we had not done a great job at. We finished today.”
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports...rner-blog/article102652437.html#storylink=cpy
link/http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-corner-blog/article102652437.html
