have looked like deangelo hall is caught in the newspaper the next day. he just saved the safety's butt. >> al: third and 20. romo. beasley gets away from hall. and it gets taken down at the 12 yard line. that will make it fourth down. and in will come bailey to try to make it an eight-point game. >> cris: deangelo hall with a game saving play on that one. you see it sometimes in the league. and sometimes those veteran corners can look around and go oh, no! my guy is going the wrong way. sprint back and save the day. >> al: this is a 30-yard field goal attempt. and bailey's kick is good.

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>> al: friday night lights in texas. desoto beat timberview. 90,239 at at&t stadium in arlington. there it is. there's the attendance. you walk into this place and it still has a major wow factor. >> cris: no doubt. great walking in here with people that have never been here before and they walk around and go wow! >> cris: yeah. you don't like football. you come in here and look at the art. you can spend all day around here. it really is something. in this day and age of budget cuts and stadiums oh, boy we would like to do this. we just can't. it's too expensive. jerry jones and only jerry jones can. he did it all. he wanted everything.

he got it. >> al: when you're a wild cater, it was tough. he was building the stadium in the middle of the complete financial meltdown. ge selling for $5 a share. the dow down to 6,000. never got approved. >> cris: nope. >> al: from the 20 on first down. griffin. down to the outside. morgan will get skirted out of bounds by church at the 26. >> cris: brandon carr is trying to win this game by himself. he deserves a game ball no matter what happens the rest of the way. pierre garcon the number one receiver. this has been a one-on-one matchup all night. an robert has been looking there all night. he simply has nowhere to throw. >> referee: false start, number 46, offense. five-yard penalty, still second down. >> al: no huddle here and quick snap.

it didn't work. >> cris: such a significant game for these two teams. they know it. robert griffin, they were on the last game coming off the bye. really felt like they had it going. looked good. a couple three and outs. couldn't convert that last drive and missed a field goal. >> al: second and nine. here comes a flag. and then the pass is out of bounds. maybe a hold here. >> cris: jason hatcher is the equivalent of brandon carr in this game. with all his guys out -- >> referee: holding, number 78, offense, ten-yard penalty, still second down.

>> cris: and now he looks like he's hurt. here we go. 97 is going to come in. chester is just going to try to get pressure. luckily they have a mobile quarterback in robert griffin. boy, with everybody gone, it has been jason hatcher or bust as far as pass rush pressure. >> al: lichtensteiger. griffin under pressure. down he goes. and the ball is loose at the 4 yard line. the ball is loose and the dallas cowboys have come away with the ball. at the 2. kyle wilber with the football. i don't know where these linemen are coming from. everybody's out of the game. everybody but randy white is in the game right now. and they still put the pressure on griffin.

>> cris: rob marinelli is going to be proud. all the way around and then back in is kyle wilber here. really without the pressure inside from selvie, rg-3 doesn't back up. a little combination sack. and this defense, you just can't give them enough credit. this has been a hang with them kind of game. and they have been tough. these guys pulled off the street to make up this defensive line and have been getting it done. >> al: selvie is doing a great job. he bounced around st. louis, carolin carolina, jacksonville. first and goal. from the 3. and a stop at the 2. the fourth running play they played since nury kim out of the game. bowen makes the tackle, second and goal. >> cris: you think? that was nasty coming down the

line. the former cowboy. boy did he put a lick on joseph randal. >> al: that's an interesting statistic. fumbles are normally a 50/50 proposition. only the fourth time he lost a fumble in 18 fumbles. so he's been very lucky. second down and goal from the 2. he finds his way out of the end zone and randal keeps the legs going and he's in there. >> cris: i think travis frederick pushed him in the end zone. i don't think randal was going to make it. barry riley had him tied up here. he went back to the old bench

press and the leg squat and just took the whole pile into the end zone. >> al: one rookie escorting the other. frederick the number one draft choice. randal the number five draft choice. touchdown confirmed upstairs. 8:49 left in regulation. and bailey will try to make it a 15-point game. the dallas cowboys 31 and the washington redskins 16. ♪

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>> al: dallas is in control of the game right now. they ghin dribegin this drive w short three-yard run. >> cris: they have taken away that stretch run play. i really think that as much criticism as the quarterbacks have taken of the dallas cowboys, they're winning the game right now because unless pierre garcon and santana moss and hankerson can start getting

releases, you have to go to some different formations and force them out of some of this bump and run, man-to-man coverage. ordinarily you get one-on-one like this at the top. you just take it. the problem is they haven't been winning that battle. >> al: aesecond and eight. in a is incomplete. third down and eight. and a flag. >> referee: illegal hands. pass to the face, number 96, defense. five-yard penalty, first down. >> al: instead of third and eight, hayden costing them a first down. >> cris: all we've been saying about garcon and him not getting open, he got open that time. that was a good route. there he is. you have to be able to make that one. you get somebody that open in this league, that's a throw you have to make.

so on both ends now not able to convert. >> that's the penalty. first down goal at the 21 yard line. griffin. and it's caught by santana moss at the 46 yard line. he had scandrick turned around with his back to the ball. the pass is caught for a gain of 25 yards. >> cris: that's a good play. hit a chance to be a bigger play than that. scandrick was beaten badly by moss. going up the boundary without any support behind him, come right up here. and there really isn't support back there. so if that one is hit in stride, they have a chance for a bigger play than that. >> al: settle for 25 yards. ball at the 46 yard line. pass to the outside floats. a little flaring out. second and ten with 7:11 left in

regulation. again, there is demarcus ware. nick hayden a rookie has been there a little bit. kyle wilber have all done the job tonight for dallas. second and ten. out again. slows. it's caught. it is hauled in by kalou who is covered by brandon carr. what's happening now is that the nice adjustment here by the washington redskins. they're moving into the bunch formation ands tightening up. so brandon car and claiborne can't play the man-to-man. they might get picked off.

that time garcon was wide open. they essentially blew the coverage. so maybe they're on a little form of the passing game. >> al: big third down and two. and the up back goes to young. he'll take the ball to the 25 yard line. so young, the fourth year fullback, had a villanova and across oakland a few weeks ago. he picks up a first down. >> al: you're going to be surprised when a guy has no carries on the season. and now here he is a big third down. he gets the ball. and you're just not expecting that one to happen. and they pop it big. from the 26.

he gets to the 24 yard line. >> cris: still plenty of time. you're getting at that point in the game where everybody is looking at the clock. okay, you're going back in the huddle. he have to count on scoring a touchdown here and scoring again. and along the way. get a two-point conversion. second and seven. and griffin to the back of the scandrick. is he in? yes, he is. scandrick coming down inbounds. that's an interception.

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>> al: griffin had the best interception rate in the league this year in a little less than five games, five interceptions.

the fifth one coming here. 5:08 to go. randal for a gain of 14. back we go to the scandrick pick. >> cris: here we go. watch how brilliant this is. santana moss is going to go to the ground, not push down. scandrick keeps running. so many defensive backs in that situation when they stp and their guy fell down, scandrick said what he if had already thrown it. follows through and interception. then it's on. and for orlando scandrick. his first interception since 2011. the ball is off to joseph randal

to the 37 yard lip. washington is on the verge of going 1-4. they have chicago at home and then denver. but dallas, if they went to 2-4 with a loss tonight, they have four of the next five games on the road. this is a team that will play one game here against minnesota in three weeks before thanks giving. that's all. one. it's as good a defensive effort from a bunch of no name guys than i've seen for a long time. superstars leave in the game and they just keep banging around. go figure. >> al: you lose your ace in murray. you have no running games to speak of. and right now washington takes a time-out with # 2:25 to go.

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>> al: next week is denver at indianapolis is your sunday night football game a week from tonight. peyton winning to day over jacksonville. 22 touchdown passes. going to indy next sunday night. third and four after the washington time-out. and the redskins will be able to get the ball back and take a time-out here. perry riley makes the tackle. the redskins are down to the final time-out and two-minute warning and a two possession game. at least griffin will get the ball back very shortly. >> cris: who knows is it we've seen stranger things than this. i'll tell you, we have seen some just fabulous efforts on the defensive side of the ball. brandon carr was tremendous. jason hatcher just an outstanding game. sean lee, so many plays tonight. i thought bruce carter is much better than what he was a week ago. a guy so capable of being that

linebacker in this defense. but maybe this cowboys defense sort of growing up a little bit. >> al: chris jones' punt. and that's a 19 yard line. dwayne harris gets down there from special teams. so he's had a huge punt return. a huge kickoff return. and he's doing it all on special teams. and you talk about it, cris. garret felt one big advantage for dallas was special teams. they had to win that battle. >> cris: and so many teams trying to save a few dollars. let's not forget that the penalties that washington redskins have had to live with, the $36 million in cap penalties has meant that a lot of those veterans sort of kick coverage sort of guys and other stars on

this team have had to be released because they had to do it. the league imposed the fines. >> al: griffin over the middle. and that's caught. finger tip grab by garcon. under three minutes now. washington getting to the line. 5-yard gain. >> brandon carr is shoelding his shoulder a little funny here. >> al: griffin fires. loose, incomplete. jordan reed. second down and ten. >> cris: we've seen sean lee make great plays in run defense. i still think the best part his game is right here where we're already showing what you kind of player jordan lee s sean lee can cover any tight end or running

him. >> al: griffin. way too high. claiborne with the coverage. third down and ten. >> cris: here in the fourth quarter, robert griffin missed some easy throws. one thing to miss them by a few yards. to get back to mike shanahan. really, they missed this off-season of work on his fundamenta fundamentals. >> al: third and ten. a little dumpoff underneath. carter says hello. fourth down. >> cris: we've seen it before. you try go screen. when the linebacker has man

coverage, you get an offensive lineman down there blocking. usually it works out. bruce carter two or three times tonight has been able to shed blockers and make tackles at the line of scrimmage. >> al: washington uses its final time-out. dwayne harris, this a punt return for 86 yards for the touchdo touchdown. then the kickoff return. that sets them up deep in washington territory at the 15 yard line. he scored from there. coverage as well. a lot of heroes tonight. a lot of guys that don't get a lot of publicity. the defensive linemen. tony harris is woshing hard today. >> fourth and nine.

and they will not. the pass is dropped by amerson. lose it on downs. they're out of time-outs. and the dallas cowboys are going to be tied with the philadelphia eagles for first place in the nfc east. >> cris: this was a perfect throw. just a dead flat drop on fourth down. right in the midsection. >> cris: overall, what is your assessment of grif continue to night? we saw a couple flashes of the old griffin. >> cris: i think he fought his guts out. he looked better running tonight. they had no running game to speak of. it was only his runs, his scrambles in the first half. didn't get a lot of support. and his receivers didn't get open for him. >> al: they dropped the ball.

>> cris: they dropped the ball. he had a couple moments. but for most part, i would not pin this within on rg-3.

>> al: right after the game we we'll have a look ahead to next week's monster matchup. >> cris: robert griffin. he has seen some of the skills that made him special a year ago. a guy that had the top yards per pass and top yards for rushing in the league. and a couple of mistakes that will be attributed to him, the fumble even interception.

one he never saw the guy from behind. the other, his receiver fell down. all in all, pretty strong night. really got beat on special teams tonight. >> al: yep. that was something that each coach sort aftof addressed. mike shanahan talking to mike yesterday about who the key special teams guys. and kind of groping for -- >> cris: he gave that you look. but for robert griffin, so many comparisons to adrian peterson because the way peterson recovered from the knee surgery a year ago. and they're saying well if he did it and rushed for 2,000 yards, robert griffin can certainly come back and play quarterback. if you look at some of the numbers, it took about four