For
Cowboys' Parcells, A Little Affirmation
Coach Pushes Dallas Toward Playoffs
By Mark Maske, Washington Post
IRVING, Tex., Dec. 12 -- Bill
Parcells had reached deep into his bag of coaching tricks to save not only the
Dallas Cowboys' season, but maybe his tenure with the team. He had entrusted
everything to a veteran quarterback and two young offensive linemen whom he had
little reason at the time to trust, and it had paid off. He had tried a couple
of gadget plays that had worked perfectly, and his players and the fans at
Texas Stadium were celebrating a close victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Scouting:
Clinton Portis
By Rick Herrin, Star-Telegram Staff Writer
Clinton Portis is carrying the
Washington Redskins' offense as they try to stay in the playoff hunt.
Portis has produced back-to-back
100-yard rushing games in the Redskins' consecutive road victories against St.
Louis and Arizona.
While Washington quarterback Mark
Brunell was intercepted three times Sunday against Arizona, the Redskins (7-6)
leaned on Portis.
Redskins
need cornerbacks to get healthy for Dallas showdown
By Joseph White, Associated Press
ASHBURN, Va. - Preparing for
their biggest game in several years, the Washington Redskins walked out to
practice Wednesday with only one healthy cornerback on the roster.
Ade Jimoh, probably best known
for being ridiculed by former coach Steve Spurrier, strapped on his helmet and
went through the drills. Everyone else with a "CB" by his name -
starters Shawn Springs and Carlos Rogers and nickel back Walt Harris - was idle
as the team broke in the game plan for Sunday's showdown with the Dallas
Cowboys.
Revenge,
rivalry and playoffs on Cowboys' minds
By Stephen Hawkins, Associated Press
IRVING, Texas - Revenge and the
rivalry are still on the minds of the Dallas Cowboys.
Yet they know so much more is at
stake this time when they play at Washington, the longtime NFC East rival that
beat the Cowboys in September when Santana Moss caught two long touchdown
passes in the final four minutes.
"They want to keep their
playoff hopes alive, and so do we," guard Marco Rivera said Wednesday.
Redskins-Cowboys
rivalry actually matters for a change
By Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
IRVING, Texas - Whitney Houston
was falling in love with Kevin Costner in a bad movie, a gallon of gas cost
around $1.02, and Bill Clinton was called the president-elect.
That was December 1992, or the
last time the Cowboys played a late-season game against the rival Washington
Redskins that was meaningful for both teams.
"Finally," former
Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann said. "We've all aged considerably
since then."
