Dallas safety Jeff Heath figures there's a world outside his locker room where people seek comfort in their jobs.The Cowboys are about to get a test of the notion that they're never supposed to get comfortable in their line of work."I think the coaches do a good job kind of keeping us sharp Womens Patrick Robinson Jersey , keeping us on edge," Heath said. "You just have to understand that comes with this game."Before the four-game winning streak that propelled them to sole possession of first in the NFC East, the Cowboys (7-5) were on the verge of losing touch with the playoff race early for the second straight year.Two games ago, Dallas trailed Washington by a game with the Redskins visiting on Thanksgiving. Now it's the Cowboys with that one-game lead, this time over Philadelphia with the defending champion Eagles (6-6) coming in Sunday.Once the chaser, now the chased. No difference, says quarterback Dak Prescott."We're not necessarily thinking about we're getting chased now," Prescott said Thursday. "Our backs were against the wall a few weeks ago and they haven't changed. This is a team that looks to go out there every week and put that on display every week."Human nature will always suggest otherwise, and the New Orleans Saints might argue that point after their 10-game winning streak was stopped by the Cowboys. Dallas was tied with Washington then, and conventional wisdom gave the Redskins a shot to get back in first place alone.Instead, the Cowboys had their best defensive showing of the season in a 13-10 win over the high-scoring Saints while the Redskins lost another quarterback to a season-ending injury in a 28-13 loss to Philadelphia that left them tied with the Eagles."Nobody's really thinking about a letdown or anything Youth Mark Ingram II Jersey ," Cowboys receiver Cole Beasley said. "They're all big. We've got to worry about what we have to do to get better as a team each week and put our best out there. We put our best out there, we'll be fine."While the Eagles have back-to-back wins for the first time this season, the defending champs badly need a third if they want a shot at another Super Bowl.With a victory, Philadelphia would pull even with Dallas and have a season split with a better division record, the first tiebreaker between two teams. Lose, and the Eagles will trail the Cowboys by two games with just three remaining.The Cowboys would counter that they're fighting to maintain control of their playoff fate."We don't have a margin," offensive coordinator Scott Linehan said. "We approach it no different than we did when we were, whatever it was, 3-5. Coach (Jason) Garrett's been obviously talking that every minute of every day."We all need to know that in the NFL, things change quickly, for the better or for the worse Womens DeMario Davis Jersey , if you don't keep your foot on the gas pedal."Whatever Garrett is sharing with his team, as usual, he's not sharing it publicly."I don't really understand what you're talking about," Garrett said when asked about preaching against any tendency for the team to ease up. "Our backs are to the wall. They're always to the wall and that's how we look at it."Running back Ezekiel Elliott will have something of a personal test to keep things rolling. After 90 touches 鈥?72 carries and 18 catches 鈥?over three games in a 12-day span, Elliott finally had some time to rest. He says he felt the best he has in a while coming into the week.The key is for Elliott to avoid any negative side effects of that feeling. Say, for example, easing up."I mean, honestly, we're in the same position that we were when we were 3-5," said Elliott, who does have the motivation of trying to regain the league rushing lead he lost to Todd Gurley last week. "Having that same mentality http://www.thesaintsfootballauthentic.com/max-unger-jersey-authentic , attacking work the same every day."That means not being comfortable at work. The game came down an extra point that miraculously sailed wide right, but the decisions by the coaching staff and the ability to limit the hits on Drew Brees proved to be enough to outlast the number one defense.Ben WatsonWe have been calling Drew Brees the ageless wonder for years now, as he continues to defy the odds and Father Time to be a top quarterback each year. But he may not be the only person drinking from the fountain of youth on this team. Tight end Ben Watson is in his fourteenth season at age of 37, yet still making plays when his number is called. On the season he now has 23 receptions for 230 yards and one touchdown. Against the Ravens—his former team— Watson hauled in 6 catches, including Drew Brees’s 500th career touchdown. Let’s take a look at some plays from this past week. Watson’s second reception came in the 2nd quarter on a third and twelve. The Saints will roll out in shotgun formation with 11 personnel (one running back, one tight end), with Watson lined up tight to the field side (bottom of screen). The Saints will call a “sail concept” to the right side of the field. This passing concept aims to over load one side of the defense and give the quarterback three reads (short, intermediate, deep) to choose from.Tre’Quan Smith, who is the outside receiver to the field side will run a deep go route, Watson will run the intermediate out route http://www.thesaintsfootballauthentic.com/wil-lutz-jersey-authentic , and Cam Meredith will run the short crossing route. On the defensive side, the Ravens will call one of their exotic blitzes with a five man pressure coming from the offense’s right side. The line does a good job at picking this up and Kamara identifies the free rusher, even though he is unable to get a good block on him. Brees will navigate the pocket in order to buy enough time and is able to hit Watson as he is coming out of his break. Watson’s touchdown reception came on a very similar play design that got Josh Hill his first touchdown of the year against Washington, but instead of having Taysom Hill as a receiver, Dan Arnold is in at tight end. The offense comes out with heavy personnel (two running backs, three tight ends) which would indicate to the defense that it is going to be a run play. Instead, play action is used and causes the defenders run downhill to stop the run while Watson will run a corner route behind them where he is wide open.Suggs’s SackThe offensive line was able to keep Drew Brees clean for most of the game minus a few pressures. The only sack for the Ravens came from Terrell Suggs who was able to beat tight end Josh HIll off the edge.The Saints will go with their 22 personnel (two running backs, two tight ends)and call an outside zone play-action bootleg. The offensive line will move laterally along the line of scrimmage to the left and Brees will fake the handoff to Ingram. The Ravens will rush Suggs off the right edge and bring safety Tony Jefferson on a C-gap blitz. Hill will take an initial step to the left with the line before engaging Suggs. At this point, Hill is unable to get back into position to block Suggs who is already running the arc and uses a rip move to blow by the tight end and finish with a sack.Fourth Down FumbleWhen playing a defense that gives up so little points, you have to make each possession count and maximize the points you score, especially in the redzone. Sean Payton stayed aggressive throughout the game Youth Drew Brees Jersey , and nearly capped off the 20 play opening drive with a touchdown. Taysom Hill’s athleticism gives Payton the chance to dial up some plays you wouldn’t normally see Brees running. The failed fourth down play call on the opening drive was a speed option zone run. The point of this play is to give the quarterback a read on a defender, typically a defensive end or edge player. New Orleans’ offensive line will allow this defender to go unblocked and the quarterback will attack their inside hip, allowing the running back to get to the edge. The quarterback will then read who the unblocked defender attacks and either keep it or pitch it to he running back. On this play the linebacker Patrick Onwuasor is the read defender. The offensive line is able to get enough movement, but Hill will run too wide and doesn’t attack the linebacker’s inside hip. The linebacker is now able to widen his angle and is in Kamara’s face by the time the ball is pitched to him. Due to the linebacker committing to to Kamara and flipping his hips towards the sideline and right tackle Ryan Ramczyk blocking off the linebacker at the second level Hill had a running lane into the endzone. Hill instead will pitch the ball to Kamara, who is unable to haul in the pitch and the fourth down conversion fails.The Saints were able to follow their gameplan and wear down the Ravens defense throughout the game. The level of execution was encouraging for the most part, and with another tough defense coming up we could see more of the same. 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