![]() ``Thanksgiving was a short week and I didn’t get much practice time.″ ![]() ``At least I’ll have longer to prepare for Reggie this time,″ Allen said. Erik told me to stay lower.″Īllen came back on the field in the second half and did much better as third-string quarterback Jason Garrett saved the day. I was getting too high and he was digging under my pads. ``Erik told me to calm down and remember not to let White get me off balance,″ Allen said. Allen had to play Williams’ position with little training.Īllen, who played at small Sonoma (Calif.) State College and was a second-round draft pick, was overwhelmed by White’s techniques and strength. Williams had suffered a leg injury when his speeding car careened out of control and hit a concrete wall. Teammates were trying to console Allen at halftime when Erik Williams came in on crutches. That was in the first half of the Cowboys’ 42-31 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Thanksgiving Day. ``He was injured, but he hurled me back toward the quarterback with just one arm. ![]() ``It was pretty embarrassing,″ the Dallas Cowboys rookie offensive tackle said Wednesday. IRVING, Texas (AP) _ Larry Allen still laughs about the day Reggie White threw him around like a rag doll.
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