Intro:

Reaction after the Dallas Cowboys beat the Detroit Lions 24-20 in the first round of the NFC (National Football Conference) playoffs on Sunday (4th January).

Script:

SOUNDBITE: Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys quarterback

"You prefer not to have to go against defensive units like that every week, I mean, there's a reason why they're ranked where they are and they played a great football game and gave us a lot of trouble and we did a great job keeping our poise and just, you know, doing the things it takes to win and it's a total team victory. I'm just proud of the guys and the effort they gave."

SOUNDBITE: Jason Garrett, Dallas Cowboys head coach

"We have the kind of guys who understand that you play one play at a time and you keep fighting - that's always a mantra for us every week but certainly in a game like this is you have to keep playing, you have to play through success, you have to play through adversity. There was a nice opportunity for us that we didn't cash in on but there was still a lot of football to be played. I thought our defence did a great job as that game wore on, continuing to get pressure and slow them down a little bit after those early drives that they had and I thought our offence continued to peck away, and the running game kept banging away. I thought Tony (Romo) did a great job continuing to hang in there in this game and find the completions and making a lot of big plays so it's what this thing's been all about right from the start, you know, guys fighting for each other, fighting for what we want to accomplish and I think it was on display today."