TAXIING LGT PASSES OVER A RWY LIGHT DAMAGING A TIRE WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED.

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ACFT WAS CLRED TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD. WHILE MOVING INTO POS; THE ACFT IMMEDIATELY BEHIND XMITTED ON TWR FREQ THAT OUR L MAIN TIRE APPEARED TO BE FLAT AFTER ROLLING OVER A RWY END LIGHT. TWR INQUIRED AS TO MY INTENTIONS; AND I TAXIED FORWARD TO THE NEXT TXWY AND EXITED THE RWY. AT NO TIME WAS A TKOF CLRED OR ATTEMPTED. FIRE DEPT PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE L GEAR AREA AND RPTED THAT THE L OUTBOARD TIRE WAS FLAT; THE L INBOARD WAS LOW; AND EVERYTHING ELSE APPEARED NORMAL. MAINT ARRIVED AND CHANGED BOTH L TIRES WHILE PARKED ON THE TXWY. WHILE THE TIRES WERE BEING CHANGED; THE FIRE DEPT OFFLOADED THE PAX ON BUSSES AND TRANSFERRED THEM TO THE TERMINAL. FLT THEN RETURNED TO THE GATE AND WAS EVENTUALLY RE-DISPATCHED TO DEST. FLT HAD A GROSS WT OF 180000 LBS; APPROX 5000 LBS BELOW THE STRUCTURAL MAX GROSS TKOF WT. THE WIND WAS ESTIMATED (WIND INSTS WERE OTS) AT 280/18G25; AN 80 DEG XWIND. MY CONCERN WAS IN OBTAINING THE MAX RWY AVAILABLE AND ALSO AVOIDING A #2 ENG COMPRESSOR STALL WHICH IS SO COMMON ON THE LGT IN A STRONG XWIND. THE FLT WAS CLRED INTO POS WHILE WE WERE DISCUSSING XWIND TECHNIQUES; ABORT PROCS; ENG MALFUNCTIONS AND PAX ANNOUNCEMENTS. IT APPEARS THAT THE L OUTBOARD TIRE ROLLED ACROSS A RWY END LIGHT AND WAS PUNCTURED. THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THIS INCIDENT WERE: 1) FAILURE TO COMPLETE FINAL BRIEF AND DISCUSSION PRIOR TO TAKING THE RWY. 2) A DIFFICULT 120 DEG TURN FROM TXWY D ONTO RWY 36L.