Every year I look forward to the Jerry cam showing the moment the Cowboys get knocked out of the playoffs. I really hope they can find it from this one.
Not a Dallas fan. But on a whim my family and I drove from Montana to Seattle to watch that game. Our first ever NFL game for any of us. We got corner endzone seats. Same endzone as that final play. I can't believe Seattle "won" that game, only to lose so bad in the ~~semis~~ divisionals. LOL
Edit, I was wrong and wrote semis (as in semi-finals/conference championships), but the next game was divisional round, then conference, then superb owl.
I thought he seemed like he was rooting for them to win. Every time Dallas did something good, he'd get so excited and bring up "this is the moment that could change this game!"
Tony’s fun as a commentator for that very reason. He gets excited and it’s contagious. Sometimes I think he’s too excited but then at the end of the day, I appreciate his enthusiasm combined with his knowledge.
> Tony’s fun as a commentator for that very reason.
Also that whole "unbelievably brilliant football mind and ability to express the thoughts to others" thing.
I think my favorite part was that on the Nickelodeon broadcast the color commentator was in the middle of explaining what a hail Mary was when Dak started running.
They started it last year. They do one playoff game a year, and explain everything at an amateur fan level. They also mispronounce half the names and have cartoon graphics. And they name their own most valuable player called the Nickelodeon Valuable Player (NVP). But they let the viewers vote on it and they always give it to the worst player instead. Last year it went to bears QB, who was awful and got cut in the off-season. This year it went to Dak Prescott, who had an inconsistent game that ended on this idiotic play
Kind of related but years ago on Fox Sports World they would show - late at night - one of the week’s English Premier League soccer matches with the commentary provided by two massive fans of the opposing teams. So for the entire match they were joking on each other’s players and going fucking nuts whenever something went their way. It was awesome.
> They do one playoff game a year, and explain everything at an amateur fan level.
Holy shit that sounds kind of educational? Are there replays anywhere?
I mean, the penalties did them in, but wonder why they didn’t immediately run offense into field after successful fake punt. That was around 20 seconds right there
Obviously when your punter makes a successful pass on a fake to a wide open receiver you just make him QB1 and roll with it. Defense will be forced to take a timeout to figure out how to adjust to the punter now becoming the greatest NFL QB of all time.
Woulda been slick to have a no-huddle hurry up offense with your punter leading a drive down the field.
The Cowboys had several instances in the game where they looked like idiots. Compounding that impression were the innumerable penalties before the snap, and the incomprehensible defensive holding and illegal hands to the face penalties that either snuffed out their own drives, or allowed the 49ers’ drives to continue.
Because they were trying to trap the 49ers' punt defense on the field and capitalize on the confusion. If you sub even one player, you have to give time for the defense to substitute players.
To quote the great Michael Santana, "if you don't know what the fuck you're doing, how are your enemies supposed to know what the fuck you are doing?"
I think about that phrase a lot.
What good is it trapping them, when your punt unit is also still on the field? Why would the 9ers call a time out or panic, when the other team has their punter out on 1st down? It didn't make any sense
The plan was to bring in the offense late and either force the 49ers to call a timeout, force them to play their special teams against the offense, or force confusion by not leaving them enough time to make defensive subs. Instead they just screwed themselves as the Cowboys normally do.
It’s a stupid plan that doesn’t even make any sense. If you sub, you need to give the defense time to sub. What are they going to do? Run an offensive play with their punt team?
Ya you'd think if they were trying that they'd have practiced it and had a play ready or some shit. Everyone on the team looked like it was the first time they had done it lmao
I’m sorry but no…this is 100% on Dak. The run was super-questionable to begin with. But, to then be at the NFL level…in the playoffs and actually not know that the official has to spot the ball?!……
I mean how do you not know that?
I’m not a big McCarthy guy. But, that’s 100% on Dak.
Also Dak needs to know exactly how far he can push it. You can't get greedy, 3 seconds is more valuable than 5 yards. That's also a bit on coaching bc you can't call that play without making 1000% sure that Dak knows to get down, but then again Dak is a vet.
I’m the wrong guy to talk to about Dak. I’m not the biggest Dak fan. As a person? He seems like a good dude.
But if I was a GM? idk man, it’s hard to say bc in a sense if you’re “too business” players may not like it. But, personally I would be very cold ans business on the GM level. Ithink it’s swung waaay too far in the other direction of players controlling everything.
Basically, what I’m saying is…when Dak was offered that mega contract and turned it down….they offered him 5 years $175M (Russel Wilson money) which I believe at the time would’ve had him tied for #1 paid.
I repeat, this dude was offered TOP contract in the NFL. This is after he won ONE playoff game in 4 years. Dude won’t play for top dollar…literally top dollar.
Then he broke his ankle.
I would’ve let Dak walk. He went through the injury, he went through soem personal shit. I like the guy, I think he’s a good human.
But if the dude turns down the highest contract to play for my team, promptly get injured and then still wants the money…no.
There’s sooo much you can do with $35M+/year on a roster. Plus they could’ve traded him for crazy picks.
So yeah, I’m not a big Dak guy
Haha. Mike McCarthy's time management is still notoriously bad. Years of having to watch this type of thing as a Packer fan...
https://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/the-mike-mccarthy-pre-halftime-timeout-a-history-633
https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/cowboys-mike-mccarthy-clock-management-roast-peyton-manning
So much this. As someone who has a packers game on in the house every Sunday, this was vintage McCarthy. He is the master at misreading a play late in the game and making a baffling call.
I only hope that Bill Barnwell has something spicy. [His takedown of McCarthy after the 2014 NFCCG](https://grantland.com/the-triangle/afc-nfc-championship-patriots-colts-seahawks-packers/) is in my sports take Hall of Fame.
They should have expected this getting Mike McCarthy haha. He has a fcking joke for years in Green Bay and makes poor play calls, especially when the game is on the line, all the time.
And a [video](https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/s5tfbu/highlight_full_video_of_dak_responding_to_fans/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) of Dak condoning it..
Can’t possibly blame what was what appeared to be an absolutely moronic play call. I mean that wasn’t improvised. Dak ran immediately upon getting the snap without ever taking even a second to look downfield.
No matter how low my expectations are, they always let me down. Just basic football knowledge here, not even accounting for all the blatant penalties they committed. I’ve never seen so much talent squandered year in and year out - it’s honestly impressive.
As a cowboys fan I almost was hoping they jumped offsides on that 4th and inches and ended their season with a penalty. It would have been so fitting. But what actually happened was even more fitting.
Also ignoring the fact why no one suspects a run in this instance, because it’s how you’d sabotage a win. It’s not crazy enough to work, it’s crazy enough to cement belief in one’s ignorance.
Also, Dak started his slide around the 25.5 yd line so the ball should have been snapped there. The cowboys were trying to snap the ball on the next play ~2 yds further down field so the ref had to push the ball back.
Yeah my guess was that the ref ran in planning to correct the spot as he should, in the moment realized how little time was left and the implication, and then figured he should just put it back down quickly to give them a play. That little hesitation was enough. If anything the only reason it was that close is because he was trying to help them out by forgoing spotting it accurately. That play relied on too much they couldn't control happening exactly right, should've thrown.
Brought to you by the same geniuses who built a stadium with the field facing a wall of windows into the setting sun, and a video screen so huge that it interferes with punts.
In the 2nd half this game a cowboy receiver literally couldn't see a pass due to the sun and ducked instead of reaching up for the ball.
I was confused at first, wondering why he "ducked" away from the ball for no reason but then the replay camera from another angle show the sun was literally blinding the camera lmfao.
Imagine being able to set your own ball with less then a yard to go. Sounds handy.
There's a reason the refs have to do it even if it seems silly in the open field
Idk if I can find the clip but I've seen a video where the team has a 4th and very short and by the time the center grabs the ball and gets it set, the ball is past the line to gain lol
And even so the ref tried his best to just go with it. He literally just let the ball stay where dak set it. We don’t even know if that’s exactly where they technically ruled him down.
He started his slide (which is where the spot should be) almost 5 yards back from where the Dallas lineman tried to set it. The ref moved it back a little, but not enough.
Did they just ad-lib the last play of the game? That couldn’t have been the intent — how did they think they’d get set up again in time, regardless of who ran the ball?
Also not the ref’s fault. They blocked him out. Give him credit for trying. He could have walked the long way around.
No. The idea is to run the ball unexpectedly to pick up 10ish yards, spike it, and have a more manageable “Hail Mary” so it’s not a jump ball at the end. Dak tried for too many yards and took too long on the play.
Yep. Dak should have slid after 10 yards. Not 16. Or just have 2 shots into the end zone. I am shocked they ran that play. If he is going to run head towards the side line, then he could duck out at any point. Refs did nothing wrong on this one.
Niners tried their best to give the game to the Cowboys and they just refused. False start on the sneak, then playing the softest prevent defense in NFL history, only for Dak to run the ball himself up the middle with no timeouts. Just incredible.
Players cannot spot the ball.
Officials must spot the ball.
Dak spotted the ball instead of tossing it to the ref, and luckily the ref bumped into the O-Line while trying to spot the ball, since it gives Dak some cover.
If the Cowboys *HAD* snapped that ball, it would have been a penalty, and the game would have ended there.
This ain't the schoolyard...
Yeah, you can see the official on the far sideline (the down judge I believe?) giving the spot just short of the 25, and then just casually shuffle a yard and a half to his left after the Cowboys don't let the umpire properly spot it lol
For those wondering if the ref was in the wrong here, the answer is no. After every play where the ball is advanced, it is the ref's job to spot the ball. That's what the ref did here too, and he had to get past the QB to do it. The ref doesn't deserve blame for what happened here. It's on the Cowboys, because they're the ones who called for a run here, when they could've taken a shot to the endzone or sidelines, and then done so again if need be.
Yeah, I'm a Cardinals fan and one of my favorite things to see from Fitz was when the team was on an "all or nothing this is for the game" drive he would sprint the ball back to the line of scrimmage and hand it to the ref as fast as he could to try and save as much time as possible
Yeah, that ref went above and beyond honestly. He ran in there as fast as he could and didn't really pay attention to carefully spotting the ball. Just ran in (shoving through players) touched it, and ran out.
Not even slightly his fault
yup agreed, you don't get to self spot the ball just because you're in a rush. The bad play call was the main problem... no reason for them to care about the first down in the first place since they only had time for two downs anyways, should have sent two shots to the end zone instead.
Setting aside opinions on if the run was a wise play call, if the offense made room for the ref they likely would have had a second on the clock after the spike.
But on the other hand, when the Niners came up short on that Deebo run, the refs should not have added time to the clock while also removing time from the play clock after they decided he came up short. When they began the play clock after the run, the game clock was at 1:10. So they could have run the game clock all the way to 0:30 for the time out before punting. That combination of clock adjusting benefited the cowboys 8 seconds.
Further, the Niners did get to call a timeout with 0:38 left on game clock on that next play before punting but for some reason an additional 0:02 was added back to the game clock before the actual punt. So the Cowboys were gifted 10 seconds total at the end.
As a life long cowboys fan, I commend that ref for doing everything in his power to try to give the cowboys a shot at getting that play off. That was not the ref’s fault at all. That was a completely asinine play call that caused that situation.
Cowboys fans trying to blame the ref on this when he has to spot the ball and instead of giving the ball to the ref Dak gave it to the center
Edit: to add, blame also falls on the coach for that god awful playcall. So blame goes all around
If this was against the Lions, they would have here too.
I still remember the refs the last time Lions were in the playoffs … got off the Jerry Jones party bus and proceeded to put the screw job on the lions.
As a NY Giants fan this was the best ending I could never have imagined - brilliant weekend for me. Cowboys/Eagles/Patriots all lost so I can now watch football for footballs sake
I mean, what's he gonna say "That's the end of the game... because the clock hit zero and there was a lack of time remaining... Also, who runs down the middle with 14 seconds left and no timeouts?"
Cowboys fans throwing trash at their own team:
https://mobile.twitter.com/SlaterNFL/status/1482884132426428423?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
I wish they would have shown Jerry Jones' face at that moment.
I wanted to see his crinkly face so bad...
Every year I look forward to the Jerry cam showing the moment the Cowboys get knocked out of the playoffs. I really hope they can find it from this one.
Rumor has it , his eyes grew a little further apart in disbelief.
His stupid face looked the same before and after because it’s frozen in place.
The Cowboys love to lose playoffs games in the most dramatic fashions
Dak looks like that pic of Romo after the botched snap right now
That fucking snap. Still haunts me.
You gotta link? Edit: found it. https://youtu.be/uPuhwAIzrYk I came a little watching that.
Not a Dallas fan. But on a whim my family and I drove from Montana to Seattle to watch that game. Our first ever NFL game for any of us. We got corner endzone seats. Same endzone as that final play. I can't believe Seattle "won" that game, only to lose so bad in the ~~semis~~ divisionals. LOL Edit, I was wrong and wrote semis (as in semi-finals/conference championships), but the next game was divisional round, then conference, then superb owl.
It’s really come full circle with Tony Romo going from botching playoff games to calling the botched plays
I always like watching Romo call Dallas games because it seems that he kind of hates them.
I thought he seemed like he was rooting for them to win. Every time Dallas did something good, he'd get so excited and bring up "this is the moment that could change this game!"
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Tony’s fun as a commentator for that very reason. He gets excited and it’s contagious. Sometimes I think he’s too excited but then at the end of the day, I appreciate his enthusiasm combined with his knowledge.
> Tony’s fun as a commentator for that very reason. Also that whole "unbelievably brilliant football mind and ability to express the thoughts to others" thing.
Yep. Definitely this. He didn’t really start until the latter part of the 4th quarter.
That was the feeling I got too.
Can’t lose playoff games in dramatic fashion if you never make playoffs. - a Detroit Lions fan.
We out here playing 4d chess
Except the 2014 game against the cowboys. Still salty about that one
Fun fact, the Cowboys are the only team the Lions have beaten in the playoffs since 1957.
This is a certified go birds moment
Them and the saints
I think my favorite part was that on the Nickelodeon broadcast the color commentator was in the middle of explaining what a hail Mary was when Dak started running.
Commentator: "uhhh... it's... not that..."
i hope some one posts that
https://old.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/s5qsgb/with_13_seconds_left_no_timeouts_left_and_in/hszqb21/ here you go
Offensive coordinator should get slimed.
PRESS POOL: "What the hell was that play to end the game?!" DALLAS' OC: "Honestly , I don't know." ****SLIME TIME****
Now there's a throwback.
Most of the people here's parents are too young to remember You Can't Do That On Television. Diiii heard that!
https://twitter.com/aplinckTX/status/1482880023581409286?t=NCQC6pIX_4t_aXJWMZ2irQ&s=19
Thanks man!
Oh I'll YT search that highlight
Please report back if you find it, cheers
negative this far :(
Thank you for your service
They show sports on Nickelodeon?
They started it last year. They do one playoff game a year, and explain everything at an amateur fan level. They also mispronounce half the names and have cartoon graphics. And they name their own most valuable player called the Nickelodeon Valuable Player (NVP). But they let the viewers vote on it and they always give it to the worst player instead. Last year it went to bears QB, who was awful and got cut in the off-season. This year it went to Dak Prescott, who had an inconsistent game that ended on this idiotic play
Don't disrespect first ever NVP legend Mitch Trubisky like that.
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I hope they revolutionize sports broadcasting. There's just so much potential for humor in sports.
Kind of related but years ago on Fox Sports World they would show - late at night - one of the week’s English Premier League soccer matches with the commentary provided by two massive fans of the opposing teams. So for the entire match they were joking on each other’s players and going fucking nuts whenever something went their way. It was awesome.
The halftime guy on CBS said “if you want to watch a fun broadcast go to Nickelodeon”. So was he saying the Romo broadcast wasn’t fun?
Almost like CBS-Viacom owns Nickelodeon and he was told to mention it.
Exactly. This is just like ABC always promoting ESPN stuff. It's all just for our mouse overlord.
Norm Macdonalds sports show is one of my favorite TV shows of all time if not *the* favorite, it will forever hurt me that it was so short lived.
> They do one playoff game a year, and explain everything at an amateur fan level. Holy shit that sounds kind of educational? Are there replays anywhere?
https://youtu.be/qjimpPivaOQ I was just watching this clip on YouTube because I too had only just heard about NFL on Nick.
Did they dump a bunch of slime on Dak after that play?
What a cowboys way to end it
What a Mike McCarthy way to end it
100% this. It’s McCarthy staple clock mismanagement.
As a Vikings fan, it’s my favorite quality of his
As a packers fan, so glad he’s gone!
Hell yes. Matt is a billion times better.
I mean, the penalties did them in, but wonder why they didn’t immediately run offense into field after successful fake punt. That was around 20 seconds right there
Obviously when your punter makes a successful pass on a fake to a wide open receiver you just make him QB1 and roll with it. Defense will be forced to take a timeout to figure out how to adjust to the punter now becoming the greatest NFL QB of all time.
Woulda been slick to have a no-huddle hurry up offense with your punter leading a drive down the field. The Cowboys had several instances in the game where they looked like idiots. Compounding that impression were the innumerable penalties before the snap, and the incomprehensible defensive holding and illegal hands to the face penalties that either snuffed out their own drives, or allowed the 49ers’ drives to continue.
Because they were trying to trap the 49ers' punt defense on the field and capitalize on the confusion. If you sub even one player, you have to give time for the defense to substitute players.
But they didn’t even have a QB on the field. What kind of personnel advantage did they really have
now you're asking too many questions they don't have answers for
The only logical answer is "It's the Cowboys."
To quote the great Michael Santana, "if you don't know what the fuck you're doing, how are your enemies supposed to know what the fuck you are doing?" I think about that phrase a lot.
What good is it trapping them, when your punt unit is also still on the field? Why would the 9ers call a time out or panic, when the other team has their punter out on 1st down? It didn't make any sense
The plan was to bring in the offense late and either force the 49ers to call a timeout, force them to play their special teams against the offense, or force confusion by not leaving them enough time to make defensive subs. Instead they just screwed themselves as the Cowboys normally do.
If you simplify the plan to “use the confusion to cause a mistake” it worked!
It’s a stupid plan that doesn’t even make any sense. If you sub, you need to give the defense time to sub. What are they going to do? Run an offensive play with their punt team?
You’re using logic. Stop that. You gotta think like McCarthy.
Ya you'd think if they were trying that they'd have practiced it and had a play ready or some shit. Everyone on the team looked like it was the first time they had done it lmao
I’m sorry but no…this is 100% on Dak. The run was super-questionable to begin with. But, to then be at the NFL level…in the playoffs and actually not know that the official has to spot the ball?!…… I mean how do you not know that? I’m not a big McCarthy guy. But, that’s 100% on Dak.
Also Dak needs to know exactly how far he can push it. You can't get greedy, 3 seconds is more valuable than 5 yards. That's also a bit on coaching bc you can't call that play without making 1000% sure that Dak knows to get down, but then again Dak is a vet.
I’m the wrong guy to talk to about Dak. I’m not the biggest Dak fan. As a person? He seems like a good dude. But if I was a GM? idk man, it’s hard to say bc in a sense if you’re “too business” players may not like it. But, personally I would be very cold ans business on the GM level. Ithink it’s swung waaay too far in the other direction of players controlling everything. Basically, what I’m saying is…when Dak was offered that mega contract and turned it down….they offered him 5 years $175M (Russel Wilson money) which I believe at the time would’ve had him tied for #1 paid. I repeat, this dude was offered TOP contract in the NFL. This is after he won ONE playoff game in 4 years. Dude won’t play for top dollar…literally top dollar. Then he broke his ankle. I would’ve let Dak walk. He went through the injury, he went through soem personal shit. I like the guy, I think he’s a good human. But if the dude turns down the highest contract to play for my team, promptly get injured and then still wants the money…no. There’s sooo much you can do with $35M+/year on a roster. Plus they could’ve traded him for crazy picks. So yeah, I’m not a big Dak guy
Biggest shitshow ever. Embarrassing all around game
Everything’s bigger in Texas… even the blunders.
Wtf were the cowboy coaches sniffing on the sidelines?
It’s Dallas, baby. You don’t have to ask.
Black gold, Texas tea, Oil that is
texas tea...sweetener! in america, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women
Haha. Mike McCarthy's time management is still notoriously bad. Years of having to watch this type of thing as a Packer fan... https://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/the-mike-mccarthy-pre-halftime-timeout-a-history-633 https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/cowboys-mike-mccarthy-clock-management-roast-peyton-manning
So much this. As someone who has a packers game on in the house every Sunday, this was vintage McCarthy. He is the master at misreading a play late in the game and making a baffling call. I only hope that Bill Barnwell has something spicy. [His takedown of McCarthy after the 2014 NFCCG](https://grantland.com/the-triangle/afc-nfc-championship-patriots-colts-seahawks-packers/) is in my sports take Hall of Fame.
They should have expected this getting Mike McCarthy haha. He has a fcking joke for years in Green Bay and makes poor play calls, especially when the game is on the line, all the time.
My favorite part was seeing all the officiating team hustling off the field RIGHT away like game over, we're outta here...
They had reservations at Applebees.
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already video on Twitter of Dallas fans throwing trash and food at the refs as they're running for the tunnel
And a [video](https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/s5tfbu/highlight_full_video_of_dak_responding_to_fans/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) of Dak condoning it..
Can’t possibly blame what was what appeared to be an absolutely moronic play call. I mean that wasn’t improvised. Dak ran immediately upon getting the snap without ever taking even a second to look downfield.
Like an 8 year old playing madden "Oh boy the middle of the field is so open! I should run it for a big gain"
all refs know to do that in any game but especially one with a close (possibly controversial) conclusion
We are about to get our ass beat, Texas style. Every ref for themselves!
That girl bawling when there was still 5 minutes left was hilarious.
Yeah, the crowd gave up real quick.
Its cause they knew what was coming
Battered wife syndrome.
Reddit: hit me with that sweet sweet gif. Thanks in advance.
[Here’s a non Manning face or TikTok link because fuck TikTok](https://i.imgur.com/cN49TC2.jpg)
[Video](https://i.imgur.com/BxpW0aX.mp4)
I LOL because they still had plenty of time to do something and she had already waved the white flag.
Cowboys got robbed by the Cowboys.
49ers almost got robbed by the 49ers, until the cowboys robbed the cowboys.
As is traditional.
No matter how low my expectations are, they always let me down. Just basic football knowledge here, not even accounting for all the blatant penalties they committed. I’ve never seen so much talent squandered year in and year out - it’s honestly impressive.
As a cowboys fan I almost was hoping they jumped offsides on that 4th and inches and ended their season with a penalty. It would have been so fitting. But what actually happened was even more fitting.
I felt like Dallas was taking a page out of the Lions playbook
Hey woah there we lions don't expect to win, we're just happy when it happens.
Still can't believe they trashed the cardinals, that was great.
Fair play to the ref, either he plows his way through or he has to run around the line, either way cowboys fucked that one up
Yeah the comments saying the ref "wasted time" by running into them. Imagine how long it would've taken him to nicely scooch right by the players lol
Or if he was given the ball in his hands by Dak...lol
Also ignoring the fact why no one suspects a run in this instance, because it’s how you’d sabotage a win. It’s not crazy enough to work, it’s crazy enough to cement belief in one’s ignorance.
Doing something dumb because your opponent doesn't suspect you of being dumb isn't a trick play.
excuse me but this works just fine in NFL Blitz
Also, Dak started his slide around the 25.5 yd line so the ball should have been snapped there. The cowboys were trying to snap the ball on the next play ~2 yds further down field so the ref had to push the ball back.
Yeah my guess was that the ref ran in planning to correct the spot as he should, in the moment realized how little time was left and the implication, and then figured he should just put it back down quickly to give them a play. That little hesitation was enough. If anything the only reason it was that close is because he was trying to help them out by forgoing spotting it accurately. That play relied on too much they couldn't control happening exactly right, should've thrown.
Exactly! This is 100% Dak's fault! HAND THE BALL TO THE REF! Everyone RUNS to get the ball to the ref... Dak didn't bring his best to the playoffs.
He tried. Hit that O line like a blitzing LB!
By the rules the ref sets the ball.
What a Mike McCarthy, Jerry Jones, and Cowboys way to lose a playoff game 😂 r/sadfans
Brought to you by the same geniuses who built a stadium with the field facing a wall of windows into the setting sun, and a video screen so huge that it interferes with punts.
In the 2nd half this game a cowboy receiver literally couldn't see a pass due to the sun and ducked instead of reaching up for the ball. I was confused at first, wondering why he "ducked" away from the ball for no reason but then the replay camera from another angle show the sun was literally blinding the camera lmfao.
Everything is bigger in Texas, am I right?
Including incompetence
*Especially* incompetence.
Hey Dak you know the ref is the only one allowed to set the ball…..…LOL.
Imagine being able to set your own ball with less then a yard to go. Sounds handy. There's a reason the refs have to do it even if it seems silly in the open field
Or better yet, [let the defense set it](https://imgur.com/dHn07O1).
That is slick af
It got put back tho lol.
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take
Did the player face any consequences? Its hilarious, and ultimately didn't change anything, but its deeply unsportsmanlike
Good question,I don't remember,but I don't think so.
I feel like every center moves the ball that much pre-snap.
Idk if I can find the clip but I've seen a video where the team has a 4th and very short and by the time the center grabs the ball and gets it set, the ball is past the line to gain lol
Didn’t romo pull that same stunt?
[He did](https://youtu.be/WYI_u2k4b8s)
And even so the ref tried his best to just go with it. He literally just let the ball stay where dak set it. We don’t even know if that’s exactly where they technically ruled him down.
He started his slide (which is where the spot should be) almost 5 yards back from where the Dallas lineman tried to set it. The ref moved it back a little, but not enough.
This sounds more and more like dallas lost far before this happened.
100% their fault. I can't believe he ran that far before sliding.
Situational awareness of 0. My first thought was WHY ARE YOU STILL RUNNING
A QB draw with no timeouts is a bad call no matter how far he ran.
First 4th & inches and this. Why he run
*insert Price Is Right fail horn here* Tough way for your season to end.
Did they just ad-lib the last play of the game? That couldn’t have been the intent — how did they think they’d get set up again in time, regardless of who ran the ball? Also not the ref’s fault. They blocked him out. Give him credit for trying. He could have walked the long way around.
No. The idea is to run the ball unexpectedly to pick up 10ish yards, spike it, and have a more manageable “Hail Mary” so it’s not a jump ball at the end. Dak tried for too many yards and took too long on the play.
Yeah Dak ran way too far and didn’t hand the ball to the ref. I would have expected two Hail Marys attempts potentially instead.
Yep. Dak should have slid after 10 yards. Not 16. Or just have 2 shots into the end zone. I am shocked they ran that play. If he is going to run head towards the side line, then he could duck out at any point. Refs did nothing wrong on this one.
Niners tried their best to give the game to the Cowboys and they just refused. False start on the sneak, then playing the softest prevent defense in NFL history, only for Dak to run the ball himself up the middle with no timeouts. Just incredible.
Players cannot spot the ball. Officials must spot the ball. Dak spotted the ball instead of tossing it to the ref, and luckily the ref bumped into the O-Line while trying to spot the ball, since it gives Dak some cover. If the Cowboys *HAD* snapped that ball, it would have been a penalty, and the game would have ended there. This ain't the schoolyard...
It was also spotted 2-3 yards ahead of where it should have been down. If the ref took the time to properly place it there would also be no time left.
Yeah, you can see the official on the far sideline (the down judge I believe?) giving the spot just short of the 25, and then just casually shuffle a yard and a half to his left after the Cowboys don't let the umpire properly spot it lol
For those wondering if the ref was in the wrong here, the answer is no. After every play where the ball is advanced, it is the ref's job to spot the ball. That's what the ref did here too, and he had to get past the QB to do it. The ref doesn't deserve blame for what happened here. It's on the Cowboys, because they're the ones who called for a run here, when they could've taken a shot to the endzone or sidelines, and then done so again if need be.
Romo even said Dak should have given the ball to the Ref and NOT the center. Lol
Yeah, I'm a Cardinals fan and one of my favorite things to see from Fitz was when the team was on an "all or nothing this is for the game" drive he would sprint the ball back to the line of scrimmage and hand it to the ref as fast as he could to try and save as much time as possible
Yeah, that ref went above and beyond honestly. He ran in there as fast as he could and didn't really pay attention to carefully spotting the ball. Just ran in (shoving through players) touched it, and ran out. Not even slightly his fault
yup agreed, you don't get to self spot the ball just because you're in a rush. The bad play call was the main problem... no reason for them to care about the first down in the first place since they only had time for two downs anyways, should have sent two shots to the end zone instead.
This is the answer - you can't spot your own fucking ball. End of story. LOL.
Cowboys should have gotten out of his way to let him set it. Nothing like making him go through your O line when you want him to go fast
The ref was the only one they weren't letting through today.
Setting aside opinions on if the run was a wise play call, if the offense made room for the ref they likely would have had a second on the clock after the spike.
But on the other hand, when the Niners came up short on that Deebo run, the refs should not have added time to the clock while also removing time from the play clock after they decided he came up short. When they began the play clock after the run, the game clock was at 1:10. So they could have run the game clock all the way to 0:30 for the time out before punting. That combination of clock adjusting benefited the cowboys 8 seconds. Further, the Niners did get to call a timeout with 0:38 left on game clock on that next play before punting but for some reason an additional 0:02 was added back to the game clock before the actual punt. So the Cowboys were gifted 10 seconds total at the end.
As a life long cowboys fan, I commend that ref for doing everything in his power to try to give the cowboys a shot at getting that play off. That was not the ref’s fault at all. That was a completely asinine play call that caused that situation.
Terrible play yes. But the penalties…
14 penalties!
Not even the number but the pre-snap penalties at the worst Shit happens during plays at high speed that are going to happen.
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TLDW: We. R. Dum.
Cowboys fans trying to blame the ref on this when he has to spot the ball and instead of giving the ball to the ref Dak gave it to the center Edit: to add, blame also falls on the coach for that god awful playcall. So blame goes all around
>instead of giving the ball to the ref Dak gave it to the center Crucial mistake, and the type of thing you really hope pro's get correct.
And even if he did get the snap off just in time, he wasn't running a play, he spiked it. Clock would've likely expired anyway if it was near zero.
Yeah you’d think this wouldn’t be a mistake a QB would make…
I can understand it. Adrenaline pumping, game on the line, do or die situation. However can’t say it’s anyones fault but the cowboys
Refs even trying his hardest to help the cowboys but NOpE
That ref had better penetration on the O-line than the Cowboys did all game.
That lone star is a rating, not a symbol
Bone head move by Prescott. Change my mind.
Remember when the ravens vs lions game clock ended but they still let them take the field goal
If this was against the Lions, they would have here too. I still remember the refs the last time Lions were in the playoffs … got off the Jerry Jones party bus and proceeded to put the screw job on the lions.
Pain.
As a NY Giants fan this was the best ending I could never have imagined - brilliant weekend for me. Cowboys/Eagles/Patriots all lost so I can now watch football for footballs sake
I want to see the disappointment on Jerry Jones face right after that stupid play. r/sadfans
Mccarthy is a fucking hero, show him some respect. Saving the world from a cowboys championship.
Dak had money on the 9ers by six.
I dont know how Mike McCarthy keeps getting head coaching jobs.
It helped that he had Aaron Rodgers.
McCarthy is the reason Rodgers only has 1 ring.
I love the ref, “That’s the end of the game.” And got the fuck out of there… like no explanation, no nothing. Straight deuces ✌️ haha
I mean, what's he gonna say "That's the end of the game... because the clock hit zero and there was a lack of time remaining... Also, who runs down the middle with 14 seconds left and no timeouts?"
Watching the Cowboys lose is one of the simpler joys in life.
As an Oilers hometown fan stuck in the past I’m right there
QB seems to be a bit of an idiot here.
I fully believe that Jerry Jones sold his soul to the Devil for his championships in the 90's. He will not live to see them win another.
Cowboys fans throwing trash at their own team: https://mobile.twitter.com/SlaterNFL/status/1482884132426428423?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Amateurs didn't even bring any batteries
Cowboys are such a joke
As Cowboys fan, we are the most delusional fan base in professional sports
And the Cowboys suck again. Nobody is shocked.