Something that happened to another team that you thank God didn't happen to the Cowboys

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In all my years of watching football, I've never seen a more bizarre set of two plays than these two for the Saints. You probably know which ones I mean. They're the ones I think of simply as, "Ooooohhh, nooooooo! He missed the extra point wide right. Oh, my God, how could he do that????" That's what the announcer said. I think that was probably the New Orleans area radio announcer because I've seen these plays with other announcers.

It's totally hilarious as long as you're not a Saints fan. If this had happened to the Cowboys, I think I would just crawl under a rock and die.



There's another video of this where a dude analyzes it, including calculating the odds, and also includes some good humor. Here's that one:



Other teams have had massive heartbreaks -- Scott Norwood's wide right to lose the Super Bowl for the Bills, and of course then losing three more straight to make a record 4-straight lost Super Bowls. Ouch for that one too. And, of course, the Vikings, 'nuff said.

Cowboys fans have suffered our misfortunes, the Ice Bowl, The Catch, the bogus interference in SB 13, Dez's supposed non-catch. Yeah, we've got some real crap that has hurt, but I do thank our lucky stars we didn't suffer the "Oh, no, he missed the extra point" series of plays. The guy in the second video calculates the odds of those two plays occurring back to back. Of course this was back when an extra point was a super easy chip shot, and was not like a 33-yard field goal like it is today.

If there's some bizarre play, series of plays, season, draft snafu, anything terrible that happened to another team that you're glad didn't happen to the Cowboys, post it in this thread. Thanks.
 
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overpaying the QB and knowing that team isn't going anywhere for the next 10 years, they release that qb and sure enough they went nowhere in that time, but somehow as an armchair gm you knew the team should've moved on sooner lol

so glad that wasn't dallas that refused to run with 1 yard to go on 2nd and goal (seattle vs patriots)

also glad that wasn't dallas that choked away the entire 2nd half in a super bowl vs the patriots (falcons hc blamed it on the defensive coordinator, but that was 100% on matt ryan and the oc) and they've come no where near close to repeating that performance since.

but then those teams are saying at least we played in a super bowl this century. :(
 
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The Seahawks and Falcons examples were brutal ways to lose a Super Bowl. No regular season game can come close no matter how bizarre.

Saints Vikings playoffs back in 2017. Who was it, Diggs that caught that improbable TD? I would have been sick.

To be honest, the OPs example probably wouldn't have bothered me much. A meaningless week 16 game. I can't imagine I'd be that upset.
 
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csirl said:
Snyder buying the 'Skins.
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OMG, I didn't think of that one. You're right. We've complained a lot about the many mistakes that Jerry Jones has made, and with much justification, but it would appear that Jones learns from them. Not so with Snyder. Snyder is every bit as clueless as he was when he bought the team. Jones is drafting way better than he used to and is no longer trying to do everything himself.

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The Seahawks and Falcons examples were brutal ways to lose a Super Bowl. No regular season game can come close no matter how bizarre.

Saints Vikings playoffs back in 2017. Who was it, Diggs that caught that improbable TD? I would have been sick.

To be honest, the OPs example probably wouldn't have bothered me much. A meaningless week 16 game. I can't imagine I'd be that upset.
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That Saints game against the Jags in week 16 wasn't meaningless. They still had a chance to make the playoffs, but had to win that game to get in.

You're spot-on about those two Super Bowl games. Man. Pete Carroll picked the wrong time to get too cute when he had one of the best running backs and and excellent line to just hammer it in. If his short pass had worked, no one would have noticed, but it blew up in his face at the wrong time. Man!

The Falcons one was way worse. It wasn't just one play. They had a commanding lead and then just imploded. LOL. Man, I'm glad that wasn't the Cowboys. That one may be the worst possible one, worse than my example.
 
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Reverend Conehead said:
That Saints game against the Jags in week 16 wasn't meaningless. They still had a chance to make the playoffs, but had to win that game to get in.
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They had to win that game and beat the Cowboys the following week. The Cowboys had to lose to the Giants in that current week. The Giants at Cowboys game was already over by the time that extra point was attempted. The Saints were eliminated before the extra point was missed.
 
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They had to win that game and beat the Cowboys the following week. The Cowboys had to lose to the Giants in that current week. The Giants at Cowboys game was already over by the time that extra point was attempted. The Saints were eliminated before the extra point was missed.
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Oh, okay. I thought they still had a shot at the playoffs if some team lost the next week. It still would have sucked though. That Stanford band lateral play is one of the lowest percentage plays in the game, but they pulled it off. Then they just had to succeed in the game's highest percentage play, and extra point, but they failed. LOL. I don't blame that announcer for screaming, "Ooooh, nnnnnnooooooooo! They missed the extra point!!!!!" ROFLMAO. I'd doubt we'll ever see that same sequence of plays again. If that were the plot of a movie, everyone would have said it was ridiculous and could not happen. Imagine if that had been a conference championship game or the Super Bowl. Oh, my God.
 
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Oh, okay. I thought they still had a shot at the playoffs if some team lost the next week. It still would have sucked though. That Stanford band lateral play is one of the lowest percentage plays in the game, but they pulled it off. Then they just had to succeed in the game's highest percentage play, and extra point, but they failed. LOL. I don't blame that announcer for screaming, "Ooooh, nnnnnnooooooooo! They missed the extra point!!!!!" ROFLMAO. I'd doubt we'll ever see that same sequence of plays again. If that were the plot of a movie, everyone would have said it was ridiculous and could not happen. Imagine if that had been a conference championship game or the Super Bowl. Oh, my God.
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Had that been a conference championship game it would be unreal! But yeah, it's interesting that they pulled off one of the more unlikely plays only to fail on one of the more automatic plays. BTW, I watched that Stanford game live. Crazy.

Both the Cowboys game and Saints game started at 1pm. Saints had to win, Dallas had to lose. Saints then had to beat Dallas in the final week, which they did. The Cowboys game in week 16 finished about 10 minutes prior to the Saints game. That eliminated the Saints. A tie with Seattle would do the Saints no good as Seattle had the tie breaker.
 
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The Falcons loss was indeed the worst way to win a Super Bowl. They had at least 5 opportunities to put that game away and failed to.
 
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Minnesota beating the Saints on the last play a few years ago in the playoffs when the Saints had the game won.



Seattle losing the Super Bowl a few years ago by attempting a 1 yard pass at the goal line.



New England losing to the New York Giants in the super bowl after a fluke helmet catch by David Tyree



Franco Harris catches the tipped ball and the Steelers win the game

 
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I am sure glad the Cowboys aren't in the AFC North. One sees all non-Steelers teams getting hosed repeatedly by the refs in games against the Steelers.
 

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Reverend Conehead said:
In all my years of watching football, I've never seen a more bizarre set of two plays than these two for the Saints. You probably know which ones I mean. They're the ones I think of simply as, "Ooooohhh, nooooooo! He missed the extra point wide right. Oh, my God, how could he do that????" That's what the announcer said. I think that was probably the New Orleans area radio announcer because I've seen these plays with other announcers.

It's totally hilarious as long as you're not a Saints fan. If this had happened to the Cowboys, I think I would just crawl under a rock and die.



There's another video of this where a dude analyzes it, including calculating the odds, and also includes some good humor. Here's that one:



Other teams have had massive heartbreaks -- Scott Norwood's wide right to lose the Super Bowl for the Bills, and of course then losing three more straight to make a record 4-straight lost Super Bowls. Ouch for that one too. And, of course, the Vikings, 'nuff said.

Cowboys fans have suffered our misfortunes, the Ice Bowl, The Catch, the bogus interference in SB 13, Dez's supposed non-catch. Yeah, we've got some real crap that has hurt, but I do thank our lucky stars we didn't suffer the "Oh, no, he missed the extra point" series of plays. The guy in the second video calculates the odds of those two plays occurring back to back. Of course this was back when an extra point was a super easy chip shot, and was not like a 33-yard field goal like it is today.

If there's some bizarre play, series of plays, season, draft snafu, anything terrible that happened to another team that you're glad didn't happen to the Cowboys, post it in this thread. Thanks.
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I'm not a Saints fan, but that play still POed me. Screws up the integrity of the game when obvious calls/noncalls are made.
 
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Any Super Bowl heartbreak sucks

But the franchises that actually moved to another city, well, that is whole other level of misery.
 
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