Opinion: Dak ad libed that last play and could have run out of bounds

Diehardblues · Jan 26, 2022

RonnieT24 said:
Yeah I'm not understanding why people have such a hard time admitting that both things are true.. Yes the Cowboys played like crap AND the refs screwed them. There is no guarantee that even if the ref spotted the ball with a couple seconds left that the Cowboys would have finished the job.. But that's not the point.. There was nothing wrong with what THEY did in that situation.. The problem was the ref there. If people want to talk about other missed opportunities in the game fine.. I'm here for it. But let's not act like the refs didn't blow chunks most of that game.. From allowing Trent Williams to wiggle his foot over and over to standing over the ball until there was 1 second left on the play clock then calling delay of game.. Hell the delay was because of THEM not the Cowboys.. they should have penalized themselves.. But I digress.

Why weren’t there any Cowboys looking for a ref to hand the ball to?

It didn’t appear we were even aware we needed a ref to spot it as we were in his way.

DallasEast · Jan 26, 2022

MountaineerCowboy said:
2. We throw 2 hail marys and hope for the best.

^ This. I would have preferred two batted down passes, an interception or two uncatchable hail marys as possible negative outcomes over the actual called play.

Ranched · Jan 26, 2022

I don't read anything more than 3 sentences. But I like my dandy don so I gave him "like" anyway. :muttley:

GimmeTheBall! said:
But our dimwitted QB decided to run. Then he was too stupid to slide early. Then he made sure we saw the depths of his stupidity by giving the ball to the center and not the ref.

Idiot.
Dak is not the one you want when the game is on the line

Moore called the quarterback draw knowing 49ers were playing side line defense. Moore should have called a pass being the coverage was light.

fivetwos · Jan 26, 2022

BigD_95 said:
not sure why you keep calling out shultz ? He was obviously supposed to run that rout and then Dak is running the ball on the other side of the field. Not sure what you want him to do. He isnt an idiot like Dak and probably knows Dak has to slide so they have enough time to spike it. The last thing he needs to do is engage in a block that will do nothing but get a penalty or prevent him from lining up in time

Not trying to jump into a Schultz argument, but if anyone has time or the stomach, take a look at our first series in the SF game. Slowly please.

I'm not sure if that's Schultz being awful or they are asking him to do much more than he is capable of.

Either way that's gotta be a large part of why we couldn't run effectively.

Hope some of you check it out and comment.

Haimerej · Jan 26, 2022

Diehardblues said:
I don’t recall that .

You're talking about DAL v SF, right?

Haimerej · Jan 26, 2022

RonnieT24 said:
There was nothing wrong with what THEY did in that situation.. The problem was the ref there.

Just about every ex-NFL player who commented on this said Dak should've sought out the refs. IIRC, Steve Young even talked about having players leave open windows in the line for the refs to run through.

TheMarathonContinues · Jan 26, 2022

shabazz said:
……hilarious that we can’t see the ref in any of the pics….he’s really on top of things

Dak had no chance of getting to the sidelines AND getting enough yards. If the play worked the media would be calling the play genius because it did surprise the hell out of the defense.

I agree that’s why I can’t knock the play call. It was a second away from working….at that point it was a Hail Mary to even win that game….think it was smarter to do that then throw from the 50 yard line….

TheMarathonContinues · Jan 26, 2022

Haimerej said:
Just about every ex-NFL player who commented on this said Dak should've sought out the refs. IIRC, Steve Young even talked about having players leave open windows in the line for the refs to run through.

Ref was so far away from the play I don’t even think it would’ve mattered….you gotta get everyone lined up then look for the ref? Not enough time.

Adreme · Jan 26, 2022

rocyaice said:
I agree that’s why I can’t knock the play call. It was a second away from working….at that point it was a Hail Mary to even win that game….think it was smarter to do that then throw from the 50 yard line….

I have come around to not knocking the play call. I have even accepted that yes expecting to get the play off that fast is not reasonable (had the Rams only had 14 seconds for example the clock would have expired), but the thing I cannot wrap my head around is that of the 11 people on that field only ONE realized on that final snap that they should run a route and not spike it because only one player moved for real. That is not even on the players. The fact that you had time to get ready for this situation and no one knew what to do means the coaches did not prepare by telling the players "If there are 2 seconds or less on the clock, here is the play, else it will be a spike". That is an inexcusable failure on the part of the coaching staff.

Diehardblues · Jan 26, 2022

Haimerej said:
Just about every ex-NFL player who commented on this said Dak should've sought out the refs. IIRC, Steve Young even talked about having players leave open windows in the line for the refs to run through.

If not Dak someone . I didn’t see any Cowboy seeking out an official? Makes you wonder if we knew the rules.

Surfguy · Jan 26, 2022

America's Cowboy said:
With 14 seconds left and the ball at the 49ers 40 yard line, that was enough time to attempt 2 Hail Mary's. That would have been the smarter thing to do: gives you 2 shots to come down with a game-winning TD pass in the endzone.

Only to end up in a Dez Bryant circus-like catch that is reviewed and eventually ruled "not a catch". It's always something.

CowboysFaninHouston · Jan 26, 2022

blueblood70 said:
it was a called QB sneak MM said sao.maybe it was a 2 call audible but was a MOORE and MM approved play.not sure the title saying he adlibbed is even remotely correct.

so the other players not making much effort to get into route etc. might be because it was qb run all the way

its just another way of attacking Dak....there are many creative posters...

I have soured on Dak, but some of these things are very ridiculous to say the least

CowboysFaninHouston · Jan 26, 2022

daboyzruleperiod said:
I don't read anything more than 3 sentences. But I like my dandy don so I gave him "like" anyway.
Moore called the quarterback draw knowing 49ers were playing side line defense. Moore should have called a pass being the coverage was light.

exactly, he could have passed the ball to the middle instead of running that would have taken less time and just run down and do the same thing with more time left on the clock

Dre11 · Jan 26, 2022

What is this, it's been talked about and explained at nauseum, the play was call by Moore, it had run/pass option based on the look of the defense. It's a play they had practiced.

shabazz · Jan 26, 2022

rocyaice said:
I agree that’s why I can’t knock the play call. It was a second away from working….at that point it was a Hail Mary to even win that game….think it was smarter to do that then throw from the 50 yard line….

the mediots are saying Dak should have slid earlier but who was to know the ref would be daydreaming about the off-season. I will point out fault with Dak when it’s warranted but the lack of intellectual curiosity by the sports media on this play is sad. Chances are that the next play would have been the way the game was going but the way the end of the game was just cut off without review or discussion was not normal

this league reviews the most trivial plays and wastes an enormous amount of time on other plates yet this play was put away as tidy and neat and as quick as possible

don’t mean to sound like sour grapes but my gripes with the refs is longstanding and I hope this serves as proof that critics of Dak can stick up for him when the situation calls for it.

Haimerej · Jan 26, 2022

rocyaice said:
Ref was so far away from the play I don’t even think it would’ve mattered….you gotta get everyone lined up then look for the ref? Not enough time.

You're supposed to find the ref first.

Aviano90 · Jan 26, 2022

DallasEast said:
^ This. I would have preferred two batted down passes, an interception or two uncatchable hail marys as possible negative outcomes over the actual called play.

Can he throw the ball 50 yards downfield? I can’t remember deep balls this year. Deep for us has been 20-30 yards downfield. We had an opportunity to throw Hail Mary in week 2 and didn’t even take it before the half. He tried to hit Gallop deep a few games later and came up woefully short.

I still believe his arm/shoulder has limited him to a certain extent and they felt they needed to get the ball closer to take a shot at the end zone.

Miguelitomama · Jan 26, 2022

nightrain said:
There are (5) 49er defenders downfield out of the picture. No way he scores.

The chances of a 40-yard pass completion are minimal. It wasn't about his arm strength. It's about the fact that few of these hail Mary plays ever work. We should have never been in this situation in the first place.

Aviano90 · Jan 26, 2022

Miguelitomama said:
The chances of a 40-yard pass completion are minimal. It wasn't about his arm strength. It's about the fact that few of these hail Mary plays ever work. We should have never been in this situation in the first place.

The chances of a 25 yard TD pass with SF knowing we have one play to do it is also minimal.

RomoIsGod · Jan 26, 2022

Could Dak have thrown it out of bounds behind him slightly?

Opinion: Dak ad libed that last play and could have run out of bounds

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