Blown assignment? Poor play call? Please tell me exactly what happened on that failed 4th and goal

[FalseStart75Pozderac]

Zeke got stuffed with a quickness, he had no chance whatsoever. I’m trying to figure out why this play was blown up so convincingly

 

[cmoney23]

Zeke got stuffed with a quickness, he had no chance whatsoever. I’m trying to figure out why this play was blown up so convincingly

The other team is on the field and they are playing professional football also.

They got off the ball, got in the backfield, and made a play. It's really simple.

 

[Adiba1977]

Sucky play calling and blocking. So dumb condense it like that. Spread them out with wr and motion. Idiotic

 

[jrumann59]

Josh Ball and the formation it was pretty obvious it was going up the gut.

 

[fivetwos]

Several hundred times in my life I’ve seen a TE sneak off and be wide open for a TD in that spot.

The problem was that play wasn’t called.

 

[stinkface]

Its like we didn't even look up and see that they were run blitzing everyone. When you do a simple handoff that is telegraphed a mile away, stuff like that happens. IMO DAK has plenty of time to change the play or he could have just kept the ball and ran around the left side, because there was no one from the Texans there.

 

[RodeoJake]

Josh Ball was pancaked by the D lineman. That really clogged the line and I think the TE missed his block too.

I agree one of the TEs should have snuck into the end zone like Jeff Robinson used to do back in the Parcells days.

 

[JayFord]

sometimes the other team makes a good play

 

[FalseStart75Pozderac]

The other team is on the field and they are playing professional football also.

They got off the ball, got in the backfield, and made a play. It's really simple.

Maybe it’s quite that simple. I was scratching my head on that one. All I saw was Ball on the ground behind the LOS and the corner taking a beeline to tackle Zeke.

The other team is on the field and they are playing professional football also.

They got off the ball, got in the backfield, and made a play. It's really simple.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

If the play call had Dak fake the hand-off and bootleg to the left, he would have walked into the endzone.

 

[Playmaker3128]

I get running it down there on first. But second and such what about some misdirection. Some read option.

funny thing thing… same situation came up on that third and goal late. Spread them out… dak handed it to Zeke… but I think dak had the option to keep it on that.

Makes the defense react a split second too late and resulted in a td

 

[john van brocklin]

Zeke got stuffed with a quickness, he had no chance whatsoever. I’m trying to figure out why this play was blown up so convincingly

Terrible call.
Should have rolled dak out on a run pass option

 

[nightrain]

No push at the LOS. Flat out beat by the team that wanted it more.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Several hundred times in my life I’ve seen a TE sneak off and be wide open for a TD in that spot.

The problem was that play wasn’t called.

The famous km 4 zeke runs up the middle.

Maddening!

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

sometimes the other team makes a good play

4 times in a row?

Sometimes an ignorant stubborn oc calls bad plays.

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

To me, it looked as if the offensive lineman were blocking for a QB sneak. Because they seem to just dive to the ground instead of trying to push guys into the end zone. in those situations lineman are taught that, you're running back can't get in if you don't get in. So, they're supposed to push the opposing players back into the end zone, but they didn't even try.

 

[IceStar-D7]

Play calling. A blind man could have seen that play coming if he were a Dallas fan. So Kellen Moore

 

[tyke1doe]

What happened?

Everyone from Stevie Wonder, Andrea Bocelli and the Blind Boys of Alabama could see Zeke was getting the ball. So could the Texans, who stacked the line and converged on Zeke before he could blink an eyelid.

Play was doomed from the start. Or I should say before the start.

 

[Point-of-the-Star]

Blown assignment? Poor play call?

*convincingly* "YES!!!!"

 

[aikemirv]

If the play call had Dak fake the hand-off and bootleg to the left, he would have walked into the endzone.

That is a lost play - never see it anymore