CZ POLL Did you agree with the decision to kick the field goal at the end of the game? **merged**

[SportsGuru80]

Yes take the 3.

 

[gimmesix]

If we had gone for it and not made it, then most of the same people saying we should have gone for it would be saying we should have kicked the field goal.

There are lots of things for us to complain about. Making sure we take the lead is not one of them.

 

[Cowboy4ever]

wow, 50% of this board thinks it was a bad decision to take the lead with under 2 minutes to go in the game? It was 100% the right call. There is absolutely no doubt about it. You kick that FG 100 out of 100 times. I am in complete disbelief this is even a debate or question. Wow is all I can say.

 

[Kevinicus]

wow, 50% of this board thinks it was a bad decision to take the lead with under 2 minutes to go in the game? It was 100% the right call. There is absolutely no doubt about it. You kick that FG 100 out of 100 times. I am in complete disbelief this is even a debate or question. Wow is all I can say.

I'm shocked anyone thinks the FG is a good idea there.

Nobody is against taking the lead. Everyone else was wanting a TD lead and not a FG lead. There was too much time left to kick it. Especially with the way the defense was playing (and did play that last drive). It was just weird considering how aggressive they were on going for it the rest of the game and drive to go conservative at the end.

You don't make it, and they are inside the 1 yard line. If they can score off of that, they were going to score on you anyway.

The team was lucky (x 100) it didn't cost them.

 

[JoeKing]

What did Garrett do for this to be considered the “game of his career”?

Going for that 4th down Dak made is what about 70% of coaches in the league would have done. And he looked just as surprised as I did on the fake punt.


Anyway...a win is a win, especially this late on the season! See ya soon 21!

You are wrong about that 70%. The Cowboys weren't losing at that time, the game was tied. That kind of risk is not taken unless we are down in points.

 

[Cowboy4ever]

I'm shocked anyone thinks the FG is a good idea there.

Nobody is against taking the lead. Everyone else was wanting a TD lead and not a FG lead. There was too much time left to kick it. Especially with the way the defense was playing (and did play that last drive). It was just weird considering how aggressive they were on going for it the rest of the game and drive to go conservative at the end.

The team was lucky (x 100) it didn't cost them.

No No NO.... you kick the FG, any other decision is just plain stupid. Everyone wanted a touch down lead.. however,we just got stuffed on 2 previous carries, we got stuffed on a 4th and inches, lucky we needed 6 inches and got 6.00000001 inches. You have to take the points and the lead in that situation. There is really no other answer to this. I like Garret, I do. I think he is a good coach, but I would walked down there and fired him on the sidelines if he had gone for it that situation, regardless of the outcome.

 

[Kevinicus]

No No NO.... you kick the FG, any other decision is just plain stupid. Everyone wanted a touch down lead.. however,we just got stuffed on 2 previous carries, we got stuffed on a 4th and inches, lucky we needed 6 inches and got 6.00000001 inches. You have to take the points and the lead in that situation. There is really no other answer to this. I like Garret, I do. I think he is a good coach, but I would walked down there and fired him on the sidelines if he had gone for it that situation, regardless of the outcome.

Respectfully disagree. I think that's playing to lose.

 

[tyke1doe]

I thought we should have gone for it because I didn't trust our defense to keep Oakland from the end zone with over a minute left.

But kicking the field goal was the right call because we won. Had we lost, it would have been the wrong call.

 

[JoeKing]

I'm shocked anyone thinks the FG is a good idea there.

Nobody is against taking the lead. Everyone else was wanting a TD lead and not a FG lead. There was too much time left to kick it. Especially with the way the defense was playing (and did play that last drive). It was just weird considering how aggressive they were on going for it the rest of the game and drive to go conservative at the end.

You don't make it, and they are inside the 1 yard line. If they can score off of that, they were going to score on you anyway.

The team was lucky (x 100) it didn't cost them.

The FG won the game. How dense are you not to get that? Ye of little faith in the defense. Heath made a play and force Carr to fumble the ball into the endzone, winning us the game. IF IF IF is all you have to say.

 

[gimmesix]

Respectfully disagree. I think that's playing to lose.

You've got a different definition of playing to lose than I do.

 

[Darkhound]

I'm not trying to be a debbie downer but the call to kick a field goal at the 1 inch line was bad. if we can't push that in from there, we didn't deserve to win that game anyway. i though it was a gutless call.

This team is and has been a team with no personality and very very poorly coahced. I hope we DO NOT make it to the playoffs.. it will be an embarasment

 

[dfense]

I'm not trying to be a debbie downer but the call to kick a field goal at the 1 inch line was bad. if we can't push that in from there, we didn't deserve to win that game anyway. i though it was a gutless call.

That would be the ******* coaching decision of the year. Thank God you are not the coach.

If Brown doesn't drop that gift from Carr, Raiders would not have even gotten a first down.

 

[tyke1doe]

It was the right call. You have to take the points and make Oakland score a TD to win. The only issue I had was you use Smith on a short yard run. He's the bigger back. Also, look what happened on 4th and short and we needed an index card to get the first. Nothing is guaranteed at the goal line. You take the points in that situation with your season on the line......

I still don't understand why Morris was in on the goal line offense. R. Smith is over 6 feet. He dives over the top he scores. I just don't understand this team's playcalling and personnel decisions sometimes.

 

[links18]

There are are multiple things going on in that scenario. You want to run the clock so as not to repeat a Packers debacle, but you have to score to take the lead there, you can't turn down game winning points inside two minutes. Could we have been more aggressive on second and third down? Perhaps, but your cant not take the go ahead points. Its just crazy that people want to argue this. I hate Garrett, but he was absolutely right there, just as he was to go for it on fourth and inches from his own 40 earlier. People have to understand the game situation.

 

[links18]

I still don't understand why Morris was in on the goal line offense. R. Smith is over 6 feet. He dives over the top he scores. I just don't understand this team's playcalling and personnel decisions sometimes.

Valid criticism. Morris supposedly brings more power, but yes R. Smith has greater reach. Seems like the team is a little stubborn in its player rotations at times.

 

[tyke1doe]

wow, 50% of this board thinks it was a bad decision to take the lead with under 2 minutes to go in the game? It was 100% the right call. There is absolutely no doubt about it. You kick that FG 100 out of 100 times. I am in complete disbelief this is even a debate or question. Wow is all I can say.

Yes, after the fact it was absolutely the right call. I preferred they go for it, but I'm not mad they kicked the field goal. Even then, statistically, it was the right thing to do.
I'm just glad Derek Carr became David Carr for one decisive moment.

 

[HungryLion]

I agreed with the call to kick the field goal on 4th down.

I disagreed with the playcalls/ player packages used the previous 3 plays.

3 straight runs to Morris?

No Rod Smith?

We can debate Dak Prescott’s overall play as much as we want, but what isn’t up for debate, is how dangerous he is with his legs in the red zone. He is the biggest running threat at QB in the league, when it comes to goal line situations the last 2 years. They didn’t even give him the opportunity to roll out, get to the edges, nothing.

Those 3 straight runs were calling plays as if Zeke was the one carrying the ball (because he would have scored). But Morris is no Zeke at the goal line.

 

[Swanny]

I agree kick the FG. But o would have ran a zone read play on 3rd down to get Dak to the outside

 

[Kevinicus]

I bet most of the people who strongly advocate for the FG were strongly in favor of the Cowboys going for it on 4th down in OT against Philly last year.

 

[LOBO7]

On 3rd down play action sprint out and give Dak the option to run or throw.