This play could become one of the biggest ‘what-ifs’ of the 2023 season

[CTcowboy203]

You still don't get it. Even a tied game could make play calling a bit different. Hit that bomb for a TD. Even could effect the way the defense played.

No you don’t get it….you seem to think the bills reacted to the first drive and adjusted. The plan coming in was to attack us with the run, to 1) test us with no Hankins 2) negate our pass rush/parsons 3) limit Allen’s mistakes against a ball hawking defense/ secondary The bills have been emphasizing cook for the last few weeks with the new coordinator. He had 130+ total yards the week before and close to 100 the week before against Philly.

Game was never close nor would it have been if cooks scored a td. We had a terrible day on defense, offense and coaching

 

[jazzcat22]

No you don’t get it….you seem to think the bills reacted to the first drive and adjusted. The plan coming in was to attack us with the run, to 1) test us with no Hankins 2) negate our pass rush/parsons 3) limit Allen’s mistakes against a ball hawking defense/ secondary The bills have been emphasizing cook for the last few weeks with the new coordinator. He had 130+ total yards the week before and close to 100 the week before against Philly.

Game was never close nor would it have been if cooks scored a td. We had a terrible day on defense, offense and coaching

I do get it, I know everything you just posted.
You are not wanting to understand posts. As to what could happen if we had a lead.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

This play plus the Stefon Diggs fumble that led to a Bills touchdown. Give Dallas seven and take seven away from Buffalo and it's a 14-10 game at halftime. And who knows how that would have played out.

 

[bsbellomy]

Yes that play and several others. The roughing the passer call was iffy. Then you have the roughing the punter instead of the blocked punt. Then you have the fumble that should have been challenged. If any of these plays go in favor of the Cowboys, it changes the game.

We score that TD, get the blocked punt, get the fumble, we would still lose that game.

 

[bsbellomy]

This play plus the Stefon Diggs fumble that led to a Bills touchdown. Give Dallas seven and take seven away from Buffalo and it's a 14-10 game at halftime. And who knows how that would have played out.

So you are giving us a TD after the Diggs fumble though we didn't do Jack crap on offense all game?

 

[rambo2]

We score that TD, get the blocked punt, get the fumble, we would still lose that game.

Lol, maybe.

 

[Sydla]

Given how Buffalo just dominated us with their OL and their run game, even if we hit that play, the odds are heavy against us winning.

To think this one play could change the trajectory of the game shows that one turned the game off after that play. Because if you watched that game, the Bills could do whatever, whenever they wanted against this defense.

 

[Sydla]

We score that TD, get the blocked punt, get the fumble, we would still lose that game.

If we score that TD, get the blocked punt, get that fumble, have James Cooks get food poisoning in the 2nd quarter, have Josh Allen's legs fall off, have it be sunny and warm everytime we got the ball on offense and traded for Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw before the game, we could have won that game.

 

[rambo2]

Given how Buffalo just dominated us with their OL and their run game, even if we hit that play, the odds are heavy against us winning.

To think this one play could change the trajectory of the game shows that one turned the game off after that play. Because if you watched that game, the Bills could do whatever, whenever they wanted against this defense.

They were punting when Williams should have got the block. It was 7 to 0 at that point and should have been only been 3 to 0. The Cowboys had stopped them when they got the iffy roughing the passer call. Those 2 things change the whole game.

 

[rambo2]

If we score that TD, get the blocked punt, get that fumble, have James Cooks get food poisoning in the 2nd quarter, have Josh Allen's legs fall off, have it be sunny and warm everytime we got the ball on offense and traded for Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw before the game, we could have won that game.

Sure they could lose. Everybody should lose at Buffalo.

 

[Rockport]

Don’t do what ifs.

 

[Sydla]

They were punting when Williams should have got the block. It was 7 to 0 at that point and should have been only been 3 to 0. The Cowboys had stopped them when they got the iffy roughing the passer call. Those 2 things change the whole game.

Not really but keep telling yourself that. We got humiliated. Buffalo gashed us left and right. Our offense managed 3 points until the last drive of the game. Thinking that one bomb and blocked punt changes the outcome is just blind homerism at this point. We got manhandled and a play here or there wasn't going to change that fact.

For that game to have gone a different direction you would have need A BUNCH of things to go our way, not just a bomb and a blocked punt.

 

[rambo2]

Not really but keep telling yourself that. We got humiliated. Buffalo gashed us left and right. Our offense managed 3 points until the last drive of the game. Thinking that one bomb and blocked punt changes the outcome is just blind homerism at this point. We got manhandled and a play here or there wasn't going to change that fact.

For that game to have gone a different direction you would have need A BUNCH of things to go our way, not just a bomb and a blocked punt.

Like challenging the fumble. If they block that punt. It is 7 to 7. We don't know what happens after that. Everything changes from that point on.

 

[Sydla]

Like challenging the fumble. If they block that punt. It is 7 to 7. We don't know what happens after that. Everything changes from that point on.

One of the more puzzling points of the game. Don't we have someone upstairs yelling at McCarthy through the headphones to challenge? All of us at home watching the broadcast knew it was a fumble before the ball was snapped the next play.

But no, the most important thing doesn't change. At 7-7, Buffalo doesn't change their game plan, they still run it and likely run it with a ton of success. You aren't winning that game playing defense against the run like we did unless you get a ton of fortunate breaks.

 

[CTcowboy203]

I do get it, I know everything you just posted.
You are not wanting to understand posts. As to what could happen if we had a lead.

We wouldn’t have a lead….the game would be tied. I’m dealing with reality you’re dealing hypotheticals keep telling me I don’t get it though. If cooks catches the touchdown that dak overthrows it’s 7-7….that’s not a lead.

 

[RonWashington]

How about just show him how to block the punt? He can't be blocked. Also, he has been excellent as a gunner.

Two really costly running into punter penalties this yr . Has to be accountability

 

[jazzcat22]

We wouldn’t have a lead….the game would be tied. I’m dealing with reality you’re dealing hypotheticals keep telling me I don’t get it though. If cooks catches the touchdown that dak overthrows it’s 7-7….that’s not a lead.

I know that. You are still not getting it. I give up.

 

[RonWashington]

He's been good at it. He made one mistake, and it was a costly mistake but it will probably be corrected, and you wanna jettison him?

That’s not the first time he’s run over a punter . You force them out on downs you give them the ball back . Like Fowler in the neutral zone . At some point get some accountability

 

[CTcowboy203]

I know that. You are still not getting it. I give up.

Please do. The OP isn’t about make believe scenarios it’s about the cowboys scoring on THEIR opening drive which they trailed by a score of 7-0. You’re talking about a hypothetical of IF the cowboys had a lead the bills game plan would change. That’s great. Unfortunately it’s not what happened or the what the OP said in the tweet of “what ifs” from this game.

The score was already tied 0-0 and we saw cook being heavily emphasized early so you’re comparison is not apples to apples or accurate but yes, please stop.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

So you are giving us a TD after the Diggs fumble though we didn't do Jack crap on offense all game?

You never know, the Cowboys did nothing offensively but they also didn't have all that many possessions.