What happened before halftime with the clock?

[droopdog7]

They said his progress was stopped or something stupid

It’s a rule as old as football, seen dozens of times each game. You almost have to understand this rule to watch football.

 

[droopdog7]

That was their attempt at an explanation. Weak one at that. Has there ever been that same situation where the clock doesn’t stop because his progress had stopped? The refs blow the whistle to kill the play in that situation and they didn’t end the play. Too many “mistakes” by the refs to be explained away.

Yeah, every dang game. That is how the rule works and it makes complete sense logically.

 

[droopdog7]

Sorry, I was talking about Rodgers. Dak is a good qb, but no.

MM has his strengths, but it appears he needs a strong offensive coordinator. I hope I'm wrong, and this offense comes together.

Yet MMs winning percetange with dak would probably put him number one all time

 

[Tommy]

so why no timeout with 2 left?

There was only 1 timeout left.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

Do we know why we lost 5 seconds, was it on the refs, on the coach or what??

LOL...........When you have little faith in your QB throwing into the endzone you play for a FG.
Really not rocket science here folks.....

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

It’s a rule as old as football, seen dozens of times each game. You almost have to understand this rule to watch football.

What do you mean

 

[CCBoy]

NFLN said the clock operator assumed a TO. But none was called. But they stopped the clock anyway.
A video showed MM telling the ref to ... wind the clock ...

MM took the sure points because he knew it was turning into a defensive game. As what was going to really happen as LAC was not going to get the chance to score, and they were getting the ball to start the 2nd half.

It was the right thing to do, especially passing on the FG earlier.

If Dallas had converted in the Red Zone with three minutes remaining in the 2nd quarter, and not missed on the 12 yard line on a 4th and one...the game would have developed much differently up to the muffed punt penalty movement by San Diego and a difference of 14 points removed from the score board as well. Two cheap segments of short duration that changed the entire dynamics of this whole game. Dallas with 7 and San Diego without 7 and Cowboys walk off instead with a STRONG win.

 

[dware94]

I want to know how we got from 44 seconds after the gallup catch to 21 seconds. Wasn't he out of bounds? And if not we had 2 timeouts why didn't we use one? I would rather have a 13 year old madden player than mccarthy with time management.

This should be the main topic of this thread. How the clock was managed prior to not calling timeout with 8 seconds is the bigger issue. MM couldnt manage the clock when literally that was his only job let alone trying to call plays too.

 

[Hennessy_King]

Gallup forward momentum was stopped and pushed back. In that case, you get the forwarded progress but not the out of bounds. It’s a basic rule that was called correctly.

Keep reading im fine with that but y no timeout then by our dumb dumb coach?

 

[Manster68]

I guess I am one of the very few people that thinks letting the clock run down to :03 seconds and take the FG was a very smart call on behalf of Mike McCarthy.

TAKE THE POINTS! I was thrilled Dallas kicked that FG.

It is a low scoring game - so getting the points was the right decision. A decision that put Dallas at 4-2 instead of 3-3.

Good call Mike!

 

[DCwarrior]

We took the 3 and as it turns out we won by 3. I’m just glad he didn’t trust the analytics if they said go for 6.

 

[RonWashington]

When you look back on this the Cowboys won by 3 . That 3 before half makes it crucial . Say MM draws up a play to take a shot in the end zone and Dak gets picked or the receiver is tackled short of the goal or Dak gets sacked . There goes your winning margin. Hello OT.

 

[droopdog7]

Keep reading im fine with that but y no timeout then by our dumb dumb coach?

I'm not going to lie; i was calling for a timeout after that play too. As I recall, we then committed a penalty on that play, compounding the issue. However, once we got to eight seconds after the next play, I was 100% on board with just kicking the FG.

No idea whether the timeout would have changed the outcome of course. That penalty hurt as much as anything there.