Your opinions please

[CanadianCowboysFan]

The muffed fumble happened right in my sight line. I thought the Cowboy who jumped on the ball did the right thing at the time (I think it was Reeves). After all, you are taught to jump on fumbles and not try to run with them.

However, when I saw the hightlights at home, the ball was basically dead or so it appeared. There were no Seahawks for 10 yards. Had Reeves picked it up, he could have crawled to the endzone for a TD.

Did anyone else think he should have picked it up, or as my initial reaction was, did he do the right thing by just falling on it?

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

No, securing the football really should have been enough. With field position like that, we really should have been able to capitalize on it with some points.

 

[NorTex]

Never try to pick it up in that situation. It was a gift and you should just be grateful for the gift.

The ball was wet, which is probably why it was fumbled in the first place. Too risky to get greedy and try and run with the ball.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I think you both are right. It is revisionist to say he should have picked it up and scored. All we Cowboy fans in my section figured it would be an easy seven starting 1st and goal at the 9.

 

[anava]

I didnt think you can advance a muff, can you?

 

[Champsheart]

No you can not advance a muff, so mute point

 

[Chuck 54]

the guy who fumbled it was already diving back to try and get on it...one mistake or wrong bounce and he gets it instead of the Cowboys.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

No you can not advance a muff, so mute point

You mean moot. Did they call it a muff or was it a fumble?

 

[THUMPER]

You mean moot. Did they call it a muff or was it a fumble?

I guess it was a point without a voice.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

You mean moot. Did they call it a muff or was it a fumble?

I don't think he ever had possesion so I doubt it would have been a fumble but, that ball did hit the ground first so not certain it was a muff either. Either way, you get the ball first and ten on the 9 yard line, no excuse for not getting points.

 

[JackMagist]

He did absolutely the right thing. You give the offense the ball inside the 10 and you just have to expect that they will get some points out of it. There was indeed a Seahawk player very near to him (the guy who muffed it in the first place) and had Reeves muffed the recovery there would have been a scramble and we very likely would not have gotten the ball. Had there been as much time as you are implying he could then have gotten up and run; he didn't have that much time.

 

[Champsheart]

I guess it was a point without a voice.

LOL! My bad!

 

[WV Cowboy]

I don't think he ever had possesion so I doubt it would have been a fumble but, that ball did hit the ground first so not certain it was a muff either. Either way, you get the ball first and ten on the 9 yard line, no excuse for not getting points.

first and ten on the 9 yard line

Anyway, we has it 1st and goal on the 9, and later 1st and ten on the 12, and we come away with a grand total of 3 pts.

I'd be ashamed.

 

[phildominator]

I can remember many, many, many fumbles during the Campo era that we tried to pick up and the opposing team ended up recovering. On the ensuing 3rd and 22, they'd get 23 yards for the first down and there goes another remote control flying out my window.

Just land on the ball. You can't be faulted for recovering a fumble.