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The Dallas Cowboys noticed their season come to an finish with a 19-12 loss to the San Francisco 49ers within the NFC Divisional Spherical on Sunday, and their wild ultimate play goes to be one followers are speaking about for some time.
With six seconds remaining within the sport, operating again Ezekiel Elliott lined up as the middle with no different offensive linemen round him. Dak Prescott was in shotgun with Malik Davis subsequent to him, and the rest of the offensive lineman and receivers lined up out large.
If that sounds complicated, it is as a result of it was.
Elliott was rapidly bulldozed, which compelled Prescott to eliminate the ball rapidly. The veteran quarterback discovered KaVontae Turpin, who was lit up wanting the first-down marker, and the sport got here to an in depth.
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After the loss, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy addressed the play name.
“I actually do not wish to get into element on it, however that clearly wasn’t the plan,” McCarthy told reporters. “It is clearly a gadget play or no matter to finish it. It is the last-play-situation name we follow.”
The Cowboys performed a poor sport throughout Sunday night time. Prescott accomplished simply 23 of 37 passes for 206 yards and one landing in opposition to two interceptions, and Elliott completed with simply 26 yards on the bottom.
The Dallas protection additionally allowed San Francisco to build up 312 complete yards and convert on 50 p.c of their third-down makes an attempt.
McCarthy has been head coach of the Cowboys for the reason that 2020 season. Whereas he has led the crew to a 30-20 regular-season file since then, America’s Staff is simply 1-2 within the postseason.
Regardless of the shortage of postseason success, the Cowboys don’t have any plans to fireplace McCarthy, proprietor Jerry Jones told reporters after Sunday’s loss. Nonetheless, if Dallas ends the 2023 marketing campaign in comparable trend, he’ll doubtless be on the new seat.
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