ARLINGTON, Texas – Mike McCarthy admitted to having made a mistake.
The Cowboys coach did not need to call for a 23-second timeout to play in the first half, his team prepared for a basket in the area in the fourth and fourth after one of Dallas’ three failed attempts to score a red zone landing.
This concludes mcCarthy’s decisions in the 41-16 Thanksgiving loss to the Washington team.
No, McCarthy does not regret the resolve to summon a pass play to CeeDee Lamb in the fourth and once at the time of the fourth with the possibility of accepting as true with Ezekiel Elliott or Andy Dalton (who switched the goalkeepers twice in the 3rd and another time, fourth) to put him in the middle.
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“We had one by one on the perimeter, ” said McCarthy. “I think everyone saw what happened on the play. These are pieces you’re looking for to create opportunities and it’s a smart resolution to play with. “
And the cowboys’ freshman coach probably wouldn’t tell him he regrets the fake clearing his staff created in the fourth four when Dallas faced the 4th and 10th of his own 24-yard, losing 4 points.
“There are certain things he’s looking for in terms of finish, when and where,” McCarthy said. “At the end of the day, it’s my duty when a component like this doesn’t work. But we are hunting to generate a wonderful game. At this point in the game, the data you are looking to enter is a fake call.
That forged call not only failed to gain 10 yards, it didn’t. When long center LPLadoucer passed the ball to guard Darian Thompson than to punter Hunter Niswander, Thompson threw the ball to catcher Cedrick Wilson. previous team tricks in the season. But this time, Washington linebacker Khaleke Hudson promptly stopped the call, dropping Wilson for a three-foot loss.
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Just take 23 yards between the Washington offensive and the finish area on your return.
The football team’s offensive half, Antonio Gibson, needed only one move to cross a desert hole and increase Washington’s lead to 11 points. Dallas would score back when Washington increased its lead to 25 points.
McCarthy doubted how much damage would hurt his team if false clearing failed and Washington capitalized on some other short field. “He’s sure his players are going to convert,” he said.
“You’re not going anywhere if you think about the negatives all the time,” McCarthy said. “Obviously, it’s a forged game decision. It’s a smart game design. Your gunner made a smart move. He came and put us in a high/low reproduction for Cedrick. It’s a move that if we hit her, we’re sitting down. That’s the nature of the rooms.
“You can never hit them if you don’t call them and you don’t. Obviously I understood the stage when he was called.
McCarthy said he obviously also understood the state of the NFC East and the implications of that defeat on the Cowboys’ low playoff chances. At 3-8, Dallas falls to the last one in the troubled apartment. Washington’s 4-7 is smart for mitad. de Philadelphia, which welcomes Seattle this week, and a full game against the Bengals. The Cowboys did not win back-to-back games on McCarthy’s Dallas debut. They fell to Washington for a moment, in the franchise’s 10 Thanksgiving games.
“Everyone understands the state of our division,” McCarthy said. “So let’s restart and regroup. “
“The fact is, we’ll be playing with Baltimore in seven days and we’ll be able to play. “
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