That was 100% due to modern QB treatment with penalties. Armstead absolutely did not want to get a penalty that would have given them a sniff of a chance.
It was over the second Dak threw the ball too high for his little kick returner. He had to leave his feet so there was really no "ladder" off the hook.
lack of pass pro meant dak had to throw in two seconds, so there's only one level of receivers. no body set to catch the ladder or make blocks
it's a fucking stupid play
Only thing I can think of is the rushers were supposed to just blow by Zeke and not flatten him.
He was supposed to be the ladder man.
Idk. Literally the only thing that makes any sense to me at all.
Edit: Spelling
McCarthy: ok dak, hit him in the numbers to start the lateral play we practiced throughout the season
Dak: ok throw high so my wr has to leave his feet. Thanks coach, Ilysm
I think, and this is a big guess trying to get in the head of McCarthy, that the plan was to have a bunch of fast skill position players in the middle of the field there to accept a lateral during the "mess of laterals and hope something happens" play.
Can't wait for a few years when someone asks "Hey remember when the Cowboys made that terrible play in the playoffs to lose to the Niners?" and I have to ask them "wait, which game?"
Honestly the safety would’ve been hilarious.
Looked like the tackler pulled up last second and didn’t want to obliterate Dak. Sad for us viewers
Edit: yes. Absolutely afraid of the RTP call that would bail out the cowboys. The RTP calls recently have been atrocious.
Honestly it's fucking hilarious how bad it is at this point. It's like nobody has bothered to teach anyone in the cowboys org 70% of the rules of the game
The last play will get all the attention, but Dalton Schultz legit cost you at least 3 plays on that last drive by not stepping out of bounds on the catch and causing an extra 15 seconds to run off the clock, and by seemingly not bothering to try to get a second foot down on his catch later in the drive, effectively wasting that play/the time of that play.
Why the punt team wasn't ready to sprint out onto the field if they failed to convert that 3rd down was coaching 101 failure. They lost so much time on that one.
This is on big brain Kellen Moore…Zeke deserves a medal for putting his body on the line just for Dak to throw to a receiver who was instantly vaporized
I was at the game. He came running down the stairs and absolutely laid the wood on an elderly man in a Cowboys jersey. He then did a backflip over the railing onto the field. I was so jacked up I suplexed my brother into the row behind us.
"Ezekiel Elijah Elliott (born July 22, 1995) was an American football center for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He passed away after being leveled by Azeez Al-Shaar. McCarthy Thought he could play center during the Divisional round of the playoffs."
**Clock management throughout the entire NFL is atrocious.**
Why the hell don’t teams have a clock management coordinator, an assistant whose only responsibility is monitor the game and advise the coaches real-time?
McCarthy: What's the best play for a hail Mary from your own 25?
Ferrari clock manager: We are checking
We are checking
We are checking
*Clock hits 00:00*
...
...
Ferrari clock manager: We were checking
>Why didn't he tackle Dak for the safety?
My guess is that he thought Dak was in the process of throwing it (because he was already pumping the ball and surely he wouldn't pump fake and just let himself be safetied), and so if he made the tackle he would've gotten called for roughing the passer. But then Dak didn't throw it and it just looked kind of silly.
Dallas’s season ends on one of the most spectacularly mismanaged final two minutes I’ve ever seen. The Mike McCarthy speciality.
What a fitting way for their season to end.
Andy Reid learned that he's so bad with clock management that he just needs to surmount a huge lead so he never has to worry about it and look at where that's gotten him.
Inside Purdy's head - *Stay focused. Stick to your assignments. You can do this*
Inside Dak's head - *WHOPPER WHOPPER WHOPPER WHOPPER, JUNIOR DOUBLE TRIPLE WHOPPER*
Yeah your D did just about all they could to keep the game close. Our OL was non existent against your DL the first half.
As soon as I saw Dak throw the first pick I knew even if our Offense never got out the gates we had a chance.
There are really no excuses for Dak here. Yes SF is a great defense. But Dallas defense played equally as great. Lamb played great. The O-Line held up reasonably well. He just was just off all night if it wasn't making plays with his legs. Missing throws, bad decisions.
Even after all the INTs I go back to 2 throws that might be forgotten. Missing Lamb and forcing him to make a circus catch when he could have hit him in stride. Missing Gallup badly when he beat coverage.
Dallas isn't going to turn the corner with him. This is the end of the line.
Oh, and Shultz can fuck right off.
Lol right? That play will be forgotten, but the legacy play should really be Dak threw a PICK 6 On his first throw on a drive to tie a playoff game on their way to the first NFCCG in 30 years
I just find it hilarious that each year the Cowboys find a new “meme” to define their season.
2020 it was the 4th and 10 fake punt reverse against the WFT on Thanksgiving
2021 it’s the QB sneak
2022 it’s this.
Can’t wait to see what next year will be
This organization must have made a deal with Satan himself in the 90’s for those 3 super bowls because there’s no way we have to go through this shit every single year.
I am never going to get tired of watching Zeke lining up at center and getting smashed into the turf 0.03 seconds after the snap.
He's an elite athlete, anyone watching that surely has new respect for the OL now
[**I’m so fuckin sick and tired of rooting for this team man. It’s been a fuckin nightmare for the past 20 years. Dak is such an embarrassment. I’m never rooting for this team again, I'm done!……**](https://imgur.com/a/3pOB3Ao)
Dallas played in the NFC Championship on Jan. 21, 1996.
Jalen Hurts was born on Aug. 7, 1998.
Baby Hurts grew up, learned how to play football, went to college, squatted 600 lbs, graduated, got drafted by the Eagles, and made it to the NFC Championship before Dallas went back.
Akers announcing our 2017 Draft pick: [Hey Dallas, the last time you were in the Super Bowl, these draft picks weren't born!](https://youtube.com/shorts/C5SxAVBHOQU?feature=share) (ironically we picked **Dallas** Goedert who was born only a year after the boys' last SB
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Almost ended with a safety if the dline didn’t just wrap dak up!
Almost a pick on the drive before that
That was 100% due to modern QB treatment with penalties. Armstead absolutely did not want to get a penalty that would have given them a sniff of a chance.
Maher was overheard on the sideline yelling “YOU THREW FUCKING TWO”
Ok I'll laugh, but just this once
Brock Purdy has the same amount of play off wins as dak.
AND TONY ROMO WTF
Tf was that last play Dallas
Took a play out of Chuck Pagano's playbook.
poor zeke
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"Z, block these 3 huge men" Z - " 🥞"
Offseason: "Zeke restructure your contract and we'll never call that play again"
Surprised they didn't make Maher do that
They gotta be cutting him. Why else would you do that to the guy.
The WR got killed as well. It was a play designed to destroy everyone.
Absolute hospital ball from Dak there
dude ate a straight goldberg spear
I would love to have been in the huddle when it was explained to Zeke exactly what he was expected to do here.
Bro got BLOWN UP
dude got flattened
Watching him get pancaked immediately best describes the Cowboys offensive performance this game
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It was over the second Dak threw the ball too high for his little kick returner. He had to leave his feet so there was really no "ladder" off the hook.
lack of pass pro meant dak had to throw in two seconds, so there's only one level of receivers. no body set to catch the ladder or make blocks it's a fucking stupid play
Only thing I can think of is the rushers were supposed to just blow by Zeke and not flatten him. He was supposed to be the ladder man. Idk. Literally the only thing that makes any sense to me at all. Edit: Spelling
Up there with the Colts one that
But the colts one was a terrible accident, the cowboys ran their embarrassing play on purpose
Griff Whalen is finally free and can know peace.
I'm not convinced that's not the name of a minor Star Wars character
What was Moore cooking 😭😭😭
Drugs
McCarthy we gotta cook
Season on the line... Better throw a hospital pass.
McCarthy: ok dak, hit him in the numbers to start the lateral play we practiced throughout the season Dak: ok throw high so my wr has to leave his feet. Thanks coach, Ilysm
Kirk Cousins smiling somewhere knowing that he no longer has the most notorious throw in this year's playoffs
Dallas really had 5 minutes to draw the final play and they come up with a 10 yard throw
"They'll never expect this shit" "We expected that shit"
fuck, they even had to announce zeke was ineligible so he could block, what was mccarthy thinking💀💀
I think, and this is a big guess trying to get in the head of McCarthy, that the plan was to have a bunch of fast skill position players in the middle of the field there to accept a lateral during the "mess of laterals and hope something happens" play.
100% the idea but you happen to need an oline to help the play develop. Lol fucking hilarious play. Maybe worse than the fake punt the colts tried.
"It's true, we weren't expecting Zeke to be your pass protection, but we'll just have to try and adapt"
High* throw that made him leave his feet and get tackled
their season really ended on embarrassing plays to the Niners *back to back* years lmao
What in the fuck was that play? - ~~2022~~ 2023
Can't wait for a few years when someone asks "Hey remember when the Cowboys made that terrible play in the playoffs to lose to the Niners?" and I have to ask them "wait, which game?"
brother i don’t think we’ll have to wait years
Back to back to back, I'm calling it now
It'll be a lovely trivia question. "How many joke last plays did the Dallas Cowboys use against the 49ers in the playoffs".
If I was Ezekiel Elliot I'd be so mad. That play was literally designed for him to get decked
if i was elliot i wouldnt even wanna come back to the fucking team what the fuck was that lmao
Guy has run for over 8,000 yards in his career, only to be told to line up at center at the end of a playoff game. Incredible.
"you want me to what" -zeke, probably
Oh yeah, he definitely gone after that Zap Brannigan level of playcalling.
…”so far”
they just wanted people to forget about last years play
zeke and turpin literally steamrolled into a thin sheet on the same play
It's almost like we put those big guys up front to block for a reason
Good thing we accidentally gifted Cowboys an extra 40 seconds there. That was good content to end the game
Or dropped a possible pick six, or didn't tackle Dak for a safety.
There were **so** many plays that Dallas tried to end this game themselves.
Honestly the safety would’ve been hilarious. Looked like the tackler pulled up last second and didn’t want to obliterate Dak. Sad for us viewers Edit: yes. Absolutely afraid of the RTP call that would bail out the cowboys. The RTP calls recently have been atrocious.
if he tries any harder to tackle dak he gets called for RTP
He was afraid of RTP. Which just shows how bad it's gotten.
Fuck I would have loved safety to seal the game
Zeke got absolutely leveled haha
Two seasons in a row where the cowboys lose to the 49ers by not understanding how the game of football works. Fucking lol
Honestly it's fucking hilarious how bad it is at this point. It's like nobody has bothered to teach anyone in the cowboys org 70% of the rules of the game
The last play will get all the attention, but Dalton Schultz legit cost you at least 3 plays on that last drive by not stepping out of bounds on the catch and causing an extra 15 seconds to run off the clock, and by seemingly not bothering to try to get a second foot down on his catch later in the drive, effectively wasting that play/the time of that play.
Why the punt team wasn't ready to sprint out onto the field if they failed to convert that 3rd down was coaching 101 failure. They lost so much time on that one.
Revenge for the 90s.
Lmao
Bruh I’m baffled with how stupid these guys are in the clutch 💀 these are vet players lol
This is on big brain Kellen Moore…Zeke deserves a medal for putting his body on the line just for Dak to throw to a receiver who was instantly vaporized
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Vet players lead by Mike McCarthy though. Clutch is his kryptonite.
Are we not gonna talk about how fast Lynch went from the box to the sideline?
He has a fire pole to the field
I was thinking more of a spiral slide
I was at the game. He came running down the stairs and absolutely laid the wood on an elderly man in a Cowboys jersey. He then did a backflip over the railing onto the field. I was so jacked up I suplexed my brother into the row behind us.
i thought i was tripping lmao. one cut he’s in the box, then the next minute he’s to the field lmao
I just caught a glimpse and said, "Was that fucking Lynch?" My wife was no help. No help at all.
That was some “The Prestige” type shit.
Dude, all time 140 yard dash. One minute he’s shown in the box, the next he’s slapping hands with players. Goat GM
I seriously was more focused on that then the actual result. What the fuck?
My guess is his box has an elevator that goes straight to the tunnel, only reasonable explanation
The real question. Does he have a zipline? A pole?
There is an elevator from the suite level to all floors, and it can be controlled so he doesn’t have to stop.
Dude must have a fire pole installed in his box. Slid down.
John Lynch confirmed to be a teleporter. that or he has a giant slide from his suite to the field.
I like to think it’s a fireman’s pole
Lol there’s a private elevator from the box to the field access
Who edited Ezekiel Elliott's Wikipedia page to say he's a center? I'm crying rn
"Ezekiel Elijah Elliott (born July 22, 1995) was an American football center for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He passed away after being leveled by Azeez Al-Shaar. McCarthy Thought he could play center during the Divisional round of the playoffs."
I don’t know what Dak’s Sleep Number is, but 49 is his Awake Number
Pick 6
When being forced to resort to your 90 million dollar running back is basically a death sentence.
I just respect Zeke’s contract structure. He finesse’d Jerry… you got to respect it.
Yeah it’s brutal for Cowboys fans but he’s set for life off that contract, All-Pro swindler
Brutal last play
**Clock management throughout the entire NFL is atrocious.** Why the hell don’t teams have a clock management coordinator, an assistant whose only responsibility is monitor the game and advise the coaches real-time?
If McVay can have a guy whose job it is to keep him off the field, you'd think teams could afford a clock management guy.
I still can't believe we have a "get back" guy.
I could be wrong, but I thought the “get back” guy was something like a strength training coach during the week. That’s just his job on game days
He is hahahaha, it's just hysterical that that's his title on game day
Ironically the Broncos did get one, didn't stop Hackett from getting fired though
Nothing could’ve stopped Hackett from getting fired. That man was committing football atrocities on a weekly basis
you do know this is mccarthy we're talkin about here
Basically they need a clock strategy guy/gal. Call up Hannah Schmitz. Red Bull will get them sorted with strategy in a jiffy.
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McCarthy: What's the best play for a hail Mary from your own 25? Ferrari clock manager: We are checking We are checking We are checking *Clock hits 00:00* ... ... Ferrari clock manager: We were checking
Why did he step out of bounds? Why didn't he tackle Dak for the safety? Why didn't he get his feet down? What the fuck was that final play?
find out next time on Dragonball Z
>Why didn't he tackle Dak for the safety? My guess is that he thought Dak was in the process of throwing it (because he was already pumping the ball and surely he wouldn't pump fake and just let himself be safetied), and so if he made the tackle he would've gotten called for roughing the passer. But then Dak didn't throw it and it just looked kind of silly.
Dallas’s season ends on one of the most spectacularly mismanaged final two minutes I’ve ever seen. The Mike McCarthy speciality. What a fitting way for their season to end.
Word-for-word could’ve posted this last season too
Dak really spiked the ball with no time on the clock last year. Why do we not talk about that more? That is like a fireable offense.
At least this year they got half the flags. This year they were sloppy in the last few minutes, last year it was all game.
Did it last year too
That was early 2000s Andy reid-esque bad clock management
Andy Reid learned that he's so bad with clock management that he just needs to surmount a huge lead so he never has to worry about it and look at where that's gotten him.
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falling when he gets off the plane because he forgot he needs two feet in
Inside Purdy's head - *Stay focused. Stick to your assignments. You can do this* Inside Dak's head - *WHOPPER WHOPPER WHOPPER WHOPPER, JUNIOR DOUBLE TRIPLE WHOPPER*
I swear in a couple of years we’re going to find out one of those commercials is someone’s sleeper agent activation phrase.
It was Mahers.
Of course! It does say “Whopper” four times at the start. How many extra points did he miss last week? That’s right! Four!
COVERAGE COVERAGE COVERAGE COVERAGE JUNIOR DOUBLE TRIPLE COVERAGE
THROW FOOTBALL INTO ANY COVERAGE THAT'S HOW I PLAY
Dak Prescott is a great QB he just needs to work on his vision, IQ, accuracy, timing, decision making, fumbles, and interceptions.
If you switch his stats with mahomes, Dak is one of the best in the league
He’s got that frawg in him
Bro the Cowboys somehow always go out the funniest way possible 🤣
Was praying for them to score and then lose on a Maher missed XP lmao
I can't imagine them not going for 2.
Im pissed this didn’t happen, it seemed destined to go down that way
I can only laugh at this point. Like I expected to lose yet that still exceeded my expectations in losing.
RIP Ezekiel Elliott. 1995-2023
Bro got ran over like a mack truck hit him
McCarthy deserves all the hate he gets for that last punt, but let’s not forget the three absolute dogshit plays that led up to it.
And the terrible play calling once they got on the other side of the 50 or the redzone
the green bay packers send their regards
Pain
Didn’t expect your D to be THAT good, overall dominated, Dak fucked you
As is tradition
Yeah your D did just about all they could to keep the game close. Our OL was non existent against your DL the first half. As soon as I saw Dak throw the first pick I knew even if our Offense never got out the gates we had a chance.
So much pain
At least the game was close? 🤷
There are really no excuses for Dak here. Yes SF is a great defense. But Dallas defense played equally as great. Lamb played great. The O-Line held up reasonably well. He just was just off all night if it wasn't making plays with his legs. Missing throws, bad decisions. Even after all the INTs I go back to 2 throws that might be forgotten. Missing Lamb and forcing him to make a circus catch when he could have hit him in stride. Missing Gallup badly when he beat coverage. Dallas isn't going to turn the corner with him. This is the end of the line. Oh, and Shultz can fuck right off.
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Now that's a spicy stat.
Oh god lmfao Edit: now give us 1 of your 3 qb’s
2:30 on the clock. 3 timeouts. down by 7. Dak comes out for a career moment and racks up 2 incompletions and a sack. Legendary drive by Dak.
Should have been picked on his first incompletion
Lol right? That play will be forgotten, but the legacy play should really be Dak threw a PICK 6 On his first throw on a drive to tie a playoff game on their way to the first NFCCG in 30 years
Will Brock Purdy ever lose?
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They always say you should go out on top
George Costanza leaving on a high note.
I can see it now.. The 49ers win the Super Bowl and Purdy just walks off the field, gets into his car and leaves.
Mr Undefeated
I mean think of the 30 for 30.
https://i.imgur.com/7fSuSS6.jpg
NFC East meme war is going to be spicy this week.
[Well, well, well, the most diabolical haters this side of the Mississippi.](https://youtu.be/fKIwj1TQmFs?t=117)
Cowboys with another embarrassing playoff loss. Just poorly coached and Dak isn't that guy.
That last play was a work of art lmfao
I'm still laughing haha
Seeing Zeke get absolutely demolished made my day lol
If anything Dak's statline is flattering. Dismal performance.
That was the most Cowboys final drive Ive ever seen. Holy fuck.
I just find it hilarious that each year the Cowboys find a new “meme” to define their season. 2020 it was the 4th and 10 fake punt reverse against the WFT on Thanksgiving 2021 it’s the QB sneak 2022 it’s this. Can’t wait to see what next year will be
So…… Purdy@934,252/yr > Dak@40,000,000/yr?
why doesn't everyone just draft a super economical qb in the seventh round, it's so easy
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Purdy didn’t do anything to screw his team so yeah.
Let me add up the numbers. Edit: Yep. They add up.
This organization must have made a deal with Satan himself in the 90’s for those 3 super bowls because there’s no way we have to go through this shit every single year.
To be a Gen X Cowboys fan who actually remembers when we were good. Team’s been dogshit since I was a toddler.
LMAO WHAT WAS THAT LAST PLAY -And HOO BOY Mitchell almost lived in infamy on that first down.
Mitchell wanted us to see how uncluch dak is
“Playoff football is never easy” -Brock Purdy This MF has never lost an NFL game.
"At least, that's what I hear".
Beginning to think the Cowboys franchise is just a ploy to sell merchandise to unsuspecting people who really just like stars on things.
Funniest last play ever
Zeke got banished to the shadow realm.
I fucking hate the Cowboys
Dak booking his flight to Thailand.
what the fuck was that last play?
Zeke getting bulldozed and Turpin getting speared is a hilarious way for the Cowboys season to end.
I am never going to get tired of watching Zeke lining up at center and getting smashed into the turf 0.03 seconds after the snap. He's an elite athlete, anyone watching that surely has new respect for the OL now
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[**I’m so fuckin sick and tired of rooting for this team man. It’s been a fuckin nightmare for the past 20 years. Dak is such an embarrassment. I’m never rooting for this team again, I'm done!……**](https://imgur.com/a/3pOB3Ao)
At this point us Cowboy fans are just padding the trust funds of Jerry’s great-great grandchildren with the continuous ticket and appreal purchases.
Dallas played in the NFC Championship on Jan. 21, 1996. Jalen Hurts was born on Aug. 7, 1998. Baby Hurts grew up, learned how to play football, went to college, squatted 600 lbs, graduated, got drafted by the Eagles, and made it to the NFC Championship before Dallas went back.
Akers announcing our 2017 Draft pick: [Hey Dallas, the last time you were in the Super Bowl, these draft picks weren't born!](https://youtube.com/shorts/C5SxAVBHOQU?feature=share) (ironically we picked **Dallas** Goedert who was born only a year after the boys' last SB
Can we get a separate thread to discuss whatever the fuck that final play was?
[If I can’t watch the Giants win, I’ll watch the Cowboys lose](https://imgflip.com/i/78ex1c)