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The Dallas Cowboys may have run the worst play of the 2020 season on Thursday night.
In the fourth quarter of the Dallas-Washington Thanksgiving day game, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarrthy made the bold decision of busting out a fake punt on the team’s own 20-yard-line on 4th and 10 while down only four points that failed miserably.
Mike McCarthy might have pulled off the worst fake punt of the year in the NFL. #DallasCowboys pic.twitter.com/1ro5BffH9k
— Christopher Boan (@cgboan) November 27, 2020
Washington went on to score a few plays later to take a 27-16 lead and Cowboys fans were irate with McCarthy.
I cannot recall a great number of bewildering coaching decisions in a game where Mike McCarthy’s team is playing a close game with first place in the division on the line.
— Ed Werder (@WerderEdESPN) November 27, 2020
https://twitter.com/DylansRawTake/status/1332115462595948550
Mike McCarthy seems like his trying to get fired before this game is over
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) November 27, 2020
https://twitter.com/Cianaf/status/1332115439036604416
I’m thankful for the Cowboys hiring Mike McCarthy to demonstrate to the world how insanely good Aaron Rodgers in his prime must have been to make him look competent.
— NoTechBen (@NoTechBen) November 27, 2020
Mike McCarthy when planning his next genius fourth-down conversion trickery: pic.twitter.com/qp1qfQfy55
— Schlasser (@UrinatingTree) November 27, 2020
Update: McCarthy told the media that he felt the fake punt “was a good play call”.
Mike McCarthy on the fake punt: "It was a solid play call."
— Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) November 27, 2020