NFL Twitter reacts to Cowboys’ bizarre last play vs. 49ers
Dak Prescott and the Cowboys left their fans with a final play to remember Sunday night as their season came to an end in the divisional round in aDown seven with five seconds left in the game, the Dallas offense took the field on their own 24-yard line looking to drum up some magic to erase the deficit.
Prescott lined up in a shotgun formation ready to receive the snap from running back Ezekiel Elliott, who lined up as the center … yes, you read that correctly. Elliott was the only “offensive lineman” near Prescott, who was flanked by rookie back Malik Davis on the play while the rest of the actual O-line lined up out wide next to the receivers.
From there, Elliott proceeded to get ran over by Niners linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair as Prescott fired a pass to receiver KaVontae Turpin, who who was then laid out by cornerback Jimmie Ward before he could attempt a lateral as time expired. Yikes. While the play clearly didn’t work out in Dallas’s favor in the slightest, the poor execution was likely far worse than anyone on the team would’ve ever imagined. But, on the plus side for the Cowboys and their fans, the finish was, at the very least, much less controversial thanThe bizarre game-ending sequence ignited a wave of reaction on Twitter as NFL Twitter weighed in on the questionable play call by Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy and offensive coordinator Kellen Moore.
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