The ESPN article below indicates that this is, indeed, the case.
The Cowboys have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever. Cmon, Jerry. Sign Daniel Jones and start him on Turkey Day against the team that just released him!
The Cowboys are a good candidate to grab Jones. Sadly, I don’t think he could learn the playbook in time. But it would be awesome if he took a few snaps.
The Ravens-Chargers is the only game this week that has both teams over .500. The Seahawks, 49ers, and Rams are all 5-5 and are playing teams over .500. I don’t know if this is unusual this time of year, but I thought it was interesting.
I keep a visual graph of team win totals titled “wins bell curve.” It did not resemble a bell in any way right now.
That would be fun to see.
This Cowboys/Commanders game has the most insane ending I can remember. Holy crap on a cracker.
Describe for those of us who can’t watch.
It was a regular NFL game for 3 quarters and then both teams got access to Techmo Bowl Bo Jackson in the 4th.
A Raider once did that, Derrick Jensen, ran back an onside kick in the waning seconds c. 1983.
With both teams trying their absolute best toward the end of the game to keep the other team alive. Washington missed a PAT that would have tied it up with 21 second left. Dallas returned the ensuing onside kick for a touchdown instead of just going down, which would have ended the game as Washington was out of timeouts.
More than that.
Dallas leading 20-9
3:02 left, Washington scores a touchdown, and 2-point conversion to bring the score to 20-17.
Washinton kicks off, Dallas returner lets ball go between his legs, picks it up, and returns it for a touchdown. 27-17.
Washington takes the next drive, kicks a 51-yard field goal on 2nd down. 1:40 left, Dallas leads 27-20.
Onside kick by Washington, recovered by Dallas. Washington uses their last timeouts and forces a Dallas punt.
Washington gets the ball on their own 14 with 40 seconds left. Their next play is an 86-yard touchdown pass. They miss the extra point. 0:21 left, Dallas leads 27-26.
Onside kick again, recovered by Dallas and returned for a touchdown. 0:14 left, Dallas leads 34-26.
Washington tried a Hail Mary of their final play; it was short of the end zone and intercepted.
You have NO IDEA how much it pains me to have to say “I told you so.”
And the play before that it looked like Ekeler was knocked out after a run.
ETA: Yeah he suffered a concussion.
Every play seemed insane back-to-back-to-back-to…
The only team that could be as inept as Dallas is Washington. The two teams out-joke each other on the field.
Have the rules for a safety changed? I thought that the team that was safetied punted the ball from their own 20. In the TEN-HOU game, late in the 4th quarter, the Titans got a safety to go ahead 32-27. The Texans then tried an onside kick instead of punting from their 20. Is this a new thing or has this always been the rule?
The kick after a safety is a “free kick,” and while teams nearly always execute the post-safety free kick via a punt, it does not have to be a punt; it can be a placekick. (Or a drop kick, for that matter.)
And, yes, it can be done as an onside kick – it’s something that’s nearly never tried, largely because you’re kicking from so deep in your end of the field. But, if it’s late in the game, and you’re in desperation mode already, there’s little harm in trying.
The Pack might just win this one…
Brian
Can that Packers team show up against the Vikings and Lions?
By the way, after the Commanders failed to tie the game late because of a missed extra point kick, that kicker who missed (and he missed the PAT twice in that game just FYI) had this face which is just awesome. This is the ultimate “I just fucked up so bad” face and needs to be a meme.
He looks like he just learned that his family was being executed as a result of his failures.