The Dallas Cowboys tried to flip their fortunes in the beginning of the third quarter of Sunday’s loss against the Atlanta Falcons to hilariously unsuccessful results on the back’s of punter Bryan Anger.
Down four points and punting from its own 38-yard line, Dallas decided to go for it on fourth-and-2.
Anger had thrown two career passes in his NFL career before. His last came in 2018 and his only completion in the league came in 2014.
That did not stop Cowboys’ head coach Mike McCarthy from giving Anger the green light to throw the ball.
Anger’s pass was inaccurate, intended for cornerback CJ Goodwin, causing his teammate to fall down and it nearly to be intercepted by an Atlanta defender.
Why McCarthy chose that moment with 28 minutes left in the game to try a fake seems like horrible coaching in hindsight.
The Cowboys fell to 3-5 with the loss and would have been within striking distance of playoff positioning with a win.
It was one of the several bad swings for Dallas on the day that also included quarterback Dak Prescott getting injured.
Prescott’s hamstring injury was followed by the longtime Cowboy being caught saying ‘We f***ing suck’ on the sideline about his team.
Dallas is 3.5 games back of their archrival, the Washington Commanders, for first place in the NFC East.
