So.
With eight seconds left in the first half of Monday night’s game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Los Angeles Chargers, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy declined the time out someone on his sideline called. Instead, and with the ball at the Los Angeles 14-yard line, referee and Clark and his crew rolled the clock down to three seconds left so that kicker Brandon Aubrey could boot a 32-yard field goal, which Aubrey did.
That put Dallas up 10-7 at the half, but what the what was McCarthy thinking? That he didn’t want Dak Prescott to take a shot before the field goal? That timeouts rollover to the second half like phone minutes? As he burned two of his second-half timeouts in the third and early fourth quarter, we’re going with the “rollover minutes” theory.
We have absolutely no clue what was on McCarthy’s mind. We do know that he has a long history of mangling the clock.
That was the question we had in 2021, and it’s the question we have now. It is also the question that many people had on social media.
so with 8 seconds left and 2 timeouts Mike McCarthy really told the ref he didn’t want to call a timeout until 3 seconds so he could settle for a FG????? pic.twitter.com/33IPGVpyE7
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) October 17, 2023
So I am to understand that that's the way Mike McCarthy wanted to play it? With 8 seconds, a timeout to spare & a $40M QB?
That's so, so gross.
— David Helman (@davidhelman_) October 17, 2023
everytime we believe mike mccarthy is good at clock management pic.twitter.com/O4GfpF1KnG
— Annie Agar (@AnnieAgar) October 17, 2023
Mike McCarthy with 8 seconds left and a chance to go for a TD pic.twitter.com/4pjDcU9ztx
— Ernie (@es3_09) October 17, 2023
Mike McCarthy managing the clock pic.twitter.com/tUZFWkRKaq
— Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin_) October 17, 2023
Mike McCarthy. Dude.
— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) October 17, 2023
“Next time throw it in the dirt so we can punt “ – mike McCarthy prolly
— BillyGee (@IMBillyGee) October 17, 2023
