Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy wasted a potential scoring opportunity right before halftime against the Eagles on "Monday Night Football" with horrible clock management.
Dallas' defense came up with a stop close to midfield with roughly a minute left in the half. McCarthy could have used one of his team's two remaining timeouts to attempt to get the ball back and move it into field goal range to take a 23-7 lead into the locker room.
For whatever reason, McCarthy elected not to take a timeout, letting
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Peyton Manning, calling the game on ESPN2 as part of the network's ManningCast, could only cry out in frustration, "Call timeout, Mike!"
Peyton Manning isn't enjoying the Mike McCarthy clock management:"Call timeout, MIKE!"
Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing)
It's po sible the down, distance and location of the ball on the field fourth-and-5 from the Dallas 49 was enough to give McCarthy pause about whether to call timeout. After all, it was po sible the Eagles could have attempted to convert, and a timeout would have given them more time to score. Indeed, an official appeared to ask McCarthy whether he wanted to call timeout. He refused:
Ref: "Do you want a timeout?"McCarthy: "I'm good"
Computer Cowboy (@benbbaldwin)
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Either way, he had terrible timing on the decision pun intended J.A. Happ Jersey a week after similar clock mismanagement against the Chargers.
McCarthy for kicker Greg Zuerlein having to kick a last-second 56-yard field goal against Los Angeles, after letting 24 seconds tick off the clock late in the fourth quarter.
"One of our players came off who shouldnt have come off, just communication there. Then we were just going to run it down, but the clock I was watching went off the board," McCarthy explained in his postgame news conference. "And the clock offensive coordinator Kellen Moore had, he said he got blocked by a camera guy. So the communication was great from up top; obviously, you want to call that timeout between three and four seconds Bernie Williams Jersey ."
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Twitter was quick to point out McCarthy's deficiency in clock management, too:
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Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball)
Mike McCarthy trying to figure out how to manage the clock
The Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ)
Nice clock management there by Mike McCarthy again.
Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson)
Definitely strange to see Mike McCarthy not want more time for one last po se sion before halftime.And by strange I mean wrong and what are yall doin
RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa)
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Mike McCarthy apparently cannot find the clock at AT&T Stadium either. Or he simply, with two timeouts, cares not to stop it. Eagles get the ball to begin second half.
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I just talked to Mike McCarthy yesterday. Hes probably not going to call me anymore because I criticized his clock management. The moment Peyton Manning truly became a member of the media
Dan Wolken (@DanWolken)
Peyton Manning isn't enjoying the Mike McCarthy clock management:"Call timeout, MIKE!"
Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing)
It's po sible the down, distance and location of the ball on the field fourth-and-5 from the Dallas 49 was enough to give McCarthy pause about whether to call timeout. After all, it was po sible the Eagles could have attempted to convert, and a timeout would have given them more time to score. Indeed, an official appeared to ask McCarthy whether he wanted to call timeout. He refused:
Ref: "Do you want a timeout?"McCarthy: "I'm good"
Computer Cowboy (@benbbaldwin)
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McCarthy for kicker Greg Zuerlein having to kick a last-second 56-yard field goal against Los Angeles, after letting 24 seconds tick off the clock late in the fourth quarter.
"One of our players came off who shouldnt have come off, just communication there. Then we were just going to run it down, but the clock I was watching went off the board," McCarthy explained in his postgame news conference. "And the clock offensive coordinator Kellen Moore had, he said he got blocked by a camera guy. So the communication was great from up top; obviously, you want to call that timeout between three and four seconds [url=https://www.hinyyankeesfans.com/new-york-yankees-jersey/bernie-williams-jersey]Bernie Williams Jersey[/url] ."
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Twitter was quick to point out McCarthy's deficiency in clock management, too:
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Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball)
Mike McCarthy trying to figure out how to manage the clock
The Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ)
Nice clock management there by Mike McCarthy again.
Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson)
Definitely strange to see Mike McCarthy not want more time for one last po se sion before halftime.And by strange I mean wrong and what are yall doin
RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa)
Mike McCarthy clock management
br_betting (@br_betting)
Mike McCarthy apparently cannot find the clock at AT&T Stadium either. Or he simply, with two timeouts, cares not to stop it. Eagles get the ball to begin second half.
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I just talked to Mike McCarthy yesterday. Hes probably not going to call me anymore because I criticized his clock management. The moment Peyton Manning truly became a member of the media
Dan Wolken (@DanWolken)
Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy wasted a potential scoring opportunity right before halftime against the Eagles on "Monday Night Football" with horrible clock management.
