The Dallas Cowboys fell to 6-3 on the season following a 31-28 overtime loss to the Green Bay Packers, but it did not have to end this way.
Dallas couldn’t seal the deal after carrying a 28-14 lead into the fourth quarter. The team squandered away that lead and then head coach Mike McCarthy didn’t help his cause by turning down the opportunity to kick a go-ahead field goal in the extra frame.
The Cowboys went for it on 4th-and-3 as a Dak Prescott pass to Tony Pollard fell incomplete. That allowed Mason Crosby to win the game with a 28-yard field goal after the Packers got the ball and drove it down the field.
Following the game, ex-Cowboys star Dez Bryant took to Twitter and went off on Mike McCarthy’s decision.
“WHY WE DID NOT KICK THE DAMN FIELD GOAL… this is not real life,” Bryant tweeted.
Many thought McCarthy was unnecessarily aggressive and cost his team the game.
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That loss puts the Cowboys in third place in the top heavy NFC East.
