Dallas Cowboys' Mike McCarthy defends QB draw play: 'Shouldn't have had problem getting ball spotted'

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The Dallas Cowboys lost to the San Francisco 49ers 23-17 in the wild card game at AT&T Stadium on Sunday.

The 49ers had to survive a final-second comeback by the Cowboys that saw them get to the San Francisco 41 with 14 seconds to play.

It never happened.

The ball was not spotted quickly enough for Dallas to spike it before time expired, as evidenced by the 17 yards on the quarterback draw by Prescott.

He should have had a chance to throw the ball to the end zone. Mike McCarthy thought New York would review it. The risk of having the game end the way it did was 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780 800-313-5780

Alex Kemp said there were no mistakes on their part.

Kemp said the umpire spotted the ball correctly.

The Umpire was behind the play when the quarterback was hit by the runner before the ball was thrown. When he got behind Tyler Biadasz, he saw four seconds on the clock. He said he saw two seconds on the clock after colliding with George.

Kemp said that he collided with the players because he was moving the ball to the right spot.

The Cowboys' chances for a comeback were ended by that time.

The execution between us and the official spotting the ball wasn't good, according to coach Mike McCarthy. "We should have been able to get the ball spotted there."

McCarthy defended Kellen Moore's decision to call the run even with no timeouts. He was shocked that the Cowboys didn't get a last-play opportunity. Each week the Cowboys practice "church clock" situations.

Do you want to run five vertical plays from the 25 yard line or do you want to run a Hail Mary play from the 50 yard line? McCarthy said something. That's the decision, it's the right one.

The umpire would have had time to set the Cowboys if he had gone down sooner. He said a San Francisco defender jumped on him to slow him down, but he didn't think that was unfair.

When you've practiced it a lot, you're not worried about it. You trust your training that you put into it. You don't prepare for things like colliding with the umpire, but I guess we'll have to.

San Francisco coach Mike Shanahan had a different perspective than the Dallas coach.

I saw it live and thought it was over. "I was very confident that it was done." When you're confident, sometimes you see it wrong and sometimes you see it right. You're never sure until they let you know.

Kemp said the game was over after McCarthy said an official on the sideline told him there would be a review.

McCarthy thought that time would be put back on the clock.

Kemp said officials in New York couldn't help.

Kemp said that the end of the game would be confirmed by the officials on the field.

As Kemp and the rest of the crew left the field, Cowboys fans threw debris at them. When he was first told that the fans were throwing things at teammates, he thought it was "sad" but then he was told it was at the officials.

The Cowboys were upset with the officials. They were fined a record 14 times for 89 yards. The entire season had been an issue for the Dallas Cowboys, who entered Sunday as the most penalized team in the league.

"When we were younger, we said that people hated the Cowboys because they were bias," said the rookies. I think we were playing hard. When you play hard and want to make a play, you tend to jump offsides, put a hand to the face, or even hold the ball by accident, you never know how they will perceive it.

I felt like a few of them were biased towards us. It's our fault that we're in that position. I hope everyone else does the same as I'm going to take full accountability.

Jerry Jones said the game was lost before the final play.

Jones said that the team shouldn't have been in that position.