The Thanksgiving Day afternoon matchup between the Washington Football Team and the Dallas Cowboys, both 3-7 heading into the contest, has had a lot of lowlights. One of those came on the Cowboys’ fourth-quarter fourth-and-10 attempt at a fake punt, which saw them actually lose yards:
Washington snuffed out the fake ‼️ @WashingtonNFL
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— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) November 27, 2020
Yes, if that had worked, it would have been great. The Cowboys trailed 20-16 at this point, and a conversion there would have let them continue their drive. But this play never seemed to have much chance of success, with receiver Cedrick Wilson getting the ball so far in the backfield and eventually being tackled behind the line of scrimmage. And that led to Washington taking over on the Dallas 23 and immediately scoring off a 23-yard run by Antonio Gibson:
A Thanksgiving Day FEAST for @AntonioGibson14! @WashingtonNFL
His 2nd TD of the day!
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📱: NFL app // Yahoo Sports app: https://t.co/t8ECNxwRaz pic.twitter.com/hdJwh13QUh— NFL (@NFL) November 27, 2020
That put Washington up 27-16. So this fake really didn’t work out well for the Cowboys at all.
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Andrew Bucholtz has been covering sports media for Awful Announcing since 2012. He is also a staff writer for The Comeback. His previous work includes time at Yahoo! Sports Canada and Black Press.