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Wade Phillips takes blame for end-of-half mistake
Posted at 12:02 AM on Mon., Sep. 13, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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If Wade Phillips had it to do all over again, he would've had Tony Romo take a knee at the end of the second quarter. Instead, Romo flipped the ball to Tashard Choice, who fumbled and led to DeAngelo Hall's 32-yard return for a touchdown.
"That's my fault before the half," Phillips said. "We should've taken a knee ... the right thing to do was go in 3-0 and we didn't do that. Now, you catch the ball with four seconds left you don't need to make an extra yard or two. Get down with the ball."
Choice fought for some extra yardage but Hall was able to rip the ball free for the turnover. The sequence that led to the Cowboys running a play came about after a holding penalty. Initially, the Redskins declined the penalty, which would have left the ball at the Dallas 46.
"They declined the penalty and we were going to run a Hail Mary," Phillips said. Then when they took it back and took the penalty, then we needed to call it off and we didn't do it."
Posted at 12:02 AM on Mon., Sep. 13, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Todd Archer / Reporter Bio | E-mail | News tips
If Wade Phillips had it to do all over again, he would've had Tony Romo take a knee at the end of the second quarter. Instead, Romo flipped the ball to Tashard Choice, who fumbled and led to DeAngelo Hall's 32-yard return for a touchdown.
"That's my fault before the half," Phillips said. "We should've taken a knee ... the right thing to do was go in 3-0 and we didn't do that. Now, you catch the ball with four seconds left you don't need to make an extra yard or two. Get down with the ball."
Choice fought for some extra yardage but Hall was able to rip the ball free for the turnover. The sequence that led to the Cowboys running a play came about after a holding penalty. Initially, the Redskins declined the penalty, which would have left the ball at the Dallas 46.
"They declined the penalty and we were going to run a Hail Mary," Phillips said. Then when they took it back and took the penalty, then we needed to call it off and we didn't do it."