Dumb Decisions: The WORST Fake Field Goal Ever (Cowboys @ Cardinals - 1988)

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  • Опубликовано: 11 апр 2020
  • In a 1988 game between the Phoenix Cardinals and Dallas Cowboys, head coach Gene Stallings had a chance to tie the game on a 42-yard field goal from Al Del Greco. What he opted to do instead was much, much worse
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  • @vict4451
    @vict4451 2 года назад +17

    "it's not like those 3 points would come...are you kidding me?"
    Laughed too hard at that one

  • @wjhealy13
    @wjhealy13 4 года назад +34

    Both announcers saying "What!?" at the same time after the play, lol

    • @pronkb000
      @pronkb000 3 года назад +2

      Either Gifford or Dierdorf (probably Dan) muted themselves to yell "What are they DOING?!" but they exclaim it loudly enough that they're heard under Al's PBP.

    • @SurgingSpecs
      @SurgingSpecs 2 года назад +6

      In the words of Al Michaels 12 years later, HE DID WHAT?

    • @andrewpadaetz5549
      @andrewpadaetz5549 Год назад

      @@pronkb000 It's Dierdorf.

  • @chrisuncleahmad
    @chrisuncleahmad 3 года назад +29

    "I'll tell you what, Phoenix- the Cardinals are in town!"

    • @alvansmith2304
      @alvansmith2304 3 года назад +6

      Uttered by ex-Cardinal Dan Dierdorff who had an axe to grind with the organization.

    • @F40PH-2CAT
      @F40PH-2CAT 3 года назад +2

      Prepare for a decade of ineptitude

    • @deansch6089
      @deansch6089 2 года назад +5

      @@alvansmith2304 He may not have been objective but he also was not wrong.

  • @ericveneto1593
    @ericveneto1593 3 года назад +9

    The announcers were GOLD!

  • @brianarbenz1329
    @brianarbenz1329 3 года назад +7

    At first the announcers were thinking, “Did we miss something? Did the clock say 13 seconds and we didn’t see the first digit?” Then they realized it was the coach who missed something.

  • @waffles5433
    @waffles5433 4 года назад +18

    You should do the Browns calling a draw play on 4th and 9 against the Rams in week 2 of 2019. I don’t know how Kitchens wasn’t fired on the spot.

  • @Nobodyimportant85
    @Nobodyimportant85 2 года назад +6

    I read somewhere that Del Greco was the best golfer in NFL history. I wonder if that affected Coach Stallings' decision here.

  • @TexasNewsOwL
    @TexasNewsOwL 3 года назад +14

    Landrys last year coaching. Del Greco was a decent kicker. Gene Stallings was a coach on Landrys staff for years.

    • @stephenh5944
      @stephenh5944 2 года назад +4

      Del Greco was much better with the Oilers/Titans than he was with the Cardinals.
      www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/delgralx01.htm

  • @chrisuncleahmad
    @chrisuncleahmad 3 года назад +8

    “Welcome to Dumb Decisions.”

  • @jeremycrandall2899
    @jeremycrandall2899 3 года назад +6

    The further back you go, the more it sounds like the great Al Michaels was inhaling helium.

    • @stephenh5944
      @stephenh5944 2 года назад +2

      For example: ruclips.net/video/qYscemhnf88/видео.html

    • @jeremycrandall2899
      @jeremycrandall2899 2 года назад

      @@stephenh5944 Exactly! Lol

    • @tommyl.dayandtherunaways820
      @tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 2 года назад

      Go back to the “do you believe in miracles” call, and it sounds like he’s still going through announcer puberty haha. It’s crazy how he went from this to the deep, rich baritone we’ve come to know and love.

  • @dentonyoung4314
    @dentonyoung4314 2 года назад +5

    That's a great play call if it's 4th and 1 and there's 303 seconds left in the half. With 3 seconds left it's only worth trying if the ball is on the 2 yard line.

  • @chrisuncleahmad
    @chrisuncleahmad 3 года назад +6

    2:30 "WHAT?!"

  • @tommyl.dayandtherunaways820
    @tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 2 года назад +2

    Man, Al Michaels has seen so many crazy, ridiculous things in his broadcasting career (to say nothing of him calling other sports, like the “do you believe in miracles” call). From this, to the Colts 4th down fiasco, to the super bowl 49 ending, to the Favre to Freeman throw, to the ending of super bowl 34, and so on and so on. The stories that guy could tell...

  • @adamzielinski2001
    @adamzielinski2001 3 года назад +6

    Funny how Gene Stallings was decent at Alabama and won a National title there. Years later history repeats with Nick Saban. Although he had coached at LSU prior and had amazing success there too

    • @hrtvfan2870
      @hrtvfan2870 3 года назад +2

      Stallings' Cardinals teams had shown flashes of potential (the previous season the Cardinals in going 7-8 narrowly missed the playoffs after losing their last game to...Dallas. Also, the Cardinals started 7-4 in that season before a 5-game skid to end the season {coinciding roughly with Neil Lomax suffering a hip injury that ended up ending his career and ultimately required Neil to undergo hip replacement surgery in 1991)

  • @chernosquare
    @chernosquare 3 года назад +6

    That option pitch was perfect. A play goes exactly how you draw it up lol

    • @stephenh5944
      @stephenh5944 2 года назад

      Would have worked great on 4th and 3 with a minute to go.

  • @ImTheCrew
    @ImTheCrew 3 года назад +6

    I say it on every video but such great, in depth information.

  • @juniusadams9346
    @juniusadams9346 2 года назад +4

    With 3 seconds left on the clock & you're gonna call that??? What bonehead call that play???
    KICK THE DAMN FIELD GOAL!!!

  • @dangeiger9796
    @dangeiger9796 Год назад +2

    The announcers’ reaction is perfect

  • @themedianman9712
    @themedianman9712 3 года назад +6

    Also I think we are no-selling the head spinning analysis from Frank Gifford. He seemed to fawn over the play, before being tipped off by the teams walking to the tunnel that running the clock out with the ball in the kicker's hands by design was not Lombardian strategy.

    • @pronkb000
      @pronkb000 2 года назад +2

      I've seen this full sequence--"They set it up so beautifully" refers to the clock management *before* the play, which was a pretty nicely run two-minute drill (Frank is praising them for getting in position to kick a FG before everything goes to hell). Frank could be out to lunch as time went on but it sounds better in full context than it does here.

  • @themedianman9712
    @themedianman9712 3 года назад +4

    Wanna guess who kicked for Tennessee a decade later?

    • @derekcabanaw1789
      @derekcabanaw1789 2 года назад

      I was hoping that he was the one with the 20 yard run instead of Husted. 😂

  • @Rockhound6165
    @Rockhound6165 2 года назад +2

    What makes this play really stand out is the Cards lost the game 17-14.

  • @boiledcabbageurinefarts7417
    @boiledcabbageurinefarts7417 3 года назад +2

    There was Chester Marcol running for his life, but that wasn't designed.

  • @naylorunderwood3049
    @naylorunderwood3049 4 года назад +4

    Good stuff keep it up

  • @Jason_Maier
    @Jason_Maier 6 месяцев назад

    For a long time, the only time the Cardinals would sell all tickets (yes I'm aware even if all tickets are sold; doesn't mean all people show up) was when the Cowboys came to visit.

  • @thebnsftracker1317
    @thebnsftracker1317 2 года назад +2

    Well at least everyone learned a valuable lesson. This same mistake hasn't happened again since.
    Wait a minute. Didn't the Seahawks try this against the Falcons on MNF in 2017? What was the score of that one? *Checks the score* The Falcons won 34-31. The Seahawks missed the playoffs by one game (9-7) while the Falcons made the playoffs by one game (10-6)…
    WTF is with MNF and dumb decisions?

  • @Unknown-bq9id
    @Unknown-bq9id 2 года назад

    I have a suggestion, @Official JaguarGator9: do one on why Tempe lost Super Bowl XXVII (which went to Pasadena, California)...

  • @terencehill2320
    @terencehill2320 2 года назад +2

    Chester f'in Markel

  • @erickennedy5993
    @erickennedy5993 2 года назад +2

    Come on Al Del Geraco is greatest football player ever.

  • @azahrmalik2259
    @azahrmalik2259 3 года назад +2

    At 5:23 marke I think its Jim breach against the Pittsburgh Steelers monday night.

  • @yassarjordan8224
    @yassarjordan8224 3 года назад +7

    Honestly, that wasn't even a bad play. Would have worked great for picking up a first down to keep a drive going. Just don't call it with 3 seconds left in the half.

    • @OfficialJaguarGator9
      @OfficialJaguarGator9  3 года назад +6

      If they called this at any other time, I’m in complete agreement. Not gonna fault a team for trying a fake field goal like this under normal circumstances
      As the final play of the half from that far back? No way

    • @DarkDesperado25
      @DarkDesperado25 3 года назад +4

      Timing is everything, or so they say... Don't ask who 'they' are, or I'll be in trouble

  • @WhtAbtBob10
    @WhtAbtBob10 2 года назад

    The way you explain the weird division is simply the fact that the NFL was too lazy to realign divisions.

  • @kozykoz05
    @kozykoz05 3 года назад +2

    and del greco kicked in the nfl for 12 more years

  • @Fireyninjadog
    @Fireyninjadog Месяц назад

    Didn't Bidwell also move the cards to Tempe so that he could retire in the warm arizona desert?

  • @censored1080
    @censored1080 3 года назад +4

    Speaking of dumb decisions: Herschel Walker......
    Too easy?

  • @ImTheCrew
    @ImTheCrew 3 года назад +2

    Hey Jaguar, when did fans start wearing team apparel?

    • @OfficialJaguarGator9
      @OfficialJaguarGator9  3 года назад +6

      It became really prevalent around the mid-90s, though you saw some people wearing jerseys in the stands throughout the 70s and 80s.
      The mid-90s is when it really seemed to take off

  • @arizonawrestlinginterviews1040
    @arizonawrestlinginterviews1040 2 года назад

    Are we not gonna talk about the cameraman that got mauled at 1:45?

  • @markgraham2312
    @markgraham2312 Год назад

    There is another reason not to run the play. Kickers tend to be smaller and less muscular than other football players. They also wear less padding.
    You don't want to get your kicker hurt.

  • @TheSonicsean
    @TheSonicsean 2 года назад

    At least Tempe is a suburb of Phoenix, they played closer to city center than the Irvine Cowboys did to Dallas.

    • @WTMNNJR
      @WTMNNJR 9 месяцев назад

      At least called plays in state cough Giants cough Jets

  • @azahrmalik2259
    @azahrmalik2259 3 года назад

    Maybe that was a punt referring to my first post. But in the defense of coach everything's happened to the Cowboys the first time before any other team. Check the data on that.

    • @diaz5292
      @diaz5292 2 года назад

      Uh...Whaaaaaaaaaatt????

    • @azahrmalik2259
      @azahrmalik2259 2 года назад

      @@diaz5292 I think more records have been broken on the Cowboys and the other team in the NFL that's what I meant

    • @diaz5292
      @diaz5292 2 года назад

      @@azahrmalik2259 The other team being the Cardinals? So you think more records have been broken by the Cowboys and The Cardinals. Right?

  • @kennethhall289
    @kennethhall289 2 года назад

    Del Greco’s only run of his career

  • @BachBeethovenBerg
    @BachBeethovenBerg 2 года назад

    I’ve seen way worse playing madden!

    • @linkskywalker5417
      @linkskywalker5417 Год назад

      I've seen fake plays in Madden that don't work. Even the announcers question the decision to fake a field goal or a punt if it goes wrong.

  • @mrmoose6619
    @mrmoose6619 2 года назад

    An Alpha Beta could have told you it would backfire!!!