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One minor note from the game… Dallas took a delay of game in the playoffs after converting the fake punt because they deliberately left their punting team on the field to try to draw the Niners into wasting a time out.  When the Niners didn’t call it, Dallas hurried to get its offense in, but couldn’t get a play off before the play clock expired and nobody called timeout to prevent the DoG (situationally, taking the penalty was the right call, since Dallas was behind by two scores, and likely would need its time outs later).  Still, it was a dumb move by Dallas; even if the 49ers wasted a time out in confusion, it wouldn’t have helped Dallas all that much, and even if Dallas had gotten the play off, the stunt still carried an opportunity cost.

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One minor note from the game… Dallas took a delay of game in the playoffs after converting the fake punt because they deliberately left their punting team on the field to try to draw the Niners into wasting a time out.  When the Niners didn’t call it, Dallas hurried to get its offense in, but couldn’t get a play off before the play clock expired and nobody called timeout to prevent the DoG (situationally, taking the penalty was the right call, since Dallas was behind by two scores, and likely would need its time outs later).  Still, it was a dumb move by Dallas; even if the 49ers wasted a time out in confusion, it wouldn’t have helped Dallas all that much, and even if Dallas had gotten the play off, the stunt still carried an opportunity cost.

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