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#pounditThursday, March 28, 2024

Cowboys made Troy Aikman look bad with easy touchdown

Troy Aikman in a suit

Oct 21, 2021; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; NFL Half of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman before the game between the Cleveland Browns and the Denver Broncos at FirstEnergy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Galvin-USA TODAY Sports

Being an announcer on NFL games is not an easy job, and Troy Aikman knows that well. Once you get into sharing opinions on strategy, things can backfire as they did for Aikman.

Aikman and Joe Buck were on the call for the Monday night NFC Wild Card Playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Dallas was leading 6-0 and had a 4th-and-goal at the Tampa Bay 1 with over six minutes left in the second quarter.

Right as the Cowboys were lined up to go for it, Aikman said that he would attempt a field goal.

“Boy, I think I’d take the three,” Aikman said.

Just a second after Aikman said that, Dak Prescott faked a handoff and bootlegged into the end zone untouched on a perfect play call.

Dallas’ call and how easily they scored made Aikman look pretty bad.

It’s not easy to be on the spot and share your opinion with 20-plus million people watching. But it makes you look even worse when you’re wrong like that.

That was the right decision and a perfect call by Mike McCarthy, and it was perfectly timed with Aikman’s commentary.

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