Had we called a bootleg rollout on the 4th and 1, hell he might have scored. They sold all out up the middle. But good ol Linehan thought we needed a run up the middle. When it had not worked none all night.
Here are all of the Cowboys' plays on first down against the Rams. * = first play of drive.
* Elliott run 0 yards
Elliott run 2 yards
Pass to Cooper 29 yards, TD
* Pass to Schultz 20 yards
Elliott run 3 yards
* Elliott run 5 yards
*Pass to Elliott 12 yards
Pass to Cooper 5 yards
Elliott run 6 yards
Elliott run 3 yards
* Elliott run 3 yards
* Elliott run -2 yards
Pass to Gallup -1 yard
Pass to Gallup 44 yards
Elliott run 1 yard
* Elliott run 3 yards
Pass incomplete
Elliott run -4 yards
*Pass to Gallup 24 yards
Pass incomplete
Pass to Cooper 9 yards
Pass to Cooper 9 yards
Elliot run 0 yards
23 first down plays; 12 Elliott runs for 22 yards; 11 pass plays (9 complete) for 151 yards. Many of the pass plays were dictated by the game situation; 4 of the 5 first down plays on the last drive were passes. Of the 12 first down Elliott runs, ten were for 3 or fewer yards. The others were 5 yards and 6 yards.