Special teams coach John Fassel talks about the fake punt mishap.
Cedrick Wilson was given the ball on the fake punt with the plan of throwing it, but he was put in a nearly impossible position when Washington had his first option clearly covered. With no realistic options to pass it, he settled for what Fassel deemed “the emergency option” and tried to run with the ball. He was tackled for a 1-yard loss, 11 yards shy of a first down.
On one hand, you could call it bad luck that Washington guessed the right coverage for the type of play design Dallas had planned, but Fassel also admitted that Dallas had been getting “a lot of unpredictable looks” in the special teams coverages they’ve faced this season.