Given how the Dallas Cowboys lost their most recent game against the Bengals, it may seem unfair to blame head coach Mike McCarthy. But while it’s easy to point at a specific moment in the contest, and one player’s very personal blunder, which cost Dallas victory, the Cowboys could have been ahead if McCarthy hadn’t made his own big mistake.
Facts are facts; if CB Amani Oruwariye had secured that blocked punt or just not even touched it, Dallas would have been in a strong position to win. The ball likely gets downed somewhere between the Bengals' 45 and the 50, meaning the Cowboys were already close, if not in, kicker Brandon Aubrey’s range.