Down three and faced with a fourth-and-6 from Detroit's 42-yard-line, Jason Garrett never wavered from his decision on Sunday night. The Dallas Cowboys would go for it.
"If you get a chance to play at The Masters, you don't lay up," Garrett would later say.
Luckily for Garrett, his gamble paid off just a tad better than Roy McAvoy's did in the golf movie "Tin Cup." Tony Romo found his old friend Jason Witten down the middle for a 21-yard gain and a first down. A few minutes later, Romo would complete a touchdown pass to Terrance Williams that would give the Cowboys a 24-20 win over the Detroit Lions. A divisional date with the Green Bay Packers next Sunday awaits.
Whether it was intentional or not, Garrett's line also proved to be a subtle dig at Lions coach Jim Caldwell's conservative approach. Faced with a fourth-and-1 from the Dallas 46 on the previous serious, Caldwell opted to punt — a decision that would prove even worse when the ensuing punt was shanked and only traveled 10 yards.
We cover all that and more in this week's wild card edition of "NFL in :90".
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Kevin Kaduk is a writer for Yahoo Sports . Have a tip? Email him at kevinkaduk@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!
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