The open receiver of the cowboys, George Pickens, never waited for Sunday’s game against the Packers to end in a draw. Because never knew that an NFL game could end in a draw.
Pickens told Jane Slater of NFL Network immediately after the game that was perplexed when the game ended after 10 minutes of extra time, because he assumed when the Packers asked for the tie field goal at the end of the extra time that would later play a second extra period of time.
“I have never been part of a draw in my life. I didn’t even know that football worked like this“Pickens said.” I thought we would start another room at this time and continue. But a tie? That is a first time, yes. “
It is surprising that NFL players do not know the rules, and surprising that coaches do not make sure that players know the rules, since understanding that the game has ended if it is linked to the end of extra time can be important for players to know for strategic and watch management purposes.
But Pickens is far from being the first player in not knowing the rules. Many NFL players have recognized that they did not know about the draw games until they played in one, the most famous field marshal and then of the Eagles, Donovan McNabb, who admitted after a 2008 draw that had an idea of ​​the ties in the NFL.
After all the attention paid to the Packers-Cowboys draw on Sunday night, you would expect each NFL player to now know that a game can finish the draw. But there is a good possibility that the next time a game ends up, more players reveal that they find out that it was possible.