ARLINGTON, TEXAS – OCTOBER 23: Head coach Mike McCarthy of the Dallas Cowboys (L) and head coach Dan Campbell of the Detroit Lions greet each other after the game at AT&T Stadium on October 23, 2022 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Everyone was saying the same thing about head coaches Dan Campbell and Mike McCarthy following the crazy ending in the Cowboys-Lions game on Saturday night.

In an ending for an ages, the Cowboys held on for a 20-19 home win thanks to not one, but three (unsuccessful) Lions two-point conversion attempts. Amon-Ra St. Brown scored a touchdown with 23 seconds left to seemingly set up Detroit for overtime.

But Campbell called for the game-winning two-point conversion attempt instead. Taylor Decker caught Jared Goff’s first attempt, but it was called back because of an ineligible man downfield penalty.

On the next play, Micah Parsons committed an offside penalty that wiped out an incomplete pass. Detroit got one more chance to win, but Goff’s pass on the third and final try also fell incomplete.

The wild ending had social media ripping Campbell and McCarthy for their late-game management and play-calling:

Well, something had to give in this contest. On Saturday, it was Campbell who committed the most costly mistake over McCarthy.

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