You wish that quarterback end-of-game kneel-downs wouldn’t count toward NFL stats, but they do: They’re technically a loss of a yard.
And that can affect fantasy football matchups, which just stinks. That happened on Monday night with the Dallas Cowboys up 20-17 and the team coming off of an interception of Justin Herbert in their win over the Los Angeles Chargers.
Dak Prescott kneeled down twice for a loss of minus-2 yards … and fantasy football games everywhere were affected, either delivering a bad beat for one side or a miraculous win for the other. Some of those folks put the results up on X:
The fantasy gods are cruel 😂… them 2 Dak Kneel downs at the end snatched Defeat from the jaws of victory for my dynasty team Uncle RICO. 😂 pic.twitter.com/MXDcISlUTJ
— C.J. Lawrence (@CJLawrenceEsq) October 17, 2023
Roller Coaster Alert:
-Facing Dak & Dallas D.
-Up by 3 and change in the final minutes.
-Opponent gets sack & INT to take a .08 lead.
-Dak kneel down cost him 0.2 rush yards and gives me a win! pic.twitter.com/5sfAGjHtJ8— BanjoWookiee (@BanjoWookiee) October 17, 2023
Dude my friend got Dak and the kneel saved me pic.twitter.com/ICWIxe0MP9
— RJ 🔜 RL Grime (@retrojays_94) October 17, 2023
Game would have ended in a tie but of course the 2 kneel downs from Dak screwed me pic.twitter.com/XxI1sQEKAj
— LeBald James (@Dert_1208) October 17, 2023
Dak is in my super flex. Lost the matchup because of the 2 kneel downs to end the game. I’m so sick. 😭😭 @SleeperHQ pic.twitter.com/7P0ceTeWfn
— Marshall. (@calebamarshall) October 17, 2023
Brutal.