Cowboys' Garrett defends punting in OT on 4th-and-1, Jones questions call

Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett defended his decision to punt on fourth-and-1 from the Houston Texans' 42-yard line in overtime, following his team's 19-16 loss on Sunday night.

"Yeah, it was a long one (yard)," Garrett told reporters, according to Jeremy Bergman of NFL.com. "You know, we had a third-and-2 and we didn't make much on it and we just felt like at that point in the game, the way our defense was playing, the idea was to pin them down there.

"Chris (Jones) did a great job with the punt. They got the ball on the 10-yard line and hopefully you make a stop and you win the game coming back the other way with a game-winning field goal."

Instead, the Texans ran an eight-play, 72-yard drive that culminated with Ka'imi Fairbairn's game-winning 36-yard field goal.

Owner/general manager Jerry Jones thought it was the right time for the Cowboys to take a chance.

"We were being outplayed. It's time for risks at that particular time," Jones said, according to ESPN. He added that he wasn't "second-guessing" his head coach.

The loss dropped the Cowboys to 2-3 on the season and 0-3 on the road.

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