Ezekiel Elliott had the same reaction as everyone else watching the end of the Cowboys-49ers game: confusion and disbelief., Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott ran the ball up the middle and took it inside San Francisco's 30-yard line. The Cowboys had no timeouts remaining, so the offensive unit sprinted to the line of scrimmage in order to spike the ball and stop the clock.MORE:Just one problem there: The umpire is required to spot the ball before the play can start. When the umpire ran toward the ball, hemade contact with Prescott and Cowboys centerTyler Biadasz, causing a short but important delay before the snap. Prescott failed to spike the ball before the clock hit zero, and the 49ers secured .What a way to end the game! NFL (@NFL) NFL Films released mic'd-up footage on Wednesdayfeaturing Elliott's reaction to the wild ending."What happened?" the Cowboys running backsaid from Dallas' sideline. "The referee got in the way?"After the game, 49ers tight end George Kittle could be heard telling Cowboys defensive end Chauncey Golston, "I didn't know what was happening."The final drive of the - playoff game via NFL Films: "What happened? J.d. Davis Jersey the referee got in the way?" Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) NFL MOCK DRAFT: While plenty of Cowboys fans wanted to blame the officiating crew for the lo s some of those in attendance atAT&T Stadium as they left the field referee Alex Kemp ."The umpire was simply spotting the ball properly," Kemp told pool reporter Todd Archer. "He collided with the players as he was setting the ball because he was moving it to the proper spot."During his season-ending pre s conference on Wednesday, Dallas coach Mike McCarthy declined to revisit how the ball was spotted on the final play, but he admitted the Cowboys could have handled the situation differently."The part that we gotta talk about as a staff and we had a chance to visit with Dak about it, speaking with Dak and officiating last night is the mechanics," . "Our mechanics matching the officials' mechanics. I'm not gonna get into their mechanics."As far as the draw play, the execution, the only thing that we talked about, Dak and I, wasput a yard limit on it. Cut it to 10 yards. That's probably gonna be the change, the adjustment that we make." Whitey Ford Jersey