SixSpeeder
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SixSpeeder... this says it all:
Carroll saw a front stacked against a power run and a matchup he felt he could exploit with a short route against a rookie corner who had zero career interceptions. And he didn't want to run, get stopped short, burn his final timeout and be boxed into calling a pass on third down.
"You could run on 2nd down, call timeout, have to throw on third and score, or incompletion and have to choose (run or pass) on the final down," Carroll texted. "That's ball logic, not 2nd guess logic ... you never think you'll throw an interception there, just as you don't think you would fumble."
Carroll was trying to think ahead. He shows his reasoning right there, and it makes sense. If the play is a TD, no one questions it. Shit, even if it is incomplete no one questions it.
I have a lot of respect for Carroll as a coach, but no one is perfect. Even if they had made it, I still think it was a risk for predominantly a running team. I have a lot of faith in Wilson and his accuracy, but our receivers have been hit and miss. As a running team, I think we should have tried for what we're best at.
Maybe he (or Bevell) did technically make the best possible call, but a lot of people are questioning the decision.