No way to whitewash that play call. It was horrid, and Carroll has directly admitted it already. 1 yard line–26 seconds–and one time out: For the love of God, we are talking about 26 seconds and the Super Bowl, do NOT worry about that amount of time and giving the ball back after scoring, put the ball in endzone and dare the Patriots to score again in 20 seconds!!. After all, you do have the the best defense in the league. Even if you only get two plays off give it to Lynch and let him have at them twice.
Let’s say on the second down attempt Lynch scores in 3 seconds untouched. You then kick it off with 23 seconds on the clock and a 3 point lead. The kickoff return will take 6 seconds. Were they really that worried over 17 seconds?
Everyone, including Carroll and Bevell, knows they made the biggest bonehead call ever in the Superbowl PERIOD except some who for what must be for the point of conversation/argument are discussing why the pass on second down may have been or was the right call.
The only concession I’ll give is that had they run twice, not scored, and had time run out prior to getting off a 3rd play there would definitely have been some second guessing on clock management. However, how is it that people are trying to explain this away by claiming clock management and left over time for New England, and Seattle with the ball on the the .5 yard line can’t get off 3 plays in 26 seconds. The scenarios on how you get off 3 run plays (including a read option play) is not that difficult given the one time out.
I am a longtime Seattleite and this town loves both Carroll and Bevel beyond belief, but everyone knows they f*#ked it up!
