They should have put in the Jumbo package in the first place, avoiding any subs as they were coming off a Time Out and you can’t call back to back TO’s.
Regardless, I’ll defer to the former HOF players on the NFL Channel (Faulk, Sanders, Irvin) and the numerous former and current NFL players tweeting what a stupid, boneheaded call that was by Carroll.
As I recall, Carroll had Reggie Bush on the bench on a critical 4th and 1 in the 2005 Rose Bowl which they didn’t convert and ended up losing by 3 pts., so this isn’t a first for him.
and you can’t call back to back TO’s.
As for the jumbo package, Lynch was 1 of 5 during the season from the one, and while Lynch had success at times, he was also stuffed a number of times in this game. This play was a pass play against a run defense, picking on the rookie.