Lynch was pretty much contained all game. His soring was not a given.
look at the replay.
Lynch failed to score a touchdown the last 4 or 5 times he was handed the ball at the one yard line. That statistic might have shook their confidence in Lynch’s ability to score a TD. I would have given him the ball at least one more time, maybe two.
I disagree with the boo birds, in particular, one RINO-loving radio commentator who said Carroll made the stupidest play call in the history of the NFL. What if Carroll had kept the ball on the ground and Lynch had been held for no gain on successive plays until the clock ran out? Would that have been smarter?
In my decades of watching football--high school, Division 3, Division 1A and pro--I've seen many a successful goal line stand.