A better-designed pass play or not, I still say, in that pressure-packed moment, with all the marbles on the line, they should have played to their strengths and that was to run the ball up the middle for the one yard and the win. They tried to be too clever by half.
A headline for a link on the Drudge Report, called the play the worst call in the history of football. Only time will tell but for now, I think I would have to agree.
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The breakdown of the play was the choice of receivers, not the choice of a pass.
A failed run would have cost way more than an incomplete pass. The receiver was just too dazzled by the possibility of catching the game winning pass, and failed to put first things first.
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