"The Slant" - Worst NFL play call of all time?

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Is "The Slant" the worst NFL play call of all time?

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    88.7%
  2. No

    7 vote(s)
    11.3%
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    If football was poker, it would have been the right move from a % standpoint. He had the match ups he wanted... man to man, playing off a little. There was 1 linebacker who took off left following Marshawn in the swing making the middle of the field absolutely blank. I think that kid made the play of a lifetime. How many quick slants get picked?

    especially against that defense? If the play is run 100 times on the 1 yard line through the NFL I bet it gets picked once, maybe 2 times. To me that wasn't a bad call. I bet if Carroll had an hour to think about it he would have made the same call.



    That all being said. A super bowl team should be able to get 1 yard to score on the ground at will to be considered worthy of being the winner.
     

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