BINGO
I also didnt have a problem with "A Pass Play"
But they couldnt have created a more ideal situation for Bill to defend
Splitting Lynch out wide, removing the threat of a run, in a run situation, was absolutely the dumbest part of that play.....And thats when BB decided he wouldnt use a timeout when the world thought he would
Than designing a play for literally the worst WR on your roster in that spot
And like you said, not giving Wilson the run/pass option in that spot
That worst receiver was more than capable of catching a damn slant pass. Good fucking god, it was a fucking SLANT pass, not a statue of liberty fucking play.
Carroll didn't 'remove' the threat of a run because the whole fucking NE team was lined up in jumbo to STOP THE FUCKING RUN!!!!!!!
(you don't get to make up your own reality)
Two guys diagnosed the play when Lockett tipped it by leaning, they were Browner and Bulter. Butler (even knowing the play) would still allow a TD or an incomplete pass 90 times out of a hundred. Butler was PERFECT on that play.
But yeah, Carroll's time management on that drive was horrible. Big stage, big stakes.