This mistake by Wilson is probably why you don't rely on your 4th string WR to win the game for you by passing the ball on a fake punt reverse on 4th and 10 on your own 30 yd line.
Any way you slice it, the coaches made a dumb decision and an even dumber call.
PS. And even if Wilson did make the decision to throw to the wide open guy, who's to say that guy even catches it? I don't who that open player is, but I somehow doubt it's Ceedee Lamb
If the guy dropped the pass, the he drops it. And you blame him. Most NFL players can catch a ball if no one at all is around them. Even OL can catch balls. Dak caught a ball with defenders around him. But the fact that the guy did not even attempt the pass or even look down field is the gripe here. All he had to do was toss it out there to him. No need to hit him in stride. Just get the completion, 1st down and move on. Maybe he scores, maybe he doesn't.
But Wilson is a lefty. If this was a designed pass, why would they have him running to the right and expect him to throw against his body? This isn't a QB who deals with that and can make it happen. It's even hard for them, much less some down the depth chart WR. That play should have been ran the other way.
I honestly don't mind what McCarthy does. Pederson and Rivera do the same thing. Both went to Super Bowls being aggressive and questionable calls. But they worked for them. It's win/lose situation. You are a genius if it works and a loser if it doesn't. I had zero problem going for it on 4th and inches earlier. But the call was stupid.
Remember, we went for it on 4th and short last Thanksgiving against Buffalo deep inside our own territory and it worked. It also wasn't a pass, though like it was last night.