Worst Playcall In Sports History

[Idgit]

I agree that it's the worst call in Super Bowl history, and possibly all of football. One thing people aren't talking about enough is the timeout Seattle had to burn a few plays earlier in order to avoid a delay of game penalty. That is a timeout you can't afford to waste with less than 2 minutes left and needing a TD to win the game. If Seattle still had that timeout they almost certainly would have ran the ball 3 times from the 1 yard line. In the end New England had better coaching and that was the difference. Great game.

Or jumping offsides on the goal line when they had a chance at the safety, the ball back, and the FG to win? Lots of dumb, dumb errors in that meltdown.

That's not even getting into being the first guy ejected from a Superbowl, in history, because you were mad that you got beat. That was really embarrassing on Irivin's part, too.

 

[DFWJC]

Sure, I think you have to run there.
But there are obvious questions...
What do you do if Lynch doesn't make it (recall that NE stopped him 4 of 5 times in this game on short yardage situations) the clock is ticking--maybe now down to 15 seconds or so-- and you have 1 timeout left?
If you use it there, do you then have to pass on 3rd down anyway?
Or run again and risk ending it there on 3rd down?
Just curious

 

[Rogah]

The dumbest playcall I can ever remember in the Super Bowl is when the Commanders had the ball on their own 12 with 12 seconds left in the 1st half. Theismann threw a screen pass which ended up being a pick-6.

That was the most moronic call I can imagine because absolutely nothing good can come out of that situation. What the heck did they think was going to happen? A screen pass that the receiver would break for an 88 yard TD against a prevent defense?

Of course, they lost the game by 30 so it didn't really matter much none, but still.

 

[Rogah]

Here's the Tecmo Bowl playcall suggestions for Carroll.....

 

[Rogah]

Here's what happened from Carroll's iPhone.... This explains a lot....

 

[MichaelValentino]

The dumbest playcall I can ever remember in the Super Bowl is when the Commanders had the ball on their own 12 with 12 seconds left in the 1st half. Theismann threw a screen pass which ended up being a pick-6.

That was the most moronic call I can imagine because absolutely nothing good can come out of that situation. What the heck did they think was going to happen? A screen pass that the receiver would break for an 88 yard TD against a prevent defense?

Of course, they lost the game by 30 so it didn't really matter much none, but still.

I remember that play. I think the Oakland LB was Jack Squirick (sp?) or something like that. Oakland did beat them silly that day. Why call that play in that situation? Made no sense.

 

[big dog cowboy]