Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll: Worst NFL Super Bowl Play Call Ever? Slammed by Shaq, Deion Sanders, Donald Trump, Emmit Smith, Larry King & Steph A Smith for Ignoring Marshawn Lynch & Pass Play

Was Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll's call to throw from the 1-yard line on a second down - with 26 seconds and one timeout left - the worst play call in Super Bowl history? Former NFL players, media members and football analysts are slamming the Seahawks coach for costing his team back-to-back NFL championships, calling a passing play - which was intercepted by Patriot Malcolm Butler - instead of a running play for superstar running back Marshawn Lynch. It was, many have said, the 'dumbest' and 'worst' call many have ever seen.

That was the worst play call in the history of the Superbowl!!! Worst QB decision Ever!!!!! Ever Ever! Naw I mean Ever!

— Deion Sanders (@DeionSanders) February 2, 2015 

How stupid can u be? @MoneyLynch is the man and you throw it????? You kidding right??? Pay @MoneyLynch to stay and put up with this mess? — Deion Sanders (@DeionSanders) February 2, 2015

Why the f,,,k would u throw a pass when u got #BeastMode in the back field. Who the hell called that play #waytoblowsuperbowl #dumbassplay

— SHAQ (@SHAQ) February 2, 2015

I hope beast mode tear dat dam locker room up. noooooooo whyyyyyyyyyyy I can't believe it — SHAQ (@SHAQ) February 2, 2015

That was the worst play call I've seen in the history of football.

— Emmitt Smith (@EmmittSmith22) February 2, 2015

According to ESPN's Ian O'Connor, "It was the worst Super Bowl play of all time," and "the mother of all screwups." Pete Carroll. says O'Connor, "got all silly and reckless at the worst possible time," and as a result, "cost his team the Super Bowl, and there was nothing even remotely fun about it."

Pete Carroll had another questionable call in 2006 Rose Bowl, leaving Reggie Bush on sidelines of critical play. »https://t.co/S9YDGmbUtM

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 2, 2015

As ESPN report, Lynch shrugged off the calls that he should've gotten a run call, saying only "This is a team game."

ESPN quote Carroll as saying "I made the decision," adding that he exonerated Wilson and Bevell. Carroll admitted "I said, 'Throw the ball,' and we went with the play that we thought would give us a chance to get in the end zone. We had great matchups for the call that we made, and it didn't work out. They made a better play than we did."

CBS News quote the coach saying: "It's not a great matchup for us to run the football, so we were going to throw the ball, really to waste a play. If we score, we do, if we don't, we'll run it in on third or fourth down."

Carroll texted NFL.com's Michael Silver after the game, saying "The logic and reasoning (of the second-and-1 pass) is why you throw a TD pass with six seconds left in the half." Carroll added to Silver: "You've trained your players to do the right thing, and I trust them to do right."

As ESPN report, intercepting hero Malcolm Butler said "I knew they were going to throw it." Patriots cornerback Darrelle Revis added "You would've thought they would've run Marshawn in that situation because they had been running him all game. But that was the decision they chose to make."

Russell Wilson, meanwhile admitted that when he let the ball go " thought it was going to be game over."

USA Today's Chris Chase however, lays the blame at the QB's feet, saying "Wilson did everything wrong on that play. Had he received the shotgun, stood tall and whipped the ball to Lockette, Seattle would be planning a Super Bowl parade today."
Here's how twitter reacted:

Worse call in NFL History. Pete Carroll will never recover from this. Give the damn ball to MarShawn Lynch. Horrible! Horrible! Horrible!

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) February 2, 2015

Probably the dumbest play call in #SuperBowl history. — Larry King (@kingsthings) February 2, 2015

If I'm Marshawn I'm livid

— Golden Tate (@ShowtimeTate) February 2, 2015

If I were down rounds and needed a KO... Even I would run Lynch if I could! #FAIL — Lennox Lewis (@LennoxLewis) February 2, 2015

Gotta Be the Dumbest Play in Super Bowl History..

— Emilio Rivera (@EmilioRivera48) February 2, 2015 

Why? Why? Why? Go with #BeastMode... — Ricky Rubio (@rickyrubio9) February 2, 2015

Why throw the BALLL. WOW!!!!!

— Brian Dawkins (@BrianDawkins) February 2, 2015

U live OR die ALL year with the run... But then die by the pass?? — Brian Dawkins (@BrianDawkins) February 2, 2015

So foolish RT @Lizzs_Lockeroom: I have watched this vine so many times... it's had me in tears.. https://t.co/vKnMP5MOAJ

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) February 2, 2015

And for something just as bizarre and nonsensical as Carroll's call, here's Donald Trump!

It must have been President Obama that called in what will go down as the DUMBEST PLAY IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL. Same thought process!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2015