The Pete Carmichael Problem

DavidM said

I’m too fuzzy on the circumstances now, but Payton called some WTH play on a critical third down that got blown up by the defense. Either ended up being a turnover or took us out of scoring position or something that spelled our demise in a close game. Somebody will fill in the details.

(And that probably happened more than any of us want to remember.)

There’s no point to that - just something that flashed in my mind thinking about bad play calls.

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Three stand out to me:

2007 vs the Bucs, calling an end around into a reverse when the team just needed to keep the clock running - fumble on the handoff from Bush to Henderson, TD Bucs, game over

2013 vs the Jets, Payton calls an end around to TE Josh Hill, who had maybe 5 professional touches in his career to that point. Jets blew it up and went on to win

2015 vs the Cowboys, fake punt with Morstead either handing off to Travaris Cadet or... keeping it? On 4th and a mile?