As awful as Mike McCoy’s play call on 3rd and 2 was—-the 4th down call was equally ill-advised. To ask any QB to throw a 10 yard out pass to the slot WR from the far hashmarks in man coverage at that point in the game is never a good or smart idea. For one, slot WRs are going to be closely covered because the defense will not want to give up a quick slant. It’s another thing if they run it as a rub route with a legal pick involved, but even then there are so many safer, smarter options.
