There probably won’t be a more inconsequential decision in the history of football than Raiders coach Pete Carroll kicking a field goal in the final seconds of the team’s game against the Broncos on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium.

The Raiders trailed by 10 points with five seconds left. The plan was for Daniel Carlson to make the field goal before time ran out, giving the Raiders a chance for an onside kick.

Carroll had pleaded to no avail to the officials to reset the clock to 10 seconds after a delay of game penalty was called on Denver safety Brandon Jones. Nevertheless, he decided to kick the field goal.

“There was a real clear thought of what we were trying to get down there just to take it down to the very last click,” Carroll said.

As it turns out, Carlson’s anticlimactic field goa

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