Roman on ill-fated option-pitch: ‘The result was not the intent of the play call’
Dec 6, 2012 at 1:15 PM
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Offensive coordinator Greg Roman believes option packages deserve a spot in NFL offenses, even after his call for an option-pitch Sunday sparked the 49ers' 16-13 overtime loss atSt. Louis. But Roman declined to get into details over why the 49ers, from their own 17-yard line with just over three minutes left, had Colin Kaepernick attempt [...]
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