Certainly could have been, but passing there is awful. No excuse for that. Now the Hawks and their staff need to live with the worst decision in SB history. Is what it is.
Still had plenty of time to run, call a TO, pass on 3rd if need be, and then run on 4th if need be.
Lynch would have scored on 2nd down, he just pounded for 4 yards down to the 1 on 1st down and almost scored there, but even if he was stopped you call a TO and have 14 or 15 seconds left. Plenty of time for a pass on 3rd and a run on 4th if needed.