Watch the replay carefully.
The throw was delayed resulting in the ball not being out in front of Andrews, who tries to turn against his momentum, ends up slipping on his plant foot and tries to secure the catch while he falling to the ground and being short of the goal line in the process.
The act of Lamar having the ball in a throwing state catches Andrews off guard and throws the timing of the play right out the window. Andrews was expecting the throw well before it was thrown to him.
Andrews now has to consider where the marker is (you can see had he caught the ball, he was short). His concentration from just 'catch the ball and walk in' snowballs into 'turn body, secure footing, secure catch, make sure I'm in bounds'. Concentration goes out the window.
Harbaugh failed to use his last timeout to allow the players to catch their breath and settle emotions. It's the season on the line and you don't want to talk it over one more time?
Now if you will say Andrews should have caught the ball easily because he's an NFL receiver, then it's also true to say that as an NFL MVP QB Lamar should easily have been able to hit a pass from 8 yards out perfectly to a moving target.
Neither player executed the play to an NFL standard and the coach got caught up in the moment and didn't call a timeout.
Details win Championships, not big plays.
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