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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I disagree, a handoff to Lynch against that front would not have worked, and it only worked the prior play because of the personnel NE had on the field. I was hoping they'd run when I saw the DL's all lined up there, cause it would have been a loss. Obviously the slant was not the right call, but a handoff to Lynch would have failed too.I'm not being condescending at all. Or at least I'm not trying to be. So my apologies if that's how it came off. That people don't see how this was one of the worst playcalls of all time is mind boggling. And I'm aware that the Patriots were in goal line. Seattle knew that too. Seattle ran with success on goal line defenses all year long and has been doing that since Lynch came to them. Further, people overestimate that package. Vince was very good last year but he clearly wasn't the Vince of old...
No, it doesn't matter where Malcolm is or whether he sees him. It's still a lazy route on a bang-bang play. Watch it again.
Wonder what he meant by "something just didn't look right"Everyone sees well after the play. Only Belichick saw well before the play.
Wonder what he meant by "something just didn't look right"
Wonder what he meant by "something just didn't look right"
In Belichick's Breakdown after the game (on the "3 Games" DVD), Zo pointed out that the Pats had stuffed Lynch on a 3rd and 1 earlier. The Hawks needed to stop the clock. They had to pass on one of the downs.
That was the first pass from the 1 yard line that got intercepted the entire 2014 season in the NFL.
Ironically, the Kearse catch might be what cost them the game. Because they were too busy celebrating they burned the timeout that they needed to avoid having to throw the ball.
Funny how everything came together. Just as everything went wrong for us at the end of Super Bowl 42, everything seem to go right in Super Bowl 49.
Not really, just the last play.
The fluky play that got them down there was SB 42 ish.
I'm not being condescending at all. Or at least I'm not trying to be. So my apologies if that's how it came off. That people don't see how this was one of the worst playcalls of all time is mind boggling. And I'm aware that the Patriots were in goal line. Seattle knew that too. Seattle ran with success on goal line defenses all year long and has been doing that since Lynch came to them. Further, people overestimate that package. Vince was very good last year but he clearly wasn't the Vince of old.
I agree, and not because Butler jumped the route. That was a nearly impossible play. He needed to completely sell out on the crosser and then squeeze the ball while colliding with a big ass WR. No, I wouldn't have run it because one big paw from a Branch or a Jones could've sent that ball straight up into the air. I would've rolled the midget out and given him some options.One important point that often gets overlooked in discussions: the problem was not that Seattle chose to pass, but rather that they chose that pass.
It's amazing how one play will become part of a Players/Coach Legacy and shade the rest of their accomplishments. Some are lucky some are not.
Butlers interception - Great for Butler, Horrible for Wilson, Carol and Bevell.
Sanchez and the Butt fumble
Bill's wide right. Norwood's missed field goal.
Bill Buckner - (although that thankfully has faded over the last few years)
Lynch had run 5 times from the one that season and had only scored 1 time (and had lost yards a couple of times).
The Butler did it in the End Zone with a Pick. that play by Butler was purely spectacular.
It's amazing how one play will become part of a Players/Coach Legacy and shade the rest of their accomplishments. Some are lucky some are not.
Butlers interception - Great for Butler, Horrible for Wilson, Carol and Bevell.
Sanchez and the Butt fumble
Bill's wide right. Norwood's missed field goal.
Bill Buckner - (although that thankfully has faded over the last few years)
David Tyree's helmet catch
David Tyree's helmet catch
Giving Butler and Browner equal credit is a little overstated.
If it's just a pass deflection, then sure -- in that case their contributions are roughly equal, by which I mean Browner's might even be ahead. But actually getting a takeaway out of it? That was great play by Butler.