2_LAW_4
Practice Squad Player
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2004
- Messages
- 115
- Reaction score
- 7
Before the play happened, I turned to friends and said, "I hope Belichick/Patricia told the DBs and LBs covering anyone running a route to hold/interfere/tackle them the moment the ball is snapped"... This would ensure no more than 3pts were scored on this drive.
With 0:06 seconds remaining, if we forced a penalty on all routes, the Seahawks would be given a free play even if there were 0:00 seconds on the clock. But why gamble with trying to stop them, knowing they could run two plays in 6 seconds, when you could force them to kick a field goal?
Was I missing something? I kind of liken this to what the Giants did to us in the 2011 SB, when they knowingly put 12 players on D to break up all deep passes on our last drive. They were willing to be charged 5 yards, in exchange for preventing a big play and killing clock.
With 0:06 seconds remaining, if we forced a penalty on all routes, the Seahawks would be given a free play even if there were 0:00 seconds on the clock. But why gamble with trying to stop them, knowing they could run two plays in 6 seconds, when you could force them to kick a field goal?
Was I missing something? I kind of liken this to what the Giants did to us in the 2011 SB, when they knowingly put 12 players on D to break up all deep passes on our last drive. They were willing to be charged 5 yards, in exchange for preventing a big play and killing clock.