Situational football

[Fencer]

The Patriots were behind the Seahawks in total yardage, yards per play, and turnovers, yet they won the game. How could this be?

Well, in addition to one goal-line INT per team, the Patriots held Seattle to a FG once, whereas the game's other seven scores were TDs. Also, the Patriots went 8-14 on third down, vs. 3-10 by Seattle. That plus some yards from the punting game is what I can find that explains the Patriots winning.

 

[mgteich]

The Patriots were behind the Seahawks in total yardage, yards per play, and turnovers, yet they won the game. How could this be?

Well, in addition to one goal-line INT per team, the Patriots held Seattle to a FG once, whereas the game's other seven scores were TDs. Also, the Patriots went 8-14 on third down, vs. 3-10 by Seattle. That plus some yards from the punting game is what I can find that explains the Patriots winning.

Yes, except for Seattle's Titanic- like play-calling at the end of the game at the 1 years line, the patriots coaching and play was enough to win.

 

[bresna]

You want to talk about situational football, how about getting the Seahawks to jump offsides in the end? That was huge, huge, huge.