How many plays went into Butler's pick?

[ctpatsfan77]

Think about it for a moment.

Imagine if . . .

• LaFell hadn't gone out of bounds, and had scored. That would have given Seattle an extra minute on the clock. . . . or
• Gostkowski had gone for a returnable kickoff. That would have meant no play before the two-minute warning. . . . or
• The circus catch by Kearse had fallen dead. That would have left Wilson back around the 40, still in an obvious four-down situation, still needing a touchdown. . . . or
• Ayers and Browner hadn't brought down Lynch, and he had scored on the previous play. . . . or
• Belichick takes a timeout before the pick, giving the Seahawks more time to think things through. . . . or
• Browner fails to prevent Seattle from setting the pick on Butler.

Any of those go differently, and maybe we're wondering how things went wrong again.

Then again, if the Pats had gotten the roughing the punter call they should have received in the first quarter, maybe the game would have been a Pats blowout win.

But, in any case, we're here celebrating because, as my sig notes, Any Patriot, at any moment, can make a play. . . . and when he needed to, Butler did just that.

 

[brdmaverick]

The mantra through the years is that we needed to get a defense that can close out these types of games. While they made it interesting, Malcolm Butler made the play that Asante Samuel could not. .......and Butlers was a greater degree of difficulty.

Add in the Duron Harmon INT vs. Baltimore and this team came up big when it needed to most.