It's in the links I provided that you're pretending you haven't read. Do you still believe the Pats arent cheaters?
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It's in the links I provided that you're pretending you haven't read. Do you still believe the Pats arent cheaters?
Yes we know everyone and his Shih Tzu has, by now, convened a panel to debate the statistical justification for Russell Wilson not handing the ball off to Marshawn Lynch — at least twice, given time constraints — to get the yard required to win the Super Bowl.
We know Seattle head coach Pete Carroll has fallen on his sword, as a good leader must, and taken responsibility for calling the slant/rub pass to Ricardo Lockette, even though it will probably turn out to have been his offensive co-ordinator’s brother-in-law, Homer Simpson, who actually called the play.
We know Russell Wilson, ever the good soldier, has said he had no problem with the call and thought he had thrown a touchdown until Patriots DB Malcolm Butler came out of nowhere to outwrestle the Seahawks receiver for the ball at the goal line.
But as the lads on the TV panel would say: “C’mon, man!”
The reason the pass play was even a consideration was that the Seahawks managed the clock so poorly after the circus catch by Jermaine Kearse — taking a timeout because they couldn’t get a play in quickly enough. That lost timeout became critical later when they let the entire play clock run down after Lynch’s four-yard run to the New England one-yard line, which in turn left only 26 seconds to get the ball into the endzone instead of perhaps 35 or 40 if they hadn’t dilly-dallied over the play call.
Still, they’d have at least two cracks at it (using their last timeout in between.)
Carroll could have vetoed his co-ordinator’s call. Wilson could have audibled out of it. Neither did so.
And regardless of what politically-correct, all-for-one blather came out of the Seahawks room afterward, I bet there isn’t a player in there who wouldn’t have trusted Lynch to get The Longest Yard.
Some of those players may go to their athletic graves wondering how different their legacies might have been had they been two-time Super Bowl champs today.
Or maybe they just win it again next year.
Seattle Seahawks live with Super Bowl regret, Tiger Woods’ woes and Edmonton Oilers need to keep tanking on track | National Post
We know Seattle head coach Pete Carroll has fallen on his sword, as a good leader must, and taken responsibility for calling the slant/rub pass to Ricardo Lockette, even though it will probably turn out to have been his offensive co-ordinator’s brother-in-law, Homer Simpson, who actually called the play.
We know Russell Wilson, ever the good soldier, has said he had no problem with the call and thought he had thrown a touchdown until Patriots DB Malcolm Butler came out of nowhere to outwrestle the Seahawks receiver for the ball at the goal line.
But as the lads on the TV panel would say: “C’mon, man!”
The reason the pass play was even a consideration was that the Seahawks managed the clock so poorly after the circus catch by Jermaine Kearse — taking a timeout because they couldn’t get a play in quickly enough. That lost timeout became critical later when they let the entire play clock run down after Lynch’s four-yard run to the New England one-yard line, which in turn left only 26 seconds to get the ball into the endzone instead of perhaps 35 or 40 if they hadn’t dilly-dallied over the play call.
Still, they’d have at least two cracks at it (using their last timeout in between.)
Carroll could have vetoed his co-ordinator’s call. Wilson could have audibled out of it. Neither did so.
And regardless of what politically-correct, all-for-one blather came out of the Seahawks room afterward, I bet there isn’t a player in there who wouldn’t have trusted Lynch to get The Longest Yard.
Some of those players may go to their athletic graves wondering how different their legacies might have been had they been two-time Super Bowl champs today.
Or maybe they just win it again next year.
Seattle Seahawks live with Super Bowl regret, Tiger Woods’ woes and Edmonton Oilers need to keep tanking on track | National Post
Personally, I think the loss looks good on Seattle. Never been much of a fan and I find their fans pretty annoying in general. What I find distasteful if having known cheaters win it. The Pats should have had the AFC championship taken from them but unfortunately the NFL balls are smaller than the CFL balls.
Not a bad prediction if they do. For what it is worth Vegas has them winning it next year.
It will all hinge on who they can keep and how the surgeries work out in the off season.
If their team is intact they have a pretty good chance of a return.
And Cannuck is still in such pain.
Joy!
Check this out LOSER!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMw1JUHnlsI
PURE AGONY!
Utter failure...
August 26, 2014
Seahawks fined $300K for violating no-contact rules - NFL.com
BOOM!
Cheaters LOST.
Dance for me!
You REALLY love your team when you paint the whole house Seattle Seahawks.
And you live in Arizona. #SB49
And you live in Arizona. #SB49
I also heard that from the 1-yard line this year Lynch was 1 in 5 getting into the end zone. New England had brought in their short yardage defense (one extra fat guy). On paper the odds of scoring weren't as good as hoped for. Butler made a helluva play on the ball. However with the timeout still in possession I would've at least run the ball once more.
And of the 109 pass plays on the 1-yard line this year in the NFL only one pass was intercepted... the one in SB 49.
If the play does not work and is simply deflected or thrown out of the end zone he has a timeout and two plays to give the ball to Lynch.
Good point. Would give them 3 tries if not intercepted.
This is what I enjoy about football. It's like a game of physical chess.
I believe they should have given the ball to Lynch.
If the throw was simply an incomplete they would have had two more plays with a timeout. What's not to believe?