Super Bowl XLIX

[Boltx]

Should have gone Sproles up the gut...

[KNSD]

Someone on the radio theorized Belicheat did not call the time out in anticipation of the pass. Yeah, right.

My thought was that Lynch was gonna score on the next play, so a timeout would've given NE more time to drive for a TD.

On critical 3rd and short situations throughout the game, NE was able to stop Lynch.

In the end the great play by Butler made Brady the greatest QB of all time, Carroll and idiot, and Russell Wilson an "average QB." Go figure.

What really happened in the game was:
1. The backup CB from Seattle was not as good as their starter who was injured, so NE picked on him.
2. Seattle defense was full of hubris when they decided to not change their coverage when Gronk was split wide and Seattle left an LB on him in single coverage. I mean come on, switch coverage from 2 safety to 1 safety and move Chancellor out on Gronk to at least make it competitive. Or rotate the fucking safety to Gronk, don't have the safety step up to take crossing routes.
3. Butler made an OMGFantastic play on a ball at the end.

Great game.

[foreigner]

Damn,,,even the newbies are cracking on Yuba...

Welcome to the board vinabolt.

I think Vinabolt is Yuba on disguise...

[Mister Hoarse]

Ok not the worst call ever.
Just the worst non-Norv call ever.

[Mister Hoarse]

I think Vinabolt is Yuba on disguise...

Awesome that he called himself out!

[FiftyFive]

It's fine that NE won. it'd be even more fun if they were found guilty of cheating (not that they would have lost) just to leave a big heaping taint on their legacy.

It's all going to be swept under the rug now. No way Goodell allows the Super Bowl champions, especially when they're owned by his best friend, to have an asterisk next to them.

[FiftyFive]

And we were all singing Pete's praises at the end of the FIRST half. I could hear it all across the country, because I was singing it too: "that's the BALLS it takes to win a ring! Risky, but you don't win by being a timid play caller!"

That was actually a great sequence, though. McCoy should be taking notes on that.

[sandiego17]

On critical 3rd and short situations throughout the game, NE was able to stop Lynch.

In the end the great play by Butler made Brady the greatest QB of all time, Carroll and idiot, and Russell Wilson an "average QB." Go figure.

What really happened in the game was:
1. The backup CB from Seattle was not as good as their starter who was injured, so NE picked on him.
2. Seattle defense was full of hubris when they decided to not change their coverage when Gronk was split wide and Seattle left an LB on him in single coverage. I mean come on, switch coverage from 2 safety to 1 safety and move Chancellor out on Gronk to at least make it competitive. Or rotate the fucking safety to Gronk, don't have the safety step up to take crossing routes.
3. Butler made an OMGFantastic play on a ball at the end.

Agree, Gronk vs. any LB, even a Seattle LB, is not optimal, but NE wasn't able to stop Lynch from scoring on 3rd and 2 earlier in the game. What really, really happened was Seattle outsmarted themselves.

[6025]

It was a bad call period. Even if you want to pass, why call a pass play into the crowd up the middle. Why not use your mobile QB to roll out and throw to the outside? Dumb call period.

[sandiego17]

All is well if Seattle bans sell of any jersey with the #12 on it. That is so f'n annoying and probably why they lost.

[bonehead]

Agree, Gronk vs. any LB, even a Seattle LB, is not optimal, but NE wasn't able to stop Lynch from scoring on 3rd and 2 earlier in the game. What really, really happened was Seattle outsmarted themselves.

They had Sherman in the slot on that play....duh

[vinabolt]

At the point of 35-40s left in the game with the ball in SEA possession on 2nd down, it's meaningless to call timeout, no way in hell you would be able to get the ball back with enough time left to realistically win the game. You might as well live and die with your goal-line stance from the 2 yard line, trust your 2nd best defense, a defense that has play well against the run through out the game and has stuffed Lynch through out the game.

And when you call the timeout, you actually do SEA a favor, you stop the clock for them and give them time to think, communicate and lots of flexibilities.

If you don't call the timeout to stop the clock, SEA basically have 2 choices: (1) Throw to hope for a TD or stop the clock. (2) Run anyway from the 2 yard line against a goal-line formation that design to stop the run, against a good run defense and good defensive front. Run anyway when your opponent (and the whole world) KNOW you are going to run.

Carroll chose the first option and Bevell called the pick play, which was a popular play that most team used this year in goal-line offense and has great success, including our own Chargers.

We can second guess all we want but in most games team just don't run into the wall of defenders expecting the run. They don't run to those goal-line formation designed to stop the goal-line run. It's just not a common practice. It's all about match up, personnel and formation.

If Lynch get stuff on 2nd down with less than 35 seconds of the game. They will have no TO left with 2 more plays to go. There is absolutely shortage of time right there and they'll have to hurry it up that can lead to lots of clumsiness against a well-coached of situational football team like NE.