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Bad play call? As I've rewatched the event and thought about it more it wasn't a bad play call. Before you take my head of let me explain.
1. Time. They had 3 plays to put the ball in and one timeout. Meaning they had 1 maybe 2 runs at most. So that meant they need to pass the ball on one or two plays.
2. Lynch was 1/5 on 1yrd to go this season. The Hawks line was average not great.
3. Pats were expecting the run. They have Vince Wilfork who clogs the middle like no other.
4. I heard a stat that over 100 passes were thrown inside the 5 yard line this year IIRC. That was the only INT thrown. 99% of the time that falls incomplete. Slants are run ALL THE TIME from that position.
5. Wilson should have thrown it low.
So a bad call? No. Should they have thrown it to that guy No. Would I have ran Lynch and then passed? Yes. But that is all hindsight now.
1. Time. They had 3 plays to put the ball in and one timeout. Meaning they had 1 maybe 2 runs at most. So that meant they need to pass the ball on one or two plays.
2. Lynch was 1/5 on 1yrd to go this season. The Hawks line was average not great.
3. Pats were expecting the run. They have Vince Wilfork who clogs the middle like no other.
4. I heard a stat that over 100 passes were thrown inside the 5 yard line this year IIRC. That was the only INT thrown. 99% of the time that falls incomplete. Slants are run ALL THE TIME from that position.
5. Wilson should have thrown it low.
So a bad call? No. Should they have thrown it to that guy No. Would I have ran Lynch and then passed? Yes. But that is all hindsight now.
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Stopped 4 out of 5 times from that position during the reg season. I'm not saying don't run it but it's not a for sure call. As I stated with the time they had to pass 1 maybe 2 times..
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I don't think we can embed tweets yet, but here are 2 from Harvard Sports:
- The Pats allowed opponents to score 81% of the time in power situations (runs on 3rd/4th & <2, or w/i 2 yds of goalline). Dead last in NFL.
- SEA was second in the league in power situations, getting stuffed just 17% of the time. Lynch converted 17 of 20 3rd/4ths & short this year.
Even statistically, it was a stupid play call on first down.
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Well 99% of the time that pass falls incomplete and they run it the next play or two. I'm just playing devils advocate here partly but also understanding the game It's taking a lot of unnecessary flak. It wasn't a random play call that is unheard of. There was some merit to the call.
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Who films people watching final plays? I've seen way too many of these type videos, and while funny when it's not my team, I'd shoot anyone putting a camera in my face while I'm trying to watch a key moment in my team's big game.
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I was casually rooting for Seattle (lived there for awhile and love the city), but I was happy with how it ended.
Probably wouldn't say that if it were the Browns (lol) or Buckeyes... but up to that point in the game it felt like New England had got all the lucky breaks -- Edelman's knee, the out-of-bounds hit that looked fine to me, excessive celebration applied inconsistently, the injury to Lane - most of Pat's scores came off his replacements, Avery injury, etc. ... but that lucky ass wtf catch at the end evened it up. I thought "well whoever comes out of it here deserves it regardless of everything else." They lost straight up thanks to playcalling stupidity and a huge play by the Patriot's DB (so reminiscent of Powell in 2013).
In any case, I'm still grateful the Seahawks gave me last year's Super Bowl. Having moved from Cleveland to Denver as a child I always got a ton of flak for the Browns and seeing all the adulation of Elway. Fuck Elway. Fuck the Broncos. The only franchise I hate more is the Ravens... so when I went to classes in Colorado last year after that depantsing, it was glorious.
So many glorious glorious tears.
Probably wouldn't say that if it were the Browns (lol) or Buckeyes... but up to that point in the game it felt like New England had got all the lucky breaks -- Edelman's knee, the out-of-bounds hit that looked fine to me, excessive celebration applied inconsistently, the injury to Lane - most of Pat's scores came off his replacements, Avery injury, etc. ... but that lucky ass wtf catch at the end evened it up. I thought "well whoever comes out of it here deserves it regardless of everything else." They lost straight up thanks to playcalling stupidity and a huge play by the Patriot's DB (so reminiscent of Powell in 2013).
In any case, I'm still grateful the Seahawks gave me last year's Super Bowl. Having moved from Cleveland to Denver as a child I always got a ton of flak for the Browns and seeing all the adulation of Elway. Fuck Elway. Fuck the Broncos. The only franchise I hate more is the Ravens... so when I went to classes in Colorado last year after that depantsing, it was glorious.
So many glorious glorious tears.
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