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The Seahawks wish they had a WR that could shield like that at the end of the Super Bowl. One of the more interesting things to watch this season will be how many targets Landry, Parker, Matthews, Jennings, Stills, Miller and Cameron each get.
Seahawks wished their QB threw the ball in the correct position like Tannehill did. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
considering that the other 6 times the seahawks ran that play in the regular season, to that WR (meaning the WR running the slant) it wasn't completed either, i'd say it's more of a QB can't hit that throw....
I was shocked at the time the ball wasn't handed to Lynch and the feel of the game called for him to get the ball. But understanding the logistics, the slant was not a bad call. Lynch was only 1 of 5 all year on run plays with the ball at the 1 yard line and on two occasions lost yardage. Also, the Patriots were able to get in their goal line defense on that play. On 109 passes in 2014 in the NFL from the 1 yard line not a single pass had been intercepted. If that pass was incomplete the Seahawks had 3rd down and a timeout so they could have then tried to run or thrown the ball the next two plays if needed, thereby keeping the Patriots from fully committing to stopping the run. However, if the Seahawks tried to run the ball with Lynch on that play and it got stuffed for a loss they would have had to burn their last timeout and the next play would surely have been a pass on 3rd down so they would have lost the ability to keep the Patriots guessing. Hindsight is 20/20, but logistically it wasn't a bad call. The pass was fine. Wilson should be leading Lockett on that play as he wasn't in the endzone and would surely have been tackled in the field of play even if he caught the ball. The culprit was poor execution by Kearse blocking Browner. He was slow to get off and didn't give what looked to be like much effort, but he might have just got flat out owned by Browner. If Kearse did his job, Butler is taken out of the play completely and easy TD. Although the play call wasn't a bad decision, have Chris Matthews run the slant would probably of been wiser. Truly this was mostly about Browner being the aggressor and Butler making one of the GREATEST plays in the history of football given the context. Butler even got burned on that play earlier that week against the practice team. Belichick told him to not hesitate and jump the route if that happens in the game. That Butler held onto that ball was 1 in 1,000,000. For Butler to jump the route run through the WR and hold onto the ball pinning it against his shoulder pad as the collision was occuring was INCREDIBLE. Fantastic ending to the greatest Super Bowl ever not consisting of a Dolphin win.
Last season, league wide, nearly 60% of all rushing plays from the 1 yd line went for a TD. The Pats allowed a TD over 80% of the time in power situations. (runs on 3rd/4th of <2 yard or within 2 yds of the goal line...dead last in the league) OTOH, Lynch converted 17 of 20 3rd/4th and short. Seattle was 2nd best in the league. It was a horrible call.
Also, although a thing like "best ever" is subjective, I doubt many non-Pats fans or fans of the game older than 30 would agree this was the most exciting SB ever. 1990 Buffalo-Giants SB was better, IMO. As mentioned, the 2007 NY-NE SB was better. 1988 49er-Bengals SB was better. Hell, the Pats-Carolina SB was better.
I'm not saying they shouldn't have thrown. However, throwing a slant, which is the weakest throw in RW's "arsenal" is a bad call, considering he had a 0% completion for the year on it. if they wanted to throw it, pick a route combination your QB has a better than 0% completion rating.
