Quote:But if it worked, everybody would say it was a great call, right? That is how we are. People say great call when it works and terrible call when it doesn't all the time.

 

My personal opinion is because Pete Carroll said the purpose was to take time off the clock, Russell Wilson should have been told to throw the ball away, not to a receiver.

 

 Bill Belichick took plenty of time off the clock by not calling a timeout.   That IMO was a mistake as well that could have cost the Patriots the game.    

 

The clock shouldn't have even been a factor in the playcalling by the Seahawks,  based on them still having a timeout and it being 2nd and Goal at the 1.    You can't afford to waste a down in that spot.     The only sound decision was a running play to Marshawn Lynch.   You have to let your most differential weapon on Offense decide the game,  especially when factoring risk /  reward.  

 

I'll give the Seahawks coaches all the credit you want them to have for the play call that led to Chris Matthews'  TD reception near the end of the 1st half.   I thought that play call was too risky,  based on the time factor.   I was wrong.   But at least at that point of the game,  there's margin of error.   The passing play call with around 30 seconds remaining in the game was extremely likely going to cost the Seahawks the game if a turnover resulted.    That turned out to be the case.  

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