Quote:Calling it the worst Super Bowl play call ever is an exaggeration.  Russell Wilson shouldn't have thrown an INT in that situation.  Throw it out of bounds and you still have 2 runs left. 

 

After reading Pete Carroll's comment that he wanted to waste the down to kill time I wondered why the play call was a pass from the shotgun. If Russell Wilson took the snap under center, took a five-step drop, ran  a bootleg, and threw the ball away, it would accomplish that. But as it was I think Wilson should have thrown it away as soon as he saw Ricardo Lockette was double covered just to avoid the interception.

 

Quote:It was second down, taking a shot on a quick hitting pass play isn't terrible.  Everyone in the world thought they were going to run it....it was bad luck, but thats the way it goes.  I'm sure their thinking was if we miss it on 2nd we still have two more shots at the end zone.

 

The play didnt work out, it happens.

 

The problem is "a quick hitting pass play" does not have to be the one that was called. At the end of the first half, a corner fade was called. It worked, so why didn't they try it again if the idea was to get in the EZ in two seconds?

 

Quote:I don't have an issue calling a pass in that instance, especially since everyone watching was expecting run. I have an issue with the pass play that was called though. IMO a corner fade to Matthews, who was hot at the time, would've been the better option.

 

Absolutely. But I don't care who the receiver is. He could have thrown a corner fade to anybody and I would be happy.

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