Quote:If you watch the sound fx video on NFL.Com Pete Carroll recognizes their goal line coverage, and says let's pass it. I think he did it right. The players didn't execute. Baldwin got jammed by Browner, and Lockette wasn't aggressive enough on the ball, finally Wilson didn't throw it well. I don't blame Carroll on that.

I don't know why everyone is so exasperated about this play! The pat's were surely expecting the run, so a pass should have been effective... providing the 'hawks executed the play... which they didn't and they lost as a result. That single play didn't lose them the game anyway; there had also been a perfectly thrown pass down field earlier which probably would've led to 6 if the receiver hadn't developed a case of butterfingers and dropped it. The 'hawks defense did allow the 'pats to come back for the lead. So no... that last play didn't lose the game, it just sealed the deal.

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