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Seahawks ‘just don‘t understand’ the Super Bowl-losing play call
nypost.com ^ | February 2, 2015 | Paul Schwartz

Posted on 02/02/2015 4:04:53 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

There were plenty of explanations offered, first by Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, then by offensive coordinator Darren Bevell and quarterback Russell Wilson, but at the end of Super Bowl XLIX, with everyone left breathless, the question still hanging out there along with the confetti falling on the victorious Patriots:

How in the world does Marshawn Lynch, as fearsome a runner as there is, not get the ball on second down from the New England 1-yard line in the final seconds?

“We had it,’’ Seahawks linebacker Bruce Irvin said. “I don’t know how you don’t give it to the best back in the league on not even the 1-yard line? We were on the half-yard line and we throw a slant. I don’t know what the offense had going on, what they saw. I just don’t understand.’’

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: carrollblowsit; choke; petespunksgetpunked; seachickenschoke; seahawks; superbowl; thugslose
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To: knarf
Malcom Butler was in absolute awe every second from the time God gave him the ball until the camera's finally stopped trying to get him to say something .. I saw him point to the sky twice


41 posted on 02/02/2015 4:49:52 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Seahawks ‘just don‘t understand’...
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Follow the money.


42 posted on 02/02/2015 4:50:21 AM PST by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Great game! I’ll bet Packer fans slept well last night after seeing the Hawks blow a 10 point lead. Some of these coaches are great at out managing themselves.


43 posted on 02/02/2015 4:50:44 AM PST by kenmcg
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To: Servant of the Cross

44 posted on 02/02/2015 4:56:12 AM PST by Red Steel
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To: chimera

Wilson didn’t throw into a crowd on the goal line. The play isolated the defender with a pick and hit a hole wide of the linebackers.the closest aside from the locked-up Browner, was Hightower just crossing the far hash mark.

The defender just made an excellent play.


45 posted on 02/02/2015 4:58:14 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Servant of the Cross
Now, now, now ... THAT'S a desperate cry for help and an attempt to grab HIS hand for salvation from what he KNOWS is abject, embarassing defeat.

... NO ... SOMEone will come up with the screen shot of Malcom's almost bowed and awestruck countenance pointing to the sky .. a definite recognition and identification of WHO is responsable

46 posted on 02/02/2015 4:58:22 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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To: Third Person
No question about that. Butler held his position, he didn't get excited and jump into the pile. You could see he was reading where Wilson was looking to throw and just beat Lockette to the spot. He kept control of the ball, too, which was important. Just swatting it down would have stopped the clock with time left and Seattle having timeouts to spend.
47 posted on 02/02/2015 5:00:47 AM PST by chimera
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Must really stink being a Seahawks fan.

Indeed. Two weeks ago, it was really hard to be a Green Bay Packers fan.

48 posted on 02/02/2015 5:00:47 AM PST by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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To: MAexile
The thinking here is that they tried to outwit the Pats Defense

Except they telegraphed it with a shotgun formation. Granted, you can still run from a shotgun, but it's one hell of an indicator.

49 posted on 02/02/2015 5:02:09 AM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: knarf
the Hawks thought they could be dramatic and spectacular...

It's kind of symmetric. The Hawks did intercept what would've been the Pats first touchdown of the game.

50 posted on 02/02/2015 5:04:15 AM PST by grania
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Obviously the Patriots cheated. They hypnotized Wilson with dreams of deflated on the down low.


51 posted on 02/02/2015 5:04:32 AM PST by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: abb
Money changed hands, somewhere. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it...

Thanks for the Monday morning chuckle. Laughing is a good way to start the day.

52 posted on 02/02/2015 5:04:53 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Life and death are but temporary states. But Freedom endures forever.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Only 2 justifiable calls there.

Lynch up the middle, or spread the field and send Russell Wilson sprinting for the corner of the end zone as fast as he can go.


53 posted on 02/02/2015 5:07:53 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: grania

Good point ... and wording


54 posted on 02/02/2015 5:09:14 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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To: gusopol3
I wonder if there ever was a team that had needed as much dumb luck to get as far as they did

Sure. Try the NY Giants on for size. David Tyree in SB XLII.

55 posted on 02/02/2015 5:10:46 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Life and death are but temporary states. But Freedom endures forever.)
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To: 5thGenTexan

But do you really think the only NFL team to be fined for cheating,


Huh? So vehement, yet so unaware. Multiple teams have been fined for breaking rules just in the past couple of years. The Chargers got caught putting stickum on balls in 2012. Multiple teams have been fined for violating the salary cap. Heck the Seahawks were fined practice time and $300,000 this year for illegal OTA practices in violation of the contract. Heck, coaches have been fined for verifiably falsely accusing the Pats when said coaches got caught violating rules.


56 posted on 02/02/2015 5:14:43 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Red Steel

That’s a cruel gif.


57 posted on 02/02/2015 5:16:29 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lepton
No question Butler made the best play on the ball we've seen in that position for awhile. He just read Wilson's look and stepped into the path of the ball. Not bad for an undrafted rookie from a Division II school, playing in the big game.

Looks like there were two players a few yards into the end zone, and a Pats player closing from the top. A few yards away so yes, not a "big" crowd, but any kind of a deflection and a number of Pats players could have made the pick.

58 posted on 02/02/2015 5:17:13 AM PST by chimera
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To: lepton

Waah.


59 posted on 02/02/2015 5:20:23 AM PST by Red Steel
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To: Berlin_Freeper

60 posted on 02/02/2015 5:24:01 AM PST by Red Steel
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