He saw the wrong defense and knew he could go pass, run, run but only two plays if run first. He went wide hoping to spread out the defense but Belichick didn’t bite. Wilson should not have thrown the ball.
No, the line was not set wide. It was set close to the tackles! That makes throwing a pass to a stacked three on the right side of the offensive line a cluster frack! What all the ifiot whining fials to cite is that Butler did his homework and recognized what the play was going to do, so he just bolted right into the rub-off and ended up having Wilson pass to him instead of the wide receiver! The citations for excellence should be to Butler and ignore the arrogant asshat, Pete Carroll.