Remember that argument that you'd rather be up 3 than 4?
I can only imagine what the announcers would have done if he just downed it.
Remember that argument that you'd rather be up 3 than 4?
I can only imagine what the announcers would have done if he just downed it.
the whole thing was a fix anyhow.
They managed to win without following rojo's advice...thanks to Wilson sucking in the clutch for a change.
workedoutokay wrote:
They managed to win without following rojo's advice...thanks to Wilson sucking in the clutch for a change.
Wilson?? Chalk that up to the OC You have the ball on the 1 with Beast and you do not put the ball in your best players hands. As simple as that.
Worst play calling ever. Ever. Ever.
Seattle was the beneficiary of some bad play calling last year by the 49ers in the exact same situation. You're a power running team. Put the ball in your power runner's hands and use a timeout if you fail.
In this situation I think you are wrong. Patriots had more success defending the pass than the run with lynch and wilson. By shortening the field (by only being up 3) you are allowing the Seahawks to run exclusively to get into field goal range.
The reason it is better to be up 3 than 4 is because in today's NFL passing the ball is so easy that driving down the field when the defense is in prevent, is easy. But with the Seahawks struggling to throw, I think Belichick liked his DBs vs their wideouts. And wanted to make them go the length of the field. Really it took Marshawn Lynch beating Jamie Collins on the outside and an incredibly lucky catch on the 10 to get them down there.
workedoutokay wrote:
They managed to win without following rojo's advice...thanks to Wilson sucking in the clutch for a change.
The Patriots getting lucky that Wilson made a bad throw/choice is no different from the Seahawks getting lucky that Kearse made that ridiculous catch to get Seattle so near to the goal-line in the first place. If Seattle had won, we'd be chocking that up to happenstance as well (because of Kearse's catch).
...and yes, rojo is a dingleberry.
Like most Armchair QBs this morning you are wrong. Carroll knew the Pats' D was ready for Marshal and accorded it proper respect by opting for the pass play on 2nd down. They had just stuffed Marshal on the 1st try with an incredible stop by Hightower and Akeem Ayers (Pat's D was stellar BTW when it counted) and so Carroll thought: what was the risk in letting Marshal rest for one play and try again on 3rd? And if you didn't notice they almost pulled it off and Carroll would have been hailed a genius. Problem was Butler was ready and made the play of his lifetime. That was a big time steal of that pass. He read the play and jumped it/broke early, and picked the exact spot he thought the ball was headed, beating the receiver Lockette to that spot. Again, this was a big time NFL play, and the rookie Butler played it like a veteran- credit New England's coaching as well- he was mentally prepared for what he did.
There was no problem with Carroll's play call- The problem which you Monday morning QB's are not considering is that the Pats were no push-over in that moment and were ready for anything Seattle had. And Carroll knew it too.
Always cracks me up when the Brojos think they are football geniuses.
The thing is, rojo's an idiot.