New England Vs. Seattle Super Bowl Game thread

[manchild98]

Which brings up another point. Mastermind bellicheck completely fucked up the end of the game by not calling a timeout. Should have been more than a minute left on that play...butler bailed bellicheck out on one of the biggest boneheaded bellicheck moves of all time.

Every coach in the league seems to be clueless as to how and use their timeouts. Even BB. He absolutely should have called time out in that situation. You have to prepare that they may score and you will need some time to get into field goal range. His explanation makes no sense either because that doesn't help you with the clock (obviously it worked out for them in the end). It doesn't matter that you have the right personnel on the field...you needed to conserve time to give yourself a shot at tying the game and forcing OT. He didn't do that at all.



Instead of using his timeouts to make sure his team would get the ball back to answer if Seattle scored, Belichick let Seattle run the clock all the way down to 25 seconds before that fateful 2nd down play.

Belichick went on sports radio WEEI on Wednesday and said he didn't call timeout because the personnel group that Seattle put on the field suggested the Seahawks were going to pass, which is what he wanted.

His explanation:

"We put our goal-line defense in probably around the same time they were sending in their multiple receiver group, and that?s kind of what we wanted to be in there, to make sure they didn?t run the ball in.

"... We saw that matchup and we certainly gave some consideration to taking a timeout there and leaving some time on the clock. I don?t know if that would have been a bad thing to do. It might have been a good thing to do. But it just seemed like in the flow of the game that we were OK with where we were."

 

[tonyballs]

what really bit them is that they got rid of tate, harvin, rice and rolled with the likes of Baldwin, kearse and 2 guys no one has ever heard of. Then decided to call a pocket pass at the end of a game when their qb only completed 12 passes all game. You atleast need to get Wilson on the move there don't you???? A pocket pass was even more troubling than it being a pass play....roll the guy out....give him options....that's what he does best. Not sit in the pocket, stare down a WR and throw a quick pass. boneheaded call in so many ways....

Said it all along. That team is built on two things and two things only. The running game and their defense. They obviously don't give a shit about playmakers and in the end, it cost them. If that team loses Lynch, I expect a slide. I think they keep him anyways because word is there trying to extend him. And as long as that D stays intact, they will be fine.

Thanks for Golden Tate though lol