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either way it doesnt preclude the fact that butler wanted the ball more than the receiver did, and as a result bulter intercepted the pass.
Nobody can argue that Butler didn't make a great play, he did....I was disagreeing with those who said it was a perfect pass. It wasn't close to perfect.
Nobody can argue that Butler didn't make a great play, he did....I was disagreeing with those who said it was a perfect pass. It wasn't close to perfect.
Wrong shoulder. Plain and simple in dissecting that play.
I was pi$$ed when the Packer fans made the excuse that they "lost" and Seattle didn't "win".
So, to be fair, I have to say the Pats won.
In truth, it's always a little of both. Seattle doesn't win if the Packers don't do their part to lose, and the same goes for the Pats beating the Hawks in the SB.
Same thing. there are always mistakes made. In this case two ;IMO. The call and Wilson not throwing the ball away. Remember it wasn't just incomplete ;its was intercepted. Brady threw two and one I saw should not have been attempted completion.
Going to be fair to Wilson....that slant is not the type of play where you diagnose and if it's not there, you throw the ball away...it is essentially a boom-boom play. Ball is snapped, one step, FIRE. Could the pass have been better, yes. Being fair, Butler made a great play
All other efforts aside, the only reason New England won is because the Seattle coaching staff made an almost unheard-of decision that was completey inappropriate for the situation. I'll bet that nearly everyone in that stadium , and the untold millions watching at home, thought that Seattle was going to win. Not to mention that fact the Lynch almost scored on the previous running play.
Seattle, literally and figuratively, gave this game away.
If Seattle had been able to stop New England in the 4th quarter, they never would have been in the position where a critical play call cost them the game. Had the pass been completed for the TD, no one would be talking about it. Bottom line, Seattle could not execute a play where 99 times out of 100 the ball is either catch, or deflected away.
Going to be fair to Wilson....that slant is not the type of play where you diagnose and if it's not there, you throw the ball away...it is essentially a boom-boom play. Ball is snapped, one step, FIRE. Could the pass have been better, yes. Being fair, Butler made a great play
Happens all the time on slants. He just didn't pickup the setup that rookie had in position .But it was just a mistake like all of them.
If Seattle had been able to stop New England in the 4th quarter, they never would have been in the position where a critical play call cost them the game. Had the pass been completed for the TD, no one would be talking about it. Bottom line, Seattle could not execute a play where 99 times out of 100 the ball is either catch, or deflected away.
Right on. The turning point was when Baldwin pretended to defecate the football after his TD catch. Even by Seattle standards -- which are pretty low -- that was a classless bit of taunting. New England saw it, scored 14 unanswered points, and broke Seattle's heart when it counted. Priceless.
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