Super Bowl XLIX |OT| The Butler Did It

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Unknown Soldier said:
I would be happy about this if if it weren't for the fact that the 49ers are facing an even darker era now with the forced departure of Jim Harbaugh and the hiring of yes-men who will do what the awful ownership tells them to in his place.
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Getting rid of Harbaugh is the right path. Now bench Douchernick and everything will be coming up Milhouse!
 
PensOwl said:
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I'm not good enough to do that tv thing
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This is great.
 
Zefah said:
Don't understand what any of that means.
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In football, a team has 4 downs (plays essentially) each time they have the ball. Since the Seahawks were within 10 yds of the goal, they had to score and could not get a first down.

If on the 4th down the team doesn't score or get a first down, then the ball will automatically go over to the other team.
 
CassidyIzABeast said:
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Let's throw it on 2nd down.
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Lynch is supposedly 1 and 5 on the 1 yard line for a TD this season. I heard this on TV, no idea if its true.

And everyone is talking about how they had three tries with Lynch. At most they had two. With them throwing first they could

Throw - Incomplete
Run - Call Time out
Run.

If they run and don't get it, and call a time out, they only have one more try most likely.

The way they did it they had 3 tries at least. Yes it was bad it was intercepted but I doubt anyone was thinking an interception was coming.
 
Bam Bam Baklava said:
Would they have had 3 tries though with only one timeout and the time on the clock?
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They had time for at least one run, which they likely would've called on 3rd down, and two passes. If they hurried they might've been able to run two quick rushes before using the timeout and then throw on 4th, if it came to that.

Looking back that timeout they burned when the play clock hit zero really hurt them. No doubt they run it with two timeouts in that scenario.
 
To give Pete credit, it was a gutsy call... Butler made an OUTSTANDING play to get that INT.. I mean an incredible incredible play. They were going for the straight pick play. NE has a big D-line, they thought they'd still have that option.

Russell was off by about 6 inches with the pass, but really it was all Butler.. what a play.

Great game, but keep in mind Seattle had a chance to get the ball back with 2pts if they didn't jump off-sides.
 
BreezyLimbo said:
They would've had a couple of shots at scoring if it wasn't for that interception. That's the part that's baffling EVERYONE. Like, why the fuck do you not hand over the ball to Beast Mode and let him run 5 feet?

It was probably the worst call in history.
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I agree. Russell should've ignored Pete Carroll & just passed the ball to Lynch & let him run the ball to the end of the goal line to guarantee them a win. They were only like, between the 1 & the 3 yard line!

Lucky that I don't have a favorite team at all. Congrats to the Pats for holding out!
 
darkside31337 said:
Kind of amazed Pete is falling on the sword the way he is.

Defense choked the game. Russell threw the interception and was generally terrible. Bevell called the play. Lynch is not a good goal line back. But Pete is the one taking the blame, truly a great HC.
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Pete is an awesome coach. He made a shitty call, but everybody is going to pile on him and forget all the blunders the players made like Thomas nailing Vereen with PF, or the offsides on a 3rd and 3, that led to TD drives. That amazing game was more than just one call. The what ifs surrounding the whole thing is what's going to make it the best Super Bowl ever played. Both teams played their hearts out. I hope people in the neutral enjoyed that. That was the best drama football can offer.
 
DaBuddaDa said:
The Seahawks had three chances to run the ball into the end zone to win the game. They have Marshawn Lynch on their team; the best rusher in the NFL. They only needed one yard to score.
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It makes the Packers' choke two weeks ago minute in comparison, which alleviates a ton of my depression.
 
NervousXtian said:
To give Pete credit, it was a gutsy call... Butler made an OUTSTANDING play to get that INT.. I mean an incredible incredible play. They were going for the straight pick play. NE has a big D-line, they thought they'd still have that option.

Russell was off by about 6 inches with the pass, but really it was all Butler.. what a play.

Great game, but keep in mind Seattle had a chance to get the ball back with 2pts if they didn't jump off-sides.
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Meh. He knocked the guy out of the way and took it. Nothing to spectacular.
 
Dion Blaster said:
After Lynch got to the 1 yard line there was 1:00 left. Plenty of time, even without a timeout.

And the Patriots are the worst short yardage run defense in the NFL. Dead last. And you have Marshawn fucking Lynch.
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There was 1:00 left, but Seattle wasted 40 seconds. That's a whole different issue. Do they score immediately and give Brady 50 seconds with two timeouts to march down the field for a game winning field goal.

Again everything looks better with hindsight.
 
mackaveli said:
Lynch is supposedly 1 and 5 on the 1 yard line for a TD this season. I heard this on TV, no idea if its true.

And everyone is talking about how they had three tries with Lynch. At most they had two. With them throwing first they could

Throw - Incomplete
Run - Call Time out
Run.

If they run and don't get it, and call a time out, they only have one more try most likely.

The way they did it they had 3 tries at least. Yes it was bad it was intercepted but I doubt anyone was thinking an interception was coming.
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You can throw on 3rd and 4th down when you have no timeouts. Throwing on 2nd down, when you gained more than half of what you needed to on 1st down, is a boneheaded call no matter how you slice it.
 
I'm trying to remember a Superbowl playcall that amazingly bad in the last few Superbowls... nothing is coming to mind.

Just head-scratchingly bad.
Ninjimbo said:
Pete is an awesome coach. He made a shitty call, but everybody is going to pile on him and forget all the blunders the players made like Thomas nailing Vereen with PF, or the offsides on a 3rd and 3, that led to TD drives. That amazing game was more than just one call. The what ifs surrounding the whole thing is what's going to make it the best Super Bowl ever played. Both teams played their hearts out. I hope people in the neutral enjoyed that. That was the best drama football can offer.
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There's no what-if here. Lynch hadn't been stopped for less than a yard the whole game and was on fire that drive. If Lynch gets 3 shots to go one yard and gets stopped, then tip your cap to the Pats. It was a terrible decisioin to pass that doesn't even make football sense, and it goes away from Seattle's gameplan.

EDIT: Actually I think he had one run when he didn't get a yard, my bad.
 
mackaveli said:
There was 1:00 left, but Seattle wasted 40 seconds. That's a whole different issue. Do they score immediately and give Brady 50 seconds with two timeouts to march down the field for a game winning field goal.

Again everything looks better with hindsight.
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Can't blame them for killing the clock there. You don't give a guy like Brady any time to hurt you.
 
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