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[The Albatross]

For someone like me that only watches everything NFL related, and also the NBA playoffs, this is a dark time. Not as bad as when the NBA Playoffs end and there's just...blech...baseball.

NBA playoffs practically end in July... so that means you only have like a month until the NFL kicks up again.

I follow College Hoops and I think I'm going to get into boxing when NBC airs those fights this year. I don't really care for boxing now, but I need something.

The NFL misrepresentation of the Baldwin catch is ridiculous and makes me distrust everything else in the Film.

Yeah I wish they showed how it happened instead of painting a picture that Baldwin separated due to speed or whatever, but what Baldwin did is part of the game. The Patriots have used those ref picks for years... It's part of why they changed where the ref stands on any play outside the ~10 yard line. Once they get within the 10, the ref has to lineup there basically. It was a good play by Baldwin and not heads up enough by Revis to know the ref will be there and Baldwin would use him.

Still... you'd like NFL films to show the whole thing...

Just an amazing play Butler did, no one could have predicted or anticipated it. He deserves mad kudos.

I am hoping the Hawks have $ to go around next year. Need some very key players back ie Lynch, Maxwell, Carpenter, Smith and a handful of others.

If I was Wilson and truly wanted to be a Hawk forever then I'd sign a very team friendly deal.

Seahawks have about ~3 cake years left salary cap wise, then those rookie contracts hit and the team will look a little different. Wilson, in all likelihood, is going to become top 3 highest paid player in the league very soon, and he should take the money and also try to get good guaranteed money. You've got to imagine that Kaepernick is kind of kicking himself for taking a contract that, while large, was so laden in incredibly hard to achieve incentives.

Wilson's deal will definitely be incentivized, but he'll probably be a little wiser than Kaep. I'd expect Wilson's deal to look more like Joe Flacco's... A long term deal that will pay him big money over the next 3 years, and then entering that 4th year, the team will have the flexibility to renegotiate.

Still, in the next 3 years, Seattle looks poised to be the top team in the NFC, roster and coaching wise.

 

[Beerman462]

Just an amazing play Butler did, no one could have predicted or anticipated it. He deserves mad kudos.

I am hoping the Hawks have $ to go around next year. Need some very key players back ie Lynch, Maxwell, Carpenter, Smith and a handful of others.

If I was Wilson and truly wanted to be a Hawk forever then I'd sign a very team friendly deal.

The Patriots predicted it. They practiced it. In the mic'd up video, you can hear them say, "There's 3 corners. Malcolm get out there". No one at home or the Seahawks could predict it though.

 

[The Albatross]

While they had the perfect defensive playcall, it was an amazing play by Butler. Chris Wesseling, of the NFL Around the League crew, said that after analyzing every frame of it, that play is arguably the biggest single play in Super Bowl history. For the moment that it was in, the playcalls by both coaches, the difficulty factor, and the tension of the moment (e.g., Patriots retake the lead and it looks as though the defense will give up another 4th quarter lead in the SUper Bowl) etc.

Butler made a perfect aggressive jump on the ball, got there, and then did what plenty of players throughout history haven't done in that spot... Hold onto the interception.

 

[Seanspeed]

Butler was on fire that whole last drive.

 

[Derpyduck]

While they had the perfect defensive playcall, it was an amazing play by Butler. Chris Wesseling, of the NFL Around the League crew, said that after analyzing every frame of it, that play is arguably the biggest single play in Super Bowl history. For the moment that it was in, the playcalls by both coaches, the difficulty factor, and the tension of the moment (e.g., Patriots retake the lead and it looks as though the defense will give up another 4th quarter lead in the SUper Bowl) etc.

Butler made a perfect aggressive jump on the ball, got there, and then did what plenty of players throughout history haven't done in that spot... Hold onto the interception.

It wasn't perfect. He bobbled it a bit, and my heart still jumps every time I see that happen. =)

Agreed about how big that play was. Tyree's helmet catch was big, but it didn't seal a game. Butler's INT ended that game (unless you want to count the lame fight and offside etc).

 

[ampere]

Butler was on fire that whole last drive.

Even the Kearse bobble catch was covered so damn well. It's just insane that he caught it

 

[Flakster99]

'Inside the NFL': Super Bowl second-half highlights

I love mic'd up vids.

I absolutely loved this clip. So much emotions. Julian Edelman is such a fun player to watch and because of this clip, to listen to.

I've re-watched this Super Bowl 3 times now, so many ups and downs. What Butler did is the stuff of legends and it will be talked about forever.

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

Just an amazing play Butler did, no one could have predicted or anticipated it. He deserves mad kudos.

I am hoping the Hawks have $ to go around next year. Need some very key players back ie Lynch, Maxwell, Carpenter, Smith and a handful of others.

If I was Wilson and truly wanted to be a Hawk forever then I'd sign a very team friendly deal.

they'll try to get him to take the kaepernick deal but he would be stupid to do it (from his perspective). it's funny that kap takes such a team friendly deal and the media just talks shit about him regardless. i honestly don't think there is a more hated QB in the league (from a media perspective) and it's all because he would kiss their ass and suck their dicks like wussle does

 

[Respect]

It wasn't perfect. He bobbled it a bit, and my heart still jumps every time I see that happen. =)

Looked like Hightower almost knocked it from his hands in an attempt to just get him to the ground and cover him up.

 

[Megalosaro]

they'll try to get him to take the kaepernick deal but he would be stupid to do it (from his perspective). it's funny that kap takes such a team friendly deal and the media just talks shit about him regardless. i honestly don't think there is a more hated QB in the league (from a media perspective) and it's all because he would kiss their ass and suck their dicks like wussle does

To be fair kaep is a bit of a dick

 

[Blackhead]

they'll try to get him to take the kaepernick deal but he would be stupid to do it (from his perspective). it's funny that kap takes such a team friendly deal and the media just talks shit about him regardless. i honestly don't think there is a more hated QB in the league (from a media perspective) and it's all because he would kiss their ass and suck their dicks like wussle does

Well Kap got very close, his team is in the toughest division, and let's face it, his Front Office needs all the help they can get. Wussle is in a similar position except the Hawks are a much more competent organization at the moment. The commentator said Wussle was talking about getting 6 rings and the easiest way to do that would be to take a team friendly deal. But that would be very stupid though: Wussel already has one ring, Kap doesn't. What Wussel needs to do now is make his legacy. And the best way to do that, ironically, is to get paid. If Wussle takes a team friendly deal, the Hawks could win 5 more and he won't get one MVP and still be called a game manager. I think he's a good NFL QB and could win one without the LOB or Lynch. Flacco has one, Eli has two; as long as your team is good enough to make the playoffs then a scrambling deep throwing QB can get lucky enough to win it all. So Wussle should take the Hawks to the cleaners and force them to build the team around him.


On the flipside, if I'm the Hawks, no way in hell would I give Wussle that much money. Thank him for his service and let him go if need be. I'd rather take my chances with LOB, Lynch and get another young or a journeyman QB instead

 

[Derpyduck]

I hate to see any football player take "friendly" deals with ownership. It just feels wrong.

 

[n64coder]

Good article on boston.com where Brady/McDaniels discuss the winning drives. Here are a few good excerpts.

McDaniels, on preparing to face the league’s best defense:

“I didn’t get to see tape on Seattle until about 4 in the afternoon the day after our championship game. The way we do it is, we take care of all our Super Bowl logistical work first, so we can concentrate on game preparation after that without a lot of distractions. I watched a lot of them, obviously. And when you saw people have success against them, you saw teams stringing eight or 10 normal successful football plays together. Not explosive plays. But the word that kept coming to my mind, and I must have said it to our offensive players 25 times in two weeks of prep, was ‘patience.’ I told them, ‘Maybe we can come out of the game with one or two big plays. Maybe. But just trust the process. Be patient.’”

Brady and King, on Edelman’s third-and-14 conversion:

Brady: “Would this have been a four-down situation here? I don’t know. The way it worked, Sherman had Gronkowski. Danny had a deeper incut. He was the go-to guy, but they squeezed him on defense, so I couldn’t go there. Now LaFell … He had a deep comeback. When you wait for a guy—what does he run the 40 in, and what can he run 25 yards in? Maybe 2.8 seconds, three seconds? You have to wait for him. So their rush sort of ran past me, and I moved up in the pocket. As a quarterback, you start to feel the rhythm of the pass-rush as the game goes on; your body develops a cadence. You feel what they’re doing. Russell Wilson, he doesn’t care—he can outrun them. I can’t. So I have to make the calculated decision. I had the ball quite a while there.

King: “Well, 3.48 seconds, to be exact.”

Brady: “Probably the longest time I had all game. Julian was the last option I had on the play, and there he was, in the middle.”

Brady, on his two interceptions:

“On my two interceptions in the game, the first one I should have called time because I just didn’t like what I saw, and then it was too late when I made the throw. Dumb throw. The second one, Bobby Wagner made a phenomenal play. He read my eyes. He got me. If I ever play those guys again, I will not lead Bobby Wagner anywhere with my eyes.”

This article is based on another article in Sports Illustrated.

 

[LyleLanley]

I hate to see any football player take "friendly" deals with ownership. It just feels wrong.

I'm ok with it if the player is at the end of their career.

 

[Blackhead]

I hate to see any football player take "friendly" deals with ownership. It just feels wrong.

I agree. I can make an exception for for ring chasing old stars (Peyton should take a paycut) but players in their prime should fuck the owners. Kap should be the warning to all the other young stars, didn't even make the playoffs and team will be in transition now for who knows how long

 

[Megalosaro]

Hell yeah. My super bowl champions t shirt came today

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

To be fair kaep is a bit of a dick

in what way

 

[LyleLanley]

 

[Derpyduck]

Lord Brady giveth.

 

[rjc571]

in what way

He disowned his mama

 

[ampere]

Kid is a champ

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

Kid is a champ

he literally is

 

[FTF]

Ha nice, that's great! Though I hope Chevy upgraded it to the awd version!