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Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy
Seahawks fans are such hypocrites. If they would have caught that ball instead, all you would be hearing about this morning is “The Catch.” Instead, they’re calling it the worst play call ever.
You only need to look at the end of the first half to see another play call equally as bad. With six seconds to go in the half, they opted to go for the TD instead of kicking the field goal (and they would have got the ball to start the second half). Sure, it worked out, but if it hadn’t you would have been hearing about the OTHER bad play call. Why aren’t the Seahawks fans talking about that decision to go for the TD instead of the FG? Because the TD decision worked out. And if Wilson had thrown a TD instead of an interception, there would be no second guessing the play call afterwards because it would have worked out.
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There's a big difference between the end of game call and the end of 1st half call. If you miss the end of first half call, you still have the entire 2nd half to try to make it up. (See Kurt Warner's pick 6 at the end of the half against the Steelers in the SB a few years ago.) With the end of game call, you screw up, the game is over! It was just a horribly bad call. If they wanted to pass, they should have done the usual tackle eligible play action pass that you saw a lot. Then you could always throw the ball away if your receiver isn't open. You don't throw it into a huge crowd in the middle of the field. Too many bad things could have happened like a tipped ball or exactly what you saw happen on that play. Lynch gained 4 yards on the previous play, so I think the Pats were on their heels and probably in shock still over Kearse's catch. They should have just tried to pound it in with Lynch one more time. If he loses yards, you can do a run / pass option on third down. If Lynch gets stuff, you can try to run it in again.
I guess the GB game haunted the coaches in a way when they left time on the clock for Rodgers to come back and kick a field goal for a tie. However, as I have seen other articles say, you are losing, you can't afford to get cute. If it's a tie game, perhaps you can look at winding the clock down, but not when you are losing the game. Just a crazy call.