Yeah, my point is not that they shouldn't have run... but if they are going to throw, sell the run!! Why they wouldn't run a hard play fake, try to pull up one or more of the secondary guys... then either let Wilson roll, or boot... or just hide the ball and let someone sneak to the flat of corner is beyond me. Everyone would bite on a fake in that situation.
None of this should take away from Butler's play, or the fact Brady and the Pats overcame a 10 pt 4th quarter deficit. This comeback is unprecedented in SB history... the Skins and Saints overcame 10 point first half deficits, but not 4th quarter, and not against defenses anywhere nearly as viscous at the Hawks'. Before this game, I was also really interested to see how little Julian Edelman would play against these DBs. He stepped up, and to see him shake off that hit from Chancellor was pretty savage.. I frankly think he may have been semi concussed on that hit. That guy is just a ball player.
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