poly1274":2nbp3dnd said:Uncle Si":2nbp3dnd said:poly1274":2nbp3dnd said:rjdriver":2nbp3dnd said:It was second down. Give it to the beast. If he doesn't make it, run it again, or pass, but run it on second down.
If you run and don't score on 2nd down. It's almost game over.
Why?
They had a timeout and two more downs.
Running was a legit option there. I think if the pass on 2nd was incomplete they were running on 3rd
No I'm pretty sure they used their third and final timeout on Kearse's catch. And it was like 30 seconds left on 2nd down.
TwistedHusky":5a1ohzam said:As Pitt mentioned, NE was a terrible GL defense - and it was the end of the game with them tired.
Lynch would have walked in.
My magic do-over would have been keeping Tate and not getting Harvin but if that was my only magic do-over then I would have run Lynch to watch him walk into the EZ and win MVP.
TwistedHusky":6j6e78hw said:Lynch would have walked in..
Sgt. Largent":2rleg9om said:TwistedHusky":2rleg9om said:Lynch would have walked in..
...........and Brady would have had 1:42 to march down the field and either kick a FG or score to win the game. This is the part everyone forgets, our defense got GASHED the entire 4th quarter because everyone was either hurt, or exhausted.
So even if Lynch scores, still gave Brady plenty of time to score after on a Hawk's defense that hadn't Brady was having his way with the entire 2nd half.
Uncle Si":1ndo43ct said:Sgt. Largent":1ndo43ct said:TwistedHusky":1ndo43ct said:Lynch would have walked in..
...........and Brady would have had 1:42 to march down the field and either kick a FG or score to win the game. This is the part everyone forgets, our defense got GASHED the entire 4th quarter because everyone was either hurt, or exhausted.
So even if Lynch scores, still gave Brady plenty of time to score after on a Hawk's defense that hadn't Brady was having his way with the entire 2nd half.
Where do you get 1:42?
I think there was like 30 seconds left when the play was run...
Chapow":nb3s5moc said:It's funny that everyone seems thinks that whatever play they would have called would have been the easiest TD in the history of football. The Patriots were trying to win a Super Bowl too and they seemed pretty well prepared to me.
I would have liked to see what would have happened if we would have just handed the ball to Lynch, but I think it's far from certain he would gotten in, much less walked in untouched. That's just wishful thinking.
sdog1981":373cxb6j said:Incorrect. New England had stuffed the Seahawks on short yardage all game and Tom Cables pathetic coaching got the team stuffed on the goal line all the time. Seriously go back and look at how few short-yardage rushing TD's the team had during the Cable era.
pittpnthrs":2kkw7tuw said:At the end of the game with them being exhausted and after Lynch just gashed them for 5 yards? I dont know, but I would have taken a couple of tries with Lynch rather than what was actually called.