seabowl":1zcs6cst said:Worst play or best play? Depends on which team you're talking about. Whatever side you're on the play Butler made was really really good and I at this point chalk it up to that. Dude made a great play.
253hawk":317oure0 said:Seriously? Jim Marshall, The Buttfumble, Leon Lett, Kyle Williams...
That was just a good play on a semi-poor pass. Maybe we should have ran a pick like the Saints and it would have been a TD. The 49ers passed it 3 straight plays to the same side to the same receiver from the 5 yard line against the Ravens and no one talks about that. :roll:
Rat":258iej4z said:Worst play in Super Bowl history was Leon Lett getting the ball knocked out of his hands at the goal line when he was showboating. It ended up not mattering, but that was much worse than what we did.
It's unquestionably the worst CALL I can ever remember.SixSeahawk":9unv4nlb said:Sorry if this is a repost.
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It's crazy that one play has overshadowed a whole Super Bowl win.
The_Z_Man":14tss3ju said:When this happened, my neighbor, a disgruntled Bears fan, was all in my face.
"That's a McMahon Slam! The end of your run... that was an all time dynasty crushing play. You'll never see the Superbowl again in your lifetime."
Every year since, around playoff time, he makes an appearance and reminds me... "nah, no Superbowl for you guys. Remember what I said." I say every year, because it feels like 10 years since that happened... ugh.
I sorta hate the guy now.
And, yea, I see the link... but I will never watch this play again. It makes me angry whenever someone shows it.
Just talking about it gives me a nervous tic.
Spin Doctor":348fz7tt said:Here is the thing, this play WAS supposed to be a pick play. The biggest issue on the play was the design of it. The concept is fundamentally solid, the main issue is the match-ups. You had Kearse who was charged with picking off Malcom Butler. The issue here was he was up against Brandon Browner, the most physically imposing corners, and Browner knew exactly what was coming. He told Butler "go here" and he held Kearse up at the LOS -- meaning he never got to make his pick. Browner pressed Kearse, and he never got off Browner. The play was dead in the water right there. The second problem was the fact that we used one of our worst receivers to make the play. Game on the line, and we decide to go with who? Ricardo Lockette, a receiver that is prone to drops, whom was never a good route runner in the first place, on a play that had zero room for error. Moreover, the Patriots stated that from that formation we almost always ran this same exact play on the goalline. In the video it shows the Patriots even practicing against this same exact play.253hawk":348fz7tt said:Seriously? Jim Marshall, The Buttfumble, Leon Lett, Kyle Williams...
That was just a good play on a semi-poor pass. Maybe we should have ran a pick like the Saints and it would have been a TD. The 49ers passed it 3 straight plays to the same side to the same receiver from the 5 yard line against the Ravens and no one talks about that. :roll:
This play was telegraphed, and we put Kearse and Lockette in an optimal position to fail. I think given all of these factors, combined with the fact that Lynch was gashing the Patriots, we should have at least given Lynch a shot before resorting to this kind of play.
SixSeahawk":31q90d46 said:Sorry if this is a repost.
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It's crazy that one play has overshadowed a whole Super Bowl win.
DYLcurry59":eh7wkyar said:SixSeahawk":eh7wkyar said:Sorry if this is a repost.
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It's crazy that one play has overshadowed a whole Super Bowl win.
I can't look at anything Super Bowl XLVIII without thinking about this play. I didn't think anything could ever tarnish a Super Bowl, but this did it. I'd be much happier if Brandon Bostick had caught that onside kick.