"Yes, I was expecting the ball"

Waitiaminnit....

If Marshawn was actually "expecting the ball", his words, how exactly did the play call get communicated? Pete and Bev both said the play (throw) was called. If the play was called, who told who? If Lynch was told, then why was he expecting the ball.

Can anyone help the old guy???

Let it die....please!!

Rocket":3sbt86v9 said:

Waitiaminnit....

If Marshawn was actually "expecting the ball", his words, how exactly did the play call get communicated? Pete and Bev both said the play (throw) was called. If the play was called, who told who? If Lynch was told, then why was he expecting the ball.

Can anyone help the old guy???

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He was expecting a run call before the playcall came in. A run call was not called. That's all there is to it.

C'mon man, this has been discussed at length. Nobody is going to have a fresh take today, because nothing has changed. Players may have a feeling what the call is going to be before the play is actually communicated to them from the sideline or in the huddle, but that doesn't mean there was any type of communication break down. Lynch had an opinion....we all had an opinion. It's done, it's over, it's time to prepare for the 2015 season.

He was expecting the ball, and then the play call came in as a pass... what is confusing about this? What am I missing here?

oh dear...

Whoosh......

The horse is dead already, people. Let it rest in peace.

Jesus Christ.

Wow... it's as if I spoke negatively of someone's maternal parent.
I didn't recall this specific aspect of "the play" being discussed.
My apologies if I ripped out anyones staples.

Carry on.

We want the ball... and we're gonna score!

Oh wait... wrong dead horse.

He definitely knew the playcall. He did his assignment and leaked out as a receiver as soon as the ball was snapped. It's not like they were running play-action or read-option or anything where there could be confusion. As soon as the call came in, Marshawn knew it was a pass and played as such.

I think his comments mean that, generally, in that situation, he would expect the ball (not necessarily after that specific play was called).

I shouldn't have taken the bait.

Rocket":1mwkebm3 said:

Wow... it's as if I spoke negatively of someone's maternal parent.
I didn't recall this specific aspect of "the play" being discussed.
My apologies if I ripped out anyones staples.

Carry on.

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Then you obviously didn't read the 500 pages of posts in the multiple other threads.

I get the rehash aspect of this, but seriously... Why can't we talk about the fact that we lost? Is it THAT hard to get over? Took me all of ten minutes. Let me guess--I'm not as big a seahawk fan as you then... Right.

To those of you who say 'get over it', I say, "get over people already over it"

Wait, was this thread locked and then unlocked? :snack:

nategreat":zmewtjv2 said:

Wait, was this thread locked and then unlocked? :snack:

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We are not an unreasonable lot.
Sometimes things are handled by committee, and that takes a minute :{)