Threedee
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UK_Seahawk":1ww4u1jb said:I'm not sure I can take much more of this Monday morning OC expertise re XLIX.
For the love of God can you imagine the uproar if we handed it off and Lynch fumbled or got pushed back. Everyone would be calling DB predictable and bland etc. It was the execution of that call not the call itself which should be lamented. As others have said if Lockette gets in ino-one would even think about the call even twice. It's not like Lynch had been automatic either.
What the Falcons did was unforgivably poor as they didnt need to try and do anything fancy to get the lead. They had it in their hands whereas the Seahawks in XLIX still had work to do.
Right, because Lynch fumbling has equal odds as a pass thrown straight into traffic being intercepted. For that matter, a one yard rush still had much greater odds than a completed pass, forgetting turnovers entirely. The Patriots that season were statistically weak in short-yardage run defense.