You can argue that the defense was partially to blame for the loss to the Patriots and you wouldn't be wrong. But I look at the guys who were playing - Kam had a bone bruise in his knee from practice that week, and was told he shouldn't play. Earl had dislocated his shoulder during the Packers game. Sherman had toughed out the NFC championship with a badly injured elbow that required surgery after the season (and Erin was too scared to throw his way regardless of the injury!), and still played the super bowl. He didn't shy away from run support either. Those guys put everything they had out on the field, which is probably why it's so hard for them to let it go. The 28 points allowed, and 10 in the 4th quarter, are certainly part of the story of that game and shouldn't be ignored, but it bugs me when the LOB gets criticized much for it.
"The play" was a terrible one. We hear Macdonald talk a lot about situational football. For all of Pete's strengths, that isn't one of them. He is a believer in each player winning his individual competition. You know Belichick would have had a play designed for that exact situation that they hadn't used all year long. Not the Seahawks! They went for their bread and butter, a play that was on film and that Browner had tipped his teammates off about. I'm not in the "Beast Mode is the only right play" camp....but a designed rollout with a run/pass option would have been far better. Throw it away and then run Marshawn if you need to.
