"They Took A Dream"

[Dolomight12]

ughh.... it didn't work

If you ARE going to throw the ball... How do you not use playaction?

Darrell "Too Cute" Bevell

 

[strohmin]

After everything Marshawn brought to the team, he definitely deserved to have the fate of the entire city placed on his back. Moments like those are when you throw stats and all that other corporate analytics mumbo jumbo bs out the window and just play ball. We had the better overall team but a worse head coach, OC and an inexperienced QB.

Brady did what he supposed to do and took advantage of Tharold Simon and Pete's scheme of letting Linebackers cover wide receivers and pass catching tight ends. Tharold was getting torched all game and KJ wright should have never been covering Rob Gronkowski on a deep pass.

People wanna give Russ all the credit for the offense but don't give any credit to Chris Matthews or Jermaine Kearse for the catches they made that game because they weren't easy. The most unforgivable part of that game was Doug Baldwin being targeted only once that entire game and he caught that for a touchdown.

Bevell should have been fired immediately after that game for being as incompetent as he is. God I hate that guy so much.

I know Pete and Russ wouldn't do things differently because don't give a crap about winning more than being the reason a team won. Pete went on coaching several more overrated seasons and Russ went on to stat pad his way to getting paid.

 

[Rugged96]

Michael-Shawn Dugar has got to be one of the better Seahawks journalists out there at the moment. Reminds me of Clare Farnsworth back in the day. This was a sobering but hell of a read this morning. It's bad form to cut and paste an article in its entirety so I will add below a lead-in. This is likely firewalled but The Athletic is definitely worth their subscription price, hell, even for just MSD's articles alone. Something to consider. I will definitely be getting the book.

A Seahawks Super Bowl disaster and the unraveling of a would-be dynasty: ‘They took a dream’​

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By Michael-Shawn Dugar
Aug. 12, 2025

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The following excerpt from The Franchise: Seattle Seahawks: A Curated History of the Legion of Boom Era by Michael-Shawn Dugar is reprinted with the permission of Triumph Books. It has been lightly edited in spots for context and clarity. You can find more information and order a copy here.

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Marshawn Lynch imagined this moment countless times as a kid growing up in North Oakland:

“It’s the end of the game … one more play … the quarterback hand the ball off to Marshawn … he jump in the end zone — touchdown! The Oakland Raiders win the Super Bowl!”

The final seconds of Super Bowl XLIX between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots nearly played out that way.

With Seattle on the New England 5-yard line, trailing 28-24 with 1:06 remaining, NBC’s Cris Collinsworth said, “Now you have to stop Marshawn Lynch.” Then Russell Wilson put the ball in Lynch’s hands.

“Here he goes,” play-by-play man Al Michaels said as the running back plowed forward. “Beast Mode! To the half-yard line!”

Offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell recalled that the Seahawks had failed on a pair of short-yardage runs earlier in the game: Vince Wilfork blew up a third-and-2 shotgun run for no gain in the first quarter, and linebacker Rob Ninkovich did the same on a third-and-1 carry in the third quarter. With those plays in mind, Bevell didn’t think Lynch would just walk into the end zone if he called another run play on second down. Even though Lynch was also successful on a three-yard touchdown run on third-and-2 in the second quarter and produced a first down on a second-and-1 run in the third, Bevell believed he made the right decision based on the situation.

Obviously, Lynch could have scored the game-winning touchdown, but when Bevell hears that he made the worst call of all time, “I would not agree with that” is his retort. As for the specifics of the play he chose, Bevell felt good about giving Wilson options: he could go to Doug Baldwin if the Patriots were in zone coverage, Ricardo Lockette if they were in man-to-man.

“The process was solid,” Bevell said. “And I think the play call gave us a great opportunity to be very successful.”

Choosing to throw on second down may have made sense to the coaching staff, but not to the dreamer from North Oakland.

“Not only did they take a ring, a moment — they took a dream,” Lynch said. “That’s a once-in-a-lifetime situation.”

A Seahawks Super Bowl disaster and the unraveling of a would-be dynasty: ‘They took a dream’

We revisit Super Bowl XLIX and its fallout in an excerpt from The Franchise: Seattle Seahawks: A Curated History of the Legion of Boom Era.

www.nytimes.com

Obviously this didn’t sit well with the football gods either so they injured Bo Nix to ensure the Patriots got in so Seattle could get redemption & silence every Patriots / NFL fan that loves bringing up “why didn’t yall give it to Marshawn?”. I hope that we can get action on making that Steelers SB right, that was a true injustice.

 

[Glasgow Seahawk]

Honestly, after the manner of that loss I feel battle scarred and nothing can hurt as much sport wise. My mistake back then was thinking we would be right back the next year. Deluded myself- young team, Wilson going into his prime etc. Just never happened and the team fell apart.

This time i'm enjoying every moment with the build up and grounding myself on how hard it is to get here and not be so cocky.

 

[ivotuk]

Not reading any of this. I don't want to be reminded of the misery and let that memory fade. This SuperB Owl is the one I'm focusing on. A win will help smooth out the scar on my soul from the last loss.

 

[Rugged96]

If you are able to read the entire article it gets worse. Both Carroll and Wilson said they would run the same play again if given the chance.

As you can imagine that didn't go over well.

Well considering the current resumes Wilson & Pete are working with I’m gonna go ahead & revoke their opinion privileges lol