How about a Super Bowl 49 thread?

Was there a New York team in the Super Bowl?

 

YOU CANNOT WRITE A GAMER FOR THE WORLD'S BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR WITHOUT QUOTES. ARE YOU WRITING FOR THE 3 PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T WATCH THE GAME? EXPLAIN IT TO ME -- HOW YOU FILE YOUR TWO BIGGEST GAME STORIES WITHOUT QUOTES.

 

You can't possibly earn your living in the media.

 

Sadly

Sadly, I imagine you do, or did.

 

Andy Benoit, writing for The MMQB but auditioning for Slate, delivers the hot take that Bevell was all right and Belichick was all wrong in the final minute.

Seahawks call for a slant on the 1-yard line wasn't a bad call | The MMQB with Peter King

Keep in mind, Bevell has limited resources. None of Seattle’s wide receivers can consistently separate from man coverage, and their quarterback, great as he is on extended plays, can’t make many throws from the pocket. That makes things tough on an offensive coordinator.

Uh, wouldn't playing to your strengths and avoiding your weaknesses be a good quality in a coach?

 

What a dumb fucking sentence. His receivers can't get open and the QB can't throw from the pocket, so let's do it with the game on the line?

 

It's a high-risk pass route, or of all pass routes, it's at the top of the list for potential of being picked at that spot of the field.

 

If you're going to run a pass play, why not a gadget play? That would be the perfect time to do it. Maybe a reverse and a throwback to RW3.

 

So, if Wilson had thrown a touchdown there, would it still have been a bad call?

Because if it was really the Worst Call in the History of Sports (pending Taylor Swift trademark) the outcome wouldn't matter.

 

Food for thought: Anyone think Butler's one play was so huge that he should have been MVP? If he doesn't make that play and Seattle wins, no way Brady is the MVP. Yes, Brady had some sparkly numbers. He also threw two INTs, so saying Brady winning the award was for his performance through the whole game doesn't work. Butler made the biggest play -- the one play that truly made the difference between victory and defeat.

 

Yes.

Just like going for two to get even in the first half would be a bad decision, even if you get the two points.