[Colonel_Flagg]

At the snap, Marshawn Lynch, who everybody thinks should have gotten the ball, is jogging out to the left flat, totally out of the play. It's instantly visible to the defense so you don't have to worry about him. And that's one of the keys, I think, for this rookie cornerback.

It's instantly visible because the defensive back, and the rest of the defense, read the quarterback's eyes as he telegraphed the route. Nothing to do with Lynch.

The player was lined up as the second DB against a receiver stack. It was obvious from the alignment that the Hawks were going to run a pick play and try to rub the receiver off the defensive back.

Lynch is on the other side of the field and not his responsibility. And I'll bet a copy of Rush Revere that Pete Carroll did not call that play. Darrell Bevell did, and he wishes he hadn't.

[Pelham]

“And I’ll bet a copy of Rush Revere that Pete Carroll did not call that play. Darrell Bevell did, and he wishes he hadn’t. “

Pete Carroll is a control freak. There is not a chance in the world that a crucial play in the Superbowl didn’t originate with him. He wanted Wilson to be the star of the winning touchdown and not Lynch. Carroll made a similar gamble in the 2006 USC vs Texas Rose Bowl and lost that game too.