[Old Teufel Hunden]

"The problem with running was that the Pats had their Goal line defense in with six Linemen on the field."

The play before where Marshawn Lynch ran for 4 yards showed to me that the Pats were spent. He was wearing on them. I believe he had gained more yards in the second half than the first. They also had two timeouts and could afford to run him three times to gain less than a yard. Honestly, we were discussing whether the Pats were just going to let them score and try to go down the field real quickly like Green Bay did back in the 90's during one SuperBowl.

[lepton]

The Pats subbed in a largely fresh line for that play...big bodies to jam up the line. Yes, Lynch was doing better in the second half, but he never dominated...and at 1-2 yards to go he was stuffed several times. Prior to the bobble play, the Patriots defense had held Seattle to 3 3-and-outs.

The Pats had two defenders on the side of the field where the pass was, with one of them occupied with a block. The Seahawks got the matchup they wanted, it just didn’t work...apparently because Butler was burned for a TD on the same play during a scrimmage this week with the scout team, and Belichick burned it into his brain. Butler didn’t even look at the defender.