I understand the wasted play but the pass could have been sent out of the endzone and that would have stopped the clock if that was the intent. The intent to set up a play for the running back. If that is what they were thinking why not just have the Quarterback spike the ball? That is a wasted down without the risk. I would think if you are not going to do that then throw to the back side of the endzone and if the WR’s are not open send it over their heads.
I am just second guessing like the rest to the football fans.
That was a great football game.
It wasn’t a fade to the corner. It was a cross in the middle of the field, chest level thrown by a quarterback that had FOUR interceptions in the NFC Championship game.
Was the worst call in football history. Run it up the middle with Lynch and win.
Some have suggested they (Seahawks management? NFL?) didn’t want Lynch to the MVP because he’s a thug loser. But Wilson still could have been MVP even had Lynch run it in.
But at least that’s a somewhat plausible explanation for throwing when you just ran FIVE YARDS and are one yard away.
I’d have lined up and run 3 times. You stop the best back in the NFL, you beat us. Good game.
But no way in heck would I have put my QB in that position. This now defines his and Pete Carroll’s career as losers.
Russell Wilson is not an ‘elite’quarterback. He’s actually a below average QB for the NFL. I wouldn’t pay him any big bucks.