Well, it appears the Cheatriots are going to win. So congrats...

[madinmaryland]

*

[JonLP24]

1. Live win probability favors Seattle

http://www.advancedfootballanalytics.com/index.php/home/tools/live-wp-graph

73% chance of winning.

Damn

I totally blame the play-calling. Not Russell Wilson. Unbelievable

[JeffHead]

2. Did you see that catch?

Ain't over yet.

[JeffHead]

3. Well it is now nt

[frylock]

4. how the fuck do you call that play?

How?!!

[SoapBox]

5. What kind of a STUPID fucking jackass, called that play?!?!

AND now, the flag?!?

Well SEA, you fucked yourselves.

[SoapBox]

6. And a brawl?

Time for this mess to be over.

[JonLP24]

7. Darrell Bevall most likely

Pete Carroll is a defensive coach so unlikely he made the call and if he suggested it, bonehead move by Bevall to run it.

[SoapBox]

8. I am not an expert and I don't even follow (closely) NFL...

But that will have to go down in history as one of the dumbest things...ever.

Stunning.

[JonLP24]

10. First thing that came to my head when I saw the play call & the immediate aftermath

Difference is they had 51 seconds & an 83% chance of winning--3 straight runs or a bootleg.

The same site did a probability by play, that Harrison interception had the biggest change in probability swings of the whole game which featured a go ahead Fitzgerald TD & a game winning catch by Santonio Holmes

[R B Garr]

22. Heck, Wilson could have run it in himself, that's how bonehead it was.

The Monday morning guys critiquing it are brutal, as they should be

[JonLP24]

23. The whole play is designed to make the throw within 1-2 seconds of snapping it

and delivering the quick strike on the quick slant. Just the worst kind of play call that was made but that type of play call is made quite a bit by most teams near the goalline -- the problem is if the defense reads & the Pats defender made an excellent play. I could watch it over and given the play call it was the right decision, you see what Wilson sees and the play-call is designed for the quick strike, throws in stride & the Pats defender behind grabs the ball inches before the receivers hands touches it.

Just the play call was way too risky given the circumstances. I'd support a bootleg, pass play designed to see the play fully develop. Not a big fan of the rollout since it condenses an already condensed area & the defense rolls with you but it allows you to throw it away if the throw isn't there.

[Yavin4]

9. Poetic justice

Seattle got to the Superbowl due to poor play calling by the Packers.

[NRaleighLiberal]

11. no but the Patriots won!

[madinmaryland]

12. Yes they did. Sad, isn't it!

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. I am utterly delighted.

[trotsky]

14. Congrats Patriots on your Super Bowl Win*.

It was interesting to see the difficulty Tom Brady had in throwing and completing some passes when he had to use properly inflated footballs. Slipped out of his hand wrong, wobbly, etc.

[hughee99]

15. Good point, because 37-50 passing against

the best defense in football sounds like he had a lot of issues with proper inflation... And Russell Wilson was his usual accurate self so you can see that this was only an issue for Brady. Well at least with the ball inflated properly, you had a lot more fumbles.

[trotsky]

16. Oh c'mon, take off the homer glasses.

Several bad passes, clanging to the turf. Wobbly balls that receivers had to make the play on. There's a reason he prefers to break the rules with under-inflated footballs. It's idiotic, he's still a great QB, but he cheats to get a further edge. Considering that the Pats have been cheating for several years now, how many more victories did it translate to? Did they really earn homefield advantage? Would they have made it to the SB without that?

(The under-inflation to prevent fumbles is far more of an issue in poor weather games. One essentially indoor game doesn't give you any statistical information to overturn the mountain of statistical proof that the Cheatriots did something to their footballs starting in 2007.)

Still, congrats on the win*!

[hughee99]

17. Really, it sounds like you're the one with the glasses on.

Brady was largely very accurate. Yes, he threw a few turds as well (for regular Pats watchers, you see those during regular season games as well, which shouldn't happen, because he's cheating). Wilson had a bad game too, which is weird because this issue was ONLY supposed to affect Brady. I'm not quite sure how you explain that.

I don't think your grapes are any good anymore, you may need to get some new ones.

[trotsky]

19. Which echoes what I said.

He's a great QB even without cheating. But he cheated to get an extra edge. (FWIW, I had no dog in this hunt, I'm not a Seachickens fan either, and quite frankly I think Pete Carroll is a bigger turd than Belicheat for the mess he left at USC.)

[hughee99]

20. Actually, part of your evidence that he was cheating was that he through a few turds in the SB.

The problem with that argument is that 1) both QB's threw some turds in the playoffs and 2) Brady didn't throw more turds than he usually throws in a regular season game, when he's supposed to be cheating. What you site as evidence, quite literally, not only doesn't prove anything, it doesn't even hint at what you seem to think it does.

[trotsky]

21. Perhaps you can present your statistical analysis of turds and prove me wrong.

But at any rate, enjoy the win*!

[trumad]

18. 37/50

I've watched football for 50 years. 50

37 completions out of 50 is considered outstanding---more than outstanding.

For you to diss Brady's performance in last nights game has me a bit concerned that you have a substance abuse problem.

Kidding of course.