Making A Case For the Pass

Is it possible to make a case for the pass play? Let me try. Uhh, well, hmm, maybe he was just try- no, uhh, was he surprising th- hmm, nope. I can't do it. I can not defend what will go down as the worst call in the history of the NFL (which let's be honest, it isn't the worst call but it was a terrible call on the biggest stage in sports). Why in the wide world of sports would you want to pass that football. 30 seconds left on the clock and 40 inches to go, and you have the NFL's most prolific goal line runner since Jerome Bettis on your team. Admittedly, some of the blame has to go to Russel Wilson, although I can't put too much on him. Let's look at this picture here.

 

Credit to Sheil Kapadia for the picture. As you can see, Seattle got the match up it was looking for. Butler makes a fantastic read on the play and out muscles Ricardo Lockette who is twenty pounds heavier than he is for the ball. If this pass gets completed people still are going to question the absurdity of the call. It is inexcusable, and as a Seahawks fan I feel like I'm owed an explanation as to why I can't be celebrating harder than I was last year. 

Another tragedy of this game is that Jeremy Kearse made the greatest catch the Superbowl has ever seen, and it will be forgotten in two years in favor of the play call. 

 

The only thing for us Seahawk fans to do is tip our cap to the greatest quarterback of all time and appreciate the greatest coach that ever was. This has to cement Bill Belichek and Tom Brady as the greatest at their respective crafts. Period. Unfortunately we had to be on the losing end of this one.