{"id":434,"date":"2015-02-04T01:28:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T01:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/?p=434"},"modified":"2015-08-26T03:43:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T03:43:18","slug":"super-bowl-49-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/super-bowl-49-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl 49 Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The big game is over and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/gamecenter\/2015020100\/2014\/POST22\/patriots@seahawks#menu=gameinfo%7CcontentId%3A0ap3000000468006&amp;tab=recap\" target=\"_blank\">Pats won<\/a>.\u00a0It was a good game and lived up to<br \/>\nthe hype. Did Seattle blow it? I\u2019ll cover that below. However, I was on the edge of my seat the whole 4th quarter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/return.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-441\" src=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/return-300x300.png\" alt=\"return\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/return-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/return-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/return-144x144.png 144w, http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/return-50x50.png 50w, http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/return.png 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As I stated, I did not intend to watch the game live. The game started at 3:30 PT; that is when I turned off the TV, tablet, and laptop and put my phone away in the bedroom. I instead went to do my Super Bowl shopping. The supermarket was nice and empty for me.<\/p>\n<p>After forwarding through ALL commercials and the half time show, I caught up to the game with 7 minutes left in the 4th quarter. Boy they milk this thing! At $4.5m per 30 seconds, it\u2019s worth it for them.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m kind of glad I watched almost the whole 4th quarter live. Boy that was an exciting finish! Down 10 against the best D in football, I really thought the Pats were going to lose another Super Bowl. Even after Tom Brady threw the go ahead score to\u00a0Julian Edelman, I still thought they were cooked; there was way too much time left for Russell Wilson and\u00a0Marshawn Lynch! But nope, that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thetwo-way\/2015\/02\/02\/383223008\/watch-the-interception-that-won-the-super-bowl\" target=\"_blank\">errant toss<\/a> from the one yard line that was intercepted by Malcolm Butler sunk Seattle and New England got the win.<\/p>\n<p>So the question now comes up, did Pistol Pete blow it? 99.9% of fans and headlines tell you he did. But there are a few that defend the decision to pass. I kind of agree. Here are a few:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/a-head-coach-botched-the-end-of-the-super-bowl-and-it-wasnt-pete-carroll\/\" target=\"_blank\">FIVETHIRTYEIGHTSPORTS <\/a>\u2013 some good points here. Here\u00a0is my recap of the article:\n<ul>\n<li>There were 26 seconds left and the Seahawks had blown 2 timeouts. They could not run the ball 3 times \u2013 there wasn&#8217;t enough time! Therefore, they had to pass at least once or risk running out of time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>LYNCH would have scored! Would he have? Maybe. However, he was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/play-index\/tiny.cgi?id=n5YDo\" target=\"_blank\">1 for 5 from the 1 yard line all season<\/a>. So, considering this and point 1 above, at least 1 play had to be a pass. Seattle could have only run Lynch twice with the time that was left.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/02\/03\/upshot\/game-theory-says-pete-carrolls-call-at-goal-line-is-defensible.html?&amp;abt=0002&amp;abg=0&amp;_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">GAME THEORY!<\/a> This was my favorite article from the NY Times defending the decision to pass. Follow the link for the whole article, but the main point goes like this:\n<ul>\n<li>Mix it up! Don\u2019t be so predictable because that drops your odds of scoring significantly. Even Lynch, arguable the best back in the game vs. the worst goal line D in the game, nothing is guaranteed. You give yourself the best chance by being somewhat random, or what the article calls \u201cmixed strategy.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think the main error with the decision was to pass inside instead of taking the ball outside, where a receiver could have isolated a defender better.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RgloErF-H2c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\"\nallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sherman-brady.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-439\" src=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sherman-brady.jpg\" alt=\"sherman-brady\" width=\"299\" height=\"257\" \/><\/a>So, although I was rooting for New England to win, I couldn&#8217;t help but feel bad for Seattle. I really do like Wilson, Lynch and Sherman. But they\u2019re a young team and I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll be back.<\/p>\n<p>There are some who say a team doesn&#8217;t recover from a loss like this (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qQZZVH-gVk0\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee Titans<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jEpYIATEjf4\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Panthers<\/a>), but New England did! So, I don\u2019t buy it. I think we\u2019ll be seeing them again.\u00a0And to prove this, look who is favored to win the big game next year&#8230; Yup, it\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/chalk\/story\/_\/id\/12265900\/seattle-seahawks-next-year-super-bowl-favorites\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle, not New England<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What did you think of the game?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nSmTtcrfUyk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s this:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XgepmUrbHyg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_443\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cowboys_doh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-443\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-443 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cowboys_doh.jpg\" alt=\"cowboys_doh\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cowboys_doh.jpg 200w, http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cowboys_doh-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cowboys_doh-144x144.jpg 144w, http:\/\/jgar.pw\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cowboys_doh-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World Chump<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big game is over and the Pats won.\u00a0It was a good game and lived up to the hype. Did Seattle blow it? I\u2019ll cover that below. 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