Stupidity Rules the Day!!!!

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by tonyo

Great point - what a gutsy call that was at the end of the first half and Carroll will get few props for it.

I thought Pete Carroll's explanation right after the game was a good one. (paraphrasing "we didn't have a good personnel matchup, we thought it was a safe play, we were ready to run on 3rd and 4th down"

Carroll's explanation was terrible. He said they threw the ball there because the matchup was bad. Well, the only reason the matchup was bad was because Seattle didn't put out their short yardage team. They decided before even looking at the matchup that they were going to throw!

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Tabe

Carroll's explanation was terrible. He said they threw the ball there because the matchup was bad. Well, the only reason the matchup was bad was because Seattle didn't put out their short yardage team. They decided before even looking at the matchup that they were going to throw!

Yeah, I didn't get that explanation - he had receivers stacked to the right side, which was what clued the guy in. Obviously, the Pats were going to have a goal-line defense set up…duh.