Stupidity Rules the Day!!!!

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Runscott

It was truly a great and classic game.

True. I'll leave it at that.

And, FWIW, by no means am I Pats fan.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

True. I'll leave it at that.

And, FWIW, by no means am I Pats fan.

I now you aren't, and I would not have responded to your posts the way I did if I thought it would cause you and me to get pissed at one another. It really is just football - fans have to keep things in perspective.

I am still a Dallas Cowboys fan first, but Seahawks a strong second. So this has been an up-and-down playoffs for me. The Cowboy loss was depressing, but the play last night was horrifying. Not kidding. It would have been a lot easier to see the Patriots do to us what we did to the Broncos last year.

But I did have a great moment of perspective - I visited a kid in King County jail right before the game and he showed noticeable mental improvement. I got on the bus and made it back to Tacoma just in time for kick-off. It was tough leaving Seattle, as downtown was crazy - cops on horses, streets fenced off, etc. If the beer lines had been shorter, maybe I would have stayed. I thought about that kid last night after the game and realized that this is only football. If I were part of the Seahawk team, it would be real life, but it really isn't.

[HRBAKER]

It was by sheer luck on that incredible reception that they were in a position to score in the first place, Cinderella just turned back into a pumpkin 20 seconds too early. They didn't give the game to anyone - The Pats (Tom Brady) carved them up for 14 points on a near perfect performance in the 4th quarter to even be close - and that's the best D in football as we have been reminded ad nauseum for the past two weeks. Look at it this way - they simply gave back the one Brady gave them in the first half in the end zone.

Jeff
(also far from a Pats fan)

[Runscott]

Jeff - you are right on.

Before the game, the analyses that made the most sense to me were that Brady's short pass game was similar to what the Chargers had used to beat Seattle, and there was no indication that Seattle was prepared to react any differently. We did a good job of making quick tackles the first half, but just got torn to pieces in the second half for yards-after-catch. The Kearse catch was as close to a miracle as you'll see.

[nolemmings]

While the Kearse catch was indeed lucky, the Seahawks were moving the ball down the field anyway, and New England did not show great signs of stopping them. The ball would have been inside the 40 with a minute or so to go had that pass to Kearse dropped incomplete. Who knows what happens. The point is if that ball gets handed off to Lynch we almost certainly have a different champion and Brady not only does not win MVP, he is likely considered the second best QB on the field.

Just edited to add that I'm not taking anything away from the Patriots, and thank both teams for a very entertaining game.