He did 2-4 a couple of times, pointed at the scoreboard, and then did a touchdown signal. I interpreted it as a dig at Revis (one of Sherman’s competitors for best DB) for giving up the touchdown.
Our team is the Jags, watched the Super-bowl game with no horse in the race.
Chris Matthews did go to my alma mater, (GoBigBlue) cheering for him turned bittersweet when I saw I lost the prop box when Carroll went for the TD before the end of the first half.
I was hoping Brady would give the keys to his MVP truck to Butler.
Will Seattle retain their OC?
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Watching the news tonight, the main sports story seems to be “was that the worst play call in Super Bowl history?”
Almost makes me feel sorry for Pete Carroll…
Bevell is getting raked over the coals on local radio for hanging Lockette out to dry in his interview in addition to the play call. Baldwin is getting hit hard for his display and the fight in general is frowned upon. Pete is getting a bit of a pass for “falling on his sword” to cover for his staff and players. They are still discussing it now. Pete does not actually call the plays, though. I guess when Marshawn was asked after the game he said that he was not surprised because it is a team game.
They have decided that the staff as a whole agreed to pass but Bevell chose the actual play and target.
It was reported around here that he did preliminary interviews with the Falcons and 49ers job, and it was thought he had a good shot at the Falcons job because of the ex-Patriots that are now in the Falcons’ front office (GM Dimitroff and asst GM Pioli).
But he chose not to pursue them.
@Ulumay, Brady probably didn’t know Butler’s first name until yesterday. But yeah, he needs to do something nice for that guy.
As well he should. Has he responded to the criticism?
I don’t think so - they just got off the plane
I don’t know that he was asked about it yesterday - the local Seahawks station guys have no idea why he did it
Not sure that’s true. They practiced together.
http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/02/02/super-bowl-tom-brady-malcolm-butler-interception
Malcolm Butler was an undrafted rookie free agent signing who impressed throughout training camp and made the final 53 man team. He supplanted last year’s starter Alfonso Dennard on the active game day roster and saw quite a bit of playing time throughout the season as the Pats played 5 or 6 DBs on 75% of their defensive snaps in the regular season. They have six legitimate NFL caliber cornerbacks. The secondary is the strength of the Pats defense.
This Patriots team is the youngest Super Bowl winner in history. Average age of 25.2 years.
After listening to Pete Caroll, and thinking about it, the play wasn’t that bad a call. There was a logic to it. If it worked,
people would be talking about how Seattle is made up of geniuses.
The defender for NE made a great play.
I love the call at the end of the first half by Seattle to go for the touchdown with 6 seconds left.
That was a gutsy, great call. How many coaches would have taken the 3 points?
Now buzzfeed has a “Which Super Bowl shark are you?” quiz. “Left Shark” is kind of famous now!
Left shark was a hoot!
Butler was, apparently, the secondary coach’s free agent choice, meaning he had discretion to recommend a signing or 2 and Butler was the guy. I’ve heard Tom talk about Butler a number of times this year. Always calls him Malcolm. His teammates say Brady is a great teammate except on the field and especially not in the huddle, where he is screaming dictator.
Another neat bit is that Julian Edelman was only signed because the NE scout went to the Kent State pro day and saw him run the faster shuttle time than anyone did at the combine. It’s possible only a few teams saw the workout. And he was a 7th round pick.
Here’s a nice bit from a Slate story about percentages:
- Quoting a Grantland story - that I thought sucked - "Before Sunday, NFL teams had thrown the ball 108 times on the opposing team’s 1-yard line this season. Those passes had produced 66 touchdowns (a success rate of 61.1 percent, down to 59.5 percent when you throw in three sacks) and zero interceptions. The 223 running plays had generated 129 touchdowns (a 57.8 percent success rate) and two turnovers on fumbles."
- A tweet by Pro Football Focus' Nathan Jahnke: "Marshawn Lynch ran the ball from the 1 yard line 5 times this season. 1 TD, 2 runs for no gain, 2 runs for a loss."
In other words, not a given. And remember, Seattle had a light set on the field, with 3WRS, a TE and a RB. The expectation was NE would match and that would let Seattle run the ball more easily. NE went 8 big with 3 DB’s so the pass, saving the timeout for later in the series, was a sensible choice with a high percentage of success. Again, judging things only by result is dumb.
Making assumptions about what criteria others are using to judge is also dumb.
Bill O’Brien is doing ok.
In fact, Left Shark and @notrichenough’s sweater may be the two real positive take aways from this 
I hear what some of you are saying or repeating about the validity of the pass call, with the D-line massed against Lynch. I am not persuaded, though. That pass was the equivalent of a Hail Mary into a crowd of players, half from your team and half from the defense. As with a Hail Mary, throwing into a crowd was not just a risk with a regular interception, but also a risk from being caught if it were deflected, just because there were so many players there. The odds were terrible. With 20 seconds and 2 time outs (was it 2?) left, they could have tries the riskier pass on the second play.
Here comes Johnny! 
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6590880?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592