SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE THE FALL FOR THE LAST OFFENSIVE CALL OF THE GAME. Darrell Bevell for calling the play? Pete Carrol for not over-ruling it? Russell Wilson (for not rejecting the play)? There stood Beast Mode (Marshawn Lynch), unused. He carried the team all year and is/was one of the most dominant forces in football. Yet, when it came down to the game winning play, Marshawn was left out. Someone has to be held accountable for this mess. The Seahawks could have run three of the same straight plays up the middle with Marshawn Lynch! He can't gain one yard in three plays?! I want Darrell Bevell gone right now. What a freeking joke!
Okay...a week has passed and I heard that the entire Patriots team and management voted to give a Super Bowl ring to Darrell Bevell. He certainly deserves it...but it seems a bit odd, eh? With a call to give the ball to Marshawn, he could have had a ring from his own team! It was a "no lose" situation for him. He gets a Super Bowl ring either way. He went with the percentages and chose to ignore the toughest runner in football. One can analyze all day long about how the Patriots played so well on that attempt. One can say it was the right call. It wasn't! Give the ball to "Beast Mode"! One yard! Three plays! One yard! The Bevell is in the details and Seattle comes up short.
You go to the Big Dance. You spend all your time with the guy who brought you there. You don't throw a pass to Ricky Ricardo. You lean on the guy who brought you there. ONE YARD! THREE PLAYS TO GET IT DONE!
It doesn't matter how many so-called experts claim the pass was the right call. It wasn't! It was time for maximum strength, Beast Mode, to win the game...but it didn't happen because Darrel Bevell wanted to play "cutesy" football instead of "real" football.
