It wasn't a good play though.
Not taking away props from the Butler kid, did a heck of job with that interception, but that play call was horrid.
Again, except for the fact that it was a great play call. I guess I have to beat a dead horse here, but anyone saying it was a horrid call is ignoring some objective facts. To name a few:
-Lynch was 1 for 5 on goal line run plays.
-NE had a goal-line package in the game to stuff the run.
-When the Patriots went to goal line personnel earlier in the game the Seahawks countered by throwing the touchdown to Doug Baldwin off play action.
-The slant play from the goal line is a high-probability play for teams that run it well--which Seattle does. (i.e. a much higher probability than Lynch's 1-for-5)
-A pass play saves 2 downs for Seattle to try something else if it fails, which is key when there is so little time on the clock and only 1 timeout.
The
only arguments for it being a "bad" call are: (1) plain hindsight, and (2) "but Marshawn Lynch!" I don't think I even need to point out why the hindsight argument is faulty. And as for running it in on that down, see bullet points 1, 2, and 4 above. The odds say that the play that was called
should have been more likely to succeed in that situation. That's just fact.