The game started with the Seahawks who decided to kick the ball and let the Pats begin with the ball feeling more confortable let their defense go 1st, the 1st half of the 1st quarter has been dominated by the defense who stopped the offense in a fast way overtime they went to the field, this trend continued until the Pats put up a very precise and efficient drive made essential by short passes, powerful Blount's runs and screens all this with different formation and very well chosen leaving the Seahawks defense always in doubt but unfortunately for the Pats Brady committed an huge mistake trying to throw away the ball while he was under heavy pressure by Avril and Bennett and his off balance pass ended in the hands of CB Lane who trying to return the ball got hurt badly and left the match due to an arm injury. On the following drive the Seahawks got just one 1st down with a weak zone Lynch run then the awesome coverage by the entire Pats secondary forced the Seattle's offense to leave the field and this gave another chance to the Pats offense to score for the 1st time in the game and they used at the best scoring with an 11 yards receiving TD by LaFell running a slant route 1 on 1 against CB Simon, great drive by Brady who lead his offense with only passes to his WRs who got very good gain on short routes the most important has been the Edelman slant who converted a 3rd down and let the Pats enter into the Seahawks 15 yards. The Seahawks reaction arrived with 2:16 left to play in the 1st half due to a great reception on a fly route by WR Matthews who beat CB Harrington to take his team deep in Pats territory and once there they lest Lynch run some times until he got into the end zone with a read option outside run using all his power to break the tackles. The Pats with 2 minutes left continued in the way they played all game long thus far until with 31 seconds left in the 2nd quarter Brady found Gronkowski aligned as a WR 1 on1 against LOLB KJ Wright on a fade route to score their 2nd TD of the game. Seattle didn't waste time and with 2 straight run by Turbin and then Wilson they arrived in Pats territory and once arrived on 11 yards line with 6 seconds left Wilson found Matthews in the end zone on a back should catch to beat CB Logan Ryan for the game tying TD.
The Seahawks started the 2nd half with an explosive drive lead by Lynch's powerful runs and another great reception on a fly route by WR Matthews but they failed to convert a 3rd and 1 with a shotgun draw by Lynch so Haushka came on the field to give 3 points to his team. NE tried to react but Brady got picked off by MLB Wagner who read perfectly a Gronk's curl route on Pats' 40 yard line. Seattle increased its lead to 10 points on the following drive thanks to 2 big runs by Wilson and Lynch who brough the ball close to the end zone where Baldwin received in the end zone on a crossing route a very well execute play action pass. After some minutes played in the 4th quarter NE cut the lead with another drive full of passes who saw Edelman as the protagonist but they scored with Amendola in the back of the end zone from the slot, all the passes of this drive have been possible due to the lack of pressure on Brady who had plenty of time to pass the ball and it has been so hard for the Seahawks defensive backs to cover the Pats receivers for so long time. Seahawks offense didn't produce anything on the following drive so the Pats to tie or even to go ahead in the game, NE attacked Seattle's defense again with a majority of passes especially slants, flat routes, crossing routes and curls, great contribution by Gronkowski who finally had a drive on his usual levels. With 2:02 on the clock Edelman scored the game winning TD on a reverse fake slant who fooled Simon once again and left him alone in the end zone. The Seahawks got their chance to win the game on the last drive of the game and they seemed to could do it, they started with a 31 yards reception by Lynch on a HB Wheel route then they reached the Pats' 5 yards due to a circus reception by WR Kearse after a deflection, once there they let Lynch run who finished 1 yard shy of the TD and with a TO left Carroll shocked the world and lost the SB let Wilson pass from the shotgun to Lockett that got intercepted by the undrafted rookie CB from West Alabama Malcolm Butler who read so well the slant route. Seattle still had a chance because the Pats didn't have room to kneel down but a silly penalty for encroachment close the game out in favor of the Pats.
Great game to watch and get game by both teams awfully decided by a stupid call by coach Carroll who should easily let Lynch run and win the game. Brady hasn't been perfect but so consistent and i think it's right to give him the MVP trophy even if Butler deserve so much credit for the game winning play. Very good strategy by the Pats to attack the Seahawks defense and limit the turnovers, on defense they limited the damages against the runs and they made an outstanding coverage against every Seahawk who was not Matthews. Seattle made some mistake on short yardage situations they had to run the ball from i formation with Lynch and not try passes and draws from the shotgun, their defense played a decent game but they were so far from their best standards due to the multiple injuries that they had to face.
The Seahawks started the 2nd half with an explosive drive lead by Lynch's powerful runs and another great reception on a fly route by WR Matthews but they failed to convert a 3rd and 1 with a shotgun draw by Lynch so Haushka came on the field to give 3 points to his team. NE tried to react but Brady got picked off by MLB Wagner who read perfectly a Gronk's curl route on Pats' 40 yard line. Seattle increased its lead to 10 points on the following drive thanks to 2 big runs by Wilson and Lynch who brough the ball close to the end zone where Baldwin received in the end zone on a crossing route a very well execute play action pass. After some minutes played in the 4th quarter NE cut the lead with another drive full of passes who saw Edelman as the protagonist but they scored with Amendola in the back of the end zone from the slot, all the passes of this drive have been possible due to the lack of pressure on Brady who had plenty of time to pass the ball and it has been so hard for the Seahawks defensive backs to cover the Pats receivers for so long time. Seahawks offense didn't produce anything on the following drive so the Pats to tie or even to go ahead in the game, NE attacked Seattle's defense again with a majority of passes especially slants, flat routes, crossing routes and curls, great contribution by Gronkowski who finally had a drive on his usual levels. With 2:02 on the clock Edelman scored the game winning TD on a reverse fake slant who fooled Simon once again and left him alone in the end zone. The Seahawks got their chance to win the game on the last drive of the game and they seemed to could do it, they started with a 31 yards reception by Lynch on a HB Wheel route then they reached the Pats' 5 yards due to a circus reception by WR Kearse after a deflection, once there they let Lynch run who finished 1 yard shy of the TD and with a TO left Carroll shocked the world and lost the SB let Wilson pass from the shotgun to Lockett that got intercepted by the undrafted rookie CB from West Alabama Malcolm Butler who read so well the slant route. Seattle still had a chance because the Pats didn't have room to kneel down but a silly penalty for encroachment close the game out in favor of the Pats.
Great game to watch and get game by both teams awfully decided by a stupid call by coach Carroll who should easily let Lynch run and win the game. Brady hasn't been perfect but so consistent and i think it's right to give him the MVP trophy even if Butler deserve so much credit for the game winning play. Very good strategy by the Pats to attack the Seahawks defense and limit the turnovers, on defense they limited the damages against the runs and they made an outstanding coverage against every Seahawk who was not Matthews. Seattle made some mistake on short yardage situations they had to run the ball from i formation with Lynch and not try passes and draws from the shotgun, their defense played a decent game but they were so far from their best standards due to the multiple injuries that they had to face.
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