Official Super Bowl XLIX Thread

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Jason Wilde @jasonjwilde 29m29 minutes ago
RT @TJLang70: I hope Gronk jumps on a police bike and rides it thru Seattle's locker room.

i hope tj lang and every other asshole on the team that soiled the uniformed this season gets shipped out of town in the offseason

honestly, don't ever need to see any of the coaches or players wearing green and gold again. i'd rather watch us go full blown rebuild and spend the next 10 years going 1-15 then to watch any of these pussies play for us again

[woodbuck27]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000467491/article/tom-brady-wins-super-bowl-xlix-mvp-award?module=HP11_cp

Tom Brady wins Super Bowl XLIX MVP award

By Kevin Patra ... Around the NFL writer

Published: Feb. 1, 2015 at 10:15 p.m. ... Updated: Feb. 1, 2015 at 10:48 p.m.

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Eric Kay @ekaycbs
this picture is fantastic

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Brian Burke @Adv_NFL_Stats 11m11 minutes ago
With 26 sec on 2nd&g, you have to pass at least once to be able to use all 4 downs if necessary. Passing on 2nd keeps NE honest on 3 & 4 dn

Aditi Kinkhabwala @AKinkhabwala 26m26 minutes ago
Marshawn Lynch asked if he's surprised he didn't get the football. Says "No." I ask him, Why not? Says, "Because football is a team sport."

[Joemailman]

i hope tj lang and every other asshole on the team that soiled the uniformed this season gets shipped out of town in the offseason

honestly, don't ever need to see any of the coaches or players wearing green and gold again. i'd rather watch us go full blown rebuild and spend the next 10 years going 1-15 then to watch any of these pussies play for us again

Have another beer Red.

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Andrew Siciliano @AndrewSiciliano 11m11 minutes ago
That was the only interception thrown from the 1-yard line the entire @nfl season.

Rany Jazayerli @jazayerli 9m9 minutes ago
Carroll saved Belichick from being grilled over the inexplicable decision to not call timeout with :45 left. Even Andy Reid was shocked.

Tyler Dunne @TyDunne 4m4 minutes ago
And now this. RT @ConorTOrr Darrell Bevell: "I call the plays." The plot thickens.

Chris B. Brown @smartfootball 3m3 minutes ago
.@FieldGulls My guess is Bevell called it but Pete is standing up to take the head (he also didn't say no to call).

[King Friday]

Well....

I guess McCarthy might not be the huge mental midget of coaches that we all thought. Pete Carroll just pulled a Mike Sherman.

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Well....

I guess McCarthy might not be the huge mental midget of coaches that we all thought. Pete Carroll just pulled a Mike Sherman.

and Belichick should have called a TO to stop the clock.

[ThunderDan]

and Belichick should have called a TO to stop the clock.

That's twice in this year's playoffs he made a huge time keeping blunder. He almost lost their first game by taking a knee 3 times and not realizing he coyldn't run out the clock doing that.

[King Friday]

Brian Burke @Adv_NFL_Stats 11m11 minutes ago
With 26 sec on 2nd&g, you have to pass at least once to be able to use all 4 downs if necessary. Passing on 2nd keeps NE honest on 3 & 4 dn

Or you can run it once and win the game.

The advanced statistical analysis of the game of football is such a joke. Claiming you "have" to pass is perhaps one of the most moronic statements I've ever seen. Vince Lombardi would take Brian Burke's analysis and file it right in the trash where it belongs.

[King Friday]

and Belichick should have called a TO to stop the clock.

Yep. I was shocked that he did not call a timeout with 50-something seconds left after Lynch got down to the 1.

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Or you can run it once and win the game.

The advanced statistical analysis of the game of football is such a joke. Claiming you "have" to pass is perhaps one of the most moronic statements I've ever seen. Vince Lombardi would take Brian Burke's analysis and file it right in the trash where it belongs.

Look at PFF's numbers for Seattle's runs at the 1 yard line in the last three years (all with Lynch). They were 10 of 23. Less than 50% success rate. That isn't advanced statistical analysis. That's a recognition that a run is less than 50% likely to succeed.

To increase your odds for either option to succeed, need to keep alive possibility that either could be called. That's why M3's empty backfield red zone is problematic. It was less problematic with Driver, Jennings, Jones and Ruvell (big target), but it leverages the defense against your call before the ball is snapped.

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[ThunderDan]

3 of 8 passing isn't 50% either.

Either way your formation has to allow you to do both. The 5 WR sets or 4 WR/1TE sets remove everything but a QB draw.

[Freak Out]

Was hesitant to watch the game.....went for a ski at halftime and almost didn't turn it back on. Glad I did. What a finish.