The Road to Glendale: NFL Playoffs discussion

[Faith No More]

I think all this complaining about the call is over-wrought. Football is about taking risks. You don't put together winning seasons without taking risks. If Carroll hadn't risked going for the endzone at the end of the first half, they might not have even been in that position at the end. The defender got a good jump on the ball and picked it. It happens. If he hadn't, that likely would have been a Seattle touchdown and nobody would be whining about Carroll's play calling now. They got lucky with that Kearse reception. And then fate turned around and dished them dirt. That's life. And football.

The risk was completely unnecessary at that point, though, which is what people are complaining about. I think what happened was the Seahawks were trying to be unpredictable, but when there's twenty seconds left and you're one yard away from winning the Super Bowl, you're supposed to go with reliable, not unpredictable. You also have to decide whose hands you are going to put the game in, and choosing Wilson over Lynch just does not seem like the smart move.