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<blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 680134" data-attributes="member: 7261"><p>Although the Seattle game has been and probably will be debated.....forever, its important to remember just how good that Seattle Defense was all year long and on that day as well. So to say our offense and play calling was terrible the first 55 minutes, isn't a correct statement IMO. Scoring as many points (22) against that defense, in their house, along with how good our defense was playing up until the 3:52 mark should have been enough to win the game. If you want to criticize the offense for being too conservative, you might have a <u>very slight</u> argument when the Packers took over after the Burnett interception with 5:04 left in the game. But come on, with a 19-7 lead and as you yourself said, a defense playing extremely well, your focus at that point is to run the clock, make Seattle burn their timeouts and rely on your punter and defense to pin back an offense that hadn't done much all day. Masthay failed to get a good punt off, the defense folded like a cheap tent, Bostick made the blunder of the year on special teams, our 2 point conversion defense didn't show up and the rest is history.</p><p></p><p>Very few people would have criticized MM, play calling or the offense that day, had the defense and special teams not collapsed in the final 3:52.</p><p></p><p>Now had MM decided that picking up a first down on that series before the 3:52 mark was absolutely critical to win the game and AR threw a pick 6 and the game played out the same, we would be having a whole new twist to what is being debated.</p><p></p><p>Debating kicking a field goal or going for it on 4th down during the game is kind of silly as well. The Packers built a 19-7 lead with 3:52 left by playing smart on both offense and defense. How many games are lost with that kind of lead against a team that had one TD all day, on a fake punt. Really hard to put that loss on the offense and MM's play calling, but some will continue to try and do so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokerbrat2000, post: 680134, member: 7261"] Although the Seattle game has been and probably will be debated.....forever, its important to remember just how good that Seattle Defense was all year long and on that day as well. So to say our offense and play calling was terrible the first 55 minutes, isn't a correct statement IMO. Scoring as many points (22) against that defense, in their house, along with how good our defense was playing up until the 3:52 mark should have been enough to win the game. If you want to criticize the offense for being too conservative, you might have a [U]very slight[/U] argument when the Packers took over after the Burnett interception with 5:04 left in the game. But come on, with a 19-7 lead and as you yourself said, a defense playing extremely well, your focus at that point is to run the clock, make Seattle burn their timeouts and rely on your punter and defense to pin back an offense that hadn't done much all day. Masthay failed to get a good punt off, the defense folded like a cheap tent, Bostick made the blunder of the year on special teams, our 2 point conversion defense didn't show up and the rest is history. Very few people would have criticized MM, play calling or the offense that day, had the defense and special teams not collapsed in the final 3:52. Now had MM decided that picking up a first down on that series before the 3:52 mark was absolutely critical to win the game and AR threw a pick 6 and the game played out the same, we would be having a whole new twist to what is being debated. Debating kicking a field goal or going for it on 4th down during the game is kind of silly as well. The Packers built a 19-7 lead with 3:52 left by playing smart on both offense and defense. How many games are lost with that kind of lead against a team that had one TD all day, on a fake punt. Really hard to put that loss on the offense and MM's play calling, but some will continue to try and do so. [/QUOTE]
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