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Message: <blockquote data-quote="milani" data-source="post: 642409" data-attributes="member: 6654">I suspect MM was cautious because of Rodgers' leg injury at the time. But it was do or die for Seattle at that time. They put 9 in the box. There was no way you were going to get a 1st down by handing off even if Adrian Peterson is in your backfield. We played right into their hands. We also had Jordy Nelson on the field then with an injured Richard Sherman trying to cover him with one arm. We had play action success that afternoon underneath. A play fake and toss to a FB or TE could get us across midfield so Seattle does not sell out completely on the run. If not Sherman has to cover Nelson going deep or running a quick sideline post. Rodgers even affirmed that the strategy we took was a formula for not winning. 3 handoffs for -8. Belichick and Brady would have handled the situation much differently. I guess that gives us an idea why the new SB champion dethroned the previous one.</blockquote>

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