and the interception costs them the game because their coaches are flipping idiots.
Let's see...neither team can run the ball and neither has had much success stopping the other team's passing offense, so what do you do when all you need is a first down to win the game? You predictably run the ball three times and then punt on 4th and 2 with 1:47 left in the game so that you can use up Seattle's time-outs.
And then what happens when you give Russell Wilson 1:47 and 4 downs to work with knowing he needs a touchdown? He throws the ball for 80 yards and a touchdown to win the game (with plenty of time to spare).
How about using your three downs to try and get a first down to win the game? Or how about on 4th and 2, going for it to seal the game away. Do you really think that Seattle's chances of stopping you from getting 2 yards is better than your chances of stopping them from scoring with 1:47 on the clock and 4 downs to work with knowing they need to score? And if you don't make it on 4th down, they get the ball with a short field...you still get a chance to stop them, or if you don't stop them, there's enough time on the clock left for you to mount your own drive for a touchdown or at least get into field goal range.
Nope, instead they neutered Deshaun Watson on that drive when he'd already thrown for 400 yards and could have won them the game with one more first down. Basically just threw the game away, and you could see it coming as soon as the interception happened because NFL coaches are still by and large conservative to a fault.
Let's see...neither team can run the ball and neither has had much success stopping the other team's passing offense, so what do you do when all you need is a first down to win the game? You predictably run the ball three times and then punt on 4th and 2 with 1:47 left in the game so that you can use up Seattle's time-outs.
And then what happens when you give Russell Wilson 1:47 and 4 downs to work with knowing he needs a touchdown? He throws the ball for 80 yards and a touchdown to win the game (with plenty of time to spare).
How about using your three downs to try and get a first down to win the game? Or how about on 4th and 2, going for it to seal the game away. Do you really think that Seattle's chances of stopping you from getting 2 yards is better than your chances of stopping them from scoring with 1:47 on the clock and 4 downs to work with knowing they need to score? And if you don't make it on 4th down, they get the ball with a short field...you still get a chance to stop them, or if you don't stop them, there's enough time on the clock left for you to mount your own drive for a touchdown or at least get into field goal range.
Nope, instead they neutered Deshaun Watson on that drive when he'd already thrown for 400 yards and could have won them the game with one more first down. Basically just threw the game away, and you could see it coming as soon as the interception happened because NFL coaches are still by and large conservative to a fault.
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