Tom Brady Defends Patriots’ Play-Calling On Failed Final Drive Vs. Seahawks

“I’ve got to admit, I haven’t had more fun just enjoying a win, really”. And that’s what he wanted to do.

“We had already talked about it and I liked the thought, ” Carroll said. And we still had timeouts, so time really wasn’t going to be a factor on our side.

“It didn’t hurt to run the ball that time, either, and for them to use a timeout”, he said.

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Given the ribbing Carroll received in New England, you might understand how he could prefer the atmosphere in Seattle, which is perhaps why he described the New England crowd as just, “OK”.

Carroll preceded Bill Belichick as the Patriots head coach from 1997-99 and fell victim to the Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX. “An aggressive call on the road”. I just want to – we just lost a game – I want to give credit to the Seahawks. It’s very similar to when we played them the last time (in the Super Bowl).

When officials ruled Prosise down at the 1, Carroll made a decision to challenge the play.

In that game, Carroll’s team trailed by four but had the ball on New England’s one-yard linewith 26 seconds remaining.

Philadelphia’s tenacious defense held down the league’s highest-scoring offense to give the Eagles a 24-15 win against Atlanta.

The Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots on Sunday, 31-24, in another down-to-the-wire classic.

– an apparently harmless completion with less than 30 seconds left in a tied game that was meandering toward overtime suddenly transformed into a turnover by Chiefs defensive back Marcus Peters, who ripped the ball away from Panthers wideout Kelvin Benjamin and set up Kansas City’s winning, final-play field goal. But it wasn’t Chancellor who laid the major hit on Gronkowski earlier in the game. I just didn’t get a great throw on that. If they choose me to increase my role, just to be ready for it.

After the game, Brady took responsibility for making poor play calls and not being on the same page as his teammates.

Or any of Baldwin’s three TD receptions. A similar back-and-forth contest, the Patriots emerged the victors after the Seahawks turned the ball over on the doorstep of the end zone with the game on the line. Take a second to sign up for our FREE Patriots newsletter! Lewis has been activated to the Patriots’ 53-man roster on Saturday, but that may have been as a hedge against whether wide receiver Chris Hogan’s sore back was bad enough to keep him out of action. And there were drops, poorly thrown passes by Russell Wilson.

Stuff that just in case you had forgotten the Seahawks were happy to show you they still have.

Doug Baldwin had three touchdowns himself, including the go ahead one.

Rob Gronkowski couldn’t make the catch during the Patriots’ last play, but LeGarrette Blount was a better option behind Brady. “And a hell of a quarterback doing it”.

“I was talking trash to him a little bit during the game”, Avril said. “I’m no different. So I’ll get my treatment this week, get out there and practice, and be ready to go”. It’s because of that fourth-quarter dominance that we’ve got nothing but glowing grades for the Seahawks following their virtuoso performance against New England.