Now, you remember on the sidelines of this game, Jermaine Kearse falling, stumbling, everybody thinks "that's an incomplete pass", and somehow, someway this deep pass comes to him, and he is able to hang on to it, no one knows how. One of the most miraculous catches in Super Bowl history. So, clearly, now, all the Seattle Seahawks have to do is punch the ball into the endzone very soon after that, and they made a terrible mistake - we all saw it. They tried to throw a slant pass at the goal line, it failed.
But let's talk about what New England did right in the last quarter. Talking to Josh McDaniels the OC of the patriots, he said something really good, I thought, he said, "listen, you coach a long time in this league, it's going to be very very hard to see a series of plays like the Patriots made, Tom Brady driving New England twice in the 4th quarter, down 10 against the best defense in football. In 2012, 2013, 2014.
Forget all the controversy coming into the game, that had nothing to do with today, other than galvanizing the Patriots. But it had nothing to do with what they did in the 4th quarter of this game. He'll go down in Super Bowl lore along with all the un-famous players who had the biggest day of their lives, the biggest play of their lives, in the biggest game of their lives. And that's an interception that Malcolm Butler will never forget.
Nor will the 6-state New England region ever forget that play. They'll never forget this two-week period, surrounded by so much controversy over the inflated footballs, or the deflated footballs. But for one night at least, football needed this game. Football needed a fantastic spectacle. And America got that spectacle. One of the best super bowls I've ever seen. Might even be in the Top 1. <signoff>