The Rights and Wrongs of Super Bowl XLIX

The 2014-15 NFL season has come to a close, and the New England Patriots are the champions. It is a pretty impressive feat, considering that they were faced with consequences that included being down by ten at the start of the fourth quarter, and rallied back to take the lead by four, which ended up being the final score, 28-24. Many great things happened in this game, but with good things come bad things, so the following plays are the rights and wrongs of Super Bowl XLIX.

RIGHT: The Seahawks' decision to go for the touchdown instead of the field goal before the end of the first half was a very good decision. They had enough time on the clock to maybe have to kick the field goal even if they didn't score the touchdown, and it ended up working in the long run. Plus, they got the ball back at the half and if they did not get it, then there was not much harm done.


RIGHT: The half-time show was actually a right, mostly because Katy Perry's voice did not change as much live as others' would. I remember the Black Eyed Peas' Super Bowl performance and it was just awful; they were completely different live than in the studio, which in this case is not a good thing. Katy Perry actually sounded pretty good, not to mention the surrounding acts were good too.

RIGHT: Julian Edelman was a right, mostly because of the big touchdown that he caught at the end of the game that gave the Patriots their game winning lead. He had a fantastic game, and really played a huge role in winning the game.

The fight that occurred after the game was given away by Seattle's offense started by the Seahawk defense and Patriots offense, believe it or not was not a right or wrong in my book, for a number of reasons. The first reason is that it showed that the Seahawks had some frustration and they got to show it, and that can be a good thing. Nobody was hurt in the fight, so nothing really bad came from it. It does say something about Seattle's sportsmanship, but they just lost the Super Bowl, so I feel like anyone else would do the same thing.

WRONG: Finally, one of the worst decisions I have ever seen in my life, Pete Carroll telling the offense to throw the ball at the end of the game that led to the interception, made me feel sick to my stomach. The first point is the Seahawks have one of the best RB's in the league in the backfield with Marshawn Lynch, and he has already played well, so why not give the ball to him, considering you only need one yard?! Also, not only was it one yard, they had 25 seconds left, which is plenty of time for at least two plays, and they had a timeout remaining! If Lynch didn't get the touchdown, they could have just taken that final timeout, and chances are, the Seahawks would have scored. I do not blame Russell Wilson for throwing the pick, because he did what his coach told him to do. All the blame goes to the offensive coordinator, and Pete Carroll.

Overall, I believe that it was a good game that was hard fought. The Patriots played well, but I look at this game as if the Pats didn't win the game, but the Seahawks just gave it away. All of this because of a bad decision with the game on the line. My prediction for the Super Bowl next year will be the Green Bay Packers vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers, a rematch of the 2010 Super Bowl where the Packers were victorious, 31-25. Goodbye football, and we will miss you heavily until next season.

Source: ESPN

-Blake Holmes