Morgan's Magic Snowplow said:
Maybe this is for another day but I got the impression throughout that Super Bowl that the team more likely to win 6/10 matches was the Patriots not the Hawks. Clearly it was a very even match but for the most part the NE game plans worked. The Hawks really, really struggled to move the ball. The majority of their offense came on passes to Chris Matthews because he was tall, at the end of the first half when the Pats were playing soft, and on a circus catch. Most of the rest of the game the Seahawks were completely unable to move the ball. By contrast, it may have been difficult, but the NE short crossing routes game plan worked very well at moving the ball and putting points on the board. I also like TB to have fewer than 2 picks in a typical game.
By contrast, the Seahawks are not a game plan team. They just go up there and do what they do. They happen to do it so much better than what everyone else does that they're one of the best in football -- but I don't think you'll see a change from them. They're not going to go away from their style of play because they can't. They won't move the ball with Wilson as a pocket passer and they won't stop Gronk with man-D.
The elephant in the room is Revis and Browner but other teams manage to slow down Wilson by making him uncomfortable. I'm making the assumption that the Patriots front 7 is markedly improved over last year at making Wilson uncomfortable come NFL week 21. This could be off base.
