That statement itself is arguably why that game was the most impressive out of all the Super Bowl wins. We all know 28-3 is unprecedented, but when the Pats were able to get it down to 20-28 and they got the ball back you knew Brady was going to lead them down and score. Only question was do they get the 2 pt. conversion. You knew if they won the coin toss in OT it was over. That was a slow death by Atlanta. Seattle has the ball on the half yard line the half yard line with Lynch in the backfield. That literally was going from Death Row to the Playboy Mansion and the 🐐’s reaction on the sideline told you everything you needed to know about that play and that win. That was against the Defending Champs and the swagger of the LOB this past generations greatest D. It was a play for the ages and no bigger interception in NFL history let alone Super Bowl history. That one play took away the crown from what was going to be back to back Champions and what was supposed to be the NFL’s next Dynasty and instead crowned once again the other dynasty....The greatest Dynasty in NFL History!
This play is the epitome of preparation, execution and teamwork. Film study shows that play is a Seahawks favorite at the goal line. Malcolm gets burned on that play in practice; runs the play multiple times. Belichick decides not to call a timeout when he sees the Seahawks a bit disorganized and their personnel. The Pats run out goal line defense with 3 defensive backs, a personnel grouping they had never used all season, not once; every Pats fan gets chills now hearing the coach call "Malcolm, go!" to send him on the field. Brandon Browner helps Malcolm line up and identifies the play even faster than Malcolm does, jamming his receiver before he can even get a step off the line, destroying the designed pick of the Hawks play. And then Malcolm breaks on that ball so hard, he blows up the receiver as the ball arrives; no idea how he held onto the ball through that much contact. That play is the epitome of everything the Patriots are about.
defense stopped them on 3rd down twice call was correct but because dum dum carroll use that timeout earlier which forced a pass. correct call here but if timeout was not used earlier hawks can run twice which equals win
I think running it in practice and failing taught Butler he needed to be closer to the line and to break on the ball harder and faster. So in essence he finally got it right in the Super Bowl. And credit Browner for understanding his role in jamming the pick. It was an incredible instinctive play by Butler to make the catch and hang on. One of the defensive coaches commented after watching the highlight reel that he couldn’t take any credit for the play. He stated it was simply an amazing play by Malcolm Butler.
They havent reached the nfc championship ever since 3 and 4 in the playoffs ever since, choke to the cowboys and packers, and they cant win a damn divisional game
The way Belichick made the half-time adjustment and the last play he called on the goal line and not taking a time out to reverse put the pressure on Coach Carrol, is next level genius.
By foregoing a TO, Belichik got into Pete Carrol's head at the crucial moment. Did Carrol change the play because of that, and do exactly as Belichick expected. Inquiring minds want to know.
I remember me telling my family “we need a miracle“ as they lined up at the 1 yard line. Then it happened and we all screamed. The first time I almost cried at a sports game. That moment was so unreal.
We watched in a pub and we just exploded in shouts and screams while the dudes at the next table, all Seahawks fans, sat in stunned silence with that Pete Carroll face. I still feel sorry for them sometimes. That Seahawks team was a great one, too.
This play legitimately destroyed the Seahawks as a championship team from that point on. Not a Seahawks fan but goddamn that's still a painful moment to watch. That's also a lesson in not getting cute with simple things.
I think it's a lesson in being too easy to read. It was a good play the other 60+ times, the thing is you can't do the same thing 60+ times or people will know it's coming.
Agreed. Something about this play shook the Seahawks to their core and messed them up psychologically and as a team. They really haven't been the same since. Also there was a theory that stated that the organization wanted the super bowl MVP to go to RW#3 instead of M. Lynch #24 RB. idk if we will ever know if that conspiracy theory is true. same with the M. Butler benching In SB 52. Forever grateful for the '15 broncos and '17 eagles for preventing a three-peat for the Pat's. All that said, I'm in agreement with Cris Collinsworth on the play call, "If Marshawn Lynch can't run it in from the 1, so be it, SO BE IT. I just cannot believe the call." Now granted, I didn't know much about football when XLIX was played in February 2015, I only started watching NFL football beginning in the 2015 season. So I didn't know why the person I was watching XLIX with (who was a raiders fan lol) suddenly made a "ohhhh" vocal noise and smiled. I still don't know much about the intricacies of gridiron football but I have learned more about the rules ever since. be it they keep changing, RIP jumping the line to block a field goal attempt. Also, Fwiw Mike Holgren who coached the 'Hawks to SBXL during the 2005 season said he would have ran QB sneak.
Such a great play that people don’t even talk about the one before where Hightower throws a guy off him and shoulder checks Marshawn Lynch (with a destroyed shoulder mind you). That really goes to show how impressive the play right after was
What Hightower actually did was more remarkable than most realize. It ranks as one of great defensive plays in SB history in its own right. If his reaction to the left tackle coming at him had been the normal reaction, Lynch walks into the end zone. What he did instead was step TOWARDS the LOS, causing the tackle to whiff on him. Then he cut to the sideline and dove at Lynch's feet, catching Lynch by surprise.
If Malcolm Butler hadn't been eaten on that same route in practice, it would have been a TD. Lockette was open by 2-3 yards, and had the angle. It's like something clicked inside Butler's head and he came out of nowhere to pick that ball off. As a Hawks fan, my heart sunk on that play. I don't blame Carrol, Rus, or Lockette. The only explanation is "The Butler done it."
Actually you should blame Wilson, Carrol called a passing play seeing the patriots commit for the run but then they switched last minute to commit to the pass by putting in butler meaning Wilson should have audibled to a running play but stuck with the passing play.
Good man. I respect fans that can be reasonable even on touchy subjects. You'd never get me to admit the giants beat us fair and square in 2007 though. Blown calls, and that lucky ass bullshit helmet catch. Rot in hell David Tyree
Very much so..I'm a die-hard Patriot fan..every since I watched Tom Brady play college ball. Tom Brady doesn't know it but he was adopted into my Crow Tribal Clan!!
I remember this like it was yesterday, me and two of my friends watching it in my basement, thinking we ad lost, then the interception happened, and we started screaming and jumping on top of each other, one of the greatest moments of my life.
What really makes the play resonate so hard is how it changed the futures of both franchises. The Pats would go to 3 more superbowls and win 2, and the Seahawks haven't even been back to a championship game. If the seahawks won 3 more Superbowls it wouldn't be as important, but this played forever destroyed them, and brought the Patriots back to how they were a decade before.
This is my dispute with a lot of Patrick Mahomes and Ceif fans right now. If Mahomes was a few years older he would have went the way of Peyton Manning, Ben Rothlesberger, Matty Ice, Russell Wilson, Joe Flacco, and the Panthers QB back in the day. His career would have been destroyed, just like the list I just mentioned.
I would never forget that day I was actually handing 300 Over to my friend thinking it was over Then the interception happened he didn't want to give my money till After the review I left with 600,thanks pats
Coming back to this play nearly 10 years later, and having studied the game way more, this really wasn’t a bad call. First of all, from a X’s and O’s perspective, it makes total sense. Seattle is in 11 personnel. 1 RB, 1 TE, and 3 WR. New England has 8 guys in the box and 3 DB’s. Seattle only has 6 blockers, giving New England a heavy numbers advantage against any type of run… and when you couple that with Lynch’s numbers having not been great in short yardage situations that year, throwing makes total sense. Even if you were to do some type of zone read, and get rid of a defender, it’s still 8 to 7 numbers advantage in favor of New England. The Patriots are also in strict man coverage across the board (Cover 0) and what are some of the best concepts to beat man coverage? PICK PLAYS/Rub concepts. Exactly what Seattle did, and the Patriots saw it coming, which is a testament to the greatness & preparation of Belichick and the Patriots coaching staff. It was perfectly executed by Brandon Browner (whose impact on this play gets overlooked) and Malcolm Butler. Sometimes the defense just wins a rep, and that’s exactly what happened here. Most times, that play works. Hindsight bias is still going strong among too many sports fans, and that will never change. Just because a play call didn’t work doesn’t make it bad, and just because a play call worked doesn’t make it good. If Lynch gets stuffed, people would be saying “Pete Carroll should have been more creative.” If Browner gets driven back more, cutting off Butlers path, then Lockette catches it, and nobody says anything & Pete Carroll is a hero lol. It wasn’t the worst play call ever, it was the worst result of a play call ever.
@@JBullock54 Exactly! And don’t tell me they had James White instead of Marshawn Lynch. James white was the second most valuable player in that game lol
On the one hand, Carroll calls the pass and it’s caught, not running it w/Marshawn, nobody expects it and it’s the greatest playcall of his career. On the other, he calls it, it gets picked, and everyone calls it the worst playcall of his career. Crazy how different a fraction of a second makes in history.
Unknown fact about this play...matt Hasselbeck secretly was sent in from the sideline to the huddle and said "We're gonna pass it and we're gonna win!"
What was also amazing is that Butler was on the one when he caught it. Then bumped back inside the end zone. Quickly comprehended that fact and ran to the 2.
@@starmaster191 It still wasn’t the right option though. After Super Bowl 2022 some say passing on the one yard line is a good thing: The difference though is that for The Rams, Cooper was the best option so it was the right call. The best option for the Seahawks was Lynch, so it was a bad call.
@@rydermccall3590 In 2014 Lynch was 1 of 5 from 1 and goal and they also has no good personal for run play. If the run will not be successful they will have to use timeout. Buttler's interception was the only interception of 109 pass from one yard.
not Pete Carolls fault, not Russell Wilson's fault, but Ricardo Lockettes fault, no matter how badly the ball is thrown, you have try your hardest to catch, he was really soft on that play, just let Butler push right past him...
if the ball was thrown where it was supposed to be, the pass would be caught by lockette or incomplete. I think wilson deserves at least half the blame
Kyle Simber Nope... you could see Lockette had no idea he was there and was caught off guard. He thought he had an easy TD like many would. Like everyone says, it is on Pete Carroll for not running it
And the throw wasn't bad. That is how you're supposed to throw it. You slightly lead the receiver. He just didn't see Malcolm Butler. Had he recognized that, he would have thrown it away, threw it to someone else or ran it and Seahawks would probably be champs
Its not about leading the passer that makes it bad, wilson threw it too high. If it were into his chest like its supposed to be, it is a touchdown or incomplete.
Great play by Malcolm. He wouldn't have made it if not for his humble, hard working, Feisty, and never give up attitude. He took this INT and used it as motivation to not let it define him as a one year wonder. Now he is one of the best corners in the league. Hope the pats extend him because he's been one of our best defenders on the team and really brings that competitive fire for our defense.
This was simply great play recognition. If both Browner & Butler didn't recognize what play was called, then that would have been a seahawks touchdown because seattle had ran that play a lot during that season. This is where film study and practicing against that formation and play pays off.
You guys fucking deserved it for that stupid pass kearse caught like 2 plays before. and the patriots deserved there own lucky play, before that play, the patriots had 3 unbelievably stupid fucking lucky plays that end would end each game happen to them(tyree,wes welker drop/manningham, kearse) it was time they had something lucky for once
When ever Malcolm intercepted it and it cuts to Brady jumping and cheering I always just stare at Jimmy G because he's doing the same thing and literally contributed nothing. He's like the 3rd person in the group project who didn't do anything but still gets an A.
BurtsGamingHub In the game he did literally nothing. I'm sure he serves a purpose in the training days but I mean he wasn't any big reason we won the Super Bowl that year. I like Jimmy G by the way. I hope we don't end up trading him at the end of the season because I don't think Jacoby Brissett is good enough to carry Tom's torch. Nobody is but when Jimmy played this year his mechanics were extremely similar to Tom so I hope he stays.
Frank Wizard I thought I was seeing things when I spotted similarities between Tom's and Jimmy's mechanics. I hope he stays because I don't see Tom playing more than two seasons, maybe three from now.
Joseph Song Ok... The practice for that game didn't get us to the Super Bowl. Jimmy played little to no snaps that year in the regular season and post season so if he helped the defense prepare for Russell Wilson that's great but he was jumping like he won critical games or he was the reason we won the Super Bowl by throwing 4 TD's in the game. If you think that small part of training constitutes that type of celebration you have low standards. I like Jimmy G and I hope we don't get rid of him this offseason but he didn't do anything that year other than practice that meant anything.
This was an emotional turn of events. I was at my cleaning job and checking my phone every couple minutes. I was resigned to the fact the Pats were about to lose. I couldn’t believe my eyes when this happened. Had to convince myself it wasn’t a dream.
Edelman claims they practiced this most of the season and got scored on every time in practice. Comes up in the SB and you see a legend of a moment. You can see the shock in Butler's body reaction as well. Funny enough, a pass is the right play here since you still have another down at least, but a TE fade to the corner was the right call, not this.
This one was particularly glorious because it shut the mouths on thousands of fairweather Seahawk fans. The city was like a cemetery the next day. Glorious.
History and karma are important here. Two superbowls with crazy NY Giants catches that denied the pats preceed this interception. And then, during the 2014 superbowl, it looks like that would happen a third time with the Kearse catch. That whole history, plus the exceptional situational play by butler, make this the best play of all time. Period.
The media was in full Russell Wilson hype mode at this point. "He's the next Tom Brady" and all that garbage. Seahawks as an organization bought into the hype and wanted Wilson to be the hero of the Super Bowl and cement his place in history. In concert, Pete Carroll made the worst play call in the history of football because he wanted Wilson to be the hero so that they could both be the new Bill Walsh/Joe Montana, Bill Belichick/Tom Brady. I'm so glad this backfired on them. You know the second Marshawn Lynch walks by Pete Carroll on the sideline, Carroll knows, "I should have just run the ball." He didn't though, because he wanted Russell Wilson to be the hero. And Wilson wanted to be the hero also, or else he would have simply called a run on an audible or told his coach, "Are you crazy? We should run Marshawn here." I will love this play until the day I die because it shows how desperate Carroll, the Seahawks, and Wilson himself were to want him to be the hero of the game. One play that ended a potential dynasty because media hype mattered more than winning the right way on the field.
@@mortensen1961 I'm laying back on the couch,my roommate came in & I have tears streaming down my face.He thought someone died.LOL.There have been a few moments in sports that were just unbelievable,that was up there.
Unsung hero.. Brandon browner.. Former seahawk.. Read the formation.. Got butler in position to get the interception.. Plus he jammed the hell out of kearse to prevent kearse from running that pick route
I'd rather hear from NFL players, former players, coaches, executives, analysts, historians.... not random ass celebrities talking about how they felt when it happened. I already KNOW how it felt to watch it
If it makes you feel better Seahawks fans, I am from an alternate universe where Lynch ran it twice and get stopped. Then everyone was asking why they did not throw the football as the Pats were stacking the line. Sometimes, just not meant to be...
Red right 88 or the rocket screen in Super Bowl XVIII should've been somewhere on the list Edit: Karlos Dansby pick on Aaron Rodgers in the 2009 NFL Wild Card. (I think it was ruled a fumble tho)
This play ended the game, but Harrison's, it was still another half of football left. Steelers had a better play, but this was more significant. And plus, people forget that if he didn't pick this off, they certainly would've ran it the next play and scored, game over. He HAD to pick it on that exact play.
While some label it as the “worst call in Super Bowl history”, the fact of the matter is as what Benoit said the same play never faulted, and nfl fans know how difficult it would be for the defense to intercept a short pass without knowing what the play was
Championships are in plays like that. The Patriots practiced against this play during Super Bowl week. How do you know when I come up? That old saying: it’s best to be prepared for a situation and not have it and have a situation and not be prepared. The Patriots were prepared and they won a Championship because of it.
Everyone wants to critique that it was a bad play call but even players themselves say that play is almost a guaranteed touchdown its just malcolm butler read it right and intercepted it
Your description: "Malcolm Butler's amazing pick-6 to seal Super Bowl XLIX for the Patriots comes in at #1"... Huh? Pick-6? Do you know what a pick- 6 is?
The Seahawks had 3 downs left to get into the endzone but only 1 timeout. If they ran the ball on 2nd down and got stopped, they'd have had to burn their last timeout, allowing the Patriots to overplay the pass on 3rd down because the Seahawks would have to pass to preserve enough time for the 4th down try. 2nd down was the less predictable time to try the pass, and then they'd be free to call whatever they wanted on 3rd and 4th downs.
Definitely #1. Simply because the stakes were so high and the timing. Harrisons may be more athletic but this was just too perfect. And im a steelers fan and james harrison just so happens to be my favorite steeler of all time
Great interception but you’re out of your mind if you think this interception is better than the James Harrison 100 yard interception. More of a bad call than a great play
"Pats fans went from Death Row to the Playboy Mansion" EXACTLY lol.
That statement itself is arguably why that game was the most impressive out of all the Super Bowl wins.
We all know 28-3 is unprecedented, but when the Pats were able to get it down to 20-28 and they got the ball back you knew Brady was going to lead them down and score. Only question was do they get the 2 pt. conversion. You knew if they won the coin toss in OT it was over. That was a slow death by Atlanta.
Seattle has the ball on the half yard line the half yard line with Lynch in the backfield.
That literally was going from Death Row to the Playboy Mansion and the 🐐’s reaction on the sideline told you everything you needed to know about that play and that win. That was against the Defending Champs and the swagger of the LOB this past generations greatest D.
It was a play for the ages and no bigger interception in NFL history let alone Super Bowl history. That one play took away the crown from what was going to be back to back Champions and what was supposed to be the NFL’s next Dynasty and instead crowned once again the other dynasty....The greatest Dynasty in NFL History!
@@darcyvariava81 Think about this: Five of Brady's Super Bowls were within one score...and the only one that wasn't was a defensive struggle.
And your point is....
Yeah, greatest quote ever in football.
@@davidlafleche1142 Think about this: The average NFL career is 3.3 years. Brady's been to 9 Super bowls.
Brandon Browner's jam at the line prevented Kearse from picking Butler. Really underrated part of the play.
💯💯💯💯💯
Crazy he in jail now man
And Hightower’s stop before
...and Malcolm having the presence of mind to stay with the play and push Kearse out of bounds on "The catch"..
This!!! 🙌, but at least butler made the play unlike in practice
This play is the epitome of preparation, execution and teamwork. Film study shows that play is a Seahawks favorite at the goal line. Malcolm gets burned on that play in practice; runs the play multiple times. Belichick decides not to call a timeout when he sees the Seahawks a bit disorganized and their personnel. The Pats run out goal line defense with 3 defensive backs, a personnel grouping they had never used all season, not once; every Pats fan gets chills now hearing the coach call "Malcolm, go!" to send him on the field. Brandon Browner helps Malcolm line up and identifies the play even faster than Malcolm does, jamming his receiver before he can even get a step off the line, destroying the designed pick of the Hawks play. And then Malcolm breaks on that ball so hard, he blows up the receiver as the ball arrives; no idea how he held onto the ball through that much contact.
That play is the epitome of everything the Patriots are about.
ClavisRa I was actually watching that video yesterday. Amazing! I’m not even a pats fan but I do respect their organization
It goes to say....preparation is pivotal
defense stopped them on 3rd down twice call was correct but because dum dum carroll use that timeout earlier which forced a pass. correct call here but if timeout was not used earlier hawks can run twice which equals win
I think running it in practice and failing taught Butler he needed to be closer to the line and to break on the ball harder and faster. So in essence he finally got it right in the Super Bowl. And credit Browner for understanding his role in jamming the pick. It was an incredible instinctive play by Butler to make the catch and hang on. One of the defensive coaches commented after watching the highlight reel that he couldn’t take any credit for the play. He stated it was simply an amazing play by Malcolm Butler.
All starts with Kraft and Belichick
The play that ended the Seahawks
They havent reached the nfc championship ever since 3 and 4 in the playoffs ever since, choke to the cowboys and packers, and they cant win a damn divisional game
yep and I love it !!
@@a-ddaigrepont3375 who's your team
@@brendenmenchaca5419 WD4L
@@brendenmenchaca5419 and we got DB for 2 mo yrs sun
I had the sherman face when this happened.
obi njoku I had the Tom Brady reaction face when this happened 😉
It's weird being a patriots and Cowboys fan and have pats fans that hate the Cowboys and Cowboys fans that hate the pats
Spencer Eldredge 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
he threw a strike too to Butler and went to sidelines axed carrol what happen ???? lol u idiot u blew the game that;s what happen
That play was the greatest moment of my life. I still can't recall a time where I felt happier.
Van Mor I sprained my ankle when I saw this play. I jumped so high off my couch from pure excitement and shock. It was unreal
Van Mor that was one of the worst moments of my life😑 I'm a colts fan and I hate the Pats so much
Van Mor hell yeah!!
Lord Maul hell no😑😫
Van Mor Welp, looks like you witnessed something even better
The way Belichick made the half-time adjustment and the last play he called on the goal line and not taking a time out to reverse put the pressure on Coach Carrol, is next level genius.
By foregoing a TO, Belichik got into Pete Carrol's head at the crucial moment. Did Carrol change the play because of that, and do exactly as Belichick expected. Inquiring minds want to know.
I remember me telling my family “we need a miracle“ as they lined up at the 1 yard line. Then it happened and we all screamed. The first time I almost cried at a sports game. That moment was so unreal.
Dude literally I was crying just about I thought it was over until I was crying happy tears 😂
We watched in a pub and we just exploded in shouts and screams while the dudes at the next table, all Seahawks fans, sat in stunned silence with that Pete Carroll face. I still feel sorry for them sometimes. That Seahawks team was a great one, too.
i did don't tell anyone.
I was thinking all we have to do is hand the ball to Lynch and we got this then they throw this pick and I also cried just in a different way
This play legitimately destroyed the Seahawks as a championship team from that point on. Not a Seahawks fan but goddamn that's still a painful moment to watch. That's also a lesson in not getting cute with simple things.
Not painful for me.
I think it's a lesson in being too easy to read. It was a good play the other 60+ times, the thing is you can't do the same thing 60+ times or people will know it's coming.
Agreed. Something about this play shook the Seahawks to their core and messed them up psychologically and as a team. They really haven't been the same since.
Also there was a theory that stated that the organization wanted the super bowl MVP to go to RW#3 instead of M. Lynch #24 RB. idk if we will ever know if that conspiracy theory is true. same with the M. Butler benching In SB 52. Forever grateful for the '15 broncos and '17 eagles for preventing a three-peat for the Pat's.
All that said, I'm in agreement with Cris Collinsworth on the play call, "If Marshawn Lynch can't run it in from the 1, so be it, SO BE IT. I just cannot believe the call."
Now granted, I didn't know much about football when XLIX was played in February 2015, I only started watching NFL football beginning in the 2015 season. So I didn't know why the person I was watching XLIX with (who was a raiders fan lol) suddenly made a "ohhhh" vocal noise and smiled.
I still don't know much about the intricacies of gridiron football but I have learned more about the rules ever since. be it they keep changing, RIP jumping the line to block a field goal attempt.
Also, Fwiw Mike Holgren who coached the 'Hawks to SBXL during the 2005 season said he would have ran QB sneak.
Getting cute with the worst team to get cute against, Belichick is the film master and if he sees you doing stuff like that he will prepare for it
It’s 2023, and they have yet to recover.
That was an earth shattering play for sure. That was definitely the best SuperBowl I’ve ever watched in my life.
Will never EVER forget that fucking HEROIC Hightower tackle on the play before. Bringing down BeastMode like that is fucking insane.
I don't even like the Patriots and that play still give me the chills. Crazy Interception!!!
Same bruh
I will never ever forget that moment.
Such a great play that people don’t even talk about the one before where Hightower throws a guy off him and shoulder checks Marshawn Lynch (with a destroyed shoulder mind you). That really goes to show how impressive the play right after was
big facts
What Hightower actually did was more remarkable than most realize. It ranks as one of great defensive plays in SB history in its own right. If his reaction to the left tackle coming at him had been the normal reaction, Lynch walks into the end zone. What he did instead was step TOWARDS the LOS, causing the tackle to whiff on him. Then he cut to the sideline and dove at Lynch's feet, catching Lynch by surprise.
If Malcolm Butler hadn't been eaten on that same route in practice, it would have been a TD. Lockette was open by 2-3 yards, and had the angle. It's like something clicked inside Butler's head and he came out of nowhere to pick that ball off. As a Hawks fan, my heart sunk on that play. I don't blame Carrol, Rus, or Lockette. The only explanation is "The Butler done it."
Actually you should blame Wilson, Carrol called a passing play seeing the patriots commit for the run but then they switched last minute to commit to the pass by putting in butler meaning Wilson should have audibled to a running play but stuck with the passing play.
if the pass isn't there throw it away...russel takes 40% of blame 39% Pete Carroll 21%locket not going hard enough
Elite Lens Films Browner put him in position before the play too
Matt Zelenka they are still in run defense. They had all linemen plus equal number of corners with receivers. They had 8 in the box
Good man. I respect fans that can be reasonable even on touchy subjects.
You'd never get me to admit the giants beat us fair and square in 2007 though. Blown calls, and that lucky ass bullshit helmet catch. Rot in hell David Tyree
Every time I revisit this play I laugh because not only does Butler make the int, but he blows Lockette (83) up in the process. 😄
I got to meet butler in Worcester and got his autograph. So cool guy
I always see garoppollo celebrating when Brady is on the sideline. It makes me happy
Why wouldn't he, he got a ring for free :D
P3TARK for free? More like they payed him to get a ring lol cause he earns millions of dollars for sitting on the bench😂
L C jimmy is on his rookie contract, he doesnt make millions.
Very much so..I'm a die-hard Patriot fan..every since I watched Tom Brady play college ball. Tom Brady doesn't know it but he was adopted into my Crow Tribal Clan!!
He's really good rn
I get giddy every time I watch this play and I'm a cowboys fan
Anoxi Zynjo Cowboys?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Same here! Remember we had just gotten screwed on the dez Bryant catch a few weeks before this happened?
I remember this like it was yesterday, me and two of my friends watching it in my basement, thinking we ad lost, then the interception happened, and we started screaming and jumping on top of each other, one of the greatest moments of my life.
definitely the best int ever
SayySooFlyy agreed
Deadly Skills Name One
....and the WORST play call ever by the Seahawks.
Yurrr
Harrison’s is way better, and I hate the Steelers.
What really makes the play resonate so hard is how it changed the futures of both franchises. The Pats would go to 3 more superbowls and win 2, and the Seahawks haven't even been back to a championship game. If the seahawks won 3 more Superbowls it wouldn't be as important, but this played forever destroyed them, and brought the Patriots back to how they were a decade before.
😭😭 you're right.
This is my dispute with a lot of Patrick Mahomes and Ceif fans right now. If Mahomes was a few years older he would have went the way of Peyton Manning, Ben Rothlesberger, Matty Ice, Russell Wilson, Joe Flacco, and the Panthers QB back in the day. His career would have been destroyed, just like the list I just mentioned.
I would never forget that day
I was actually handing 300
Over to my friend thinking it was over
Then the interception happened he didn't want to give my money till
After the review I left with 600,thanks pats
Lol
Wait didn’t you walk out with 300 cause u bet 300 right so 300+300=600 but half is yours so it’s would be 300
@@jacobfrancisco7580 but until that interception it seemed as if it was gone.
@@jacobfrancisco7580 He either walks out with nothing or $600.
I remember seeing that play in action the moment it happened, my family and I jumped from our seats screaming and crying of happiness 😁😁😭
Tom Brady jumping up and down definitely looks like someone who went from death row to the Playboy mansion.
Al Michaels making the call is the icing on the cake. So glad it wasn’t Joe Buck.
All the people saying this was pure luck clearly forgot that lucky ass catch that put them in this position in the first place
When I saw this play I was on a couch and jumped so high out of excitement I hit my head of the ceiling. I still can’t do that no matter times I try.
People really don’t understand this moment from the Patriots perspective, the most clutch, perfectly timed, interception of all time
This still blows my fucking mind...
IK. Just makes me amazed on its probability.
Imagine being a back up one moment to hugging Tom Brady the next
And it wasn't even a one minute of fame thing or whatever because Malcolm Butler is actually a great corner now
Thank god too. No one deserves it more
This comment didn’t age well lol.
@@BiH128183 eh he’s alright still
Good call on making this number one, there is no doubt it deserves to be on top.
Coming back to this play nearly 10 years later, and having studied the game way more, this really wasn’t a bad call. First of all, from a X’s and O’s perspective, it makes total sense. Seattle is in 11 personnel. 1 RB, 1 TE, and 3 WR. New England has 8 guys in the box and 3 DB’s. Seattle only has 6 blockers, giving New England a heavy numbers advantage against any type of run… and when you couple that with Lynch’s numbers having not been great in short yardage situations that year, throwing makes total sense. Even if you were to do some type of zone read, and get rid of a defender, it’s still 8 to 7 numbers advantage in favor of New England. The Patriots are also in strict man coverage across the board (Cover 0) and what are some of the best concepts to beat man coverage? PICK PLAYS/Rub concepts. Exactly what Seattle did, and the Patriots saw it coming, which is a testament to the greatness & preparation of Belichick and the Patriots coaching staff. It was perfectly executed by Brandon Browner (whose impact on this play gets overlooked) and Malcolm Butler. Sometimes the defense just wins a rep, and that’s exactly what happened here. Most times, that play works. Hindsight bias is still going strong among too many sports fans, and that will never change. Just because a play call didn’t work doesn’t make it bad, and just because a play call worked doesn’t make it good. If Lynch gets stuffed, people would be saying “Pete Carroll should have been more creative.” If Browner gets driven back more, cutting off Butlers path, then Lockette catches it, and nobody says anything & Pete Carroll is a hero lol. It wasn’t the worst play call ever, it was the worst result of a play call ever.
Fun fact: New England threw it on 1st & goal from Atlantas 3 yard line in overtime in SB 51, and no one said a thing. Why? It didn’t get picked off.
@@JBullock54 Exactly! And don’t tell me they had James White instead of Marshawn Lynch. James white was the second most valuable player in that game lol
On the one hand, Carroll calls the pass and it’s caught, not running it w/Marshawn, nobody expects it and it’s the greatest playcall of his career. On the other, he calls it, it gets picked, and everyone calls it the worst playcall of his career. Crazy how different a fraction of a second makes in history.
Unknown fact about this play...matt Hasselbeck secretly was sent in from the sideline to the huddle and said "We're gonna pass it and we're gonna win!"
What was also amazing is that Butler was on the one when he caught it. Then bumped back inside the end zone. Quickly comprehended that fact and ran to the 2.
The emotional rollercoaster I experienced this day was unlike anything else
number 1 without a doubt
im a seahawks fan and can agree
Probably the #1 greatest play in Super Bowl history
Malcolm Butler saved Brady's legacy.
The Seahawks did that play 66 times that year and it had never been intercepted until that moment.
haven't heard this before.
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It still wasn’t the right option though. After Super Bowl 2022 some say passing on the one yard line is a good thing: The difference though is that for The Rams, Cooper was the best option so it was the right call. The best option for the Seahawks was Lynch, so it was a bad call.
@@rydermccall3590 In 2014 Lynch was 1 of 5 from 1 and goal and they also has no good personal for run play. If the run will not be successful they will have to use timeout. Buttler's interception was the only interception of 109 pass from one yard.
not Pete Carolls fault, not Russell Wilson's fault, but Ricardo Lockettes fault, no matter how badly the ball is thrown, you have try your hardest to catch, he was really soft on that play, just let Butler push right past him...
if the ball was thrown where it was supposed to be, the pass would be caught by lockette or incomplete. I think wilson deserves at least half the blame
Kyle Simber Nope... you could see Lockette had no idea he was there and was caught off guard. He thought he had an easy TD like many would. Like everyone says, it is on Pete Carroll for not running it
And the throw wasn't bad. That is how you're supposed to throw it. You slightly lead the receiver. He just didn't see Malcolm Butler. Had he recognized that, he would have thrown it away, threw it to someone else or ran it and Seahawks would probably be champs
BTW I'm a Lions and Patriots fan so I'm not being butthurt lol
Its not about leading the passer that makes it bad, wilson threw it too high. If it were into his chest like its supposed to be, it is a touchdown or incomplete.
Great play by Malcolm. He wouldn't have made it if not for his humble, hard working, Feisty, and never give up attitude. He took this INT and used it as motivation to not let it define him as a one year wonder. Now he is one of the best corners in the league. Hope the pats extend him because he's been one of our best defenders on the team and really brings that competitive fire for our defense.
This was simply great play recognition. If both Browner & Butler didn't recognize what play was called, then that would have been a seahawks touchdown because seattle had ran that play a lot during that season. This is where film study and practicing against that formation and play pays off.
this still breaks my heart as a Seahawks fan
Gavin Beard imma Giants fan and this just angers me...
Now you know how we feel about the helmet catch
Exactly.
You guys fucking deserved it for that stupid pass kearse caught like 2 plays before. and the patriots deserved there own lucky play, before that play, the patriots had 3 unbelievably stupid fucking lucky plays that end would end each game happen to them(tyree,wes welker drop/manningham, kearse) it was time they had something lucky for once
john john butler's play wasn't luck though?
Never seen a QB get LESS blame for throwing a SB losing pick than Wilson. .
By far the play of the game!
When ever Malcolm intercepted it and it cuts to Brady jumping and cheering I always just stare at Jimmy G because he's doing the same thing and literally contributed nothing. He's like the 3rd person in the group project who didn't do anything but still gets an A.
Frank Wizard Jimmy G actually helped the defense prepare for a more mobile quarterback.
BurtsGamingHub In the game he did literally nothing. I'm sure he serves a purpose in the training days but I mean he wasn't any big reason we won the Super Bowl that year. I like Jimmy G by the way. I hope we don't end up trading him at the end of the season because I don't think Jacoby Brissett is good enough to carry Tom's torch. Nobody is but when Jimmy played this year his mechanics were extremely similar to Tom so I hope he stays.
Frank Wizard I thought I was seeing things when I spotted similarities between Tom's and Jimmy's mechanics. I hope he stays because I don't see Tom playing more than two seasons, maybe three from now.
Joseph Song Ok... The practice for that game didn't get us to the Super Bowl. Jimmy played little to no snaps that year in the regular season and post season so if he helped the defense prepare for Russell Wilson that's great but he was jumping like he won critical games or he was the reason we won the Super Bowl by throwing 4 TD's in the game. If you think that small part of training constitutes that type of celebration you have low standards. I like Jimmy G and I hope we don't get rid of him this offseason but he didn't do anything that year other than practice that meant anything.
Games are won in practice though. If Malcom didn't practice it then Superbowl 49 would have gone to the seahawks.
This was an emotional turn of events. I was at my cleaning job and checking my phone every couple minutes. I was resigned to the fact the Pats were about to lose. I couldn’t believe my eyes when this happened. Had to convince myself it wasn’t a dream.
Gotta admit,I started going to bed, then I heard the noise from the other room.I couldn't watch,hate to admit it but seen it 100 times since.
This was the best play on NFL history.
Edelman claims they practiced this most of the season and got scored on every time in practice. Comes up in the SB and you see a legend of a moment. You can see the shock in Butler's body reaction as well. Funny enough, a pass is the right play here since you still have another down at least, but a TE fade to the corner was the right call, not this.
I remember telling everyone before the interception that this isn’t over yet, and not 100 percent believing it myself.
This one was particularly glorious because it shut the mouths on thousands of fairweather Seahawk fans. The city was like a cemetery the next day. Glorious.
Because no other fanbase has fair weather fans. @.@
@@andersonsmith979 Never said they didn't. But this video features Seattle Seahawks, and I live in Seattle. Hope that makes it clearer for you.
1:08-1:11, Actually that was Pete Caroll's face right after Michael Bennett's encroachment penalty.
Best play i ever saw
Two years later it turns out Malcolm Butler is pretty good at football.
"Malcolm Butler's amazing pick-6"
It wasn't a pick 6...
It was the Seattle Seahawks made the Worst Play in NFL history.
I been a Patriots fan since the snow bowl. I had no idea who Malcolm Butler was.
History and karma are important here. Two superbowls with crazy NY Giants catches that denied the pats preceed this interception. And then, during the 2014 superbowl, it looks like that would happen a third time with the Kearse catch. That whole history, plus the exceptional situational play by butler, make this the best play of all time. Period.
I'm a seahawks fan and I'm still not over this play.
Malcolm Butler is a Superbowl Hero. He snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Best play of all times.
Yea we are never gonna let Pete carrol and the Seahawks forget that they should *ran the god damn ball*
The media was in full Russell Wilson hype mode at this point. "He's the next Tom Brady" and all that garbage. Seahawks as an organization bought into the hype and wanted Wilson to be the hero of the Super Bowl and cement his place in history. In concert, Pete Carroll made the worst play call in the history of football because he wanted Wilson to be the hero so that they could both be the new Bill Walsh/Joe Montana, Bill Belichick/Tom Brady. I'm so glad this backfired on them. You know the second Marshawn Lynch walks by Pete Carroll on the sideline, Carroll knows, "I should have just run the ball." He didn't though, because he wanted Russell Wilson to be the hero. And Wilson wanted to be the hero also, or else he would have simply called a run on an audible or told his coach, "Are you crazy? We should run Marshawn here."
I will love this play until the day I die because it shows how desperate Carroll, the Seahawks, and Wilson himself were to want him to be the hero of the game. One play that ended a potential dynasty because media hype mattered more than winning the right way on the field.
Malcolm Butler's play is right up there with Orr ('70), Bird ('81) and Papi ('04)
Gibson ('88). . . .
@@mortensen1961 omg I did shed a tear that night.Spectacular..sports can be great.
@@richardmorris7063: Yeah, I watched it that night on TV. . . .damned near blew the windows out screaming when he hit it. .
@@mortensen1961 I'm laying back on the couch,my roommate came in & I have tears streaming down my face.He thought someone died.LOL.There have been a few moments in sports that were just unbelievable,that was up there.
Unsung hero.. Brandon browner.. Former seahawk.. Read the formation.. Got butler in position to get the interception.. Plus he jammed the hell out of kearse to prevent kearse from running that pick route
That & high tower play.Unbeleivable stuff.
Does anyone else notice that when Donte Hightower is “helping” Butler out of the end zone he nearly strips the ball out of his hands? 😬
He wasn't helping him out of the endzone, he was trying to push him down (because you don't want to fumble the ball, just get down).
@@GRNKRBY Doesn’t change the fact that he very nearly knocked the ball out of his hands.
They spelled Malcolm's name wrong in the top left corner.
One of the top 6 SB’s ever
People fail to realize that jam browner did on Kearse helped Butler on that play 3:27
Dont’a Hightower tripped up Lynch at the 1.
So can we say The Butler Did it?
Lynch: don't give me the ball!? I'll go to Oakland.
I'd rather hear from NFL players, former players, coaches, executives, analysts, historians.... not random ass celebrities talking about how they felt when it happened. I already KNOW how it felt to watch it
5-0 in 2020 and even if we do win a Super Bowl this year ill NEVER forget we could've been 3 time Super Bowl champs.
If it makes you feel better Seahawks fans, I am from an alternate universe where Lynch ran it twice and get stopped. Then everyone was asking why they did not throw the football as the Pats were stacking the line. Sometimes, just not meant to be...
Red right 88 or the rocket screen in Super Bowl XVIII should've been somewhere on the list
Edit: Karlos Dansby pick on Aaron Rodgers in the 2009 NFL Wild Card. (I think it was ruled a fumble tho)
James Burgess it was a fumble
This play ended the game, but Harrison's, it was still another half of football left. Steelers had a better play, but this was more significant.
And plus, people forget that if he didn't pick this off, they certainly would've ran it the next play and scored, game over. He HAD to pick it on that exact play.
James Burgess Thank you.!
James Burgess I agree. But if Harrison didn't score they wouldn't have wob
Jeremiah Salvador Juarez we don’t know that. There was still a whole half of football to play
While some label it as the “worst call in Super Bowl history”, the fact of the matter is as what Benoit said the same play never faulted, and nfl fans know how difficult it would be for the defense to intercept a short pass without knowing what the play was
And belichick rewarded him by benching him in superbowl against eagles. 😈
Agree with CobraClutch. Noone mentions that part of the play. Either Malcolm or Brandon should have been the MVP on that play call.
En la parte de Malcom Go! se habrá imaginado lo que le esperaba el destino???
That was the beginning of the end for Russell Wilson
NICK STEVENS YES I LOVE YOU
Jake Lawrence FITZY! lol
Malcolm Butler, in my opinion, was the hero of the Super Bowl. He directed the defense to the right position.
And that’s why Malcolm Butler got a free truck from Tom Brady.
Championships are in plays like that.
The Patriots practiced against this play during Super Bowl week.
How do you know when I come up? That old saying: it’s best to be prepared for a situation and not have it and have a situation and not be prepared.
The Patriots were prepared and they won a Championship because of it.
Best football game I’ve ever seen
Everyone wants to critique that it was a bad play call but even players themselves say that play is almost a guaranteed touchdown its just malcolm butler read it right and intercepted it
Single handedly killed what would've been a dynasty.
for all u saying it was a bad call, they ran this same play over and over in practice and butler never stopped it !! This was a miracle !!
I guess practice makes perfect!
Who the hell would give this a thumbs down?!
Haters gonna hate brah...
Every Seahawks fan in existence
UNREAL!!!!!
From death row to the playboy mansion...that describes it perfectly. Worst feeling ever to the best
Your description: "Malcolm Butler's amazing pick-6 to seal Super Bowl XLIX for the Patriots comes in at #1"...
Huh? Pick-6? Do you know what a pick- 6 is?
MALCOME BUTLIER MADE IT BECAUSE HE WATCHES FILM
I LOVE IT!
The Seahawks had 3 downs left to get into the endzone but only 1 timeout. If they ran the ball on 2nd down and got stopped, they'd have had to burn their last timeout, allowing the Patriots to overplay the pass on 3rd down because the Seahawks would have to pass to preserve enough time for the 4th down try. 2nd down was the less predictable time to try the pass, and then they'd be free to call whatever they wanted on 3rd and 4th downs.
Definitely #1. Simply because the stakes were so high and the timing. Harrisons may be more athletic but this was just too perfect. And im a steelers fan and james harrison just so happens to be my favorite steeler of all time
Great interception but you’re out of your mind if you think this interception is better than the James Harrison 100 yard interception. More of a bad call than a great play
Exactly!!!! They smokin super sherm