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By Alfredo Rivera

The New England Patriots WIN Super Bowl XLIX!!!

According to Chris Wesseling from Around the NFL, the New England Patriots heeded Bill Belichick’s pre-

game directive to the tee. Belichick told his team, “It’s a 60 minute football game, and whatever issues

we have, let’s make sure we correct them, coach them, and fix them. That’s our job.” Now, with less

than 30 seconds left in the game, the Seattle Seahawks’ Marshawn Lynch was just shut down for his first

and only attempt to score their last drive. Shortly after Lynch’s attempt, Seattle huddled up to get ready

for their second attempt to score, and potentially win Super Bowl XLIX, when two assistant New England

Patriot Coaches noticed three receivers entering the Seahawk huddle and decided to change their goal

line formation at the last second, calling in Malcom Butler to help defend Seattle’s second drive. Within

seconds of calling the New England’s defensive line change, the Seahawks snapped the ball and threw it

to one of their receivers for a touchdown, when suddenly Malcom Butler made the play of the game

that crowned the New England Patriots the 2014 Season Super Bowl Champions!

Now, what was most interesting to hear shortly after that game altering play, was the echoes of horror

and chatter in the background that shouted, “a play like that could only be qualified as luck or chance”.

However, logic tells us that as we gain more information about an event, chance and luck become a less

and less credible response for the outcome of that event. Reporters Doug Kyed, from the New England

Sports Network, and Hank Gola, from the Daily News, both reported Tom Brady and Vince Wilfork, in the

post-game interview, identified that it was nice to see Butler pick off another QB for once, since he has

been doing that all season long in practice to Tom Brady. It turns out, the New England assistant

defensive coaches that saw the swap out of Seattle’s linemen for three receivers, knew if anyone could

match up perfectly and pick that second play, it would be Malcom Butler. It is quite interesting to

consider, looking back in hindsight, when a people stop for a moment and observe what is going on

around them that they can actually see what is reality, and accept it like those two assistant coaches.

[For example, three Seattle receivers did not mean a trick play to run the ball, but an opportunity to pick

a thrown ball]. The difference between the blind and the visionary is the blind make calls out of fear,

and the visionary call what they can actually see. So, for those who claim the New England Patriots did

not win, only that the Seattle Seahawks blew it, I would say…not a chance!!!

Reference:

Wesseling, Chris. (2015). Malcom Butler a late substitution on game-winner. Around the NFL. Retrieved

from http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000468077/article/malcolm-butler-a-late-substitution-

on-gamewinner

Kyed, D. (2015). Tom Brady: Malcom Butler has intercepted me in Partriots practice all season. New

England Sports Network. Retrieved from http://nesn.com/2015/02/tom-brady-malcolm-butler-has-

intercepted-me-in-patriots-practice-all-season/

Gola, H. (2015). Malcolm Butler is Patriots unlikely hero in Super Bowl XLIX. Daily News.Retrieved from

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/malcolm-butler-scraps-bench-hero-article-1.2100185