A yard away from the goal line, down four with less than a minute to play, on second down with one timeout remaining — you'd think giving Marshawn Lynch the ball would be an easy call for the Seahawks.
But with the Patriots lined up in a goal-line formation, Russell Wilson in a shotgun set instead looked to one of his three wide receivers against man coverage. You know the rest. But was Lynch, maybe the toughest back in the league to stop in such a situation, surprised he didn't get the ball?
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"No," the Seattle running back told ESPN's Jim Trotter after the 28-24 New England win. "Because we play football. It's a team sport."
The play, of course, resulted in a game-sealing Malcolm Butler interception. Coach Pete Carroll took the blame for the play call in his postgame news conference.