
Originally Posted by
keth'naab
well, the holding on Locklear was cut and dried. There is no doubt. Locklear had his hand wrapped on the outside of the shoulder, and had a grip on Haggins's shoulder pad and pulled him down. Seriously, that was a proper call, regardless of what John "I lost 4 Super Bowls because of the Steelers" Madden has to say.
Let's give the pushoff to the Seahawks. TD instead of field goal.
21-14, Steelers.
Let's say the Steelers DON'T score on Roeth's dive and they kick a field goal instead.
17-14, Steelers, still.
Now let's say the Seahawks actually manage the clock properly in the first or second half. Or that Stevens doesn't drop 3 passes, 2 of which stopped drives and forced punts. Or that...damn, the one receiver actually keeps his foot in bounds instead of playing like he's in college and leaves one foot in, one foot out.
Those were tide turners that actually had a DEFINITIVE impact on the game.