It’s been over three years since the Seahawks lost Super Bowl XLIX on a last-second interception by the Patriots’ Malcolm Butler, but the play call that precipitated the play is still a sore subject for the players on that Seattle team.

UNINTERRUPTED’s Matt Barnes asked Marshawn Lynch, the player many people believe should have had the game in his hands at that time, about the call. His answer was both forthcoming and fascinating…

“What certain individuals were thinking at the time is just not the situation that we needed to be in. Like should I change it? With Russell should I change the situation or can I get it handled? “I’m looking at it like, I’ve seen Russell do some that hasn’t been done before. At the end of the day, I’m not too concerned about if some can get done, because if it’s anybody that can make some magic happen, it’s this Because I’ve seen him do it on my occasions before. The honest to God truth is, sometimes I think, ‘do you think you should have audibled?’ “At the end of the day, I’m not mad at him or who called the But I’m going to tell you like this, when that play was called, and I saw the expression on the other 10 guys’ faces in there … when they heard the call … they looked right at me. And I’m looking like *claps* break. What y’all want me to do?”

While Lynch’s confusion in regard to the play call is certainly understandable, we’ll defend then-Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and Russell Wilson here. New England was in a goal line defense and essentially daring the Seahawks to pass. Seattle just didn’t have enough blockers to handle New England’s front, so an audible in that situation would have been ill-advised.

That’s why Bevell called the pass, and that’s why Wilson stuck with the playcall instead of making a change at the line.

The decision to pass was fine. The execution — or lack there of — is what did the Seahawks in.