While Rich’s congratulations are gracious, and welcome, I would note a few things about the ongoing delegitimization of the Patriots’ victory on the grounds that Pete Carroll’s playcalling gave it away:

1. Grabbing a football out of the arms of an NFL wide receiver is pretty hard.

2. Malcolm Butler, a former community-college player, made his own opportunity:

3. Belichick didn’t call a timeout after the Seahawks were stopped at the 1. That wasn’t a completely bizarre decision (and would not matter either way really), but it was odd enough — about 50 seconds left, the Pats had two timeouts left — that it may well have thrown off Carroll’s playcalling.

That all said — it does get hot in Arizona, anyone know the melting temp of Pete’s playbook?