Former Seattle Seahawks defensive end Cliff Avril said members of the team started "questioning" head coach Pete Carroll after the Super Bowl XLIX loss to the New England Patriots in 2015.Chris Wesseling of NFL.com passed along comments Avril made Thursday on the Dave Dameshek Football Program about the players' mindset after the Hawks opted to throw near the goal line Cheap Mike McGlinchey Jersey , leading to a Malcolm Butler interception, rather than running the ball with Marshawn Lynch."I do think the team would have bought in more to what Coach Carroll was saying instead of going the opposite way of, 'Hey, this is what we thought the foundation of the team was Authentic Customized Rams Jerseys , and that's not what happened in that particular play,'" he said. "So I think guys started questioning him more, more so than actually following his lead if we'd won that Super Bowl."Carroll didn't shy away from criticism after the ill-fated play call."My fault, totally Cody Latimer Jersey Elite ," he聽told reporters聽after the heartbreaking 28-24 loss.Nevertheless, Avril said he believes the Seahawks could have added another Super Bowl title in the following years, but the players never got over the lost opportunity."The situation sucked regardless of who took the blame," he said. "It's just the fact that we were so close and we weren't able to get it Connor Williams Jersey Cowboys , so I think a lot of guys got turned off by the message."A victory over the Pats would have given Seattle back-to-back championships after it crushed the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl聽48.Instead, the Hawks came up just short and failed to advance beyond the divisional round of the playoffs the next two years. They missed the postseason altogether in 2017.The roster has undergone a transformation during the offseason, with Avril joining Richard Sherman and Michael Bennett as notable departures from the previously vaunted defense. The NBA said LeBron James‘ block in the closing seconds of Game 5 on Indiana’s Victor Oladipo should have been called goaltending.
In the league’s Last Two Minute Report posted Thursday, the NBA said the three officials missed the call with 5.1 seconds left. The league said the video shows James blocked Oladipo’s shot ”after it makes contact with the backboard.”
Under league rules Enrique Hernandez Jersey , the play could not be reviewed because it wasn’t called on the floor. James then hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Cavaliers a 98-95 win and a 3-2 lead in the series.
The Pacers did not contest the block while on the floor, but later in their locker room they complained about the no-call.
The NBA’s report also said the Pacers were incorrectly awarded the ball on a play with 27.6 seconds left. The ball went off Indiana’s Thaddeus Young and went out of bounds, but the referees gave the ball to Indiana.
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