NFL Sources Quickly Running Out of Nuggets Worth Sharing With Reporters
ESPN showed a replay of the 2006 Rose Bowl on Thursday night. The game that featured Vince Young and Texas holding off Pete Carroll and USC in an instant classic, 41-38. One of the biggest plays of the game was LenDale White getting stuffed on 4th and 2 to end USC's final drive. This reminded someone of the time the Seahawks passed the ball on the goal line at the end of the Super Bowl.
It is unlikely that this is the first time someone has had this thought. In fact, multiple people tweeted the connection while watching the replay last night. Heck, the Los Angeles Times ran a poll asking readers what the bigger mistake was.
What was Pete Carroll’s biggest career mistake: going with LenDale White instead of Reggie Bush on that 4th and 2, or going with a pass instead of running it with Marshawn Lynch in Super Bowl XLIX?
— L.A. Times Sports (@latimessports) April 3, 2020
At least one person tweeted about it right after it Wilson got picked.
Pete Carroll, the guy who RAN LENDALE WHITE ON 4TH AND 2 IN THE ROSE BOWL, pisses away the Super Bowl on that.
— Mikey in DFW (@MDWDFW) February 2, 2015
The point is, this is not some great revelation. Yet here we are, weeks from the NFL Draft, so starved for NFL nuggets that a "Patriots source" texted Yahoo!'s Pete Thamel to share this thought and Thamel shared it on Twitter.
Patriots source texted me tonight after watching White come up short on fourth down for USC and Pete Carroll: “No wonder he threw it against us.”
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) April 3, 2020
It's been 14 years since USC - Texas and five years since the New England - Seattle Super Bowl. Thamel needs to protect this source at all costs.