you aren't telling me anything i don't know so not sure why you are rambling. not sure why you are going off about accepting who the better team was that day (at least not sure why you are telling me that) as i never made a claim either way. whoever wins is ALWAYS the better team that day, or else they wouldn't have lost.
i simply stated that had that pass been picked off as it should have been, then the broncos would have won the game. i didn't say they lost BECAUSE he blew the coverage.
he picks it off, the broncos kneel on it and win.
yeah, i know. I just don't why people want to discuss these moments as the crucial moment--it happened. nothing changes that. Many things beyond blown coverage could have still lead to the TD. good coverage, shitty tackling. run the proper route, trip on shitty turf.
All I know is that again and again I used to go over stuff like this only to realize that it is too confounding to make a point of it--because it happened and nothing changes that. The important thing is how they team responds. The game then starts after that play...then starts again after the next play, etc.
further...since the play did not lose them the game, I find it even less significant. :\ (would have won, yes--but it also didn't cost them the loss. huge difference between going from win to lose, and going from win to "alive" on a play)