lets run the ball on second down, lets get stuffed
now what happens?
1) you lose your last time out
2) you're locked into passing on 3rd down lest you let the clock run out
3) 4th down is a crap shoot
by passing a pass that wasn't intercepted all year in the NFL (0-120) you
1) give yourself your best option for using all three downs
2) the run is a viable option on third since you have your timeout left keeping the Patriots off balance
3) 4th down is a crap shoot
Pete knows this, Pete game planned for this, Pete didn't make that decision in a vacuum, Pete said he thought they had an advantage in the passing game against the goal line defense (duh, do you think? oh never mind)
what Pete didn't know is that BB practiced against that very play for two weeks and that Butler would recognize that play, jump it from 10 yards deep and make a sensational play on the ball resulting in the very first (and only) interception of the season on a ball passed from the 1. Thus Pete shockingly never had a chance to execute the game plan he brought to the table.
Pete was 1,001x more prepared in that spot than every Monday morning QB combined
get over it already