Belichick, Patriots one move ahead in chess game

You've seen the last-minute interception that clinched the Patriots' big game 49 victory -- if not live, then in incessant replays.
And you've seen or heard the second guessing of Seahawks coach Pete Carroll.
Why would Seattle pass with 20 seconds left, the ball on New England's 1 yard line and Marshawn Lynch in the backfield?
As the teams lined up, I was thinking that the Seahawks would be swarming around Lynch so much that a pass could be open.
Carroll might have been thinking the same thing when he called for the pass. But he wasn't expecting that New England's Bill Belichick might be one step ahead of him.
Belichick was like the customer in the AT&T commercial who one-ups Lily in appreciation for appreciation of appreciation by saying merely, "I appreciate that." By the the time Lily recovers with "ahhhhh," it's too late. The point has been made.
The Patriots were not too late.
In a post-game interview, Malcolm Butler, the rookie who made the interception, said when he saw receivers stacked on the right end of the formation, he was looking for the pick play designed to get Ricardo Lockette open.
Why would Butler be looking for that? Had the Patriots spied on Seattle practices?
No, it was probably just good old-fashioned scouting.
Were there examples of pick plays the Seahawks used this season to score on short passes in similar situations?
On Sept. 21, Seattle had the ball on Denver's 5 with 23 seconds left in the first half. There was a stack and a third receiver on the left end, with Lynch split out wide on the right. Tight end Zach Miller ran downfield, Lynch slanted across his backside, the deep defender was late getting to him and Russell Wilson hit Lynch for a touchdown.

Super vision

I probably will watch at least some of big game 46.
It's on TV, and not much else is.
Can't get very excited about it, especially with my one fantasy football team that runs through the NFL playoffs, in the Andy Memorial Football League, was relegated early to the WhoCares.com Toilet Bowl this season.
That had something to do with having Chris Johnson and Larry Fitzgerald as my two keepers in a scoring-only league. I thought about dropping both of them, but it became easier in a league with very few top choices still available and with the thought that I'd have to draft just 14 players instead of 16, just to hang on to them.
I really didn't want to buy into the Kevin Kolb hype, but I did. And I didn't foresee the playing-for-a-contract aspect of Chris Johnson's 2010 season. Chris Johnson? Who's that? He's dead to me.
He'll go down with a first-round Randy Moss back in the '05 Rochester Championship of Fantasy Football as my worst picks ever. If you have the stomach, check out Moss' stats for that year. He more than negated one of my most brilliant picks ever, Willie Parker in the 15th round.
Anyway, everybody who is in any kind of postseason fantasy league no doubt already has made his/her picks. Just for the record, here are my thoughts.
The game will go over. The offenses are just too good, and the defenses aside from a few shiny players are pretty porous.
I also like the Patriots, for the two usual reasons: Tom Brady, Bill Belichick. New England's coach rarely fails when he has an extra week to prepare, and I don't expect anyone to catch a pass with his helmet this time.
For key individual performers, I give you Brady and, because Rob Gronkowski is a question mark (but one who still will step up bigger than most TES), Aaron Hernandez from the Pats. Hakeem Nicks and Mario Manningham are just too good not to have big games if New England focuses on shutting down Victor Cruz. Eli Manning should have a good game.
The key of course, will be which team will get a big, key stop or a turnover leading to a score. Possibly both. I think that team will be New England, something like 41-31.