Troy Aikman has seen a lot of football. So when you listened to the ESPN analyst calling the Seattle Seahawks-San Francisco 49ers showdown in Week 18, you could tell something was not going to plan.
This was supposed to be a knockdown, drag-out battle for the NFC West and top seed in the entire conference. It became increasingly clear from the first quarter on that this was, in fact, a mismatch.
Seahawks’ fans may well have been worried when Mike Macdonald eschewed a field goal on the opening drive and attempted a low-percentage fourth-and-goal play from the four-yard line.