Diante Lee

They came to it later in that game.

He probably earned a pass interference call that he did not get against Lassiter again.

But you take those two reps and you think,

with how physical Seattle wants to be out on the perimeter playing, tight coverage all the time.

Maybe you do get those one-on-one opportunities where a guy like Hayshawn Booty, who is more of a contested catch guy, might be gloved up by a Devin Witherspoon or a Tariq Willen, and maybe you just get a streaking Kyle Williams down the field.

And when we talk about just like what the band of outcomes have to be for New England to win a football game of this magnitude, it's going to take an unexpected name like Kyle Williams getting one of those big,

Honestly, no.

I think that we've hit the saturation point on all the serious stuff.

I actually am much more invested in a very unserious thing.

One of the last X-Factors I wrote about was kind of like this weird correlation is not causation thing, but between the Kubiak family and the Shanahan family when they've been in this position where they have an impending head coaching job waiting on them.

This goes back to 1987 when Mike Shanahan was getting a Raiders job.

They play, I forget who they play in the Super Bowl.

It might have been the Buccaneers.

They got blown out 42-10 before he takes a Raiders job when he's leaving Denver.

Gary Kubiak, he ended up not getting to the Super Bowl, but if you remember that 2005 Broncos team that had statistically one of the best offenses and defenses in the league, they get totally dominated by Pittsburgh.

in the AFC Championship game that year.

And then he goes on to become the Texans head coach.

And then obviously you have Kyle Shanahan, who funnily enough is the only coach on that staff that still has to live with the shame of the 28-3 comeback.

Nobody seems to ever bring it up with Dan Quinn or anybody else who coaches on that team.

But obviously, everybody kind of knows that one, right?