Seahawks offensive coordinator shifts blame of costly INT to wide receiver

People tend to show their true colors in times of crisis and following the Seahawks' interception heard 'round the world, Darrell Bevell is looking a little yellow. The offensive coordinator, who was a large part of the questionable play call that ultimately cost Seattle a chance to win the Super Bowl, shifted the blame to one of his players following the loss.

“We could have done a better job staying strong on the ball,” Bevell said, according to Gregg Bell of the Tacoma News Tribune.

The quote is referring to the effort of Seahawks wide receiver Ricardo Lockette and is essentially the football equivalent of Michael Bay blaming Stanley Tucci for the critical failure of Transformers: Age of Extinction.

While Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson took ownership of the collossal error, Bevell passed the buck which is not a cool thing to do in the NFL. Former offensive lineman and current NBC Sports football analyst Ross Tucker explains the severity of the faux pas.

"You're a part of the worst call in Super Bowl history and you're going to put the blame on the player?" said Tucker. "Pete Caroll, I give him credit, he took all the blame. He said 'It's on me. I told him to throw the ball.' Darrell Bevell was like 'Yeah, that's on Lockette. Lockette didn't drive hard enough on the ball.' You're not supposed to do that as a coach."

As for the possible consequences for Bevell, Tucker says it could affect his candidacy as a head coach in the league.

"So number one, the play call. Number two, what he did after the game just put Darrell Bevell about three years back in the line now to become a head coach."