The Seattle Seahawks’ Circular Firing Squad

GLENDALE, Ariz. – John F. Kennedy famously said that victory has many fathers, but failure is an orphan. But then again, he was a Patriots fan. (The team even recruited him.)

The staggering final play of last night’s enthralling Super Bowl XLIX, in which Seattle inexplicably called for a passing play on the one-yard line that was intercepted and cost them their second consecutive NFL Championship, was a failure in every sense of the word. And in the 16 hours since the play went down, the Seahawks have been standing in a circle, all pointing at each other, yelling, “He’s the dad!”