Funny Lance, I said the same thing to my wife about 3rd quarter. Didn't seem to play with the same confidence and enthusiasm as he did all season. Actually he looked troubled or unsettled like he was wrestling with something in the back of his mind. Looked like that from play one.
How a QB with his talent can go all year playing like he played then put the brakes on in the SB is beyond me unless he was told to do so....hence the troubled face the whole game.
He actually did go in for the fumble but quickly put the brakes on....probably Rivera or Goodell yelling in his helmet mic to stay back! Haha