Belichick went on sports radio WEEI on Wednesday and said he didn't call timeout because the personnel group that Seattle put on the field suggested the Seahawks were going to pass, which is what he wanted.
"... We saw that matchup and we certainly gave some consideration to taking a timeout there and leaving some time on the clock. I don’t know if that would have been a bad thing to do. It might have been a good thing to do. But it just seemed like in the flow of the game that we were OK with where we were."
Umm Eagles ran twice after the first down. BB said he didnt call time out because he expected pass and he was right. The obvious implication IS that he woulD have called the TO if he thought they were running. So this just makes the Bears look dumber. Not only did they not call a timeout, they did not switch to goal line D to try and force a pass.
And for all we know, Nagy wanted them to run because he felt it was their best chance to stop the run and have the Eagles in a 3rd and 4th down since there was enough time on the clock 1:50 when it all started that he could use a few timeouts after the running plays. And even so, the Patriots didn't call TO with 50 seconds remaining, not 1:50. Further, it would have taken atleast 10 seconds for the Seahawks to even show their personnel. So if they showed run and he called timeout, to you he would have been wasting time since you were complaining about time the Bears lost before calling their timeouts.
The point though is there is a lot that goes into the decisions to call timeouts. It's not black and white like you want to make it out to be. We see the greatest coach of all time decide to run the clock down to a point where a score eliminates all time of Brady (the greatest QB of all time) getting a chance at a realistic drive. Why? Because he liked a matchup. Nagy could have liked a matchup too. In his strategy, which he even said after the game, he didn't consider calling a TO there. And the thing is, it worked too. The Bears got the ball back with plenty of time for the winning FG. They just missed it.