Atlanta Falcons vs New England Patriots Super Bowl LI Thread

[CWR]

He does, he has a cookbook, I think it's only $200. I've read about his diet, 99% of the people could never adhere to such a strict diet...lol.

The guy is so strict he avoids certain produce due to inflammatory properties(for example). Its pretty cool really, the greats get there with discipline and attention to detail.

 

[perrykemp]

Just read PATRIOTS have 70m in cap space, have an extra 3rd us what they get for Jimmy g

Unreal

Of course they have $70m of cap space.

They start a collection of UDFAs and low draft picks across their offense.

 

[punchnjudy]

Wow....I know he was doubled all game, but they only targeted Julio 4 times....4 times! Our coaches and QB would be crucified if we only targeted Dez 4 times in the Super Bowl!

All I heard the last week was "give Bill two weeks and he'll figure out a way to take any player out of the game." The thought was that they would use their backs in the passing game after NE overcompensated to take away Julio.

I think a lot of times Bill gets into people's heads and they get away from what they do well.

 

[Alexander]

That might've been the craziest game I've ever seen. The Atlanta offense completely shut down at the end.

Just another case where the design is to get ahead. They didn't know what to do when they did.

I blame Bradley's defense. They really got soft and forgot what got them there in the second half.

 

[DandyDon1722]

a savvy vet whos failed in the playoffs for a decade.

A saavy vet who, as Dak proved, could never overcome a mediocre defense.

 

[DandyDon52]

coaching is part of winning games, or losing them, just look at dallas.

 

[Doomsday]

What really makes me laugh is Atlanta left 15 seconds on the play clock for like 4 plays. That adds up.

They left 20 on one play and 12 on the next one but Julio bailed them out with an amazing catch.

Than they got cute and don't even get a FG try.

 

[Zman5]

I know that Dak has been compared to Brady in the intangibles department as well as the "it" factor. Let's hope he has the same career as he has had.

Dak may have Brady's "it" factor but JG doesn't have Bellicheat's "it" factor. JG doesn't even has Bellicheat's "**it" factor.

 

[CWR]

The Patriots caused the choke though. Even Jimmy stated how that forced fumble made the Falcons press due to momentum swing. And it was all Tom Brady on that final drive, you can't stop him when he gets into football god mode.

Ok but the Pats did NOT force Pete Carroll to throw the ball. That was a straight trash call. Credit the Pats for making the play though.

 

[T-RO]

Momentum can be a powerful thing. Even when Atlanta was ahead...you could see the look on Falcon players faces and they seemed doomed.

 

[Aven8]

Fantastic coaching on defense by NE in 2nd half won this game for NE. Amazing.

 

[Lodeus]

Marty B has a Super Bowl ring.... ew...

 

[Rogerthat12]

Falcon choked, wow, sucks to be them tonight!

 

[Doomsday]

The Patriots caused the choke though. Even Jimmy stated how that forced fumble made the Falcons press due to momentum swing. And it was all Tom Brady on that final drive, you can't stop him when he gets into football god mode.

I am not buying it, after that they had the ball down to the Pats 25. The game is over if they dont blow it!

I was a big Shanahan fan, but his lack of game awareness and situational football looked all too familiar to me.

 

[hornitosmonster]

Given the stakes at hand, it has to be.

Golden State, Cleveland Indians equally choked

 

[Seven]

How do you bounce back from this?

Pull Ryan's head out of his......... THROW the ball AWAY.

 

[Carson]

Just read PATRIOTS have 70m in cap space, have an extra 3rd us what they get for Jimmy g

Unreal

Why are people surprised? Their roster is comprised of UDFA, and cheap free agent pick ups.

They pay QB, TE, LT and FS. The rest are making less then 8 million a year. Sheard was one of their highest paid guys. They are smart and never over pay.

Their biggest FA signings ended up being Chris Hogan, Chris Long and Shea Mcclellin. All cheap and helped win a super bowl

 

[DandyDon52]

They left 20 on one play and 12 on the next one but Julio bailed them out with an amazing catch.

Than they got cute and don't even get a FG try.

they pulled a JG or a linny lol
actually I see teams do this all the time, be in fg range, and they call pass plays and get sacked or a int, or a holding penalty.
Best thing to do is run run run, and you either get the first or kick fg.

 

[DandyDon52]

Why are people surprised? Their roster is comprised of UDFA, and cheap free agent pick ups.

They pay QB, TE, LT and FS. The rest are making less then 8 million a year. Sheard was one of their highest paid guys. They are smart and never over pay.

Their biggest FA signings ended up being Chris Hogan and Shea Mcclellin

yeah they play for rings not $$$$

 

[robjay04]

Well I wanted to see a great game I didn't want the Pats to win but this was arguably the best SB of all time.

Refs just have so much control of the outcome of a football game due to the holding and PI penalties. Put sensors in the players jerseys make---do whatever you can to fix this.

These referees are obviously football fans and they may favor one team. Holding or even PI can be called every play...what stops a referee from holding or throwing a flag late in a game? Too much technology to have a game decided by judgement calls.