I think The OC and HC blew it when they were in fg range, but as for the whole comeback, there were a lot of variables involved.
NE made some coaching errors too and some bad plays etc, but late in the game they got hot.
I think their (atl) style of play calls for speed and a lot of running, and they wore down, could be conditioning ?
But also brady passed 63 times lol and 96 total plays, so the Atlanta defense wore down, and I think that would wear any team down.
Atlanta needed to shorten the game by running, keep clock moving, not score more points, and they kept passing to try and score,
and that stopped the clock, going out of bounds stops the clock.
you could look at this like the turtle that beat the rabbit in a race, NE was constant, and Atlanta gave their best in first half and it wore them out.
Plus I said it in other threads, but to me and you and Atlanta, it looked like they had the game won at halftime, and at 28-3,
how many of you said O wait NE is gonna come back and win this !! lol, nobody did.
The long halftime favored NE who could plot and plan, but Atlanta had nothing to really work on.
Their adrenalin was all gone, kinda tired, and they thought they had it won, like we all did, then by late 4th, they like us started
to say hey wait whats going on here !! NE could tie this up !!
So it looks bad for atlanta, but really give NE credit for never giving up or letting up and being in good condition
to run 96 plays ! Brady was wore out at end of game, never seen him that wore out. He even broke down and cried
when he was down on his knees, he was wore out, but managed to keep going till they got that last td.
