Why should the pure luck of a coin toss have anything to do with winning a superbowl?
I think the NFL should change the OT rules in the Super Bowl so that the team that loses the coin toss gets an offensive possession even if the opponent scores a TD on the first drive.
Yeah, good points. And Shannahan's play-calling was a strange mix of conservative, particularly on first down (he didn't really start getting Julio Jones involved until the second quarter) and too bold (why oh why drop back to pass on a third and one when you're in easy field goal range to go up by 11 with a few minutes to go?). I'm not exactly disappointed that he's moving on to San Francisco.
To top off all the things that went right for the Patriots and wrong for the Falcons — NE wins the coin toss going into overtime. I knew it was officially over then.
Why should the pure luck of a coin toss have anything to do with winning a superbowl?
Falcon on New England's 20, second down with only a few minutes left...all they need to do is run it two times, let the clock tick and kick a field goal...virtually check mate...but they decide to throw 2x, get sacked and forced to punt. Not to mention that if they did kick the field goal, and then subsequently held NE to 20 points I would have won my numbers pool. Second worse superbowl play call since Seattle two years ago...another time when my chances of winning the pool were shot by a bad play call.
Exactly, I was cursing Shannahan's play-calling in the fourth quarter.
If it had been nothing but mistakes on the part of the Falcons, that's one thing. And there were mistakes... but also some amazing adjustments by the Patriots, as well as some Super-Bowl-Legend caliber plays.
That catch! No the other one. Two two-point conversions? Both of them would have ended the game if they failed?
Monday Morning Quarterbacking: When the brain trust calling the game are hyping the fact that the Falcons had only run 30-some plays by the end of the 3rd quarter, that should have pointed out to someone that the Atlanta defense had been out there a lot. Maybe some fresh legs could have been the difference? There were a few blown plays that looked like the D just said "I just can't."
Yeah, good points. And Shannahan's play-calling was a strange mix of conservative, particularly on first down (he didn't really start getting Julio Jones involved until the second quarter) and too bold (why oh why drop back to pass on a third and one when you're in easy field goal range to go up by 11 with a few minutes to go?). I'm not exactly disappointed that he's moving on to San Francisco.
To top off all the things that went right for the Patriots and wrong for the Falcons — NE wins the coin toss going into overtime. I knew it was officially over then.
Falcon on New England's 20, second down with only a few minutes left...all they need to do is run it two times, let the clock tick and kick a field goal...virtually check mate...but they decide to throw 2x, get sacked and forced to punt. Not to mention that if they did kick the field goal, and then subsequently held NE to 20 points I would have won my numbers pool. Second worse superbowl play call since Seattle two years ago...another time when my chances of winning the pool were shot by a bad play call.
It was so sickening to watch that game slowly slip away.
Slowly? That bloodletting was femoral.
If it had been nothing but mistakes on the part of the Falcons, that's one thing. And there were mistakes... but also some amazing adjustments by the Patriots, as well as some Super-Bowl-Legend caliber plays.
That catch! No the other one. Two two-point conversions? Both of them would have ended the game if they failed?
Monday Morning Quarterbacking: When the brain trust calling the game are hyping the fact that the Falcons had only run 30-some plays by the end of the 3rd quarter, that should have pointed out to someone that the Atlanta defense had been out there a lot. Maybe some fresh legs could have been the difference? There were a few blown plays that looked like the D just said "I just can't."
Slowly? That bloodletting was femoral.
now I'm beginning to understand you
