SuperBowl 51. A choke or a great comeback?

[Fabbs]

Last nights entertainment industry show.

In choosing one or the other, complete choke job by Atlanta or great comeback by Patriots?

[johnsmith]

I think it's possible to be both. But I lean towards choke job.

[Will Hunting]

You should look into the viability of ending your life.

[Fabbs]

I think it's possible to be both. But I lean towards choke job.
Oh it is.

But on offense when all you have to do is not turn it over and Ryan does it not once but twice.
It's a choke for the ages. On the Spurs section the thread asks how it ranks with the Warriors 3-1 choke and the Spurs Game 6 Giveaway of 2013.

Ya the suckworthiness of the collapse puts it in All Time category.

[RGMCSE]

It's both but it depends on your rooting interest. If your the falcons it's a choke job. If your for the pats it was an amazing comeback. But :lmaofucking falcons not running on 3rd - 1 and taking themselves out of field goal range. But damn The pats needed to convert on two - two point conversions just to tie.

[Mal]

It`s both. It was a choke, no doubt. But is there any other team, that would comeback from that, other than Patriots ?

[lefty]

A bit of both

Falchokes really lost control in the 2nd half, they froze and couldn't make plays

But credit to NE for taking advantage tbh, they still had to make plays

[Fabbs]

It's both but it depends on your rooting interest. If your the falcons it's a choke job. If your for the pats it was an amazing comeback. But :lmaofucking falcons not running on 3rd - 1 and taking themselves out of field goal range. But damn The pats needed to convert on two - two point conversions just to tie.
Exactly.
If they simply run and the Pats bust thru the line and stuff the runner short, hey nice play Pats.
On the Ryan sack, if he simply throws it away they have a 39 yard field goal attempt. If the Pats break thru the line and block the field goal, you say Congratulations Pats, way to take the game away.


But, ATL had the game won and gave it away.
Pure and simple. It wasn't anything the Pats did to cause the giveaway.
Ya, once Atlanta gave it away the Pats made good plays.

Don't forget to vote. :wakeup

[resistanze]

It's always both. The comeback will be highlighted because it cements Brady's and Belichek's GOAT status. The choke will be highlighted because...who the fuck blows a 25 lead in any game, let alone the SB (where the previous biggest choke was losing a 10 point lead).

[Trill Clinton]

It was a choke. This is the 2nd year in a row where the team decided to let the qb be the hero instead of just running and milking the clock. Kyle Shanahan turned his brain off after julio made that amazing catch and it cost them.

[lebomb]

It's always both. The comeback will be highlighted because it cements Brady's and Belichek's GOAT status. The choke will be highlighted because...who the fuck blows a 25 lead in any game, let alone the SB (where the previous biggest choke was losing a 10 point lead).

In a quarter and a half too!!! :wow

[Chris]

Massive chokejob imo not Oilers vs Bills bad but given the stakes it damn close. My nigra EDP445 thinks that shit was rigged and it's hard to disagree.

[spurraider21]

When Brady got the ball back down 8, everybody watching the game knew the pats won.

I give them the credit. The biggest miscue for ATL came when they had 2nd down at the pats 23 and could have just killed clock and booted a field goal. Instead they go for a pass, take a sack. Then commit a hold to take them out of FG range (and stop the clock) then throw a sideline throw and don't kill clock. It was a stupid sequence that gave the pats a chance... But man, Brady is vicious when you give him a snowballs chance

[JoeTait75]

It's always a combination of both. As much credit as the Patriots deserve for their comeback they would not have been able to pull it off had the Falcons executed properly on either the 3rd-and-1 that resulted in the strip sack or the sequence of plays when the Falcons got down to the 22 late in the fourth quarter.

[Avante]

All we had here was this....

Greatest coach ever with the greatest QB ever in a very familiar situation (SB) vs a team with a new head coach, a QB who had never been in anything like this before. So we got what we were suppose to get. No choke, no great comeback, just how it should have went and it did.

Legendary trainer, his fighter in his 7th title defense vs a new trainer with a fighter in his first championship fight.

That could be any sport.

[Raven]

clearly a comeback... Ryan played a great game throughout. He made two stupid plays, but the fumble was a massive mistake by freeman. You don't justify a qb wasting a 25 points lead, but he made throws even late in the game, so he was clearly not taken over by nerves.. We were just luckier tbh

[Will Hunting]

Obvious answer is both. Patriots had to have nearly flawless execution on the last two drives (especially given they need two 2 point conversions) but Atlanta had 20 different ways to not lose that game.

[Fabbs]

It's always a combination of both. As much credit as the Patriots deserve for their comeback they would not have been able to pull it off had the Falcons executed properly on either the 3rd-and-1 that resulted in the strip sack or the sequence of plays when the Falcons got down to the 22 late in the fourth quarter.
The question is which do you choose?
Got to be at least 51-49 for any observer.

[Fabbs]

Massive chokejob imo not Oilers vs Bills bad but given the stakes it damn close. My nigra EDP445 thinks that shit was rigged and it's hard to disagree.
:lol

Matt Ryan sure did seem upset and disappointed after the loss, huh?

[JoeTait75]

The question is which do you choose?
Got to be at least 51-49 for any observer.

IMO the 51 goes to the team with the 25-point lead. Because at that point you really shouldn't need to do anything extraordinary to win; you just need to avoid making mistakes.

[HarlemHeat37]

A great comeback always involves a choke, tbh..

Atlanta could have ran the ball and potentially ended the game with a FG..I understand staying true to your style and not relying on your kicker to win, but wow, poor coaching..

[Fabbs]

A great comeback always involves a choke, tbh..

Atlanta could have ran the ball and potentially ended the game with a FG..I understand staying true to your style and not relying on your kicker to win, but wow, poor coaching..
So your vote is?

[monosylab1k]

A great comeback always involves a choke, tbh..

Atlanta could have ran the ball and potentially ended the game with a FG..I understand staying true to your style and not relying on your kicker to win, but wow, poor coaching..


So your vote is?

:lmao you fucking dumbass, you made it so that you can vote for both options.

[Robz4000]

Definitely more of a choke than a comeback (:lmao Matty Choke, det play calling), but as has been said we all knew when Brady got the ball back down 8 with nearly 3 mins left he was gonna march his team down and tie it. Tbh, I knew the Falcons were fucked as soon as the Pats made it known Atlanta's "defense" was figured out late in the third.

[AchillesHeel]

Obviously a massive chokejob but Pats deserve credit for the adjustments and the epic 4th/OT performance..

Don't think the Pats would have ever had a chance had the Falcons just ran the ball in the 4th, no excuse to run it 4 times after being up 25 pts... Ryan played a great 3 1/2 quarters but you don't give the opposing team a chance in that situation..YOU'RE IN FG RANGE JUST RUN THE DAMN BALL AND KICK THE FG

49ers just signed this retard to a 6 yr deal as well LMAOO :lmao

[Fabbs]

:lmao you fucking dumbass, you made it so that you can vote for both options.
monoslob hurriedly made his way back to the icy car, unable to contain his excitement and relate to the Laundry Krew what happened.
"I got Fabbs, I got Fabbs!"

There there mono. Some, like AchillesHeel voted may feel it was exactly 50/50.
It's all about giving choices.
BTW notice how he identifies as Patriot.

[313]

all they had to do was milk the clock lmao one of the biggest chokes in any sport ever

[monosylab1k]

In choosing one or the other


The question is which do you choose?

"MAKE A CHOICE, ONE OR THE OTHER" *gives option to pick both* "NO, WAIT, THAT WAS ON PURPOSE!"

:lmao

[313]

YOU'RE IN FG RANGE JUST RUN THE DAMN BALL AND KICK THE FG

:lmao

[benefactor]

You can't lose 20 plus yards when you are already in FG range to seal the deal. That's a massive choke.

[Avante]

What happened to....FOOTBALL 101? You get up by 14..RUN THE BALL...work that clock, beat down a defense, protect a lead????? Where was any of that? AND....they have two good RB's.

The Falcons the poster child for what.....we had no experience at this level....looks like.

[monosylab1k]

They stopped running in the 2nd half because the Patriots were completely shutting down the run game. At least half of their 2nd half runs went for negative yardage. I'm not saying it wasn't stupid to throw on 3rd and 1...but the Falcons saw that NE was selling out to stop the run, and Matt Ryan had been literally perfect to that point, so they put the ball in his hands to carry them across the finish line. And once that pressure was on him, he started making terrible decisions with the football, and was only effective when Julio would bail him out. I put alot of the choke job on Matt Ryan, less on Shanahan. Shanahan called the plays that should have sealed the deal, Matt Ryan just failed to execute them.

[DAF86]

The fuck was timvp on when he came up with this layout? :lol

[Arcadian]

Both, but a little more of a choke.

All Atlanta had to do was play a little more conservative in the 2nd half. :lol What a shitty way to lose...for "trying too hard."

Regardless of the result, Julio had "the catch" in this game. Edelman was just lucky that another player's leg happened to be positioned the way that it was.

[Fabbs]

Regardless of the result, Julio had "the catch" in this game. Edelman was just lucky that another player's leg happened to be positioned the way that it was.
Thank you.

In retrospect, at the time I thought wow Julio just put himself in line for MVP. But now I still have to go with #97 on the Falcons.
Besides all the sacks and hurries and knocks he did have, he got burned out of yet another one on the game tying drive. He hit Giselle as the throw was being made and it caused a flying quail incomplete. But dumbassed ATL db did an obvious defensive hold.

How many gifts did ATL give the Patriots in total? Sheesh.

Don't forget to vote please (if you haven't already).

[AchillesHeel]

Both, but a little more of a choke.

All Atlanta had to do was play a little more conservative in the 2nd half. :lol What a shitty way to lose...for "trying too hard."

Regardless of the result, Julio had "the catch" in this game. Edelman was just lucky that another player's leg happened to be positioned the way that it was.

Patriots would have won regardless of Edelman's catch, it was not a 4th down play and that defense was tired, just an epic catch though.

I thought it was over when Julio caught it, almost turned the game off in disgust because 9 out of 10 times that throw would have been picked off.

[Fabbs]

What happened to....FOOTBALL 101? You get up by 14..RUN THE BALL...work that clock, beat down a defense, protect a lead????? Where was any of that? AND....they have two good RB's.

The Falcons the poster child for what.....we had no experience at this level....looks like.
How did
Joe Montana
Bradshaw
Aikman
Rothlesburger
etc etc

Win their 1st Superbowl.

Matt Ryan is a farking 8 year veteran. It does not take a veteran, in fact it does not take above a Pop Warner QB to know when you drop back with the lead in field goal clinching range thus the game virtually on ice, simply throw the damn ball away if no one is open.

[Fabbs]

Laundry Krew Pats you're sitting at 15-10 for Complete choke job by Atlanta.

Did you wanna work some new alts up and skew the vote?

[Will Hunting]

Don't forget to vote please (if you haven't already).
:lmao:lmao:lmao this thread is serious business, amirite?

[Avante]

How did
Joe Montana
Bradshaw
Aikman
Rothlesburger
etc etc

Win their 1st Superbowl.

Matt Ryan is a farking 8 year veteran. It does not take a veteran, in fact it does not take above a Pop Warner QB to know when you drop back with the lead in field goal clinching range thus the game virtually on ice, simply throw the damn ball away if no one is open.

How many of those QB's were facing the GOAT coach/QB combo with a TON of SB experience?

We simply saw a team in the Pats that knew how to play a big game vs a team in the Falcons that didn't.

[MultiTroll]

How many of those QB's were facing the GOAT coach/QB combo with a TON of SB experience?

We simply saw a team in the Pats that knew how to play a big game vs a team in the Falcons that didn't.
RRRrrriiight.
You knew it was going to come down to the last play of regulation and then overtime.

[Avante]

RRRrrriiight.
You knew it was going to come down to the last play of regulation and then overtime.

I bet a whole season of self bannishment on two things.....Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. There was noway Dan Quinn and Matt Ryan were winning that game and I knew that, that's why I made that bet.

If ya noticed while some othersw here were running their mouth with....YIPPPEEEEEEEE SEE SEE WHAT DID I TELL YA....(more or less), I said nothing, very confident what the out come would be and how silly/ridiculous all the rookies would look.

[Fabbs]

eh the word is your bets are meaningless cause you'll just welch so...

You didn't know shit that it was going to come down to a final TD and two point attempt.
But if you wanna in troll character, go for it.

[Avante]

eh the word is your bets are meaningless cause you'll just welch so...

You didn't know shit that it was going to come down to a final TD and two point attempt.
But if you wanna in troll character, go for it.

Dude, how in the hell is anyone going to post here with everyone knowing they lost the bet?

I had no idea how the Pats were going to win the game I just knew somehow, someway they would. Too much BIG GAME experience vs a team in a whole new world and it showed like I knew it would.