So happy to see the Patriots win another Super Bowl. Incredible and unbelievable game. Like Rocky, they never quit. Mental toughness and making plays when they had to brought victory.
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And that catch by Edelman with under 3 minutes to go?!! That will go down in Super Bowl history as one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) catches ever.
That was unbelievable just to have the sense to stay with it with all those arms and legs in there.
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Personally I thought the Tyree helmet catch was a better and more improbable SB catch but then I'm a Giants fan Still a great piece of concentration on Edelman's part to make the play. Big mistake by the Falcons to challenge that play, almost an emotional decision to challenge. That timeout would have come in handy when they got the ball back w/about 50 seconds to go.
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Yeah I think the Tyree catch was a great play overall, but a big part of what made that such an amazing play was Manning's ability to escape all those sacks before making the throw. The catch was decent too, but if not for the scrambling by Manning beforehand I don't think it would have gone down as such a great catch. With this play it was all Edelman, staying focused on catching the ball after it was tipped/kicked - amidst 3 defenders - reaching through Alford's legs while falling to the ground to grab it, and then regripping it before he hit the ground to make sure it didn't pop out of his hands. Simply amazing. I have no doubt that it will replace the Tyree catch and go down as the greatest catch in SB history.
And let's not forget to to give the REF props for making that amazing call in real time! Sure the Pats could have challenged an incomplete ruling and probably would have won the challenge, but when I first saw the play I thought for sure it was a dropped pass until I saw the video in super slow motion. Very good call by the ref(s).
In general I think the refs did a really good job last night.
Right, I was amazed the refs got the call right without even a discussion. I was surprised the Falcons wasted a challenge on it. Replay is so quick and it was pretty clear cut....
mcavoy That timeout was stupid and smacked of panic. Panic - not what the Patriots did!
At the end when the Beasley came close to intercepting Brady's pass to a falling down Bennett in the end zone with the ball on the goal line was anyone else other than me screaming " did u learn NOTHING 2 years ago when the Seahawks tried that!?"
I really had no interest in who won or lost. Pretty much stopped watching NFL some time ago. Yet since it was the Super Bowl I DVR'd it and started watching it later. When it got to half time and it was 21-3 Falcons I turned it off. After finding out the final score later that night I watched it the next day. Great second half. Patriots really took over it was a complete 180 from the first half. Great job by the coaches for the Pats and poor by the Falcon coaches. Not a lot of crazy chest thumping during the game. A great job by the refs and pretty good sportsmanship by almost all the players. I enjoyed this game and it makes me think I might start watching some more next year.
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Random thoughts. It's still surprising more teams don't play more man to man against the Patriots. It gives a team the best chance IMO. Doug Flutie thinks Brady can play another 5 years. Warren Moon played till he was 44. Brady turns 40 this August. The rest of the AFC East is getting better, but not good enough yet to challenge the Pats.
It's about time the Pats had a clutch crazy catch. I hear some in the media and even Beleichick down playing Brady's motivation from Deflategate. This is the same guy who still plays with a chip on his shoulder for being drafted so low. Dante Scarnecchia did a great job this season with the offensive line. I like their chances next year.
The other owners must be saying what do we have to do to stop this team. Docking multiple draft picks, fines and suspending their star QB for 4 games clearly wasn't enough. As Robert Kraft said. This one is the sweetest. For New England fans it sure as hell is.
Best come back/worst let down in SB history.....great game in the second half!
Brady's the man,no matter who he has to throw the ball to.
Falcons were plagued by a series of miscues (play calling and clock management) and bad bounces that second half. Two what should have been great defense plays by the Falcolns ended up turning into big plays for the Pats (Edleman catch and Bennett catching the deflection). That Edleman catch was more reminicent to the kearse catch in the seahawks/patriots game. Best catch of the game IMO was that julio jones sideline catch.
YafflDaffl Yeah, too bad the Falcons didn't capitalize on that spectacular catch.
rsvman stuff happens. Doesn't take away from the catch. Edleman showed great concentration to make the plan....and had a bit of luck the way the ball was batted and bounced. Horrible throw by Brady on that one.
YafflDaffl The Edelman catch was great concentration, effort, and maybe a smidge of good fortune. Julio Jones? Other worldly! That man makes catches like he's a ballerina (and he ain't no ballerina) 'Tap-Tap'...reception, first down. He's on my team any day before even Edelman.