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Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



I'm sorry Falcons, you're really cool.

gently caress me Tom. Holy poo poo, just holy poo poo.

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Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



nooneofconsequence posted:

previous biggest come back in history was only 10 LOL

Also by the Tom Brady Patriots

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Intruder posted:

I was pulling for the Falcons but at least we got a good meltdown out of this

It's like the seventeenth cherry on the sundae.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



I gotta be honest, as I come down from this high.

I'm pretty okay with the Patriots tapering off now. Let 'em go to the playoffs, block the teams that've won championships lately and the Dolphins and escort the unlucky teams to the Superbowl as Brady eases towards retirement.

They've got every accolade.

There are no more mountains to climb.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



4 RING SHRIMP posted:

I love you all suck my dick

;)

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



4 RING SHRIMP posted:

Kallil, Shrimmrha Jermaine, Gassin Capicola. We did this!

I'm crying.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



GonadTheBallbarian posted:

This makes me insanely happy

Same.

I mean not that he cares about anything other then celebrating, but still, feels good.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Boredumb posted:

I'm very glad Matthew Slater is going to to the Hall of Fame. Qtiyd

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Intruder posted:

Yesssssss the puppetmaster defense. My night is complete

I'm glad he did not get probated

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



The MVP never winning the Superbowl thing is pretty loving weird when you think about it.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



This loving catch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_KEM4dpanM

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Haha, someone stole Tom Brady's game jersey.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Tom Sellout posted:

the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead and the Falcons blew a 28-3 lead

the Patriots scored 3-1 unanswered.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



The one thing tonight was missing

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



waah posted:

What the god damned gently caress happened last night?

Someone counted out Touchdown Tom.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



The Barstool building caught fire last night, apparently a small unimportant one.

But this told me two things.

1) They're based out of New York.

2) Some company bought a majority stake in them for OVER TEN MILLION DOLLARS.

What the christ.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Matt Ryan apparently was yelling at his QB Coach to call running plays.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001




:dukedog:

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



http://i.imgur.com/d3J3qxH.gifv

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



a neat cape posted:

I meant more people declaring the 49ers morons for hiring him.

There are plenty of other reasons why the 49ers are morons

Honestly, Kyle is like way better then I expected them to get.

I was expecting like, I don't know, Mike Tice or something.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Trying to collect some thoughts on the game:

The 5 sacks per team. That was insane. Both offensive lines had played great all year, neither team had been able to bring pressure well, but this game was insane. (Yeah, the Falcons had brought pressure the last two games, but that was against the worst line in creation and a dead Packers offense, and both those lines lost a guy early in the game). Whereas the Patriots had spent all year rushing 3 guys and never touching the trashman of the week they were facing.

Alex Mack's injury was probably bad enough that the Falcons felt they had to run outside all the time and it was super effective early but probably caused them massive problems in the second half once the Patriots' adjusted. I don't think they were willing to run inside at all due to his leg and it cost them.

The Patriots' LB's were terrible in the first half, with Hightower getting beat constantly and the crap-hole of Shea McClellin and friends on the other side just getting worked by those toss sweeps. But in the second half they benched Shea for Van Noy and just killed the plays the Falcons tried.

That drive near the end where the Falcons returner is a dumbass and runs the ball out to like the 10 then Matt Ryan moves them into FG range in like 2 plays was insane. I immediately switched into "well, at least they put up a good fight" mode and then the Falcons made such incredible blunders.

I wasn't surprised Blount was stuffed repeatedly. He's not as good as his reputation and gets the vast majority of his success working over beaten teams. I had predicted Dion Lewis would be the source of the Pats' rushing success but instead they ... just really didn't have much success running. Falcons' defense played great in the first half and shut that poo poo down. A big Blount game would've needed the Patriots to be up two scores in the 2nd half and just running over a tired Falcons' defense.

The Falcons were just godawful on 3rd down, I posted this earlier, but it bears repeating:



That offense was absolutely incredible on first down and great on second down and turned into Brock Osweiler on 3rd down.

I can't talk much about the Patriots passing offense. Everything that went wrong possible went wrong in the first half and Brady just went off in the second half. Hell, they punted on their first drive, but Brady hit two receivers in the hands in stride on both plays for big games but they were dropped. Makes up for the batted passes that could've been intercepted in the end.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Matt Ryan by down:

1st down: 10/10, 171 yards
2nd down: 6/8, 94 yards, 1 sack
3rd down: 1/4, 19 yards, 4 sacks, lost fumble.

The DVOA for that game is pretty nuts: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/dvoa-ratings/2017/super-bowl-li-dvoaquick-reads

The Falcons being so horrific on 3rd down breaks the formula.

Kalli fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Feb 6, 2017

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Huh,



I guess the NFL shot off the confetti cannons anyway, but I'm surprised they didn't stop to look at it.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Blitz7x posted:

The ball is over the plane, just a lovely angle there

I know, it's just close enough that they should've checked.

Also how funny would it be to see them have to run plays with confetti all over the field.

Like seriously, how do you clean that up and run another play?

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Hello guys, here I am getting off the team plane:

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



sean10mm posted:

Yeah, Brady is the only QB with a winning record when throwing 50+ times.

Close, but basically Brady goes nuts and throws the ball 50+ times way more then anyone else, and is the only one to use it as a winning strategy and not just a fallback when way behind

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Also, since the 50+ attempts number is pretty silly, here's the 40+ attempts table:

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



https://twitter.com/GAFollowers/status/828637717965717504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Football nerdist poo poo nobody pays attention to because we just posting ____ is shook:

One of the punt returns the Patriots tried a trick play that no one mentioned, which is why they ended up with pretty bad field position, but it would've probably been a touchdown if the gunner didn't play it great:

https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/828429392347070464

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



dphi posted:

I wonder how often teams try that play but it just goes unnoticed when it doesn't work. Every time a team pulls it off I wonder why I don't see it more (I know it's very situational, but still), but maybe it's just that you don't always see the guy faking the catch since the camera dudes are usually faked out and it's not discussed if it doesn't result in a big return.

yeah I mean, I thought the return looked weird, but they didn't even show a replay, so I just figured the punter had made a great kick and Edelman fair caught it at the sideline for no discernible reason. Then this pops up and I'm like, oh I didn't even see Edelman go the other way... ohhhh

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Beauty is Jeff Fisher randomly destroying the Seahawks.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Brady responded to what that picture of him praying was about :

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Scott Kaczmar:

quote:

I looked at offenses with a 6- to 8-point lead in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter and a first down inside the opponent 30. That is the margin and field position where a team should be expected to make it a two-score game with at least a field goal. Any game where the first-down play was a kneeldown was excluded. Since 2000, these teams were 221-3 (.987), so Atlanta is in the rarest company with this loss. I did not have time to check 224 games to see how often the team extended to a two-score lead versus how often the defense just held up, but the previous three losses show Atlanta's offensive failure to be the worst of them all.

2000 Eagles at Steelers: Up 20-13 with 4:07 left, Pittsburgh ran Jerome Bettis three times, which led to a 40-yard field goal and 23-13 lead. Fair enough. The Eagles got a quick touchdown and recovered an onside kick to get the game-tying field goal with no time left before winning 26-23 in overtime.

2005 Texans at Rams: Up 24-17 with 3:19 left, the Texans failed to get another first down, but Kris Brown kicked a 35-yard field goal for a 27-17 lead with 2:49 left. (Oddly enough, Brown had been Pittsburgh's kicker in the 2000 Eagles game.) This was Ryan Fitzpatrick's NFL debut for the Rams, and he led one of the craziest comebacks ever. After a touchdown with 26 seconds left, the Rams recovered an onside kick, kicked a 47-yard field goal, and then won in overtime. Again, an onside kick was needed to keep hope alive.

2009 Saints at Washington: Here is a very memorable game for Saints fans in their Super Bowl season. Washington actually had three first downs inside the 30 in the final five minutes, and a 23-yard field goal by Shaun Suisham should have put Drew Brees and the Saints away in a 30-23 game. Shockingly, Suisham was wide right on the kick with 1:52 left, keeping hope alive. Brees led the game-tying touchdown drive and the Saints eventually won 33-30 in overtime.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



People just throwing bags of weed at the Patriots players.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



Many bad players end up with superbowl rings due to being in the right place // right time.

For example, Peyton Manning got a Superbowl ring last year.

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Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



evilweasel posted:

Do you count if you're not on the 46 man active roster? They all get rings, of course, but do they get counted when people do "super bowl champions" if they're inactive/practice squad?

You don't get the flagging on like pro-football-reference for example (http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/N/NixoTa00.htm) but I mean, you've got the jersey and the ring, I know I'd call myself Superbowl Champion even if my contribution was limited to pretending to be half of Julio Jones in practice.

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