2016 NFL Season

[samurai8juice]

I blame Al Pacino AKA Falcons Owner for stepping on the field thinking he had the game won.

Matty Ice truly went ice cold second half.

A mostly mediocre second half from New England, just that Atlanta's defense played far below subpar.

Felt less like a comeback and more like a blown lead from persistent Atlanta mistakes.

Tom Brady knows from experience that he is the luckiest man on the planet. Second straight Super Bowl where the opponent has the victory in its fingertips, yet chokes away its opportunities.

 

[Northstar]

This is just getting weird now.

 

[BKGlover]

Goodell just got booed out of Houston.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

It doesn't matter which team you root for. We all can agree that Roger Goodell is a moron.

 

[Darla Starch]

Dear Patriots,

It's not you. I liked the comeback. It's Tom Brady. I can't elaborate without AUP violations.

 

[BKGlover]

Dear Patriots,

It's not you. I liked the comeback. It's Tom Brady. I can't elaborate without AUP violations.

.....In basic, clean terms, why? He's not the most humble, nor the most approachable, but I've worked with people I'd rank far below him.

 

[Dennisch]

This was probably the best comeback I've seen in the Superbowl and probably the best game too but it left an awful sour taste in my mouth. And I'm supposed to be a neutral spectator.

Odd.

 

[Blitz24]

.....In basic, clean terms, why? He's not the most humble, nor the most approachable, but I've worked with people I'd rank far below him.

My guess is the smugness that he and the Patriots feel that the world owed them one even though what they did was cheating.

This was probably the best comeback I've seen in the Superbowl and probably the best game too but it left an awful sour taste in my mouth. And I'm supposed to be a neutral spectator.

Odd.

You? Neutral? HA!

 

[Darla Starch]

My guess is the smugness that he and the Patriots feel that the world owed them one even though what they did was cheating.

Basically why.

 

[GTFan24]

Im done with the NFL...









See you in September!

Also,LMAO at Godell being booed out of Houston

 

[BKGlover]

My guess is the smugness that he and the Patriots feel that the world owed them one even though what they did was cheating.

How is it I'm the only one who doesn't get that? They've been smug before, sure, but I don't see it this go 'round. And the cheating thing, yeah it happened. What they did after was BS, what the NFL did after was BS, and they still ended up winning in the end. Do we want to claim EVERYTHING they do is cheating?...don't answer that, I assume they all cheat somehow anyway, it's just if they get caught doing it.

 

[girabyt3]

OMG, the fan reactions on youtube are like...

 

[girabyt3]

Sorry for double posting... That was an EXTREME BOO!!

And tbh...

Spoiler: I was going to pull a Cowboy's tattoo style thing lol

You will love this @Northstar. The Falcons'... Falcon lol

 

[Joel]

Why does evil always win

 

[Tyrone B]

I'm not going to lie,as a Saints fan, I do feel a degree of smug satisfaction seeing the dirty birds lose. However, there's a part of me that also really feels for the Atlanta's fanbase, however small it may actually be.

 

[Blitz24]

I'm not going to lie,as a Saints fan, I do feel a degree of smug satisfaction seeing the dirty birds lose. However, there's a part of me that also really feels for the Atlanta's fanbase, however small it may actually be.

The double combination of the biggest comeback ever by the Patriots and the 3rd largest comeback in playoff history (largest in Super Bowl history).

 

[GroupB]

I'm not going to lie,as a Saints fan, I do feel a degree of smug satisfaction seeing the dirty birds lose. However, there's a part of me that also really feels for the Atlanta's fanbase, however small it may actually be.

Saints fan as well, and I'm with Sean Payton 100%. He was asked earlier in the week if he would be pulling for the Falcons representing the NFC South in the Super Bowl and he said "No, we want them to have the worst day possible."

Well, it came true.

 

[Vinylshark]

Why is the Super Bowl trophy actually so small? Every year there's so much hype and fuss about the Super Bowl, that even people and media, who otherwise never talk about football, won't shut up about it, that you'd expect a huge trophy for the winners. Like something the size of the Stanley Cup.

 

[88GTA]

Yeah, born and bread pats fan, but that one was one he'll of a game, with maybe the best catches of that the end of regulation

Sorry, 2007 helmet catch by Tyree still trumps Edelman laying on 3 Falcons with his dirty, homeless beard.

All Atlanta had to do was kick that damn field goal. Instead they get into field goal range and keep throwing the ball, get sacked and take a holding call back to midfield... Atlanta's defense was on the field for practically the entire last quarter and a half and they were worst in the league at holding opponents to field goals in the red zone. When the Patriots recovered that fumble and pulled within one score, the game was over if Atlanta failed to sustain a drive.

I'm hoping in the Hall of Fame they put up an asterisk next to this dynasty, Darth Brady and Emperor Belichick. I used to not know where are the hate for the Yankees came from but now I can understand it. And as for Brady being the best of all time, I think he has the most accolades of all time with 5 Super Bowls and 4 MVPs and yada yada but the Greatest QB of All Time would never throw a lame duck pass into the endzone on 1st and goal from the 1 with a score winning you the championship. That was shades of Seattle gifting them a title two years ago when they deserved to lose. He's a tough SOB that will do anything to win but his defense won them that game.

 

[IforceV8]

That was a deflating experience.

 

[GTsail]

I agree that the Patriots defense came thru in the second half and stuffed the Atlanta Falcons, however IMO (admittedly a Pats fan, sorry), the Patriots offense should get equal credit for last night's amazing win. The Patriots offense scored 19 points in the 4th quarter, and overall, Brady threw for 466 yards, and the Patriots made 37 first downs which is a Super Bowl record, so Patriots offense certainly contributed to the win.

From my perspective, the Falcon's defense got tired in the second half and could no longer slow down the Pats offense. The Falcon's defense was just on the field too much throughout the entire game so that by the 4th quarter its not surprising that they were getting tired.

 

[TJ13]

I am just going to chime in after reading a lot of twitter and news comments.
That overtime rules need to be changed.

Each team should have a possession not just one if they score touchdown since one team is all offensive and one is all defenses.

NHL either team has a chance.
MLB same thing.
MLS.
See a pattern?

So why is it when something like this happens it needs to change. Like play it out. 10 minutes of extra fun for everyone not just who scores first.

 

[BKGlover]

I am just going to chime in after reading a lot of twitter and news comments.
That overtime rules need to be changed.

Each team should have a possession not just one if they score touchdown since one team is all offensive and one is all defenses.

NHL either team has a chance.
MLB same thing.
MLS.
See a pattern?

So why is it when something like this happens it needs to change. Like play it out. 10 minutes of extra fun for everyone not just who scores first.

There is a protocol for it, but it mandates the first team either doesn't score or just kicks a field goal.

It is slightly better than the outright 'sudden death' OT they used before.

 

[TJ13]

There is a protocol for it, but it mandates the first team either doesn't score or just kicks a field goal.

It is slightly better than the outright 'sudden death' OT they used before.

While yes but even then it still should be where a coin toss determines who wins.
Each team should get at lease an option of getting it once then after that then it is who scores next or just play OT like an actual quarter and whoever is ahead after that wins.

 

[BKGlover]

While yes but even then it still should be where a coin toss determines who wins.
Each team should get at lease an option of getting it once then after that then it is who scores next or just play OT like an actual quarter and whoever is ahead after that wins.

I'd go for that. One possession minimum, 15 minutes, 5 or 10 would also work, then play on as they normally do. I don't think the college approach of plonking it down on the 30 and basically playing horse is the way to go.

 

[samurai8juice]

Anything is better than the dreaded college overtime.

As long as it doesn't come to that point I'll be happy.

 

[Touring Mars]

I just saw the game now, and wow... what can you say about that?!

First of all, it was a classic match - another superb advert for NFL and a remarkable show. The Edelman catch will go down in history as one of the most remarkable moments in the history of the sport - at that point it looked like The Patriots were destined to win. Secondly, however, I just cannot get my head around how the Falcons threw it away - a bad choice of words though, since if only Ryan had thrown it away instead of allowing himself to be sacked at a crucial moment, then the Falcons would have won... an utterly disasterous play that Ryan and the Falcons will never live down. It's a great shame because up until that point they had played so well, but they blew it so badly it is almost on a par with the Seahawk's decision to pass at the end of Super Bowl XLIX.

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I went to extraordinary lengths today to avoid finding out the score - I couldn't watch the game live because it started at midnight UK time, and I had to be at work early this morning, so I recorded it. I avoided Facebook and my mobile phone all day, and only surfed safe threads on GTPlanet, avoiding all other websites. I didn't look at the free newspaper on my way to work, and even avoided looking at other people's computer screens and phones incase they were looking at a sports page. I also went straight home and didn't even go to the shop for a couple of extra beers just in case I saw a newspaper by mistake, or overheard someone talking about the game.

Unbelievably, just 100 yards from home, after 10 hours of successful avoidance of any unwanted news outlets, a guy ran past me (which has never happened in the 4 years I've lived here) wearing.... a 🤬 New England Patriots wooly hat.

 

[ryzno]

All I'll say is the new OT rules suck! (We)The Falcons didn't even get a chance to make a run in OT.
They should both be allowed an opportunity to score, if both teams score then enact sudden death. Also the no review on that score was BS!

 

[girabyt3]

Seeing WatchMojo.com's Top 10 right now

Spoiler: Only one phrase to say lol

 

[Robin]

Why is the Super Bowl trophy actually so small? Every year there's so much hype and fuss about the Super Bowl, that even people and media, who otherwise never talk about football, won't shut up about it, that you'd expect a huge trophy for the winners. Like something the size of the Stanley Cup.

Just look at The Ashes Trophy, the most prized thing in Cricket over here