New England Patriots

[SnoBrdr]

[madhatter]

William Tecumseh Brady marches through Atlanta and burns em to the ground...

[XtremeJibber2001]

[brownman]

Tom Brady left No Doubt to his mark on history
What a way to make your Mom proud!

Nice start to the second 50 Super Bowls, eh?
A simple coin toss decided that game. It was ovah at 28 all
Channeled Momentum is such a powerful force

See Ya Tuesday on City Hall Plaza

[Coydog]

After Julio Jones made that unreal catch well within FG distance, I couldn’t figure out why Atlanta didn’t run the ball to take time off the clock and make the easy kick for what would have been a virtually insurmountable lead at the very end of the game. Guess little Shanney tried to out-Belichick Belichick. He probably should have conferred with Pete Carroll on the wisdom of trying that.

[brownman]

Yup .. Seattle coaching hangover.
Those couple penalties had a big impact.
Kinda tough when facing a 3rd down and 33.

Julio is a beast. Falcons will be back.
Their LB Jones played a great game.

Do Duck Boats run on Snow tires?

[SnoBrdr]

After Julio Jones made that unreal catch well within FG distance, I couldn’t figure out why Atlanta didn’t run the ball to take time off the clock and make the easy kick for what would have been a virtually insurmountable lead at the very end of the game. Guess little Shanney tried to out-Belichick Belichick. He probably should have conferred with Pete Carroll on the wisdom of trying that.

Do the Pats scare or confuse some of the other coaches into blunders?

It sure seems that way.

[madhatter]

early on in the game the officials allowed too much leeway to the ATL defense in the way of holding and personal fouls ( the slam to the ground on the play before the brady INT specifically) that allowed the ATL defense to remain in a keyed up and aggressive state that was definitely getting to brady...none of teh calls/non calls affected the game directly but they did set the tone early on..ATL came out in the second half w the hillary gameplan...worked about as well too...

[brownman]

I don't think it was as much bad play calling as it was Atlanta's lack of possession time to help them determine any workable scheme.
The 2 Pats turnovers in the 1st half both led to quick scores. Aside from that, ATL had a couple big plays that also led to quick hits.
Those short stints were then followed by long spells on defense. Their defense was exhausted at the end.

Once the Pats got in Atlanta's head as a result of consistent late 3rd and 4th quarter attacks, they completely lost their edge. LB's and DBs were pointing at each other on some of those Pats receptions. No ATL team leadership or belief that they could hold on to victory.
They were doomed. Hightower's strip sack was the crusher. You saw and heard the momentum swing. The OT coin toss ended it.

Key question going forward .. how John Henry responds to the Parade pressure.
It's GREAT being a Boston Sports Fan !

[SnoBrdr]

Pats lose according to that great newspaper the Boston Globe.

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/02 ... front-page

But they also picked HRC.

[madhatter]

I don't think it was as much bad play calling as it was Atlanta's lack of possession time to help them determine any workable scheme.
The 2 Pats turnovers in the 1st half both led to quick scores. Aside from that, ATL had a couple big plays that also led to quick hits.
Those short stints were then followed by long spells on defense. Their defense was exhausted at the end.

Once the Pats got in Atlanta's head as a result of consistent late 3rd and 4th quarter attacks, they completely lost their edge. LB's and DBs were pointing at each other on some of those Pats receptions. I saw that too...No ATL team leadership or belief that they could hold on to victory.ehh I think they were convinced they had it won, so much so that they left their gameplan and just tried to hold on...exhaustion played a factor as well in the second half, the intensity just wasn't there on every play...couple injuries too...
They were doomed. Hightower's strip sack was the crusher. You saw and heard the momentum swing. The OT coin toss ended it. yep, felt like they just called PA for DJT...SO GREAT!!!

Key questionS going forward .. does brady become the first QB to need a second a hand to hold the jewels? and if so which finger does that first ring go on?can he win another one? two? how many more years can/will he play?how John Henry responds to the Parade pressure.
It's GREAT being a Boston Sports Fan !

so far removed from the squatting guy and the 85 bears game it's hardly even relevant...in fact it's even good to see old pat back every once in a while just to remember where ya came from...

[SnoBrdr]

I don't think it was as much bad play calling as it was Atlanta's lack of possession time to help them determine any workable scheme.
The 2 Pats turnovers in the 1st half both led to quick scores. Aside from that, ATL had a couple big plays that also led to quick hits.
Those short stints were then followed by long spells on defense. Their defense was exhausted at the end.

Once the Pats got in Atlanta's head as a result of consistent late 3rd and 4th quarter attacks, they completely lost their edge. LB's and DBs were pointing at each other on some of those Pats receptions. No ATL team leadership or belief that they could hold on to victory.
They were doomed. Hightower's strip sack was the crusher. You saw and heard the momentum swing. The OT coin toss ended it.

Key question going forward .. how John Henry responds to the Parade pressure.
It's GREAT being a Boston Sports Fan !

Pats D only really gave up 14 points to a team that scored well over 500 this season.

[Dickc]

[MrsG]

Congrats to all the Patriots and fans for a great parade . . . "We want six, we want six, we want six!!!!"

[brownman]

Long slog into Town this morning.
Crowd was Spectacular on City Hall Plaza!
Seemed the only guy missing was Mayor Menino.

Hoisting pints now at the Fours .. never gets old.