Daily Reminder That The Greatest Comeback Of All Time Actually

>Daily reminder that /sp/ is a casual board with little to no deep knowledge of the game of American football and will continue to slight the Patriots team and Bill's coaching prowess and assume it was all Brady

all thanks to the coin toss

>>74123197
No shit, sherlock.
/sp/ is only good for meming. If you haven't figured out that everyone here thinks the QB is all that matters, then you haven't been here long enough.

You sound like a sore Failcons fan.
You need to deal with the fact: Brady is the GOAT. No, he's not the nest individual QB player even today, but he has the best resume and that's all that matters.

>>74123199
>A coin toss scored 25 unanswered points
Wew lad

>>74123199
>25 unanswered points

We wuz gonna score dis teim.

I still can't believe it. It wasn't as shocking as XLIX, I think, because that game was more competitive and the patriots went from certain defeat to certain victory in one play just like that. This game the pats were getting destroyed, but simply wouldn't die. You could tell as soon as the pats get it to 16 the Falcons start to press as a team and there is a lot of time on the clock, there was a lot of hope in my heart as a pats fan. It is hard to believe they made every play down the stretch while Atlanta made none. Even down 28-3 the madden player in me was doing the math. Bill does the right thing taking that FG to cut it to 16, I don't know how many coaches would do that. It's a great comeback. I needed to see Brady fold before I gave up hope and he never did.

>>74123191
it's not a great comeback if a holding call is the reason it worked. it was a decent comeback that almost fell flat on its face. if this was a regular season game, nobody in the world would still be talking about it.

Guys i need to rape. I have a huge urge to rape my neighbors. I need help. Im going to lose control.

>>74123370
>>it would've been a failed comeback if it had failed.

Wew

>>74123386
no, i said it came very close to being a failed comeback, and the only reason it succeeded is because the falcons were penalized and brought back 23 yards. that's not exciting football, that's typical patriots 4th quarter good fortune.

>>74123293

pretty much how i felt too, especially the madden player in me playing out scenarios lol. I literally just rewatched this game its absolutely astonishing how they made every single play down the stretch. The defense played even better than it felt at the time on that rewatch. Unbelievable team effort.

I know, it happened 12 years ago in Istanbul.

>>74123615

This is better as it was equivalent to coming back 3-0 with 10 minutes to go.

also thats not even the best comeback in soccer, Man U 2 goals in injury time 99' was better

>>74123615
>that flag
>istanbul
hello britkek 'fugee :^)

>>74123632
Coming from 3-0 in football is almost impossible. Coming back from 1-0 down is a regular occurrence. Also we're talking about a Milan side with some of the best players in history and it was a mismatch. United 99 were way better than bayern in terms of individual quality and depth.

>>74123775
but this super bowl atlanta had the game by 25 points with only less than 20 minutes to play. there has never been a 25 point comeback in the history of the super bowls

>>74123803
there's only one way to score in soccer. there's about 15 different ways to score in football that happen on a regular basis, and probably like 40 or 50 overall.

>>74123830
and... it's very difficult to score a touchdown in a super bowl especially with that kind of time and pressure coming back

>>74123199

>7-1

>>74123199
>7-1

they were down 28-3 you faggot

inexcusable

>>74123803
Istanbul happened in an actual relevant sport though.

It's not like Steven Bradbury's gold in 2002 is the best comeback of all

>>74123392
t. Rex Ryan

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>>74123199

>>74123199

What if there's a universe where Brazil came back from 7-1?

that'd really be somethin

>>74123704
What is 2005 CL final

>>74123860
not with the way atlanta's defense was playing in the second half.

>>74124175
>americans caring for a sport not averaging 2 commercials a minute

>>74123199
> coin toss scored 25 points
> huemonkeys mad that no matter how bad an American team chokes 7-1 will forever be the epitome of failure

Liverpool v AC Milan tier

>>74123615
reminder that Clarence seedorf literally said "zis does not fockin slip lads" and then he literally slipped and Liverpool won on penalties

Daily reminder Tom Brady has more rings than 28 NFL teams have in their entire history. Muh parity

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>>74123199

>>74123392
>the only reason it succeeded is because the falcons were penalized and brought back 23 yards

What bullshit.
On 1st down, Pats killed a rush for a 2 yard loss.
On 2nd down, Pats sacked Ryan.
On 3rd down, Chris Long blew past the left tackle, so the tackle grabbed Long by the neck to prevent another sack.

That is called great, clutch defense. Those plays BY THE PATS DEFENSE killed Atlanta's chance to put the game away.

I almost feel too bad to shitpost. Like, if this choke happened to my team it would emotionally destroy me, holy fuck. That game was the kind of shit that makes people stop watching football.

How do you fuck up that badly?

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>>74123191
Yeah like 25 years ago.

>>74125010
no this happened on sunday of this year (2017).

>>74123199
That's implying that if they lost the coin toss the defense wouldn't have stopped the Falcons offense and still scored.

Also, if the Falcons won the coin toss and scored would you be saying that they won the game "thanks to a coin toss."

Watch more football before you make dinduish comments like that

>>74125041
>25 is more than 32

Betsy DeVos literally got confirmed 5 minutes ago and she's already destroying American education.

>>74123199
nigger they had a 25 point lead. dont bitch about a coin toss. win in regulation

>>74124252
>muh parity

Getting tired of you stupid foreign idiots saying this, stop watching our sports if you are just going to complain about something as insignificant as this. New England is good because their organization is run well from the top to the bottom. Kraft is a great owner who hires fantastic staff, Belichick is a genius coach who understands the game and players skills like no other, and Brady is an elite quarterback in skill and tenacity. Put all of those together mixed with the fact that they can manage to keep their unbreakable formula going for so long and of course you are going to get perennial winners.

So why the fuck does parity matter in this case? What sport has unequivocal parity? You are always going to get dominant teams/players when they are dominant simply by design. And even then, you're acting like the Pats have won every Super Bowl in the past 16 years, when in reality they have faced loads of challenges to get where they are. That's the whole reason why people hate the Pats. Deep down inside all fans want to see the top guys get knocked down. Good sports don't pit equal teams against equal teams in every single game, in every single season. You don't get the satisfaction that Giants fans got when you inevitably defeat the big bad dynasty.

Parity doesn't mean anything

So how can anyone defend overtime being decided before both teams have a chance to win?
Imagine if it was that way in basketball and the game was decided by who had the taller nigger to win the tipoff and then go make a layup

>>74125264
The Defense has just as much a chance as stopping the offense though. Just because someone gets the ball doesnt mean they can drive down the field. You automatically assume that if the falcons had gotten it they wouldve won when the Patriots Defense shut them down in the second half.

>>74125264
Because my team won

>>74125281
And you automatically assume that they wouldn't.
The fact of the matter is that there should never be assumptions in naming a winner of a sporting contest, nfl overtime can result in an assumpted win

At the very least Atlanta should have had a drive of their own to try and match the patriots'. The better solution is just a full period and so on until someone is ahead at the end of a period

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>>74125264
why does everyone forget that the patriots would have had possession of the ball at the start of overtime following normal quarter rules.

if you want to bitch about sudden death go ahead, but the toss was fair.

>>74125264
>So how can anyone defend overtime being decided before both teams have a chance to win?
Atlanta had a fucking chance to win when they were up by 25 goddamn points with 17 minutes left in regulation

>>74123370
so, in other words, it was a great comeback

>>74124189
That was not their fault tbqh. They were in the field like 2/3 of the game time. They were literally ded by the end of the game

>>74125264
It's obviously a shitty rule, but football is won by offense and by defense. The Falcons defense had a chance to stop them, or hold them to a FG.

I think the rule should change, but I don't think the college shoot out rules would translate to the NFL. The overtime period should be like the NBA, put 10 minutes on the clock and whoever is winning when the time expires, wins.

>>74123197
but bill is a better coach than brady is a qb
I don't think anyone on /sp/ would disagree you idiot

>>74125381
you mean overexertion is a possibility and should be accounted for in hundred million dollar sporting organizations with a basic appreciation of planning and strategy?

>>74125344
all of this situational evidence just because the outcome you wanted happened. if Atlanta had won the toss and then scored a td and won after getting their shit pushed in for 20 minutes would that have been 'fair' since ne 'should' have had the ball?

>>74125353
more situational confirmation that doesn't actually justify the shitty rules

>>74125389
No, because whoever wins the coin toss will have more possessions.
In the current format, the winner of the toss wins 54% of the time. That is the fairest system they have looked at.

>>74124142
>What if there's a universe where Brazil came back from 7-1?
if brazil had come back and won that game 8-7, it would without a doubt be the greatest game of any sport ever played period.
but coming back down 28-3, would be like coming back from a 4-0 deficit in a game of footy. still would be impressive.

>>74125427
Is there a source to that 54%?

First i'm hearing of it, That's a lot closer than I would have thought. Maybe the rule is fine then.

>>74125427
>No, because whoever wins the coin toss will have more possessions.

>every possession takes the same amount of time
>there's no such thing as clock management
Oh
>tftf

>>74125389
I just don't understand how this passes through your mind as a good argument or something profound.

Also basketball and football aren't really comparable. And the tip off at least involves direct player action, not flipping a coin for a big advantage.

>>74125453
What drugs are you on? Unless their is a turnover, possessions alternate. The ream receiving first will never have less possessions, but may have more.

Jesus Christ I'm glad for your own sake that you babies weren't watching football yet back when the OT games could be ended by just a field goal.

Remember when you could just kick a FG in OT and win the game? exactly, they changed this to you have to now score a td on first drive other it alternates until sudden death. They already made changes to OT, and its much. There several long contested OT games this year even ties. If you thinking Atlanta losing is unfair, then maybe they should have gotten good players on defense rather then try to win with their meme offense that they used all their high draft picks on. Stay mad faggots.

>>74125521
I've been watching football for 20 years. I always argued how stupid it was for a team to win a coin flip and then be able to win the game with a FG without the other team being given a chance to respond. I argued they should get an equal number of possessions.

I was glad the rule was changed, but I don't understand how they decide to change that rule yet make it halfassed and only marginally better.

>>74125450
I can't be arsed to dig it up. It is just a simple count of games, if you want to go to PFR stats.
Here is one saying teams score on the first drive 46% of the time, including FGs. That means the other team nearly always gets a possession.

http://a.espncdn.com/nfl/columns/clayton_john/1457923.html

>>74123199
surely the falcons in full collapse mode would have came back against super saiyan autism mode brady

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>this is the alternate universe where the Patriots won Superbowl 49 and Superbowl 51

>>74125410
What I'm saying is that Atlanta's problem was not the defense but the offense that was unable to stay for long on the field with quite a bunch of 3 and outs

>>74125450
>Since the NFL instituted its new overtime rules, there have been 87 overtime games. Five have been ties, and the team to get the ball first has won 45 of the remaining 82. That’s 54.8%.
https://theringer.com/nfl-overtime-rules-super-bowl-li-patriots-falcons-62316a6f8e3c#.2jsu30ggh

>>74125571
I always root for the Patriots over the last 10 years. I'm happy with the result.

However not being a moron from Boston I can admit that the overtime rules are inherently unfair and largely precipitate on the variance of a coin flip.

>>74125491
Because the coin flip didn't decide the game. There's equal oppurtunity for the Offense to score a TD or the Defense to force a Punt/FG.

And as far as I'm concerned, there's no statistical data to support that winning the coin toss gives you an advantage.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/2he0en/the_true_stats_of_nfl_overtime/

This one states that team won 34% of games on the first possession, but this was back when field goals could win it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/2h30h8/statistical_look_at_the_new_ot_rules/

This one shows that 7 of the 42 game sample (16%) were won on a first drive TD after winning the coin toss.


So unless you show me something different, winning the coin toss is anything but a guaranteed TD/win.

>>74125668
Even if it isn't decided on the first drive, if the team that won the coin flip scores on their second drive even with a FG the game is over without the other team having another chance to respond. That's clearly an advantage.

>>74125389
>10 min clock
It would be a field goal fest again. The same way it was when overtime rules were "1st team to score wins".
The new rule at least gives teams an incentive to score a touchdown.

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This one was more satisfying.

>>74125690
Okay, but according to this article >>74125643 , in the NCAA shootout system, Teams flip a coin to decide who plays offense first or second, and the team going 2nd has won 55% of games, because they know whether or not they need a TD or simply a field goal to win.

The article states that the team on offense first wins 54.8% of overtime games in the NFL, while the team that goes 2nd in college wins 54.9% of games.

There's no better alternative to the current rule in the NFL.

>>74124211
Kill yourself please.

>>74125735
Remove FGs in overtime. Both teams must score TDs and receive an equal number of possessions.

>>74125853
But there's no guarantee in that scenario that there's a 50/50 chance of victory going 1st or 2nd. Im honestly fine with 55% to 45%, that's not a big advantage at all. Its impossible to remove luck from sports.

Who's to say the coin toss was anymore lucky than Edelman's catch? Or Atlanta's clock management? Or Atlanta's play calling?

So many things had to go right for the Patriots in that 2nd half, their execution was great, but they were also very lucky.

And even with all that, Atlanta still had a chance to stop them in OT.

>>74125758
announcing reports isn't allowed bye retard

>>74125922
"they had a chance to stop them" is simply a terrible argument.

Comparing coin flips to lucky catches or plays also just plain terrible.

>>74125974
I mean it's so easily made an absurdity.

Why not flip a coin to see which team gets 2 offensive possessions for the other team's 1. Football is both offense and defense, and the other team still has a chance to stop them, right? There are lucky plays like when a ball bounces off the foot of a running defensive player and a different offensive player than the one that was targeted catches, so you can't completely remove "luck" why try to make it as fair as possible?

>>74125974
>"they had a chance to stop them" is simply a terrible argument.
make the counter-argument then

>>74126003
The counter argument is self-evident. Both teams should get an equal number of possessions. Saying the defense "has a chance to stop them" isn't fair.

>>74125974
I never said it was a good argument. But you could conceivably find issues with any other OT alternative. My point is, it'll never be perfectly fair for both sides.

>28-3
>defense plays soft, gives up td
>get ball back
>2nd and 1 late 3rd qtr, fuck it up badly
>get sacked 3rd down
>punt
>defense cant stop pats, give up fg
>next drive 2nd and 2, get stuffed up the middle
>3rd down, strip sack trying to pass even tho a run would have gotten 1st down
>defense gives up td
>pats score improbable 2 pt conversion
>next drive bring the ball all they way down field on julios insane catch
>give up sack
>next play, holding penalty
>next play, thrown over wr's head
>have to punt
>pats have to go 91 yards for a change to tie the game, thisisitrighthere.jpg
>legendary drive, pats score
>moment of truth, 2 pt conversion is good
>pats make impossible comeback possible
>atlanta still has a change
>throw a couple check down throws for a few yards instead of throwing it down field
>OT, Brady makes incredible throws with tremendous poise that pretty much no other qb can do
>td white, game set match
>greatest comeback of all time

but no...m..mmmuh cointoss

>keepcryingbitchnigga.jpg

>>74126085
Are you incapable of looking at the bigger picture? That game itself is irrelevant to the discussion, and quite probably if it had gone the other way Boston area fans would be on here crying everyday.

>>74126105

>being this mad

actually anyone bitching about the cointoss is not looking at the bigger picture tbqh. the point is, out of all the things that transpired in the game, and there were several dozen of things that needed to happen for that outcome, you seriously think the cointoss decided the fate of everything? you can't be this fucking retarded.

>>74125264
This.
The Falcons Defense is not actually a part of the Atlanta Falcons team. Therefore, each team did not get a """fair""" chance

>>74125416
>all these assumptions
>all this salt

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>mfw people are going to be this mad until the next season starts

>mfw tom is just gonna win again and cause earth shaking levels of ass pain

>>74123197
>bill belichick made Brady throw all those strikes

>>74126145
No, idiot. I rooted for the Patriots, I'm very happy they won. Especially since shitlibs were making it a political statement that nignog Atlanta was winning.

That being said, the overtime rules are shit and unfair. Period. Get your head out of your ass.

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>>74126150
The fact that you think this is a good line is truly astounding. I'm putting your IQ not higher than 95, but I'm sure you'll respond that it's actually 150, plus you have a 10 inch dick and 10 million in the bank.

>>74123352
saved

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>>74126183
>the overtime rules are shit and unfair.
Genuinely curious: How old are you? Did you watch the NFL when defense mattered?

>>74126183

>b..b..but atlanta deserved a chance to win

honestly, the only scenario atlanta could lose is by giving up a td. If your defense led by your defensive minded coach can't stop the other team from scoring a td with the fucking superbowl on the line of all things, then you don't deserve to fucking win. end of story.

>>74126203
Just stop, hun. Nobody agrees with you

Still no webm of the comeback.

>>74126216
28, have been watching since the 90s.

Saying the defense has a chance to stop them is a really dumb argument, man. How many teams elect to kick off when they win the coin flip? Exactly.

>>74126243
Belichick did in 2013 (against the record setting Broncos), and won the game.

>>74126226
>ooh mm-my gg-g-od it's a fuckin retarded memer that couldn't pull logic out of his ass if it hit him over the head with a hammer

>>74126257
Good lord.

IN OVERTIME.

How many teams elect to kick IN OVERTIME. Electing to kick off first in first half and receive it first in second half isn't the same thing as electing to kick instead of receive in overtime with no guarantee you get equal number of possessions.

>>74126262

bro you're the one with no logic here, the game goes on even with giving up a fg, the last thing you can't do is give up a td. You really think if Atlanta won the toss, that the pats would have shit the bed and given up a td?

>>74126284
THE GAME WAS TIED 31-31

GOING INTO OVERTIME

PATS WON THE TOSS

ELECTED TO KICK THE BALL

TO THE 2013 RECORD SETTING DENVER BRONCOS OFFENSE

AND THE PATS LATER WON 34-31

ON A FIELD GOAL

you fucking pheasant.

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>>74123197
>Daily reminder that it is done intentionally to make you mad.

Type bandwagon again, just for me baby.

>>74126288
The result of this game is irrelevant to the bigger discussion of the rules themselves.

I don't give a fuck that Atlanta lost. The overtime rules are not ideal.

>>74126243
>Saying the defense has a chance to stop them is a really dumb argument, man
You keep saying that but you've failed to support the claim. It seems like it's an emotionally based argument. Poor form. Sad!

>>74126302
So you got your "gotcha" and all caps in glee because I don't remember every single game ever. Retard.

Anyway here's why Bill did it:
"The wind, it was a strong wind," Belichick said after his team's 34-31 win. "We just had to keep them out of the end zone, obviously. I just felt like the wind would be an advantage if we could keep them out of the end zone on that first drive. We were able to do that. The wind was significant in the game, it was definitely significant."

All things being equal, he wouldn't have elected to receive. It was a strategy based on the wind.

>all this arguing over number of possessions in ot
>teams can't end up with an uneven number of possessions in regulation
why don't we get rid of the 60 minute clock and give each team 12 possessions instead?

>>74126374
"Offense should have a chance to score."

>>74126403
It's balanced because each team starts a half receiving the ball on kickoff. In OT one team receives the ball first, they will at worst get equal number of possessions. The other team potentially doesn't get a possession at all.

>>74123199
>getting anally raped as a host country on the worlds biggest stage
7e1

>>74124252
Aren't you the guy spamming Brady hate after the afccg? How does it feel?

>>74126420
Why are you arbitrarily separating offense and defense. The Atlanta Falcons are the Atlanta Falcons.
Football is a team game and their team lost

Yeah, in 1993

Finally /sp/ will stop memeing about the 18-1.

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>>74126538
Pure sophistry.

>>74126596
It really was on its last legs after XLIX but this was the nail in the coffin.

>>74125078
>American education is destroyed NOW

Sorry senpai American education has been shit for years

>>74125010
>>74125078

Super Bowl > Wild Card round overshadows the 7 point difference. Plus at least the Oilers scored something even if just a field goal during the Bills comeback. When the Patriots started their comeback the Falcons did shit the rest of the game.

>>74123775
>>74124229

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool was bigger come back than the Istanbul.

Liverpool were up 3-0, till last 10 mins. Crystal Palace came back and scored 3 goals and tied the game 3-3. That lead to Liverpool losing the top spot in the second final week or final week of the season and Man.City won that year.

All of this arguing that the OT rules need to be changed.
Evidence provided that the advantage is only 4% for the coin toss winner, better than any other system tried in college or NFL. 4%.

The response is
>its not ideal
>its not fair
Not one suggestion on how to make the tiny 4% advantage smaller. I guess this thread is finished.

All the falcons had to do was stuff ONE of the 2pt conversions and its all over. They missed FOUR end zone stops and they deserve to lose.

Maybe for the NFL overtime is not a fairyland of participation trophies but "Fuck all you guys, you are supposed to win in regulation but y'all fucked up. Here have some sudden death and then 'fuck outta here. "

>>74125640
Feels bretty fucking great

>>74125704
this

seattle was also a championship team with a stack D with future HOFers and the only coach in the league comparable to BB

they were loaded

atlanta had matty lukewarm and a retard for an OC that got lucky for like 3.5 quarters then reality kicked in

49 was better if you were actually a pats fan that lived through 18-1 and the ten year drought

this one was good to have but not instrumental to brady's or bill's legacy or really the pats legacy

if the pats lost 49 we would be talking about the seahawks dynasty and how the pats couldn't win without cheating

also 49 had the insane kearse catch that was tyree catch on steroids then a minute later butler intercepts the pass

that was the biggest swing of emotion i've ever had in a sporting event.

51 was just like a slow collapse by atlanta. they just seemed incompetent and not worthy of even being on the same field by the end of it.

>>74132143
That comeback drive at the end was beautiful too.

Then 18-1 flashbacks started happening, and Butler comes in like a superhero with Browner leading the pack and GOD DAMN

>>74125264
Propose a better playoff system. Keep in mind mind that the team that gets the ball second in the current college format wins 65% of the time, because they have an innate advantage knowing what the opposing team already did (they know they have 4 downs/only need a FG). I. The current NFL format, the receiving team wins 50.4% of the time.

Give me a better system. I'll wait.

>>74132272
also deflate gate was happening right before the game!

bill had to waste like a whole day explaining why footballs were under pressure and trying to do high school physics experiments to sports reporters.

can you imagine the story if brady lost?

nothing but endless shitposting about deflated balls being the only reason he was good. Then he would have been suspended the first 4 games of next season.

the lead up to this year's SB was nothing in comparison.

>>74132377
The lead up to this year was comparable, if not better.

>suspended for 4 games on the same bullshit
>still win 3 of those games with literal whos
>Brady comes out swinging from day 1
>breaks TD/Int record
>great record
>greatest SB comeback in history
>tons of records broken
Glorious

>>74123293
>Even down 28-3 the madden player in me was doing the math.
>the madden player in me

Topcringe

>>74125078
I like you. You're a funny cat.

>>74123352
goat fucker

>>74125331
I never understood why football can't just have an extra quarter, or at least a half quarter.

Who scores first just fucking kills me.
It is an advantage for whoever wins the coinflip, and a person would be a damn fool to not recognize that.

Football is is full of 10 play drives and shit.

>>74132768
The advantage is 5%, the smallest they can design.

As an example, playing an extra quarter means the winner of the coin toss probably gets an extra possession. If you give each team one possession, the winner of the coin toss defers, because going second means you know what you need to win. Everyone bitches about the system, but nobody had a fairer one.


Remember, the Falcons allowed a 75 yd drive in OT to lose. Only 30% of all drives end in a touchdown, and it is much, much lower when starting at the 25.

>>74132875
They should just guarantee each team 2 possessions
10 minute clock for each drive.
If they score, kickoff and switch over. If they turn over, drive;s over next team tries.
If it's a turnover for points like a pick-6, that counts as a scoring drive.
If it's still tied after all that, take turns attempting field goals from yardage increasing by 15 yards or something.

>>74132768
The team that wins the toss in OT literally wins 54% percent of the time. It's basically an insignificant advantage.

>>74132768
hey retard, they just played 4. The game does have to end.

>>74132977
Team 1 punt.
Team 2 FG.
Team 1 TD.
Team 2 now KNOWS what they need to win. They are going 4 downs, no matter what.
Look at college football. The advantage is to get possession second, instead of first. And winning the coin flip is something like a 6% advantage.

>>74126243
Belichick literally kicks almost every time. I was actually worried he was gonna kick it when they won the coin toss lol

>>74123197
>because he has a team that doesn't shit the bed means he isn't actually the GOAT

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>>74126183

>>74133977
If you have a really good defense, it makes sense.
Kickoff to the 2 yard line, opponent returns to the 15 or so.
Hold opponent, return punt, you have the ball at your 40.
Gain 25 yards of offense and you are in FG range.
Game over.

If you do some research, that was the standard strategy in the 1990's, before the OT and DPI rule changes.

The second team has one advantage which is that they can potentially win on a field goal, whereas the first team would need a touchdown to secure victory.

Also, defense is part of the team -- about one half actually. They trot out onto the field to play football, just like the opposing offense.

The first team has an overall advantage, however it becomes small and negligible in comparison to other more important factors such as game momentum, player endurance, play calling, clutchness, etc.

Don't expect a change.

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>>74132529
This pic sums up the season

>>74123370
>biggest comeback in superbowl history
>'okay' comeback
>nobody in the world would still be talking about it

Typically it's a good idea to actually know what you're talking about before you lecture people.

>>74126596
7-1 is a much better meme anyway.

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>>74132143
Everyone post yfw Kearse catch

and its forever

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>>74135224
>NOT AGAIN DAMMIT

actually thought the same when Jones got his catch

well if there was any SB curse against the Patriots.. its completely gone now

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>>74135095
dope facebook image dood.

>>74127113
the bills did their comeback without their starting qb and rb, so no jim kelly and thurman thomas

>greatwst comevack ever
Ive seen college teams come back from like 40 points in bowl games

>>74123191
The browns have the biggest road comeback of all time don't be an idiot

>>74123191
Hey fellas, did this really happen?

>>74132766
Leaf blower

>>74143626
Must be that radiation poisoning

>>74123191


Cant believe this shit keeps happening.


Love being a pats fan.

>the city of fatlanta and xeattle

>>74123191

thank you for reminding me of this

>>74123370
Its a fact the team that scores more than the team they are playing, said team will usually win 100% of the time

oooofff

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>>74138229
Nice flag, I'll add it to my collection.

>>74131110
Speaking of, you know Belichick has been doing that "fake bad snap direct to the running back" play for well over a decade now, and the Falcons didn't seem prepared to blow it up.

>>74123199
spbp

How does he do it?

Is the prevent defense a scam used to rig games?

>>74123392
>the falcons were penalized and brought back 23 yards
Maybe, just maybe they were shook and started playing sloppy and committing penalties to try and stop the momentum.

Also, fuck you.

tom brady i love you man thank you for everything you've done for me and my family

>>74123191

thanks for reminding me

>>74123199
So you would rather we DONT follow the rules? you anti-pats fags are fucking retarded.

> the coin came back from 3-28
Why didn't IT get the MVP then?

Quick /sp/

Your team is up 25 points with over a quarter left to play in the biggest game of the season

What do you do next?

>>74155198

run the ball

>>74155198
drop back

>>74124252
How many consecutive scudettos has the Juve by now, Piero?

>>74126284
>you

>>74155198
Not stop playing

warrior bandwagon here

failcons choke hurt me more than the warriors choke and i fucking hate atlanta

i would legit stop watching sports if something like that happened to my nfl team

>>74155198
RUN UP THE SCORE

>>74155198
fall down 3 times, punt on 4th down, still do better than whatever the falcons did

>>74126284
Doesn't matter, statistics show there is virtually no advantage to going either way. It's something like the receiving team wins 50.9% of the time or some shit.

>>74155198
Slip

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>>74123370
>if the comeback didn't comeback, it wouldnt have been a comeback that everyone dubbed the greatest comback in the history of combacks.
The shitty of ATL, population; bitter

>>74154980
Look up what a prevent defense is, then post when ATL played prevent. The answer will be not 1 play of the game.

>DA BOMB
>DA BOMB
>DA BOMB
>DA BOMB
>FG BLOCK

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>>74123370
>it's not a great comeback if <insert reason> is the reason it worked. it was a decent comeback that almost fell flat on its face. if this was a regular season game, nobody in the world would still be talking about it.

options:
>holding call
>a sack
>bad play calling
>poor clock management
>wasted timeouts
>a circus catch
>a coin toss
>a missed interception

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>>74126232
da catch

>>74143221
they still have to go 19-0 vs. Eli to exorcise the demons completely, my friend

>>74157061
well, any team better than those Giants were would also work I guess

>>74132143
This, but only slightly. 49 was better, but not by alot since 51 is still objectively the best superbowl of all time

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>>74143626
>Alabama vs. Bumfuck Who Gives A Shit University

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>>74157044
>I CAUGHT IT!!! I CAUGHT IT!!!
MFW