![]() ![]() Lose the Super Bowl and, even as your record insists that you’re the NFL’s second-biggest winner, you’re branded a loser. Win the Super Bowl and you’re showered with confetti and handed a trophy and you go to Disney World. There’s not much in the way of a Falcons antecedent, but what there is elicits a similar gulp: The 1998 team was 14-2 after botching the Super Bowl every which way, the 1999 Birds went 5-11. Nick Ziegler, Musket Fire Post-Game (Falcons): Super collapse could stunt young Falcons ![]() The Patriots making the adjustment to use White more was one of the reasons why they were able to finally have success against the Falcons in the second half. White may not have won the Super Bowl MVP, however, he was certainly deserving. The 14 receptions White was able to total was a new Super Bowl record, and a majority of them came in the second half. It was a bit surprising to see White not win the Super Bowl MVP, as he was a key part of the comeback win. In the comeback win, White totaled six rushes, 29 rushing yards, two rushing touchdowns, 14 receptions, 110 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown. However, that would change in the Super Bowl. He was able to total 60 receptions, 551 receiving yards, and five receiving touchdowns.ĭespite the good regular season, White was a non-factor in the two previous playoff games for the Patriots. In the regular season, White was a pretty good receiver out of the backfield for the Patriots. With a need for changes, the Patriots made adjustments in the second half. Panthers Buccaneers Saints Jets Dolphins Steelers Broncos Colts Texans Giants Post-Game (Patriots): James White should’ve been Super Bowl MVP Panthers ( Cat Scratch Reader) Saints ( Canal Street Chronicles) Colts ( Stampede Blue) Steelers ( Behind the Steel Curtain) Texans ( Battle Red Blog) Matt Ryan tosses an easy touchdown to Tevin Coleman (28-3 ATL) James White scores a touchdown, but Stephen Gostkowski misses the extra point (28-9 ATL) Say what now? (28-9 ATL) AHEM! (28-12 ATL) Dont’a Hightower sacks Matt Ryan, Patriots recover the fumble (28-12 ATL) Danny Amendola scores a touchdown, Patriots get the two-point conversion to make it a one-possession game (28-20 ATL) Julio Jones is a freak (28-20 ATL) Reaction from Packers fans ( Acme Packing Company) Matt Ryan takes a critical sack on 2nd down (28-20 ATL) Falcons get into field goal range, but Jake Matthews commits a blatant hold to kill the drive (28-20 ATL) Julian Edelman pulls off the impossible (28-20 ATL) Reactions from Giants fans ( Big Blue View) James White scores a 1-yard touchdown, Danny Amendola forces overtime on a two-point conversion (28-28) Patriots easily march down the field, James White muscles his way in for the Super Bowl winning touchdown (34-28 NE FINAL) Niners Nation reacts to Kyle Shanahan’s playcalling meltdown Reactions from the. LaGarrette Blount gets stuffed on 3rd and 1, forcing New England to punt (0-0) Trey Flowers sacks Matt Ryan on 3rd down, forcing Atlanta to punt (0-0) Grady Jarrett levels Tom Brady, forcing another Patriots punt (0-0) LaGarrette Blount fumbles on potential scoring drive, Falcons recover (0-0) Devonta Freeman strides in for the first touchdown of the game (7-0 ATL) Matt Ryan throws a touchdown to Austin Hooper (14-0 ATL) Falcons get penalized for holding on 3rd down for the third time on New England’s drive (14-0 ATL) Tom Brady throws a pick 6 to Robert Alford (21-0 ATL) Taylor Gabriel wrecks Malcolm Butler’s ankles (21-3 ATL) Bonus reactions from the. ![]() You’ll also see additional reactions across the SB Nation NFL blogosphere. What better way to close out Enemy Reaction for the 2016 season than to chronicle one of the craziest games in NFL history? The game thread reactions are courtesy of Pats Pulpit and The Falcoholic (Note: their positions will be flipped after 28-9). I know the Field Gulls contingent was overwhelmingly rooting for the Falcons to win, myself included, but even I had to smile and appreciate what unfolded after Atlanta went up 28-3, and then hurriedly run to my car and listen on radio after my entire block briefly lost power literally at the two-minute warning. James White’s determined two-yard run gave New England a truly improbable 34-28 win. It took a record-setting 25-point comeback and the first ever overtime in Super Bowl history for the Patriots to stun the Atlanta Falcons at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. A little over two years after Trent Dilfer famously declared the New England Patriots as “not good anymore” following a 41-14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, the Patriots have hoisted their second Super Bowl title in the last three years, and their fifth since the 2001 season.
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