Super Bowl LI: The Atlanta perspective

[Mystic Merlin]

Be angrier at the officials for not calling the 14 holds or calling Eli in the grasp on the Tyree play.

 

[Mugsy's Walk-Off Bunt]

Right. It simply did not go through his hands. Not sure why people consistently mis-state it. The only question for me in re him fucking up is if he mis-timed his jump. But to his fingertips like that, it would have been a great catch.

Right. A great catch. All I'm disputing is the idea it would've been a MIRACLE catch. It wouldn't have. He should have had it, imo.

 

[dcmissle]

Be angrier at the officials for not calling the 14 holds or calling Eli in the grasp on the Tyree play.

Perspective leads to the conclusion that most often it evens out. Buffalo Bills excepted. Pats "should" have won both SBs against the Giants. They "should" have lost the last two against Seattle and Atlanta. Lynch eventually would have gotten in. No sack and no holding penalty in this last game, the FG most probably gets made and the comeback falls short barring an inside kick recovery.

5 and 2 feels right. Atlanta's task is get back to THE game a couple more times to give themselves a chance.

 

[Conigliaro's Potential]

Perspective leads to the conclusion that most often it evens out. Buffalo Bills excepted. Pats "should" have won both SBs against the Giants. They "should" have lost the last two against Seattle and Atlanta. Lynch eventually would have gotten in. No sack and no holding penalty in this last game, the FG most probably gets made and the comeback falls short barring an inside kick recovery.

5 and 2 feels right. Atlanta's task is get back to THE game a couple more times to give themselves a chance.

Good perspective.

Incidentally, when do you last remember a team unsuccessfully trying an onside kick (in a non-surprise situation) and still winning the game? I mean, has that ever happened before?

 

[RG33]

This was really well done. I hope to see the Falcons in LII.

 

[dcmissle]

Good perspective.

Incidentally, when do you last remember a team unsuccessfully trying an onside kick (in a non-surprise situation) and still winning the game? I mean, has that ever happened before?

Dunno. I do know that 4 years of the last 10 we've had knife edge SB outcomes -- the Tyree catch, the Manningham catch (and Welker non-catch), Carroll electing to throw at the goal line, and last week. Oh, and then there is Seattle getting ref robbed against Pittsburgh. So that .500 batting average for flukey outcomes -- games decided on a play or two. Forewarned is forearmed. Odds be damned.

 

[Ale Xander]

Stay classy, Zoo Atlanta

 

[BigSoxFan]

Dunno. I do know that 4 years of the last 10 we've had knife edge SB outcomes -- the Tyree catch, the Manningham catch (and Welker non-catch), Carroll electing to throw at the goal line, and last week. Oh, and then there is Seattle getting ref robbed against Pittsburgh. So that .500 batting average for flukey outcomes -- games decided on a play or two. Forewarned is forearmed. Odds be damned.

Don't forget Baltimore/SF and Pitt/Arizona. Lots of close ones lately, which is great.

 

[Saints Rest]

Don't forget Baltimore/SF and Pitt/Arizona. Lots of close ones lately, which is great.

Agreed. The blowouts of the mid-80's to mid-90's have been replaced by mostly competitive games, going back to 1997.

 

[InstaFace]

All hail the salary cap.

 

[heavyde050]

Perspective leads to the conclusion that most often it evens out. Buffalo Bills excepted. Pats "should" have won both SBs against the Giants. They "should" have lost the last two against Seattle and Atlanta. Lynch eventually would have gotten in. No sack and no holding penalty in this last game, the FG most probably gets made and the comeback falls short barring an inside kick recovery.

5 and 2 feels right. Atlanta's task is get back to THE game a couple more times to give themselves a chance.

I agree with 99% of the post, but Seattle never should have been down at the goal line.
That Kearse catch was insane.
I tend to think that the Pats should probably be 6-1
as other than the Atlanta game, the Pats had the lead late in each Super Bowl.

 

[Curt S Loew]

I agree with 99% of the post, but Seattle never should have been down at the goal line.
That Kearse catch was insane.
I tend to think that the Pats should probably be 6-1
as other than the Atlanta game, the Pats had the lead late in each Super Bowl.

You can't really say this. You don't know what may have happened if he doesn't catch it. Maybe they score a TD on the next play. Point being all these games were close. 5-2 is pretty damn good.

 

[heavyde050]

You can't really say this. You don't know what may have happened if he doesn't catch it. Maybe they score a TD on the next play. Point being all these games were close. 5-2 is pretty damn good.

You are correct and 5-2 is great.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Kearse catch also was on first down. Second and ten with timeouts on the 39 is still pretty good and they were moving the ball. It's like saying that if Edelman doesn't make his catch, then the Falcons would have won.

 

[j-man]

i feel Atl will be a 8-8 type team next year had they hire a WCO Kile lite as OC i couild see 12 wins but with stark at OC and only 1 eilte player on Off i see a dropoff

i think Dallas or Seattle will go to SB 52

 

[j-man]

i wanted to explain my comment

its nothing against falcons fans i feel awful for beating your team in 99 i enjoy the GB and CAR S B much more

ryan is 31 last season was his peak freeman and Coleman will just be thinking about $$$ no all pro OL your Def is pretty good but against good Off they give up too many big plays

about the game ATL biggest plom was K Shannen had he turned into marty ball for 1 haif u win 31-26 or 31-28 as unlees u win 2 of the next 4 or 3 of 5 SB this loss will haut all non NE sports fans foever

 

[j-man]

I took a look at the Super Bowls.

In the 80's, there wasn't one really, really incredible Super Bowl. The two SF wins against Cinncy would be the top 2. Neither was as good as last Sunday. They were great, but only one of those games could be a classic, the Joe Montana "is that John Candy?" game. Still not the tippy top.

The 90s were a near disaster for Super bowls. So many egregious blowouts. The Giants Bills was probably the best game, that was pretty close to amazing. But not a classic, it was a grind 'em out game. And then there was the Elway helicopter game, which was pretty damn good, but not a true classic.

Things get better. The 00s had a number of awesome games. Rams v. Titans was the first "classic" game in decades. That bomb to Bruce after the Titans tied and then the Dyson gets tacked on the one on the last play of the game. That was legitimately awesome. The Pats beating the Rams was definitely a classic. The games against Carolina and Philly were great, close games, but not really classics. Giants/New England was a classic. That game was sick. Pitt/Arizona was awesome, probably not a classic, in my opinion. That's 6 games out of 10 that were legit.

And the 10's are also pretty good. Saints Colts was pretty awesome, the score is deceiving b/c of the pick 6, but that was a great game, plus the onside kick and the Saints winning after Katrina. That was good. Pack Steelers was perfectly cromulent but forgettable. Giants/Pats #2 was great, not a classic like game 1. Ravens/49ers was awesome, close to a classic. Seattle Denver was the worst game in 13 years. That was baaad. Seattle/NE was a classic game. The comeback was legit. The Kearse catch. And then the pick. Classic. Denver beating Carolina was a pretty lame game.

So if I'm ranking, Sunday's game is up there, versus those other classics listed above. Now that I look at it, it's definitely top 5.

This obviously ignores those Pitt and Dallas games, which were definitely classics, but I was 4 years old when they happened, so it's really hard to rank them. I guess we can throw out the 60s, because those games were all blowouts, although the Jets, an AFL team, winning as 17 point underdogs is a big deal for the league. So that was pretty good, but certainly not a classic football game. Those Miami wins were boring af. Minnesota losses were bad. So there isn't much in the 70s anyway.

So, in summary, Sunday's game was definitely a classic game when ranked against any decade or game.

i have all 51 Super bowls downloaded

for me the best SB Is SB 34 and SB 23 my top 10

1 SB 34
2 SB 23
3 SB 42
4 SB 13
5 SB 25
6 SB 46
7 SB 32
8 SB 3
9 SB 43
10 SB 36