AJC: Falcons lose the most Atlanta game ever

[Mr. Scot]

16 minutes ago, Cracka McNasty said:

Have another:

http://www.sbnation.com/2017/2/6/14520534/falcons-vs-patriots-overtime-win-what-happened-tom-brady-julian-edelman

Excerpts...

This epic Super Bowlfailure will linger forever with the Atlanta Falcons. There is no soap to wash it, no hose to rinse it, no way the Falcons ever forget it.

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"I’ll always remember this game for the rest of my life," running back Devonta Freeman said.

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Safety Ricardo Allen described it best: "It makes you numb. I’m kind of numb. I really don’t know what to feel. I’m broken inside. It’s terrible. It’s one of the worst feelings ever. I’m not a guy that forgets easy. I’ll probably never forget this."

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What a dagger. What a disaster.

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Their owner, Aurthur Blank, strolled down to the Falcons sideline for the second half, like he does at many Falcons games. He held wife Angela’s hand. They were smiling. He waved to Falcons fans. This was good. Falcons up 28-3 with 8:31 left in the third quarter. This was really looking good. Falcons just a few minutes away from their first ever Super Bowl championship. Blank just a few minutes away from giving the city of Atlanta an important and special treat. They were up 25 points. This was fresh.

And then it was 28-9. And then 28-12. And then 28-20. With :57 seconds left in regulation it was 28-28. And then 8 plays into overtime it was Patriots 34-28. And it was over.

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A Falcons epic failure. If you had just watched the Blanks’ joy slowly transform into concern, their smiles melt into frowns as the Falcons lead dripped, as it was pricked, by the thorny Patriots, that would have told you everything.

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Several Falcons afterward looked as if they were in a trance.

"Come on man, when it was 28-3, I’m thinking what you and everybody else was thinking, that we pretty much had this game," Falcons receiver Mohamed Sanu said. "Tom Brady just took it to the next level. He made some great plays."

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Brady had help from the Patriots.

But he had help from the Falcons, too. They contributed to their epic failure.

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They thought they had New England beat. But those thoughts helped unhinge the Falcons. Every moment of a championship game must be earned against the Patriots. Every second.

"That’s a hard one in the locker room," Falcons head coach Dan Quinn said. "No place to put that one mentally for us."

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He said his team will rely on its closeness, its brotherhood to overcome this.

This epic failure where the Falcons were mesmerized by the Patriots march to glory.

[tiger7_88]

41 minutes ago, Jangler said:

The Ghost of Sherman strikes again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Too soon?

 

Nah, that poo is in dire need of a new inferno.

Just leave the 'burbs alone.  :P

[tiger7_88]

16 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Their owner, Aurthur Blank, strolled down to the Falcons sideline for the second half, like he does at many Falcons games. He held wife Angela’s hand. They were smiling. He waved to Falcons fans. This was good. Falcons up 28-3 with 8:31 left in the third quarter. This was really looking good. Falcons just a few minutes away from their first ever Super Bowl championship. Blank just a few minutes away from giving the city of Atlanta an important and special treat. They were up 25 points. This was fresh.

And then it was 28-9. And then 28-12. And then 28-20. With :57 seconds left in regulation it was 28-28. And then 8 plays into overtime it was Patriots 34-28. And it was over.

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A Falcons epic failure. If you had just watched the Blanks’ joy slowly transform into concern, their smiles melt into frowns as the Falcons lead dripped, as it was pricked, by the thorny Patriots, that would have told you everything.

I did.

I did indeed.

And it was GLORIOUS.

[Jangler]

3 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

 

Nah, that poo is in dire need of a new inferno.

Just leave the 'burbs alone.  :P

 I

Don't

Know

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I lived in Marietta.

[tiger7_88]

22 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

He said his team will rely on its closeness, its brotherhood to overcome this.

Yeah, you do that Danny Boy.

The Panthers had a helluva "brotherhood" going for them in 2015... it didn't help them make a FG to win at the end of their first game in 2016 and fall off the cliff thereafter.

[tiger7_88]

1 minute ago, Jangler said:

 I

Don't

Know

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I lived in Marietta.

OK, you can have may-retta, but that's where you stop!

[Wa'ya]

Patty Melt gonna melt LOL

[frash.exe]

7 hours ago, Montsta said:

fuging cocky ass Falcons defenders all game long eat poo you motherfugers Tom Brady just Negan'd you bitches and Matt Ryan ate poo. 

I couldn't be happier if we won ourselves. 

What a great day to be alive. 

does that make julian edelman lucille?

[CatMan72]

Biggest meltdown in the history of sports, bar none... this will haunt the Falcons and ATL for all eternity. 

Love it 10/10. 

[RumHam]

It setup for the world's best collapse by the world's best collapsing and choking quarterback Matty Ice. Freezes in the moment.

[d-dave]

I tell you what, there are few things that make me as sports happy as a Falcons loss.  I loved it when they were bad.  I love it when we beat them.  I ADORED them collapsing!  Nothing like going completely to hades in a hand basket.

[Mr. Scot]

And to top it all off. .

Malfunctioning elevator strands Shanahan and other Falcon coaches in the upper levels among celebrating Patriot fans

[outlaw4]

11 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

And to top it all off. .

Malfunctioning elevator strands Shanahan and other Falcon coaches in the upper levels among celebrating Patriot fans

[Randolph Panther]

15 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Kudos to Mark Bradley of the Atlanta Journal Constitution for the oh-so-funny title.

The article itself is long, but eminently readable.

Falcons lose the most Atlanta game ever