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 Alpharius wrote:
I know Seattle has a fair amount of green in their uniforms but - wow!

That's a 'Color Rush' level jealous meltdown at the nuclear overreactor there!

Hey, hating the Patriots is a proud Peregrine family tradition going back way before I cared about football. My mom grew up in New England and had the basic decency to understand that the Patriots are the lowest of scum.

Yikes!

Seems like there's probably something else going on there too, but live and let live I suppose!

Just put him on ignore. Everyone else does.

Oh wait. You can't. You're a Mod! Hahahahaha!

I am looking forward to this weekend's game. On paper, it should be a super game. On paper.

It could be Cowboys vs Bills bad (55 to 10?) or we could have 8 lead changes.

 Alpharius wrote:
...I don't.

The Pats O-line is fantastic, running backs are good, excellent wide receivers and they've got the best QB of all time, as well as an all time great head coach.

It is all going to come down to the defense though.

I think the Steelers had a great plan - they were clearly picking on #25, Eric Rowe. And if not for quite a few drops and near misses, it is a different game.

So the Pats secondary vs. Ryan and the Falcons?

We'll see!

Unfortunately, they didn't have enough horses. The #2 WR spot was an issue all year long, with Bryant out all season, Wheaton hurt basically all season, and Stonehands and Heyward-Bey also missing large chunks of time. When Bell went out almost immediately, I knew they were in trouble. They had to win that game in a shootout, and that wasn't happening with only 1 bonafide weapon, even if that weapon is AB.

I agree that they were close at hitting some plays, but they also picked the worst time to have their worst defensive effort in 10 weeks. It's true that Brady carves up zones, but there were also blown coverages, missed tackles, etc. that made it far too easy for them.

The Falcons have all their horses, so it'll be interesting to see how the game goes. Although I think that they'll also have to win a high-scoring game. I'm not convinced about their defense.

Almost go time. Just don't suck, SuperBowl.

Falcons draw first blood.

Will they slay the warlord? :-)

WTH... third holding penalty on Falcon!!!

 whembly wrote:
WTH... third holding penalty on Falcon!!!

All on third down, but all were blatant. Still, I did not expect 21-3

Oh, look. New England is acting like they're a 4th Quarter team. Well, it's Atlanta's game to lose so they need to stop being happy and start acting like there's still one quarter to go.

The memes that are spawning from this game are glorious

I am getting the jump on next year, GO LIONS!!!

Whoa... Amendola makes a ninja dodge there!...


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EDIT: 'dola TD!!!

It almost looks like New England actually wants to win.

That is the second 2 toe catch by Jones, and one of the best in a Super Bowl.

Very exciting half!

hooboy... 3:30+ left in the game and Patriots gets ball back...

Holy gak! What a catch by Edelman!

How in the hell did he catch that! ---challenge incoming!

refs wont let the pats have it

Catch confirmed!

Less than two minutes to go. I wonder if there's an onside kick in New England's future?

Overtime?

DANNY! TIED GAME!!!

30 seconds to get a field goal.

Hey Alpharius...

Breathe brother... breathe!

c'mon falcons!!

What a nuts ending! Falcons choking or Patriots just clutch, some of both I think. I blame super conservative play calls and Matt Ryan freezing up (int and taking sacks). They're playing like a team full of rookies which they are... Overtime!

Time for a Hail Mary?

LOL!

Trick play atempted!

EDIT: oooooooooo... his ankle went gross...

Just need to get into field goal range.

Or not.