Whatever that quote is from general grievous where he says some stuff and then “you are doomed” is basically what the opponent says every time the falcons have a substantial lead
"28-3" has become a meme. Brady should have it tattoed on his hand/wrist so everyone can see it in the huddle or use it as code whenever he catches a whiff of fear in the huddle.
Social media and media people cannot fool me. I saw Matt Ryan, lose a lead it by the Colts when they ran the ball five times in one game on 3rd & 5 at least five times in one game They did not trust ryan to throw the wall so they lost the game They ran the ball in the red zone 50 seconds before half time with third in less than five to go That’s the Colts losing that’s the organization not Matt Ryan
Just because someone is catching what you throw them doesn’t mean they’ll be open and able every time you throw it their way. Julio wins man-man coverage, but the pats played zone for a fair bit of the game, where a player like Julio doesnt thrive as much. Also, no need to throw risky throws, not in that situation. Turnovers are the worst thing you can do with a lead
As a lifelong Falcons fan from Atlanta I'll never get over that loss. We had a Lombardi trophy within reach and we blew it. Still upsets me to this day.
You don't understand the pain of being reminded of this constantly, it's cemented in pop culture, sports culture, meme culture, it will never die and I will never heal
It is. Its Sports Legend now. Whenever an epic comeback (dont get too excited now AB) or collapse in a team sport happens this loss comes to mind. This happened 5 superbowls ago and people still talk about it like it just happened yesterday. This game will live forever.
The day after this i went to school and just about the whole school knew that i was a falcons fan and my history teacher was a pats fan. So that morning we watched the highlights of the game and i just wanted to cry. Even tho this happened in February of 2017, people still remind me that this happened all the time. 😭💔 hopefully one day, we will be able to go back to the Super bowl and win. And if i can’t experience it, the i hope my kids can.
i play hs football. it may not be the nfl but the environments are pretty much alike i would say. my very first game as a sophomore we lost 58-0 in an away game that was at a school in another city 2 hours away. in the locker room we were just mad and quiet. coach was just standing outside the locker room looking at the field and beyond that the city below. inside some of the seniors were screaming things like “this is why we dont fuck around at practice” nd things alike. when we got back on the bus to the back everyone was calm. still tense like we just lost 58-0. next day we went over film made adjustments and forgot abt it. it was only a regular season game so i imagine that the falcons may have felt this but worst.
@@nysom3356 Dude I was in a similar Situation we got blown out 57-0 and that was during a game we needed to win to go to playoffs. A blowout heartbreaking loss is one thing but to lose in a come from behind win by possibly the most hated team in the league and do it in your own city and it's the superbowl? That's the worst loss ever. I remember being in the locker room after losing in the playoffs in a last second field goal and it hurt.
@@Argos-xb8ek sucks to go through that experience man im glad u got through it okay fr cuz i be hearing stories of ppl who kill themselves abt things like that. i mean as ghe clock ran out wstching the other team run to the sidline throwing their bottles snd globes in the air and them jumping up nd down as they run into eachother with all their fans cheering. we just had to sit there and watch and i wanted to kill myself😭
This is why we have Atlanta Sports PTSD. Atlanta teams never fail to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. As soon as I saw Edelman make that catch I knew we were going to lose the Super Bowl.
I am in my 50's and have been a sports fan since the 70's before the mid 80's and Bird....we had had a long stretch of heartbreak ....it was the bruins in 1972 just before Bobby Orr's knees gave out wat hte last championship. What I watched from 199-today considering the Celts are looking great has been something I will always be grateful for. we have bees spoiled rotten as boston sports fans since 2000 all major titles won...some multiple, all except the B's that should have won that chicago Cup. But we had Bucky Dent and that homer, wells, the montreal Canadians in the 70's were unstoppable...too many men on the ice game...ugh The Habs....then there was that roughing the passer call the raiders got away with cost us a playoff game, the Fridge scoring a TD and the 85 bears destroying that pats team. We know this feeling that ATL must have gone thorugh...Tyree...I was on the field as a photo runner for the globe and I was on the field and walked off just behind Bill....I was disgusted at that game I was standing next to an exec and he laughed and said looks like the whistle got put away and I knew it was over. the young boston fans today have never really knew losing or bad seasons...spoiled kids many of them. we had title games every year for 20 yeasr it seemed. I sure felt for ATL, sure I was happy....but I know the feeling of this....never a good one.
@@reiserkeiserYeah, and while we’re at it, let’s talk about 1995. I live in the Cleveland area. Back when I was 12 years old, I went roller skating with friends of mine. It was the night of game six, I remember that night it being announced that the Atlanta Braves had beat the Indians (now Guardians) in the World Series. Yeah, I was a bit saddened, even though they had a great season. My point is, Atlanta been far less robbed than Cleveland in sports!
A quote from UrinatingTree’s Falcons video after that Super Bowl: “the Falcons collapsed so hard that if they were a building, it would be considered a terrorist attack!”
I thought it was obvious that Brady got to be the hero and The Falcons got close but didn’t complete the goal of winning the Super Bowl (hence, the Falcon’s unfinished business).
Yeah I know what you mean I am a Seattle fan and in really liked the 2013 Broncos, just not as much as the Seahawks. Really glad that the Broncos got to win 2 years later though, so a lot of the SB XLVIII Broncos guys still got rings
I'm a big fan of Arthur Blank, and what he does not only for the NFL but for the city of Atlanta. When I was watching live, at halftime I was telling everyone at the party (I was the only Pat's fan there) that Brady and the boys were coming back. I was so hyped through the come back, but then I saw Mr. Blank on the sideline, dejected. I legit teared up. As much as I wanted Brady to win, It actually hurt to see such a good man essentially get the rug pulled from underneath him. I keep hoping the Falcons can pull it together for him one the way the Chiefs got one for Norma Hunt.
@@americanboy79 That’s not the same thing bud. The patriots still won three more Super Bowls after that. This was the falcons ONLY chance to get a superbowl ring and they missed it. They missed it SO bad.
@@CheesecakeKing69you’re right cheesecake king 69 but I definitely felt like dog 💩 all day knowing we blew the crown on the perfect season..David Tyrees name will forever haunt me 👻
An even battle you go 'well, it could have gone either way' and you can live with that. Here you're up 25 points and nobody ever beat a 10-point-deficit before, let alone 25 points. It can't be done. Unless... unless the other guys bring the best quarterback in the history of the game. Then it doesn't matter. The Patriots won a game and they were ahead precisely 0 seconds the entire game save the very last second. This one is going to sting a little for a very long time.
Matt Ryan walking around after this game, Patriots confetti raining all around him, despondent and in disbelief, must be one of the saddest sports moments of all time.
He played a major role in the lost. MVP quarterback that takes sacks at the worst times and cannot execute audibles nor can run down the clock before snapping??? This was the saddest day of my life.
@@AmirKhan-yv8jm That's why I said "largely." I don't absolve him of all blame, but Shanahan's play calling really doomed the team. "Pass to score, run to win."
The greatest game I've ever watched. I still remember my phone completely blowing up leading up to and during halftime. "How are your patriots doing?" "Brady and belichick looking good eh?" ... people posting all over my social media. I started pounding drinks by the time it was 28-3 with less than 5 mins in the 3rd. Even in a video game that's a pretty insurmountable comeback. The Edelman catch is burned into my brain. What a game.
i had a buddy lock himself in the bathroom and lay down in the tub going into the 4th quarter, and another buddy (falcons fan) just taunting him the entire time. it was glorious to watch that dynamic change in 1 single quarter of football.
As a Pats fan I still have much respect for those Falcons players. I’ve always thought that the coaching staff lost that game and not the players. Ryan was phenomenal that season. Much respect.
Pete Carroll was another genius coach who proved himself stupid against the Pats. Why not call Beastmode at the two yard line? Carroll figured he had two shots at a TD. If Beastmode quakes his way into the end Zone, he becomes Super Bowl MVP in a contract year. Instead, let the young QB on a rookie contract have that honor. Sorry. Pete, but you outsmarted yourself and cost your franchise a SB.
It was mostly on the coaching for not making adjustments when needed but to be honest the players get blame too. Falcons players were getting super cocky and celebrating on the sidelines early. You NEVER celebrate early in the NFL especially when you have Tom Brady and Bill on the other sideline and even more so in the Super Bowl when you know the other team is going to pull out everything they got in the bag.
@@Zerox_Prime I've never thought Carroll was a genius coach. That Seahawks team was so talented, they should've won more. That defense was absolutely loaded then you got Russell Wilson, Beastmode, good receivers and tight end. A really good coach could have won many times. Carroll's teams are too undisciplined.
I am a longtime Pats fan since the late 1980s. The coaching staff was too arrogant in deciding to pass way too much.Should have pounded the rock. The defensive scheme was working for the Falcons.
@@Zerox_Prime I believe Pete Carroll thought he could simply be successful no matter what the play call was. Hi Pete this is not USC and you are not going up against a PAC 12 opponent.lol
I'm from Atlanta. I'm not really a falcons fan, but I root for them when they play. I'm a 49ers fan. But that day I watched to halftime, then went to sleep, ready for a parade or some type of celebration in the morning. I can't mimic the feeling I had when I woke up and googled the final score
@Shaan Keole that's what everyone thought so completely understandable, a 25 point deficit in the SB, its game over😂 I would have loved to see the confusion firsthand though the next morning as people woke up and saw the final score
I feel your pain I been a Pat's fan for over 35 40 years.... when we lost to the Giants in Super Bowl almost going undefeated....I will never get over it!!!!....it sucks but this is why we love the game....Any Given Sunday anyone can get be no matter how devastated it is!
As a New England sports fan for over 50 years, this will go down as the second greatest memory/comeback in my lifetime. Only the Sox coming back from 0-3 to the Yankees in the 2004 ALDS (and ultimately winning the World Series in a 4-game sweep) eclipses this.
Well im a Yankee and a Falcons fan and honestly I thought nothing would ever be worse then watching the Yankees blow that 3-0 lead.... boy was I wrong because watching the Falcons choke away this superbowl was by far the worst most painful shit i ever had to watch. I guess I felt the RedSox deserved it when they came back....
Dude has a Seahawks fan, people don’t realize how grateful we are 😂😅 like if it wasn’t for this people would still be talking about our super bowl fuck up
Yeah, even the simple football term "strip sack" can make an Atlanta fan cringe. Like seeing the Queen of England lose her crown of jewels to Bob Marley running through Buckingham Palace and ripping it off and laughing on his way out.
@Esteban Soto not a Falcons fan but the Hawks got their ring and had a chance for 2 but we know how that went. Falcons don't look like they're gonna be in contention any time soon.
As a Falcons fan who watched this debacle in real time, it pained me so much to watch this autopsy and relive this horror. Alas, hope springs eternal...
As a Tom Brady and Pats/Bucs fan, but also a Christian, sometimes I feel like Brady was indwelt by Satan that day. Only a powerful demon could concoct such a powerful comeback, and convince so many people to worship a man instead of Jesus. And the WAY in which it all happened, almost seems supernatural
as someone who’s home team was the falcons, watching this in real time was easily the most heart wrenching sports moment i’ve seen up to that point and still now
@@anthonydestefano1354 I’ve never been able to see the 85 bears in action sadly. I bet they were godlike. Especially with payton as the running back. I’m named after him oddly enough
@Mac of All Trades dude 28-3 is definitely an offensive choke, Ryan had the game locked up with a field goal that would've put the game out of reach and Matt Ryan in spectacular Matt Ryan fashion took a sack that took them out of field goal range. Not the first time he's done that either which is why I knew it was coming, should've been the Packers in the superbowl that year they could've actually won.
This game cemented my opinion about Brady. I went from being impressed in his early days to cheering against him when he had that undefeated season to just giving up in this game and accepting that he's the greatest athlete in history.
@@Burninateit86 i don’t think greatest ‘athlete’ is the right term for brady. i see him as one of the greatest competitors, which seems similar but the distinction is pretty big
@@Burninateit86 the word "athlete" is not well-defined here. It means different things to different contexts. In terms of his sport, Brady is the greatest athlete. But he is definitely not the most "athletic" by physical fitness standards, compared to e.g., most of the examples you quoted.
My favorite part of this bizarre super bowl is the faces of the owner and his wife; from euphoric and celebratory in the third quarter to 'ah well, we still got this' at the end of the third quarter to concern in the fourth to utterly distraught at the end....classic!
They had the audacity to come down on the field BEFORE the game was over….to gloat. Their plans were foiled. This was part of Atlanta’s bad karma. Dumb move by the owners!!
As a Falcons fan this will never go away. It will never not hurt. I felt like someone I knew died. I was at a party with my friends and just left. My life was terrible at the time too so it was extra shitty. Now my life is pretty great and the Falcons suck so and there’s no need to even take them serious but forever a fan and the Braves got that ring!!!! So we got that!!! 😂
so interesting how sports will affect people lol. my life was total shit when houston won the world series, but fuck it, a town i grew up near just won a baseball game. that must mean i’m on top too right?
I remember being a Cardinals fan when they lost the Super Bowl to the Steelers in the last couple minutes and how heart wrenched I was. I can’t imagine being a Falcons fan in this situation.
@@TheWatchernator I hear chemo isn’t pleasant (I don’t know if that joke is distasteful, or whether it should even be classified as a joke because I am just providing an answer to your question)
Amazing fact, at the time of this Super Bowl Brady has been to the big game 40% of his career. As of 2020 he’s been to the Super Bowl amazingly over half of his career. Truly unbelievable
That’s 100% not Brady. That’s 100% the AFC East. If he spent that time in the NFC west for example he would have had the 2005 Seahawks, the 2008 Cardinals, the early 2010-2014 Patrick Willis 49ers, and of course the 2013 Seahawks. Then factor in the Rams who were always a .500 team so could play spoiler at any time. Much different than the 3-13 Jets year after year. Brady and BB play with house money every year because no matter what they were going to the playoffs as a division winner. That lets you play loose and flexible to any change to see what works. It was a vicious cycle that greatly enabled their success. Look at Brady’s timing in jumping to the nfc south just in time where Carolina collapses, brees retires and Atlanta is in disarray. Reminder, iirc Brady’s last two rings came courtesy of opponents scoring a COMBINED 12 points. and prior to that i believe was the Seahawks goal line failure. That to me is 3 rings that he has something to do with but his defenses were far more valuable.
@@ariel9302 You're argument makes you look stupid when Brady took on Brees, Rogers, and Maholms back to back all in one year, all Hall of Famer, all MVP QBs. Bet you got excuses for that too.
@@ariel9302 Your point would actually be a good one if it were true. Unfortunately for your argument is the fact that the Pats with Brady as their QB had a better winning percentage when playing teams outside their division. They actually had more losses against those lousy teams you mentioned in their division then teams outside it. They handled the rest of the NFL very well compared to those lousy Jets and Dolphins teams. But facts aside teams can’t help the which division they’re in. That’s not Brady or Belichicks fault they were in a weak division. Yet another fact that blows your weak ass argument out of the water is the fact that they spent most of the twenty or so years together at the top three teams in the conference. Often the top one. Which then makes their schedule the following year a tougher one and negates the fact, as you claimed, they play in a weak division. It’s ok, you can admit it. It’s remarkable what the Patriots did with Brady as their QB….no matter what division or conference they’re in.
@@knyght1074 just another low Informed hater who wants to spout off about shit he obviously doesn’t know anything about and is too lazy to look up the info for himself.
As a broncos fan hearing "intercepted at the goal line" was music to my ears. Still impressive super bowl 48 victory I don't remember being sober after the 3rd quarter lmaoo
Wouldn't even call it embarrassing, just unlucky that's all. Pete made a wrong call, and they lost on that call. Pat's had practiced that play lots. Almost like bill knew, he'd throw and not run it due to there % of successful throws in that area, through the season for Russell. Seahawks Vs broncos. That was embarrassing. Seahawks game was just epic final play awesomeness. Sherman face was priceless lol.
Completely disagree. Obviously yall are not Falcons fans. Yall talking like the Falcons were yearly contenders for a NFC championship. They were division contenders at best every third year or so before that and returned to form afterwards. That ENTIRE season was played exactly the way the SB went - except ATL's defense that year found a way to get stops and end games enough for an 11-5 record. NOBODY in ATL believed the Falcons would beat the Patriots, NOBODY. On sports radion programs people hoped they would win and might've dreamt they would surprise us all, but the shouts and cheers were muted. This wasn't the Dirty Birds of '98. ATL fans had been burned before (see 2012 NFC Championship vs 49ers) and held their collective breaths and tried to enjoy the moment. The Falcons were 4-6 point underdogs going in to that SB and lost by six..I'm like what's to "recover" from? How can you lose a game you were supposed to lose and yet be shocked you lost?? The Pats were supposed to win it, and they did.
I want to see their record/stats since.. They looked so good now people are doubting Matt Ryan, Julio (who I believe has had injuries..) and everything about the team.
@@gregsiska8599 salary cap is often the problem... Seahawks went to a couple in a row, sick defense.. But then pay Russ $35m/yr gotta lose a couple defensive all-pros.
After the Malcolm Butler interception in the pats vs Seahawks sb, I’m sure the Seahawks were relieved when this happened because they were no longer going to be the team that suffered the most embarrassing sb loss in recent football history thanks to the falcons 😭
Other then this game, the most embarrassing sb loss was the broncos to the Seahawks. Manning and his team didn’t even show up. It was the most lopsided sb in decades.
@@_azurejakeYeah there was still a good debate then! But Brady helps pull this off...Goes to Tampa and immediately wins there, Right about led the league in yards and tds still in his final season and then there's Bill's lack of even sniffing a superbowl in the around 10 seasons he coached without Brady, not to mention brady being #1 all time in yards, tds and completed passes in the regular season and in the playoffs all by a mile...What a Career
Looking back, the Falcons burnt themselves out with terrible play calling and being over aggressive while the Patriots just used every opening given to them. One of the most iconic, heartbreaking moments in sports any of us will see in our lifetimes.
I'm a Patriots fan, and I can remember watching Arthur Blank going from absolute happiness to absolute mourning in real time. It was sad even for me. :(
They did run the ball but there was still too much time. It was that 3rd and 15 that killed us. Mahomes got that 1st down just like Wilson does all the time to us lol.
@@squidusn71 Yes this is becoming a trend with Shanahan, but it was the 49ers defense that let them down the most. That 3rd and 15 was the game. Looked like the 49ers were trying to stop the 15 yard pass and let Hill get open downfield. Big mistake. Mahomes will throw the ball anywhere and always wants to get the ball to Hill. That completion was way too easy and not only got the first down, but got them close to the touchdown. After that the 49ers defense gave the Chiefs problems, but always gave up the 3rd down play or had a penalty. That's what lost the game more than anything.
@@stickman1742 from what I heard, moseley, who was covering hill, dropped his coverage too early or when he wasn't supposed to at all. It's still too painful to watch any of it. I haven't recovered from the Ravens game as well.
People don’t really grasp what it was like in Atlanta the day after. It was like everyone was going to a funeral. The sports broadcasters didn’t know what to say. The blame game was searing and a lot of it fell on the coaching. The worst of it is the people in the media who still point to us and say we deserved this because “we’re not a great sports city”, well what I saw the day after said a lot of people cared about this. As an Atlantan there is a sense your city never gets the respect it deserves, and this day still hangs like a pall over this team.
Grew up here. Waited for that moment my whole life. I am now 51. I was able to come to terms with it when I came to the conclusion that the game was rigged for the cheaters. It was very satisfying seeing Brady get pissed when what was supposed to be a rigged game this year vs. LA Rams still did not go his way. He got pissed and took his ball home. I flipping loved it!
As a patriots die hard fan and a TB fan, this is so tough to watch. I was so pissed the first half I turned the channel. Only to come back 10 mins later and say screw it, it's either going to be an epic win or we lose. To my joy they started to come back and won. Falcon fans my heart goes out to you on this one. 👍
Watching this live was like watching the universe unravel. I truly felt reality slipping away from me as the Pats came back. I was crushed, inspired, confused, and entertained.
Dropping back to pass on 3rd & 1 under those circumstances was one of the dumbest play calls in the history of the sport, especially when you consider what a high-powered run game the Falcons had. It was essentially a mini-version of Seattle's goal-line blunder and paved the way for everything that followed.
Facts I was playing lacrosse in college and the Canadians and New Yorkers were so trashed. I remember half the team was from Georgia and Atlanta lmfao. I was so happy to see them freaking out hammered af after half time. Me and the few guys from Colorado and NC and Australia just laughed at such a rigged sport lol
I was watching this game with my gma and aunt. I became a fan of the Falcons around 2011(mostly because of me and Julio sharing the same last name and was 11) and I remember this season and how exciting it was to have my favorite team make it this far. I remember my gma asking me why I didnt celebrate at any point of the game. all I said was "The game isnt over, were playing against Brady and the Pats" and sure enough what I feared happened and the worst part was that it happened in slo motion
I'm not even that much into football (I'm a baseball guy, go Braves), but my dad most definitely was. I watched the whole thing with him as we went from excited, to anxious, to crushed disbelief. Exactly zero positive feelings about the team after this game. What's even worse, My old man would never live to see his football team go the distance, as 2 years later he would die of pancreatic cancer. He was 51. As if it were insult to injury, the Falcons seem to have immediately gone to shit since then from what I've seen. That's why I hardly ever watch videos about it anymore, it's pain beyond just the result of this god-forsaken game. It's only remotely palatable now after what the Braves finally managed to do after living a life of knowing nothing but failure after gut-wrenching failure in the fields of sportsball, but my god does it still hurt.
I’m sorry for your loss. It seems like most people in Atlanta stopped caring about the team immediately after that game, and they have great reason not to anymore. Blowing a 25-point lead with an offense as potent as Atlanta’s was is humiliating and inexcusable. Since this game, the Falcons have gone on to make the playoffs only one more time in 2017, defeating the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card game before falling to the Philadelphia Eagles-who would proceed to accomplish the very goal the Falcons set out to against the same Patriots team in Super Bowl LII-in the Divisional Round. Following that season, they’ve finished 7-9 twice from 2018 to 2019 and 4-12 last season. Attendance has plummeted significantly. The stadium looks depressingly cavernous every game. Everyone has lost hope, passion, and excitement for the Atlanta Falcons. 28-3 has forever changed the organization and their fans’ outlook on the team as a whole.
@@BrendenNichols Thats so true. My dad knows his team is never reaching a super bowl for a long time. My granddad too, but he's more into baseball so im glad he got to see the braves finally do it. (even though im a stros fan)
Us Vikings fans and you Falcons fans have a lot in common lol. I even said that was a very "Vikings" thing that happened to the Falcons. Much respect to you bro.
22:23 I get chills seeing Brady drop back with his picture perfect quarterback form, ready to win another game. I don't think people living realize that we are sharing a generation with one of the greatest legends of sports to ever play.
Thank you for this. Peak Pats dynasty. One of the happiest days of my life. Brady's unfair persecution by the league and 4 game suspension, his mom's cancer battle, those challenges and Brady's perseverance made me so happy for Tom on this night. This was a beautiful game and a fantastic documentary. Thank you!
Pats fan here. I was at a big SB party with no other Pats fans. They were all chatting it up, enjoying the food, I was glued to the 50”. I never felt the Pats were out of it. Long story short, immediately after the OT win, I jumped up to celebrate, looked around, and everyone else had already left the party, I was alone with the hosts! They all figured the game was over long before and had gone home, and missed the greatest come back EVER!
You can forever say: Hey, you should have been there, them knowing full well they walked out the door when Tom Brady was still on the field. Who the hell dismisses Tom Brady?
As a patriots fan who also watched the whole thing, I was growing increasingly more miserable all throughout the game right up until the tide started to turn. Then I started getting excited, but remained extremely nervous. When James White broke the goal line in overtime, I don’t know if I’ve ever felt so much happiness over something I saw on tv. We were screaming, jumping around, not knowing what we just watched. After the initial wave of emotion I just looked at that confetti falling and imagined how I’d feel if I was a falcons fan, and I started to feel pretty bad for you guys even though I was having the time of my life. Anyways, I’m not laughing anymore because now the patriots suck too so after a lifetime of being a spoiled pats fan, I finally know what it’s like to lose consistently.
You're 28-3 ahead, you're thinking: this one's in the bag. Just take it easy and we'll finally have a Lombardi again. Then it starts and the score evens out. Then the Patriots get the ball in over time and you know, you just know, you're never winning this game. That feeling of imminent horror knowing there's nothing you can do about it.
There's a saying out there that goes, " and you shall know joy to the depths of Atlanta Falcons Fans sorrow! It was great guys. Patriot elation was just outstanding at the end of that game..!🤣🤣🤣
Excellent video my friend. As a lifelong Falcons (and Bengals!) fan, my suffering as an NFL fan seems to know no end and this game was the pinnacle of that. Even if the Falcons somehow shock the world and win the Super Bowl one day, I don't think the pain of this particular loss will ever go away. You made some great points throughout the video and like so many fellow Falcons fans, I will NEVER understand why the Falcons didn't make better decisions during that fateful second half. I don't like conservative/safe football strategies. However, when you are up 28-3 against THAT Patriots team, sometimes playing it safe and simply running the ball can be enough to win you the game. At the very least, it would have eaten up clock and given the Falcons tired defense a chance to rest. What can I say? It's incredibly painful even all these years later. And it has made me question if I should continue to invest my time in sports. I actually watch sports a LOT less than I used to so I'm not as invested and this game is a huge reason for my decision. I still root for my teams but not as hard/faithfully as I once did. Life is too short to feel this kind of pain over a silly sports game, right? Or not so silly if you've pulled for your favorite team for 30+ years...and still hope for that one championship moment to finally come.
Yeah. Seahawks only had to live with the most embarrassing super bowl loss for a couple years until the Falcons cemented their place for all of history.
@@briangriffith4574 It was like "The Battle of the Bulge" in WWII. Germans made this big push to crush the Allies, and then ........disaster. (a big part was cuz they ran out of fuel).
Imagine being me, a Falcons AND Georgia fan. I had to watch both my teams choke away long-awaited titles in a 12-month span. I still haven't recovered.
Panthers fan here. I feel your pain Falcons nation. The panthers are also 0-2 in the Super Bowl. Heavily favored in the 2nd one. The pain never goes away.
I am huge James sweet feet White fan he is an amazing player this just highlights how good of a player he really is he is one if not the best in league on 3rd down nd just incredible in clutch situation's all around amazing player and person Brady gave him the truck this year i believe meaning yr of the superbowl we r talking about
More a. Product. Of the patriots. Offense then whites individual skills. Welker, Edelman, vereen, branch and white are all in top 10 in receptions for a super bowl. No coincidence there.
What I remember is a sideline shot of Tom Brady when it was 28-3, encouraging and trying to pump up his teammates. He didn't believe it was over and wouldn't let his team quit. One of the more amazing sports finishes you will ever see. Just one more addition to the Brady legend.
#1 sign of a terrific leader. it’s hard to say if they would’ve pulled off this comeback had Brady been sulking around / throwing fits. even Murphy was doing some finger-pointing as his team was blowing their lead.
Oh, one more thing. Pats fan for life here and have enjoyed the run we had. Incredible victories. What doesn't get talked about nearly enough because of the shocking Pats win, is Julio Jones. He was by far the best receiver I saw the Pats face in a Superbowl. Incredible catches including that one tippy toe sideline catch that should have ended it. Greatest catch in Superbowl history. I was stunned but just felt the better team won and if a guy makes a play like that, they deserve to win. I replayed it over and over and imagined it being shown over and over in an NFL Films vid as the play that got Atlanta the Lombardi Trophy. This is the best video I have seen on this game-better analysis than the 1 hour NFL Films one and it's told from Atlanta's side! I'm watching that right after I finish typing. The Hightower sack/fumble - the Edelman catch - winning the overtime coin flip. Atlanta fans have to be stunned to this day and will be forever. I know I still am and a lot of comments on here bear it out.
Yeah, when we won the OT coin toss, Ryan knew it was over. Funny thing is, I called the winning play. I said "pitch it out to White" (but Brady NEVER pitches out to RBs). Then he did. Jones catch was insane, he had another great one in the game too. But Antonio's Brown catch in endzone for TD was the greatest catch ever in SB. Jones #2, Seahawk guy vs Pats #3, Edelman's here #4. I say the "helmet catch" is overrated. Why didn't our guy strip out the ball instead of grabbing around his shoulder to bring him down? He still could have stripped ball once on ground, cuz Giant guy was on top on him and NOT on the ground yet. Then they don't Dbl cover Giants WR, and he scores winning TD. Grrrr!!!!
That Jones' catch was great, but just because of one play doesn't mean that team deserves to win. Plenty of teams lose even when their players make great plays or play great games. That's what makes these games interesting. I always prefer to see both teams playing well, but someone has to lose. That's why that SB this year was so disappointing with the Chiefs playing lousy.
@@stickman1742 But the point is how stupid the Falcons' head coach, OC, QB, and all were. Jones' great catch was to the 22 yd line of Pats. Falcons up by 8 pts. All Falcons had to do was run it up the middle twice (even QB sneaks), run off as much time as possible, then kick FG on 3rd down (in case they flubbed hold or something). Then they up by 11 pts, and would have won SB. Instead they got stupid, greedy, and arrogant, and screwed up royally. They deserved to lose. Dumb asses!!
Dude. Everything in this video is perfect wtf. The duration, the narration, the music, holy shit man. This is basically a professional documentary. You're amazing.
When Julio caught that ball on the sideline, it just didn't feel like there was any possible way the Pats would win. You mentioned that they could have had a 39-yard FG with 3 0-yard runs. Had Ryan just taken 3 knees, they would have had a 42-45 yard field goal. That's with a Pro Bowl kicker indoors. Not sure why Kyle didn"t trust that. And I disagree with you on the 3rd and 33. Run it. Maybe you pick up 8-10 yards (or more) and get a more makeable FG. But even if you don't, you make the Patriots burn a time out. If nothing else, don't call a sideline route. Even if you complete that, you go out of bounds and allow the Pats to save 40 seconds and a TO.
@@bigreeezy How can you say it wasn't scripted when all Atlanta had to do was run the ball several more times and kick a field goal BUT they kept passing with double digit numbers on the play clock when the game clock was running? They kept passing when they should have been running and taking time off the clock. A field goal would have been as good as a TD given the amount of time left in the game and up by two scores. The whole thing makes no sense and they never explained it. Was their kicker hurt? None of their play calls in the last half of the 4th quarter makes sense and that's why people question it.
What did he say? I'm sure he was 🎤up? I caught it. I caught it. Indeed he did with Falcons all over him. I'm going to miss him. He's a true team player.
@@Fleshwound747 "milk has since dried up, no game comes down to one call or one play" --- cliche. The game is, yes, the sum of its parts. But, then again, change this one piece....
What I find the most outrageous thing was that Brady’s 15 yard run was the second longest of his career and he led the patriots in rushing. If the falcons stopped Brady on that 3rd and 10, I think they win
Nah even if he got only 5 yards, Brady was in full terminator mode, he'd most likely convert anyway.. Where ATL blew it was after the lousy play calls right after the Julio Jones catch and the incredibly stupid fumble drive.
As a Wolverine the opposition was in a cover 2 "D" and the middle opened up like the Red Sea and Brady once ran for 40 right up the gut middle.. greatest thing i ever saw , I believe it was against Ohio State on a crucial 3rd and 10 late in the game ..
There are many points where "if the falcons did this or that, they win the game". It is part of the 'choke' or 'greatest comeback' that is associated to this game. To me it's a little from column a and a little from column b. The Falcons had never been in these scenarios and by this I mean the coaching staff as well. They played what got them there no matter what. The Patriots are all about adjusting. They win mostly because if adjustment is required, they generally have the time to find the correct adjustments and implement them. When they lose, it is typically because they simply run out of time. Yes, there are days when everything goes wrong as well but that is the exception for the Patriots and not the rule. These past two years however show what they look like when the team is blown up and the management fails to do its job for the long run but that is another discussion.
@@billyboblillybob344 I also think many coaches forget fundamental mathematics and elementary school numbers. As an example this past Super Bowl where Brady kept Mahomes off the field for 7 full minutes in the second half..Hell The Pats controlled the ball for 40 minutes to 20 (not including OT) vs K.C in the 2018 AFC Championship.. All the Falcons had to do is run the ball and maybe pick up 1 or 2 first downs in the second half and time constraints would have put heat on the Patriots.. Instead they have Matt Ryan back passing and guy's like Hightower were homing in on him like a heat guided missal causing turn overs at mid field.. Brady when in the lead (no matter by 3 or 30) always let's the 40 second clock run down to 1 second - it's amazing how no one seems to get it.. Meanwhile guy's like Rodgers and Mahomes are snapping the ball with 20 seconds still on the play clock..
I was shocked how BB and TB12 were being crushed in the SB. Atlanta was outcoached, but not by BB... their own coaches beat them. When you have a lead, play with it. Run the ball. Make the defense stop the run and then pass when needed. Keep the chains moving. Run clock. At the beginning of the second half, BB outsmarted himself and exposed his desperation with a hopeless on-site kick. It was the first great opportunity squandered by the Falcons in the second half. Getting strip sacked doesn't happen with a running play. Run plays don't normally lose game winning field goal range. But the Hawks and Matty Ice were arrogant, as was Pete Carroll when he lost against the,Pats on a pass play. Losers.
@@Zerox_Prime Everything you said was on the money.BB's onside kick while still in the third quarter was a terrible call and should've been the nail in the coffin for the Pats.
As a Brady fan living in Houston, I remember that day perfectly. I could see the outline of the nrg stadium lights from my office window. I was watching the game by myself in the office projectors (only guy in the department working on superbowl Sunday). I was pretty bummed out and headed home right at halftime. I got home to the party with a few minutes left of the 3rd quarter. Things looked the same so far, but little that I knew what I was about to witness.
As a person who's a Patriots fan cause I lived have my life in southern New Hampshire but moved to Houston eight years ago..I know. I was working at a sports bar so I saw most of the game..went from throwing in the towel to yelling like a psycho when Brady made that comeback..you could feel it coming though.
you're right, I COMPLETELY AGREE AND SAID THAT AFTER WATCHING JUST LIKE YOU... But this is a 28min video and trying to adequately explain the conversions feels like something that would add 10min easy and i dont think the algorith, wants that. Imo, they would need to be either talked about in linear fashion (i.e. after the first td start to explain that they needed to go for 2 cuz the score/missed PAT/time remaining/etc, then detail players and play calls) Or make both 2point conversions into a small segment combined and detail the same factors, but more broadly and likely faster. Either way its the only thing that i feel got left out and for a lot of people an easy part to skirt right or wrong Maybe he can do a whole new video on the 2point conversion itself and how it is and isnt used?? lmao after i startred typing im now really curious how many times back to back 2 point conversions have been attempted and made in hugh stakes games
Oh my goodness. The video is 28 minutes and 3 seconds long. What a stroke of genius, FivePoints. Brilliant.
Omg thats comedy 🤣
Whatever that quote is from general grievous where he says some stuff and then “you are doomed” is basically what the opponent says every time the falcons have a substantial lead
Krusty?
I'm not sure I'd say it's genius, but awesome? Hilarious? Hell yeah 😂
I laughed so hard when I noticed 😂
pain
You’re an absolute legend
Sorry not sorry
🎶 Without love 🎶
Dude I had no idea you were into football
Foolish Baseball For Life. Love your stuff man sorry about the pain.
The term 28-3 is so iconic that one can easily mistake it as the final score of the game
When asked who was the GOAT , Aaron Rogers answered without hesitation, "Tom Brady." Asked why, Rogers answered simply, "28-3."
@@Zerox_Prime is that true?
@@codyvandal2860 It is. I was surprised by Rogers' candor.
"28-3" has become a meme. Brady should have it tattoed on his hand/wrist so everyone can see it in the huddle or use it as code whenever he catches a whiff of fear in the huddle.
@@StevenGSchassler oh that's a good one
33-0 A Colts Perspective. Featuring the same QB from the 28-3 Falcons.
Yeah that Roster and OLine was literally dog water
Doesn’t compare buddy this was the bowl not a 3 win team in the regular season
Social media and media people cannot fool me. I saw Matt Ryan, lose a lead it by the Colts when they ran the ball five times in one game on 3rd & 5 at least five times in one game
They did not trust ryan to throw the wall so they lost the game
They ran the ball in the red zone 50 seconds before half time with third in less than five to go
That’s the Colts losing that’s the organization not Matt Ryan
@@thriftthrift4638by this time, he had little left in the tank
Yeah its crazy how Matt Ryan also played defense???
you're brain dead
“We bout to put up 40 on they ass they ain’t never seen anything like this”
*top 5 moments just before a disaster caught on film*
I love how Taylor Gabriel is like "bro shut the fuck up, he can hear you."
"Tonight, a dynasty is born"
to be fair they ain’t never seen anything like that
Ironically, if they HAD scored 40, they would've won.
It's still Tom Brady. That had to be the most profound short convo between two guys ever, and the most prolific statement ever ... "still Tom Brady".
the fact that julio caught 4 of 4 targets and wasn't targeted more is insane
Just because someone is catching what you throw them doesn’t mean they’ll be open and able every time you throw it their way. Julio wins man-man coverage, but the pats played zone for a fair bit of the game, where a player like Julio doesnt thrive as much. Also, no need to throw risky throws, not in that situation. Turnovers are the worst thing you can do with a lead
You dont think the pats were all over Julio? They know hes the biggest threat
If you told me before the game that Julio would have only 4 catches, I'd take that every time.
Story of his career
He had a bad foot, keep that in mind.
As a lifelong Falcons fan from Atlanta I'll never get over that loss. We had a Lombardi trophy within reach and we blew it. Still upsets me to this day.
@Aquatic Snake Well yeah, the fans are part of the organization didn't you know?
It's tough man, hopefully you can win one in the not-too-distant future
Same
@Matt I was thinking Justin Fields
I hope you guys get to feel the thrill someday soon, man
This game will forever define the Atlanta Falcons.
They forever instilled a tradition for football fans to comeback and rewatch this clips from time to time😭🤣
Until they win a Super Bowl which is not likely. They had their One Shot.
I disagree with this
@@KnockOffBeingFattheir one opportunity. To seize everything they ever wanted. And they just let it slip.
#momsspaghetti
Defines the patriots as well.
You don't understand the pain of being reminded of this constantly, it's cemented in pop culture, sports culture, meme culture, it will never die and I will never heal
It is. Its Sports Legend now. Whenever an epic comeback (dont get too excited now AB) or collapse in a team sport happens this loss comes to mind. This happened 5 superbowls ago and people still talk about it like it just happened yesterday. This game will live forever.
Pretty sure it's going to be taught in history books too
some of us understand, to some degree - seahawks fan
The day after this i went to school and just about the whole school knew that i was a falcons fan and my history teacher was a pats fan. So that morning we watched the highlights of the game and i just wanted to cry. Even tho this happened in February of 2017, people still remind me that this happened all the time. 😭💔 hopefully one day, we will be able to go back to the Super bowl and win. And if i can’t experience it, the i hope my kids can.
@@coldwinter5428 nah that was the Niners celebrating on camera than losing
Mommy look I’m a falcon *choking noises* - UrinatingTree
Which video?!
@@s-w4530 The Week in Sportsball: NFL Week Four Edition
@@number1musichater430 From 2017
Vikings fans: "Heartbreak is our kink."
Falcons fans: "CHOKE US HARDER DADDY!!! UwU"
lmfao
I cant imagine being in the Falcons locker room after this. They had this game in their grasp and slowly but surely let it slip away.
Tears, sadness and shame. That's all you have to think about
Very, very quiet.
i play hs football. it may not be the nfl but the environments are pretty much alike i would say. my very first game as a sophomore we lost 58-0 in an away game that was at a school in another city 2 hours away.
in the locker room we were just mad and quiet. coach was just standing outside the locker room looking at the field and beyond that the city below. inside some of the seniors were screaming things like “this is why we dont fuck around at practice” nd things alike. when we got back on the bus to the back everyone was calm. still tense like we just lost 58-0. next day we went over film made adjustments and forgot abt it. it was only a regular season game so i imagine that the falcons may have felt this but worst.
@@nysom3356 Dude I was in a similar Situation we got blown out 57-0 and that was during a game we needed to win to go to playoffs. A blowout heartbreaking loss is one thing but to lose in a come from behind win by possibly the most hated team in the league and do it in your own city and it's the superbowl? That's the worst loss ever. I remember being in the locker room after losing in the playoffs in a last second field goal and it hurt.
@@Argos-xb8ek sucks to go through that experience man im glad u got through it okay fr cuz i be hearing stories of ppl who kill themselves abt things like that. i mean as ghe clock ran out wstching the other team run to the sidline throwing their bottles snd globes in the air and them jumping up nd down as they run into eachother with all their fans cheering. we just had to sit there and watch and i wanted to kill myself😭
This is why we have Atlanta Sports PTSD.
Atlanta teams never fail to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
As soon as I saw Edelman make that catch I knew we were going to lose the Super Bowl.
I am in my 50's and have been a sports fan since the 70's
before the mid 80's and Bird....we had had a long stretch of heartbreak ....it was the bruins in 1972 just before Bobby Orr's knees gave out wat hte last championship.
What I watched from 199-today considering the Celts are looking great has been something I will always be grateful for.
we have bees spoiled rotten as boston sports fans since 2000 all major titles won...some multiple, all except the B's that should have won that chicago Cup.
But we had Bucky Dent and that homer, wells, the montreal Canadians in the 70's were unstoppable...too many men on the ice game...ugh
The Habs....then there was that roughing the passer call the raiders got away with cost us a playoff game, the Fridge scoring a TD and the 85 bears destroying that pats team.
We know this feeling that ATL must have gone thorugh...Tyree...I was on the field as a photo runner for the globe and I was on the field and walked off just behind Bill....I was disgusted at that game
I was standing next to an exec and he laughed and said looks like the whistle got put away and I knew it was over.
the young boston fans today have never really knew losing or bad seasons...spoiled kids many of them.
we had title games every year for 20 yeasr it seemed.
I sure felt for ATL, sure I was happy....but I know the feeling of this....never a good one.
Yers haven't been so bad in baseball like😊😊
And the 1990s Braves were flat brutal.
Bro yall won the World Series like 2 years ago.. .
@@reiserkeiserYeah, and while we’re at it, let’s talk about 1995. I live in the Cleveland area. Back when I was 12 years old, I went roller skating with friends of mine. It was the night of game six, I remember that night it being announced that the Atlanta Braves had beat the Indians (now Guardians) in the World Series. Yeah, I was a bit saddened, even though they had a great season. My point is, Atlanta been far less robbed than Cleveland in sports!
Ah I see the video is 28 minutes and 3 seconds long very cool Mr. Fancy Pants
*Plot twist: Bill Belichick is holding Five Points Vids captive and forced him to make this video exactly 28 minutes and 3 seconds long*
The level of petty is unmatched to that specific I love it 😂
*mr fancy points
Really neat but he should also have released it on March 28th....to truly capitalize on the epic that is the Atlanta Falcons day.
@@DarthTrethon that would be to evil
A quote from UrinatingTree’s Falcons video after that Super Bowl: “the Falcons collapsed so hard that if they were a building, it would be considered a terrorist attack!”
Hahahah I know that one
They collapsed worse than their stadiums for the last 25 years.
Ask the Hawks
Even United did well
@@callmesoftware ahaha
As a Pats fan, I do have some sympathy for the Falcons. For every hero story, there is another team with unfinished business.
What unfinished business?
Yeah...huh? Unfinished? They won many times before this lol it was all finished, they just added another patty on the burger
I thought it was obvious that Brady got to be the hero and The Falcons got close but didn’t complete the goal of winning the Super Bowl (hence, the Falcon’s unfinished business).
Yeah I know what you mean I am a Seattle fan and in really liked the 2013 Broncos, just not as much as the Seahawks. Really glad that the Broncos got to win 2 years later though, so a lot of the SB XLVIII Broncos guys still got rings
I'm a big fan of Arthur Blank, and what he does not only for the NFL but for the city of Atlanta. When I was watching live, at halftime I was telling everyone at the party (I was the only Pat's fan there) that Brady and the boys were coming back. I was so hyped through the come back, but then I saw Mr. Blank on the sideline, dejected. I legit teared up. As much as I wanted Brady to win, It actually hurt to see such a good man essentially get the rug pulled from underneath him. I keep hoping the Falcons can pull it together for him one the way the Chiefs got one for Norma Hunt.
As a Falcons fan, I just remember feeling so empty inside the following week
It still hurts today
Now you know how I felt in 2007-2008 after the helmet catch. I remember being deflated at work in Portsmouth, New Hampshire the next day.
@@americanboy79
That’s not the same thing bud. The patriots still won three more Super Bowls after that. This was the falcons ONLY chance to get a superbowl ring and they missed it. They missed it SO bad.
@@americanboy79not the same, you guys won so many Super Bowls, you can’t even compare this at all
@@CheesecakeKing69you’re right cheesecake king 69 but I definitely felt like dog 💩 all day knowing we blew the crown on the perfect season..David Tyrees name will forever haunt me 👻
An even battle you go 'well, it could have gone either way' and you can live with that. Here you're up 25 points and nobody ever beat a 10-point-deficit before, let alone 25 points. It can't be done. Unless... unless the other guys bring the best quarterback in the history of the game. Then it doesn't matter.
The Patriots won a game and they were ahead precisely 0 seconds the entire game save the very last second.
This one is going to sting a little for a very long time.
Matt Ryan walking around after this game, Patriots confetti raining all around him, despondent and in disbelief, must be one of the saddest sports moments of all time.
One could easily just say "Oh well look at the paychecks he gets" but however as we all know pride in winning a championship cannot be bought.
It's really freaking sad. He lost the game largely due to forces outside of his control.
@@Xhoven he made bad some decisions like taking a sack and not scrambling when he could have!
He played a major role in the lost. MVP quarterback that takes sacks at the worst times and cannot execute audibles nor can run down the clock before snapping??? This was the saddest day of my life.
@@AmirKhan-yv8jm That's why I said "largely." I don't absolve him of all blame, but Shanahan's play calling really doomed the team. "Pass to score, run to win."
This game had two of the most amazing catches in NFL history.
One was an amazing catch, the other was an unbelievable catch. Two different categories of greatness.
Helmet catch
Aaaaand nobody remembers the Jermaine Kearse catch that almost won the Hawks a 2nd Super Bowl.
Fixed and scripted
@@IsaacDozier1 "almost" which is why no one remembers it.
The greatest game I've ever watched. I still remember my phone completely blowing up leading up to and during halftime. "How are your patriots doing?" "Brady and belichick looking good eh?" ... people posting all over my social media. I started pounding drinks by the time it was 28-3 with less than 5 mins in the 3rd. Even in a video game that's a pretty insurmountable comeback. The Edelman catch is burned into my brain. What a game.
Happy for you man I hope to get that with my Cowboys. I’d be one happy Pats fan too.
Lol
Definitely makes up for the giants and eagles lol.
Same happened to me
Ong man all my friends talking shit blowing up my phone... they didn't answer at the end tho
i had a buddy lock himself in the bathroom and lay down in the tub going into the 4th quarter, and another buddy (falcons fan) just taunting him the entire time. it was glorious to watch that dynamic change in 1 single quarter of football.
I can’t imagine tht shit & imagine all the live bets
Your phone had a camera on it guy
As a Pats fan I still have much respect for those Falcons players. I’ve always thought that the coaching staff lost that game and not the players. Ryan was phenomenal that season. Much respect.
Pete Carroll was another genius coach who proved himself stupid against the Pats. Why not call Beastmode at the two yard line? Carroll figured he had two shots at a TD. If Beastmode quakes his way into the end Zone, he becomes Super Bowl MVP in a contract year. Instead, let the young QB on a rookie contract have that honor. Sorry. Pete, but you outsmarted yourself and cost your franchise a SB.
It was mostly on the coaching for not making adjustments when needed but to be honest the players get blame too. Falcons players were getting super cocky and celebrating on the sidelines early. You NEVER celebrate early in the NFL especially when you have Tom Brady and Bill on the other sideline and even more so in the Super Bowl when you know the other team is going to pull out everything they got in the bag.
@@Zerox_Prime I've never thought Carroll was a genius coach. That Seahawks team was so talented, they should've won more. That defense was absolutely loaded then you got Russell Wilson, Beastmode, good receivers and tight end. A really good coach could have won many times. Carroll's teams are too undisciplined.
I am a longtime Pats fan since the late 1980s. The coaching staff was too arrogant in deciding to pass way too much.Should have pounded the rock. The defensive scheme was working for the Falcons.
@@Zerox_Prime I believe Pete Carroll thought he could simply be successful no matter what the play call was. Hi Pete this is not USC and you are not going up against a PAC 12 opponent.lol
I'm from Atlanta. I'm not really a falcons fan, but I root for them when they play. I'm a 49ers fan. But that day I watched to halftime, then went to sleep, ready for a parade or some type of celebration in the morning. I can't mimic the feeling I had when I woke up and googled the final score
I can’t believe you didn’t wanna finish it
@Shaan Keole Yeah but it's the super bowl. Idc who's playing but i watch that no matter what
@Shaan Keole that's what everyone thought so completely understandable, a 25 point deficit in the SB, its game over😂 I would have loved to see the confusion firsthand though the next morning as people woke up and saw the final score
Simply... bruh.
Atlanta is pretty
As a Falcon fan this is the first time ive cried over a game
I didn't cry but I didn't go outside for a week
@@kaydee2126 my teachers even bullied me the next day but that’s still my team. Even wore a Devonta Freeman jersey to school the next day.
As a Pats fan, I felt that in 2007.
I feel your pain I been a Pat's fan for over 35 40 years.... when we lost to the Giants in Super Bowl almost going undefeated....I will never get over it!!!!....it sucks but this is why we love the game....Any Given Sunday anyone can get be no matter how devastated it is!
I cried as well, because I knew my falcons fandom died that day... I just couldn't take it anymore...
As a New England sports fan for over 50 years, this will go down as the second greatest memory/comeback in my lifetime. Only the Sox coming back from 0-3 to the Yankees in the 2004 ALDS (and ultimately winning the World Series in a 4-game sweep) eclipses this.
Well im a Yankee and a Falcons fan and honestly I thought nothing would ever be worse then watching the Yankees blow that 3-0 lead.... boy was I wrong because watching the Falcons choke away this superbowl was by far the worst most painful shit i ever had to watch. I guess I felt the RedSox deserved it when they came back....
Can't compare this game to the Boston comeback... in baseball you get 7 games in the superbowl is win or go home.
@@Tony-Gatosbro winning 4 games in a row is way harder than coming back in a football game😂😂😂
The fact that this is still getting talked about 4 years later is enough pain for the falcons
I’ll never forget it
Until they won a SB
Dude has a Seahawks fan, people don’t realize how grateful we are 😂😅 like if it wasn’t for this people would still be talking about our super bowl fuck up
@@rafi4043 1 yard line Marshawn Lynch
This will be talked about for decades! Atlanta choked so hard they needed the heimlich maneuver
I remember Dan Quinn post game told a reporter, "this one's gonna hurt for a while." It's been 5 years and the wound is fresh as ever.
He knew his tenure and image took a massive hit that he would never recover from.
A few seasons later, he would be out of the job
Yeah, even the simple football term "strip sack" can make an Atlanta fan cringe. Like seeing the Queen of England lose her crown of jewels to Bob Marley running through Buckingham Palace and ripping it off and laughing on his way out.
@Esteban Soto At least you guys have 1958
Yes I know it was a very long time ago and when they were still in St. Louis but it still counts
@Esteban Soto not a Falcons fan but the Hawks got their ring and had a chance for 2 but we know how that went. Falcons don't look like they're gonna be in contention any time soon.
@@RYMAN1321 I'm sure he's talking about the Seahawks, not Atlanta Hawks.
When you can beat the patriots just by kneeling. #EndMaddenMonoply
#BLM
@@FelipeYoshioCordeirodeSouza 😐
@Harry Engel wrote a whole damn book
@Harry Engel Madden 08, the only madden with the Scott the Woz Seal of Approval
@@FelipeYoshioCordeirodeSouza #ACAB
As a Falcons fan, that was a fantastic analysis of the game. I had to skip through some heartbreaking parts, but very well done... as always.
As a Falcons fan who watched this debacle in real time, it pained me so much to watch this autopsy and relive this horror. Alas, hope springs eternal...
For me, hope finally died after this game. I've slowly been drifting away from football since
Feel your pain man... Pat's fan
Jon Boris has the video for u
As a Tom Brady and Pats/Bucs fan, but also a Christian, sometimes I feel like Brady was indwelt by Satan that day. Only a powerful demon could concoct such a powerful comeback, and convince so many people to worship a man instead of Jesus. And the WAY in which it all happened, almost seems supernatural
@@charlesg7926 First off how about you pick a team second off stop spewing religious nonsense on a football video
as someone who’s home team was the falcons, watching this in real time was easily the most heart wrenching sports moment i’ve seen up to that point and still now
I still have the emotions watching this video
@@anthonydestefano1354 I’ve never been able to see the 85 bears in action sadly. I bet they were godlike. Especially with payton as the running back. I’m named after him oddly enough
Well the Braves broke the curse, signed a Dodgers fan
You guys deserve someone better than Matt Ryan, dude is talented but chokes in the worst possible times. Reminds me of Romo.
@Mac of All Trades dude 28-3 is definitely an offensive choke, Ryan had the game locked up with a field goal that would've put the game out of reach and Matt Ryan in spectacular Matt Ryan fashion took a sack that took them out of field goal range. Not the first time he's done that either which is why I knew it was coming, should've been the Packers in the superbowl that year they could've actually won.
This game cemented my opinion about Brady. I went from being impressed in his early days to cheering against him when he had that undefeated season to just giving up in this game and accepting that he's the greatest athlete in history.
Him and his team didn't win this game. The Falcons blew it.
@@Burninateit86 i don’t think greatest ‘athlete’ is the right term for brady. i see him as one of the greatest competitors, which seems similar but the distinction is pretty big
@@Burninateit86 the word "athlete" is not well-defined here. It means different things to different contexts. In terms of his sport, Brady is the greatest athlete. But he is definitely not the most "athletic" by physical fitness standards, compared to e.g., most of the examples you quoted.
@@gbrow1604call the whaambulance
The best competitor in the game and having more football smarts than any other QB, but not the best athlete.
I’m good friends with a starting lineman on ATL. We talk about everything, but I’ve never asked him about this.
Yeaaaaahhhhh.. keep it that way for your sake ya know lol.
I’m good friends with Tom Brady. He told me the Falcons defense sucks.
@@FSU-xn8em damn only 3 points and a pick six 3 quarters against that shit defense thats embarassing
@@Lakitu886
Too bad the game is 4 quarters long and not 3.
@@Lakitu886 28-3
When Matt Ryan won the MVP award by 15 votes over Brady.....that's when Tom took it personally.
It different when Matt Ryan actually deserved it
Lol
Taking a page from Jordan
Only the MVP results are not released until after the super bowl so brady wouldn’t have even known by this point. So you’re wrong.
@@calbassas87 Omg do you feel better with yourself when you do that? Nobody talked about when the MVP is given out. Foh please 😒
My favorite part of this bizarre super bowl is the faces of the owner and his wife; from euphoric and celebratory in the third quarter to 'ah well, we still got this' at the end of the third quarter to concern in the fourth to utterly distraught at the end....classic!
They had the audacity to come down on the field BEFORE the game was over….to gloat. Their plans were foiled. This was part of Atlanta’s bad karma. Dumb move by the owners!!
As a Falcons fan this will never go away. It will never not hurt. I felt like someone I knew died. I was at a party with my friends and just left. My life was terrible at the time too so it was extra shitty. Now my life is pretty great and the Falcons suck so and there’s no need to even take them serious but forever a fan and the Braves got that ring!!!! So we got that!!! 😂
I want to go back and enjoy that Regular season without knowing what Type of bs is coming in the Super bowl
so interesting how sports will affect people lol. my life was total shit when houston won the world series, but fuck it, a town i grew up near just won a baseball game. that must mean i’m on top too right?
And The Bulldogs got a Natty!
And even when y’all play Brady constantly you’ll always remember that
@@imreallyagoat especially since the Falcons have never beaten a Brady team
“They ain’t never seen anything like this.” Makes me chuckle every damn time.😂😂😂
He wasn't wrong 😂😂😂
I wonder how that guy feels after saying that and then losing the Super Bowl🤣🤣🤣
@@Mylc03 That was Mohammad Sanu. He later ended up playing for the Patriots for part of 2019
It's still Tom Brady.
@@aspenrebel I forgot who was the one that said that.
I remember being a Cardinals fan when they lost the Super Bowl to the Steelers in the last couple minutes and how heart wrenched I was. I can’t imagine being a Falcons fan in this situation.
same bro
Cardinal or falcon, it’s still called “bird shit” ☹️
I bet on the Cardinals. I was counting on that $ to fix my car.
@@JeffreyRosenlund you should have bet on Brady. I don’t care if he wasn’t playing you probably would have still won. Lmao 😂
the Seattle lose was just as funny.
Patriots fan since 1976. Brady did not surprise us at all. We knew he could do what he did in this Super Bowl.
Five points is milking the 28-3 cow for the millionth time and I love it
Yeeeeessssss
I clicked
Hope he milks it again in 6 months to a year.
I don't know which loss in this video is more painful: The Falcons loss or FPV's hair loss.
At least it could bring us to 'BALD! BALD! BALD! MY EYES!'
28-3
FPV would make a great Lex Luthor.
@@jaredchampagne2752 five points vids. Luke bruh
@@TheWatchernator I hear chemo isn’t pleasant (I don’t know if that joke is distasteful, or whether it should even be classified as a joke because I am just providing an answer to your question)
Amazing fact, at the time of this Super Bowl Brady has been to the big game 40% of his career. As of 2020 he’s been to the Super Bowl amazingly over half of his career. Truly unbelievable
That’s 100% not Brady. That’s 100% the AFC East. If he spent that time in the NFC west for example he would have had the 2005 Seahawks, the 2008 Cardinals, the early 2010-2014 Patrick Willis 49ers, and of course the 2013 Seahawks. Then factor in the Rams who were always a .500 team so could play spoiler at any time. Much different than the 3-13 Jets year after year.
Brady and BB play with house money every year because no matter what they were going to the playoffs as a division winner. That lets you play loose and flexible to any change to see what works. It was a vicious cycle that greatly enabled their success. Look at Brady’s timing in jumping to the nfc south just in time where Carolina collapses, brees retires and Atlanta is in disarray. Reminder, iirc Brady’s last two rings came courtesy of opponents scoring a COMBINED 12 points. and prior to that i believe was the Seahawks goal line failure. That to me is 3 rings that he has something to do with but his defenses were far more valuable.
@@ariel9302 cope harder
@@ariel9302 You're argument makes you look stupid when Brady took on Brees, Rogers, and Maholms back to back all in one year, all Hall of Famer, all MVP QBs. Bet you got excuses for that too.
@@ariel9302 Your point would actually be a good one if it were true. Unfortunately for your argument is the fact that the Pats with Brady as their QB had a better winning percentage when playing teams outside their division. They actually had more losses against those lousy teams you mentioned in their division then teams outside it. They handled the rest of the NFL very well compared to those lousy Jets and Dolphins teams. But facts aside teams can’t help the which division they’re in. That’s not Brady or Belichicks fault they were in a weak division. Yet another fact that blows your weak ass argument out of the water is the fact that they spent most of the twenty or so years together at the top three teams in the conference. Often the top one. Which then makes their schedule the following year a tougher one and negates the fact, as you claimed, they play in a weak division. It’s ok, you can admit it. It’s remarkable what the Patriots did with Brady as their QB….no matter what division or conference they’re in.
@@knyght1074 just another low
Informed hater who wants to spout off about shit he obviously doesn’t know anything about and is too lazy to look up the info for himself.
Whenever I feel like a failure, I rewatch this Super Bowl to remind myself I’m doing alright.
Why? They all went home to their million dollar homes, supermodel gf, and didn’t give a fuck.
Loser
As a Seahawks fan, props to the Falcons in making our super embarrassing loss in SB 49 to the Patriots looks downright impressive by comparison LOL!
😂
As a broncos fan hearing "intercepted at the goal line" was music to my ears. Still impressive super bowl 48 victory I don't remember being sober after the 3rd quarter lmaoo
@@pimpjuice7760 yall won super bowl 50
Maybe to most Seahawks fans it might be that way, but I am a Seahawks and falcons fan, and that loss made it 10x worse
Wouldn't even call it embarrassing, just unlucky that's all. Pete made a wrong call, and they lost on that call. Pat's had practiced that play lots. Almost like bill knew, he'd throw and not run it due to there % of successful throws in that area, through the season for Russell. Seahawks Vs broncos. That was embarrassing. Seahawks game was just epic final play awesomeness. Sherman face was priceless lol.
The Falcons still haven’t recovered from this massive L
Ya, sad how many teams went into meltdown (for many complex reasons) after losing the Super Bowl.
Completely disagree. Obviously yall are not Falcons fans. Yall talking like the Falcons were yearly contenders for a NFC championship. They were division contenders at best every third year or so before that and returned to form afterwards. That ENTIRE season was played exactly the way the SB went - except ATL's defense that year found a way to get stops and end games enough for an 11-5 record. NOBODY in ATL believed the Falcons would beat the Patriots, NOBODY. On sports radion programs people hoped they would win and might've dreamt they would surprise us all, but the shouts and cheers were muted. This wasn't the Dirty Birds of '98. ATL fans had been burned before (see 2012 NFC Championship vs 49ers) and held their collective breaths and tried to enjoy the moment. The Falcons were 4-6 point underdogs going in to that SB and lost by six..I'm like what's to "recover" from? How can you lose a game you were supposed to lose and yet be shocked you lost?? The Pats were supposed to win it, and they did.
I want to see their record/stats since.. They looked so good now people are doubting Matt Ryan, Julio (who I believe has had injuries..) and everything about the team.
@@gregsiska8599 salary cap is often the problem... Seahawks went to a couple in a row, sick defense.. But then pay Russ $35m/yr gotta lose a couple defensive all-pros.
Unless we actually win it (probably won’t) We’re not recovering
After the Malcolm Butler interception in the pats vs Seahawks sb, I’m sure the Seahawks were relieved when this happened because they were no longer going to be the team that suffered the most embarrassing sb loss in recent football history thanks to the falcons 😭
Both are bird teams that haven't even sniffed the NFCCG since their SB losses. Tom Brady must hate birds.
Lol we don't forget
And Quinn was on the losing end of both debacles!
Other then this game, the most embarrassing sb loss was the broncos to the Seahawks.
Manning and his team didn’t even show up. It was the most lopsided sb in decades.
2 games the pats had no right winning
The saints fan in me absolutely loved all 28 minutes and 3 seconds of this…
Indeed! It was almost as good as watching our boys lift the Lombardi! Who Dat!
@@COFFEY134
And it has been equally rewarding for everyone else to watch your cheap Bountygate asses get spanked in the playoffs ever since! 🤣🤣🤣
Go Bucs!
You are gay
Being a Patriots fan my whole life, and I was a fan in the 80's and 90's....I still get chills watching TB in this game
To each their own but why would Tony Bennett give you chills watching a football game?🤔🤔🤔
@@jillianrydl109whew, that sailed over your head, huh?
Rings and championships aside I never put TB over Joe Montana until this game this was QB magic at it's best.
@@_azurejakeYeah there was still a good debate then! But Brady helps pull this off...Goes to Tampa and immediately wins there, Right about led the league in yards and tds still in his final season and then there's Bill's lack of even sniffing a superbowl in the around 10 seasons he coached without Brady, not to mention brady being #1 all time in yards, tds and completed passes in the regular season and in the playoffs all by a mile...What a Career
Tampa bay gave me hella chills
You should have uploaded this on March 28th. lol
At 3 28pm
Then a recap at 3 28am.
@@leomduffy794 different time zones for everyone so that wouldn't really work lol
@Jose Gringo true
That's my birthday 😈
The 28:03 minute length is too perfect 💯
Looking back, the Falcons burnt themselves out with terrible play calling and being over aggressive while the Patriots just used every opening given to them. One of the most iconic, heartbreaking moments in sports any of us will see in our lifetimes.
It's right up there with the Red Sox collapse in the 1986 World Series.
@@Bob31415yankees collapse up 3-0 in ‘04
When you play Tom Brady this is what happens ... Nothing you can do ...
Right, that's why Eli Manning and Nick Foles got it done, but the falcons couldn't.
Ironic that James White (28) had 3 touchdowns.
He should’ve been the MVP if we’re being honest
HELL NO! The Pats don't come back without Brady. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard lol
@@anthonyhutchins2300 you're an idiot for thinking it's the stupidest thing you've ever seen. Its pretty logical
@Cole Raposo Hmmm...........that is a great idea and they should have!
He could have but they don't come back without brady...
The Qbs job is hard as fuck. That is why they always tend to win MVP.
"Be careful not to choke on your aspirations, director", a wise man once said
I see you are a man of culture
I know this quote but what’s it from again?
@@clayscontent8974 Rogue One Scene Vader talking to director Krennic
The Patriots whenever they get down 28-3: This is where the fun begins
@@Jospeh378 Falcons: How did this happen? We're smarter than this!!
knowing the torment brady has caused quinn made the season opening game winning drive against quinn's dallas defense even funnier
Yeah but Dallas vs TB was actually a good game lol. Both teams appear to be powerful
Sup nolan
Hey Nolan
I'm a Patriots fan, and I can remember watching Arthur Blank going from absolute happiness to absolute mourning in real time. It was sad even for me. :(
As a Patriots fan, I find this perspective fascinating. Followed the Pats since 1985 and this was the most memorable game.
What about Seahawk pass ?
@broomfs then you are a true ride-or-die Patriots fan since you have been loyal through the good, the bad and the worse (that 1-15 season in 1991)
What about 17-1?
Naaaa, 18-1.
I still think Super Bowl 49 was better.
"we boutta get a pick doe"
*_a few moments later, they would in fact get a pick doe_*
Then they lost doe
Wrong, they got a pick 6
@@peteresoe4489 thanks captain obvious doe
Then the Patriots won the super bowl doe
This was one of the best breakdowns and storytelling about a game that I’ve ever heard if not the best. Great video buddy awesome Job
Thanks James!
As a Niner fan I feel the pain that Falcons fans felt on that night. Up 10 with 5 minutes all u had to do was run the ball Kyle😭😭😭
Seattle also blew a 10 pt lead against the great one...and failed to simply run the damn ball.
They did run the ball but there was still too much time. It was that 3rd and 15 that killed us. Mahomes got that 1st down just like Wilson does all the time to us lol.
@@squidusn71 Yes this is becoming a trend with Shanahan, but it was the 49ers defense that let them down the most. That 3rd and 15 was the game. Looked like the 49ers were trying to stop the 15 yard pass and let Hill get open downfield. Big mistake. Mahomes will throw the ball anywhere and always wants to get the ball to Hill. That completion was way too easy and not only got the first down, but got them close to the touchdown. After that the 49ers defense gave the Chiefs problems, but always gave up the 3rd down play or had a penalty. That's what lost the game more than anything.
@@stickman1742 from what I heard, moseley, who was covering hill, dropped his coverage too early or when he wasn't supposed to at all. It's still too painful to watch any of it. I haven't recovered from the Ravens game as well.
Good then Igor man bye it was rigged lol too es missed calls won it :)
People don’t really grasp what it was like in Atlanta the day after. It was like everyone was going to a funeral. The sports broadcasters didn’t know what to say. The blame game was searing and a lot of it fell on the coaching. The worst of it is the people in the media who still point to us and say we deserved this because “we’re not a great sports city”, well what I saw the day after said a lot of people cared about this. As an Atlantan there is a sense your city never gets the respect it deserves, and this day still hangs like a pall over this team.
That's rediculoud, mark my words. As a NE fan, the day of Atlanta being champions again is nigh.
Yall got the braves
Grew up here. Waited for that moment my whole life. I am now 51. I was able to come to terms with it when I came to the conclusion that the game was rigged for the cheaters. It was very satisfying seeing Brady get pissed when what was supposed to be a rigged game this year vs. LA Rams still did not go his way. He got pissed and took his ball home. I flipping loved it!
Atleast you blame the correct people unlike panthers fans who put all the blame on the quarterback
Half the Atlantans forgot about this after the Braves won the World Series.
The time of this video is even 28 minutes and 3 seconds...
I think we all kno that😐 I’m pretty sure he did that on purpose
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence
@@rileyfreeman7122 I’m pretty sure he did that on purpose
As a patriots die hard fan and a TB fan, this is so tough to watch. I was so pissed the first half I turned the channel. Only to come back 10 mins later and say screw it, it's either going to be an epic win or we lose. To my joy they started to come back and won. Falcon fans my heart goes out to you on this one. 👍
Never turn you're back on you're team
thx man
Watching this live was like watching the universe unravel. I truly felt reality slipping away from me as the Pats came back. I was crushed, inspired, confused, and entertained.
entertained?????
@@Bob31415are you NOT entertained???
@@butteryflakycrust4864 So you are crushed and entertained *at the same time* ?
Dropping back to pass on 3rd & 1 under those circumstances was one of the dumbest play calls in the history of the sport, especially when you consider what a high-powered run game the Falcons had. It was essentially a mini-version of Seattle's goal-line blunder and paved the way for everything that followed.
I’ll never forget this game. Which speaks to how memorable it was considering I had 22 beers that day
😂😂
Facts I was playing lacrosse in college and the Canadians and New Yorkers were so trashed. I remember half the team was from Georgia and Atlanta lmfao. I was so happy to see them freaking out hammered af after half time. Me and the few guys from Colorado and NC and Australia just laughed at such a rigged sport lol
I topped that. Had 28 beers...I ended up throwing up 3 times though.
I was watching this game with my gma and aunt. I became a fan of the Falcons around 2011(mostly because of me and Julio sharing the same last name and was 11) and I remember this season and how exciting it was to have my favorite team make it this far.
I remember my gma asking me why I didnt celebrate at any point of the game. all I said was "The game isnt over, were playing against Brady and the Pats" and sure enough what I feared happened and the worst part was that it happened in slo motion
I'm not even that much into football (I'm a baseball guy, go Braves), but my dad most definitely was. I watched the whole thing with him as we went from excited, to anxious, to crushed disbelief. Exactly zero positive feelings about the team after this game.
What's even worse, My old man would never live to see his football team go the distance, as 2 years later he would die of pancreatic cancer. He was 51. As if it were insult to injury, the Falcons seem to have immediately gone to shit since then from what I've seen. That's why I hardly ever watch videos about it anymore, it's pain beyond just the result of this god-forsaken game.
It's only remotely palatable now after what the Braves finally managed to do after living a life of knowing nothing but failure after gut-wrenching failure in the fields of sportsball, but my god does it still hurt.
I'm very sorry for your loss
I’m sorry man
As an Astros fan. I'm sorry for your loss and I'm glad that at least the Braves were able to finally get one bro. May your father rest in peace.
I’m sorry for your loss.
It seems like most people in Atlanta stopped caring about the team immediately after that game, and they have great reason not to anymore. Blowing a 25-point lead with an offense as potent as Atlanta’s was is humiliating and inexcusable. Since this game, the Falcons have gone on to make the playoffs only one more time in 2017, defeating the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card game before falling to the Philadelphia Eagles-who would proceed to accomplish the very goal the Falcons set out to against the same Patriots team in Super Bowl LII-in the Divisional Round. Following that season, they’ve finished 7-9 twice from 2018 to 2019 and 4-12 last season. Attendance has plummeted significantly. The stadium looks depressingly cavernous every game. Everyone has lost hope, passion, and excitement for the Atlanta Falcons. 28-3 has forever changed the organization and their fans’ outlook on the team as a whole.
@@BrendenNichols Thats so true. My dad knows his team is never reaching a super bowl for a long time. My granddad too, but he's more into baseball so im glad he got to see the braves finally do it. (even though im a stros fan)
I live in Atlanta and this game still hurts really badly to this day
Haha
Us Vikings fans and you Falcons fans have a lot in common lol. I even said that was a very "Vikings" thing that happened to the Falcons. Much respect to you bro.
HA!!!
It was FIXED.
Good!!! Go Saints!
22:23 I get chills seeing Brady drop back with his picture perfect quarterback form, ready to win another game. I don't think people living realize that we are sharing a generation with one of the greatest legends of sports to ever play.
Yep.
You're literally the only genius who gets it.😁
I said it on that night and I'll say it again. We will never witness a Super Bowl as amazing and #49. Truly a movie.
Probably the best. I don’t think we’ll ever see another starting QB win this many Super Bowls ever again.
Some of us know it :-) #GOBUCS
Go get your jergens bottle.
Thank you for this. Peak Pats dynasty. One of the happiest days of my life. Brady's unfair persecution by the league and 4 game suspension, his mom's cancer battle, those challenges and Brady's perseverance made me so happy for Tom on this night. This was a beautiful game and a fantastic documentary. Thank you!
As a Falcons fan who watched that game in full, I have one thing to say:
Why are we still here? Just to suffer?
Yes...sadly. Our team has failed us.
This new coach isn't going to mean shit...
No. That's the old Browns job. Now, the Texans and Jaguars have taken over. (Making their fans suffer)
@I am the Senate it won't be worth it for the Jaguars or Texans. They have years of despair coming up for them
The answer is...for clicks
I got mad respect for you for following what the people on Twitter said and editing down the video to 28 minutes and 3 seconds
Pats fan here. I was at a big SB party with no other Pats fans. They were all chatting it up, enjoying the food, I was glued to the 50”. I never felt the Pats were out of it. Long story short, immediately after the OT win, I jumped up to celebrate, looked around, and everyone else had already left the party, I was alone with the hosts! They all figured the game was over long before and had gone home, and missed the greatest come back EVER!
You can forever say: Hey, you should have been there, them knowing full well they walked out the door when Tom Brady was still on the field. Who the hell dismisses Tom Brady?
Pats fan here, I was at this game Best sporting event I've ever witnessed...!
As a falcons fan who watched the whole thing live you don’t know the despair I felt watching the game
don't despair... this game was rigged just like the NFL is completely fake and fixed.
As a patriots fan who also watched the whole thing, I was growing increasingly more miserable all throughout the game right up until the tide started to turn. Then I started getting excited, but remained extremely nervous. When James White broke the goal line in overtime, I don’t know if I’ve ever felt so much happiness over something I saw on tv. We were screaming, jumping around, not knowing what we just watched. After the initial wave of emotion I just looked at that confetti falling and imagined how I’d feel if I was a falcons fan, and I started to feel pretty bad for you guys even though I was having the time of my life.
Anyways, I’m not laughing anymore because now the patriots suck too so after a lifetime of being a spoiled pats fan, I finally know what it’s like to lose consistently.
As a packer fan, think I felt it the aaron rodgers nfc championship against the Seahawks.
You're 28-3 ahead, you're thinking: this one's in the bag. Just take it easy and we'll finally have a Lombardi again. Then it starts and the score evens out. Then the Patriots get the ball in over time and you know, you just know, you're never winning this game. That feeling of imminent horror knowing there's nothing you can do about it.
There's a saying out there that goes, " and you shall know joy to the depths of Atlanta Falcons Fans sorrow! It was great guys. Patriot elation was just outstanding at the end of that game..!🤣🤣🤣
Atlanta Falcons 1966-2017
Chokelanta Falchokes 2017-present
Yes
They would’ve been like 10-6 last year if they didn’t blow away all of those games💀😭
@@kodakwhite1696 yeah that's true
No they blew so much games from 1966-2017. ALOT OF CHOKE
@@yolkyboi5916 yea if u know the falcons history this ain’t new. It was a lot more crushing than anything else
Brady is like Thanos. He's coming and you probably can't stop him.
that’s what she said
Sounds more like Philip Rivers
“Brady is like Thanos”
BR/Gridiron Heights had the same thought.
Only BDN can stop him
if he puts his head down on the sideline, you’re screwed
Excellent video my friend. As a lifelong Falcons (and Bengals!) fan, my suffering as an NFL fan seems to know no end and this game was the pinnacle of that. Even if the Falcons somehow shock the world and win the Super Bowl one day, I don't think the pain of this particular loss will ever go away. You made some great points throughout the video and like so many fellow Falcons fans, I will NEVER understand why the Falcons didn't make better decisions during that fateful second half. I don't like conservative/safe football strategies. However, when you are up 28-3 against THAT Patriots team, sometimes playing it safe and simply running the ball can be enough to win you the game. At the very least, it would have eaten up clock and given the Falcons tired defense a chance to rest. What can I say? It's incredibly painful even all these years later. And it has made me question if I should continue to invest my time in sports. I actually watch sports a LOT less than I used to so I'm not as invested and this game is a huge reason for my decision. I still root for my teams but not as hard/faithfully as I once did. Life is too short to feel this kind of pain over a silly sports game, right? Or not so silly if you've pulled for your favorite team for 30+ years...and still hope for that one championship moment to finally come.
You Can Root for The Bengals now Since They'd start Hot now As A true Super bowl contender.
Whenever I see the Malcolm Butler interception on the goal line, I tell myself "at least we aren't the Falcons" and I feel slightly better.
Yeah. Seahawks only had to live with the most embarrassing super bowl loss for a couple years until the Falcons cemented their place for all of history.
@@briangriffith4574 and both involved Dan Quinn lol
Ha ha ha ha!! Only "slightly better"? "Malcolm, GO!!". Pete Carrol chomping hard on that gum didn't change things did it?
@@briangriffith4574 It was like "The Battle of the Bulge" in WWII. Germans made this big push to crush the Allies, and then ........disaster. (a big part was cuz they ran out of fuel).
Me too
Falcons actually been cursed ever since this happened tho
All Atlanta sports teams are cursed and always have been
@@matteichelberger7709 Well the Braves finally won a WS. Took them about a decade of playoff choking though.
@@matteichelberger7709 or maybe we just sold our souls after 95. Kinda like what UrinatingTree did for Houston after that 2017 World Series
@Cutman Powered up yeah good point. The succubus was generous to us
@Cutman Powered up we also have 2018 Atlanta United but that’s MLS which is a developing/retirement league that no one cares about
Imagine being me, a Falcons AND Georgia fan. I had to watch both my teams choke away long-awaited titles in a 12-month span. I still haven't recovered.
I know your pain. I almost stopped watching sports entirely.
I’m a bills fan so I feel your pain I might even have more pain than you
HA!!
@@richardheard3863 Wide right in that one SB.
To be honest, that ga game was stolen by a bunch of no calls. Saban had the refs in his pocket
Panthers fan here. I feel your pain Falcons nation. The panthers are also 0-2 in the Super Bowl. Heavily favored in the 2nd one. The pain never goes away.
Except, you barely scored.
James White, a RB, caught 10 more passes in the biggest game of the season, than a future HOF WR Julio Jones
Should’ve been MVP
I’m a pats fan and I love white but white wasn’t double covered all game long
I am huge James sweet feet White fan he is an amazing player this just highlights how good of a player he really is he is one if not the best in league on 3rd down nd just incredible in clutch situation's all around amazing player and person Brady gave him the truck this year i believe meaning yr of the superbowl we r talking about
More a. Product. Of the patriots. Offense then whites individual skills. Welker, Edelman, vereen, branch and white are all in top 10 in receptions for a super bowl. No coincidence there.
easier when you’re the 3-5 option rather than the 1st
“The red and black confetti awaits”
Hearing that literally tore my soul out of my body
What I remember is a sideline shot of Tom Brady when it was 28-3, encouraging and trying to pump up his teammates. He didn't believe it was over and wouldn't let his team quit. One of the more amazing sports finishes you will ever see. Just one more addition to the Brady legend.
#1 sign of a terrific leader. it’s hard to say if they would’ve pulled off this comeback had Brady been sulking around / throwing fits.
even Murphy was doing some finger-pointing as his team was blowing their lead.
The Falcons had both a defensive collapse and not converting first downs on offense, a perfect storm of inepitude. Lay down.
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In all Honestly i would’ve thought id win the power ball before all the things the falcons have achieved over the past 4 years
Oh, one more thing. Pats fan for life here and have enjoyed the run we had. Incredible victories. What doesn't get talked about nearly enough because of the shocking Pats win, is Julio Jones. He was by far the best receiver I saw the Pats face in a Superbowl. Incredible catches including that one tippy toe sideline catch that should have ended it. Greatest catch in Superbowl history. I was stunned but just felt the better team won and if a guy makes a play like that, they deserve to win. I replayed it over and over and imagined it being shown over and over in an NFL Films vid as the play that got Atlanta the Lombardi Trophy. This is the best video I have seen on this game-better analysis than the 1 hour NFL Films one and it's told from Atlanta's side! I'm watching that right after I finish typing. The Hightower sack/fumble - the Edelman catch - winning the overtime coin flip. Atlanta fans have to be stunned to this day and will be forever. I know I still am and a lot of comments on here bear it out.
Yeah, when we won the OT coin toss, Ryan knew it was over. Funny thing is, I called the winning play. I said "pitch it out to White" (but Brady NEVER pitches out to RBs). Then he did. Jones catch was insane, he had another great one in the game too. But Antonio's Brown catch in endzone for TD was the greatest catch ever in SB. Jones #2, Seahawk guy vs Pats #3, Edelman's here #4. I say the "helmet catch" is overrated. Why didn't our guy strip out the ball instead of grabbing around his shoulder to bring him down? He still could have stripped ball once on ground, cuz Giant guy was on top on him and NOT on the ground yet. Then they don't Dbl cover Giants WR, and he scores winning TD. Grrrr!!!!
That Jones' catch was great, but just because of one play doesn't mean that team deserves to win. Plenty of teams lose even when their players make great plays or play great games. That's what makes these games interesting. I always prefer to see both teams playing well, but someone has to lose. That's why that SB this year was so disappointing with the Chiefs playing lousy.
Nah Woodson smackin tha piss outta Brady was best play ever!!! Oops wait it never happened
Oh! I guess I got Steelers' guy wrong in SB vs Cardinals. NOT Antonio Brown but was Santonio Holmes. My bad!!
@@stickman1742 But the point is how stupid the Falcons' head coach, OC, QB, and all were. Jones' great catch was to the 22 yd line of Pats. Falcons up by 8 pts. All Falcons had to do was run it up the middle twice (even QB sneaks), run off as much time as possible, then kick FG on 3rd down (in case they flubbed hold or something). Then they up by 11 pts, and would have won SB. Instead they got stupid, greedy, and arrogant, and screwed up royally. They deserved to lose. Dumb asses!!
Dude. Everything in this video is perfect wtf. The duration, the narration, the music, holy shit man. This is basically a professional documentary. You're amazing.
an absolute gem of a video, and the fact that it is 28.3 lenth video is a nice touch.
When Julio caught that ball on the sideline, it just didn't feel like there was any possible way the Pats would win. You mentioned that they could have had a 39-yard FG with 3 0-yard runs. Had Ryan just taken 3 knees, they would have had a 42-45 yard field goal. That's with a Pro Bowl kicker indoors. Not sure why Kyle didn"t trust that.
And I disagree with you on the 3rd and 33. Run it. Maybe you pick up 8-10 yards (or more) and get a more makeable FG. But even if you don't, you make the Patriots burn a time out. If nothing else, don't call a sideline route. Even if you complete that, you go out of bounds and allow the Pats to save 40 seconds and a TO.
There was no possible way other than scripted rigged horseshit.
@@stratocaster0842 Bingo! Finally someone gets it! Vegas really cashed in on this racket and people think this was some “miraculous” comeback. Lol
@@stratocaster0842 Wasn’t scripted fuck nuts
@@bigreeezy How can you say it wasn't scripted when all Atlanta had to do was run the ball several more times and kick a field goal BUT they kept passing with double digit numbers on the play clock when the game clock was running? They kept passing when they should have been running and taking time off the clock. A field goal would have been as good as a TD given the amount of time left in the game and up by two scores. The whole thing makes no sense and they never explained it. Was their kicker hurt? None of their play calls in the last half of the 4th quarter makes sense and that's why people question it.
I'm not a Falcons fan, but I believe the game was rigged.
that edelman catch is THE catch of this century
What about David Tyree? Lol
David Tyree (SBXLII)? Santonio Holmes (SBXLIII)? Jermaine Kearse (SBXLIX)? Too many great catches to call just in SBs alone.
22:55 Thank you Edelman for this amazing play that I will NEVER forget!!!! We will miss you in NE
What did he say? I'm sure he was 🎤up? I caught it. I caught it. Indeed he did with Falcons all over him. I'm going to miss him. He's a true team player.
That ball was on the ground, right when he was pulling it in. Just wasn't footage good enough to prove it.
@@StsFiveOneLima milk has since dried up, no game comes down to one call or one play
Saved Brady ass. It was a bad pass
@@Fleshwound747 "milk has since dried up, no game comes down to one call or one play" --- cliche. The game is, yes, the sum of its parts. But, then again, change this one piece....
This was a great watch, definitely a pick me up in the middle of a long cold winter. Thank you.
Absolutely blows my mind that this happened in a sport where you can take a knee to kill the clock or run out the ball
The Falcons played like they were trying to drop 50 on them.
And it eventually wasn’t sustainable.
@@Kylora2112 funny enough one of the atlanta players said they’re gon drop 40 on em
Playing like it was Madden
The script told them not to run the ball.
What I find the most outrageous thing was that Brady’s 15 yard run was the second longest of his career and he led the patriots in rushing. If the falcons stopped Brady on that 3rd and 10, I think they win
Nah even if he got only 5 yards, Brady was in full terminator mode, he'd most likely convert anyway.. Where ATL blew it was after the lousy play calls right after the Julio Jones catch and the incredibly stupid fumble drive.
As a Wolverine the opposition was in a cover 2 "D" and the middle opened up like the Red Sea and Brady once ran for 40 right up the gut middle.. greatest thing i ever saw , I believe it was against Ohio State on a crucial 3rd and 10 late in the game ..
That run fired the team up it had me like okay Tom not going out like that
There are many points where "if the falcons did this or that, they win the game". It is part of the 'choke' or 'greatest comeback' that is associated to this game. To me it's a little from column a and a little from column b. The Falcons had never been in these scenarios and by this I mean the coaching staff as well. They played what got them there no matter what. The Patriots are all about adjusting. They win mostly because if adjustment is required, they generally have the time to find the correct adjustments and implement them. When they lose, it is typically because they simply run out of time. Yes, there are days when everything goes wrong as well but that is the exception for the Patriots and not the rule. These past two years however show what they look like when the team is blown up and the management fails to do its job for the long run but that is another discussion.
@@billyboblillybob344 I also think many coaches forget fundamental mathematics and elementary school numbers. As an example this past Super Bowl where Brady kept Mahomes off the field for 7 full minutes in the second half..Hell The Pats controlled the ball for 40 minutes to 20 (not including OT) vs K.C in the 2018 AFC Championship.. All the Falcons had to do is run the ball and maybe pick up 1 or 2 first downs in the second half and time constraints would have put heat on the Patriots.. Instead they have Matt Ryan back passing and guy's like Hightower were homing in on him like a heat guided missal causing turn overs at mid field..
Brady when in the lead (no matter by 3 or 30) always let's the 40 second clock run down to 1 second - it's amazing how no one seems to get it.. Meanwhile guy's like Rodgers and Mahomes are snapping the ball with 20 seconds still on the play clock..
I dont think people realize this was history in the making and we all got to see it.
I was shocked how BB and TB12 were being crushed in the SB. Atlanta was outcoached, but not by BB... their own coaches beat them. When you have a lead, play with it. Run the ball. Make the defense stop the run and then pass when needed. Keep the chains moving. Run clock. At the beginning of the second half, BB outsmarted himself and exposed his desperation with a hopeless on-site kick. It was the first great opportunity squandered by the Falcons in the second half. Getting strip sacked doesn't happen with a running play. Run plays don't normally lose game winning field goal range. But the Hawks and Matty Ice were arrogant, as was Pete Carroll when he lost against the,Pats on a pass play. Losers.
@@Zerox_Prime
Everything you said was on the money.BB's onside kick while still in the third quarter was a terrible call and should've been the nail in the coffin for the Pats.
@@Zerox_Prime Dropping back to pass on 3rd & 1 under those circumstances was one of the dumbest play calls in the history of the sport IMO.
I supremely appreciate that you were able to make the video length exactly 28:03.
As a Brady fan living in Houston, I remember that day perfectly. I could see the outline of the nrg stadium lights from my office window.
I was watching the game by myself in the office projectors (only guy in the department working on superbowl Sunday). I was pretty bummed out and headed home right at halftime. I got home to the party with a few minutes left of the 3rd quarter. Things looked the same so far, but little that I knew what I was about to witness.
Brady fan = Bandwagon
As a person who's a Patriots fan cause I lived have my life in southern New Hampshire but moved to Houston eight years ago..I know. I was working at a sports bar so I saw most of the game..went from throwing in the towel to yelling like a psycho when Brady made that comeback..you could feel it coming though.
Man you totally overlooked the 2 point conversions 😓 those were just as big as the touchdowns leading up to them
you're right, I COMPLETELY AGREE AND SAID THAT AFTER WATCHING JUST LIKE YOU... But this is a 28min video and trying to adequately explain the conversions feels like something that would add 10min easy and i dont think the algorith, wants that. Imo, they would need to be either talked about in linear fashion (i.e. after the first td start to explain that they needed to go for 2 cuz the score/missed PAT/time remaining/etc, then detail players and play calls) Or make both 2point conversions into a small segment combined and detail the same factors, but more broadly and likely faster. Either way its the only thing that i feel got left out and for a lot of people an easy part to skirt right or wrong
Maybe he can do a whole new video on the 2point conversion itself and how it is and isnt used?? lmao after i startred typing im now really curious how many times back to back 2 point conversions have been attempted and made in hugh stakes games
Don’t forget a few years later Brady would become the Falcons division rival.
*Falcons fans when Tom Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers*
REEEEEEEEEEE
@SR 71 One time by another epic comeback. I kinda feel bad for Matt Ryan.
Especially New Orleans