Posted on 02/05/2017 7:34:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
For the first time, a Super Bowl needed overtime, and for the fifth time, the New England Patriots are Super Bowl champions.
This time, it took the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history to do it, defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 at NRG Stadium in Houston in Super Bowl LI.
Atlanta had a 28-3 lead midway through the third quarter. But a costly Atlanta fumble by quarterback Matt Ryan with 8:31 left in the fourth quarter helped set up the Patriots to come all the way back.
It was the first time the Falcons had turned the ball over in this postseason.
The revenge tour is complete, and quarterback Tom Brady, named the game's MVP, stands alone.
All five of those titles have come with Brady and head coach Bill Belichick, but this one had some slightly different circumstances. Brady missed the first four games of the regular season, serving his Deflategate suspension that was imposed by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell....
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Reminds me so much of Election night it's eerie.
Fitting that New England's QB and Head Coach were the ONLY ones in the entire NFL to come out and endorse Donald Trump BEFORE the election.
It was just something I lifted from Twitter.
2017 NFL Superbowl 51 Highlights | Patriots vs Falcons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjSaC2haI5k
I missed 99% of the game. Looks very exciting. I see the original Bushie was there. :)
Did you hear the crowd boo when roger took the mike ? I thought Bradshaw was going to faint !
Who the hell craped in your cereal this morning ?
I am sure there were plenty of people rooting against Brady, Bellichik, and Kraft because they are friends with Trump.
Oldsmaj, I'm with you on that call!!
You win with Trump! I’ll never get tired of winning!
Odds are Brady retires ... after two more seasons.
Oh no way, do not tell me. I quit watching after the half time. How the F could they win 28-3 down??
And Goodell deserved to be booed!! What a POS he is!! It’s time he cleans up the trash in the NFL. Capernick etc. Great game. Incredible. Congrats to the Pats!!
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A 31 point comeback in the super bowl is most unlikely to ever be duplicated, and doing it all in unanswered points seals the deal for sure.
Drudge is on safe ground.
Best Game evuh!!!
It was Yuge!!!
Just like THE ELECTION! And the winners were TRUMP FRIENDS!
Dude, you were in the SuperBowl.
Last I checked, my beloved Cleveland Browns were 1 and 15.
Maybe that will help you keep things in perspective.
I told the family when the dirty birds were totally dominating that anything and everything is possible and I felt in my sizeable gut that the pats would win. Then after halftime I retracted and said no, lol. Then I stood roaring most of the fourth quarter, omg lol un freek ing believable I gotta go break something big right now.
I don’t usually follow either and watched the game for the same reason. Somehow the most remarkable SB and I had to get some champagne. !
I didn’t leave the NFL. The NFL left me.
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