RealGM

Atlanta +3 vs. New England -3

So, we made it to the big show, and the city of Atlanta is riding a high right now. New England is favored to win by 3 points, but I believe in our Falcons, so I expect us to win our first Super Bowl.

I also signed over my life and will be a season ticket holder at the new season. A total of 11 years now!

Discuss the events up to the Super Bowl in this thread, give us your thoughts, and predictions.

Also, Matt Ryan is a highly favored to win MVP of the regular season, so congrats Atlanta!

I was pulling for the Falcons in a big way, not as a big time fan, though I dot love high powered offenses and Matt Ryan. More importantly, I can't stand the Patriots.

I can't imagine how this game feels. I feel sick to my stomach and am not even a Falcons fan.

I was wrong about Shanahan coming into this year, needed to be fired, but his play calling on the last drive in the Super Bowl was just historically, honorably, stupid.

Up 8 in the last few minutes of the 4th quarter, i really wasn't worry, i was just telling my buddy, "Falcons just need to kill the clock and get a field goal and Falcons will be fine". This is not hindsight, but I was thinking to myself, if I was Shanahan, i would just do normal play calling until the Falcons got inside the 30 yard line, then I would just call 3 running plays (maybe one shot gun play, QB running QB keeper, with the option to throw the ball away) and then just kick the field goal.

Falcons march down the field and Julio makes an amazing catch, getting the Falcons inside the 30, I was like great. I like the hand off to Freeman. At that time, i was like "good, just do that two more times, kill the clock and kick the field goal". Then Shanahan calls two passing plays that were not in the shot gun formation, which was just horribly stupid

I have no idea why Shanahan was so dumb. Both a field goal and touch down keeps it a two score game for the Falcons, with the field goal, the Falcons go up 11, with a touch down, the Falcons go up 15. In both cases, New England needs two touchdowns.

If going up 11 or 15 doesn't change what New England needs to win, then why the HELL not just kill the clock with 3 running plays and kick the field goal.

I know, anyone who plays Madden knows to go for the field goal, run down the clock and just kick the friggin FG!! for real, in that situation a middle school kid playing Madden, who has never played a real game of football in his life, would have made better decisions than shanahan.