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Originally Posted by Detoxing
Blowing a 28-3 Lead is on the offense eh? I mean, don't you think the defensive minded HC and the defense share a far bigger piece of the blame for that?
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Some of the blame definitely does fall on the offense.
Shanahan refused to call a run heavy gameplan and Matt Ryan was snapping the ball the entire second half with 10-15 seconds left on the play clock.
Funny thing is, despite all of that, they still most likely win if Ryan doesn’t take that horrid 3rd down sack late in the game. He throws that ball away or Shanny calls a run, they probably convert the field goal and I don’t think NE had enough time to recover from being down 11 with that little time remaining.
The Falcons could have easily won that game and totally changed the narrative. Matt Ryan instantly becomes an easy Hall of Famer and Julio Jones’ insane catch gets immortalized instead of forgotten completely. Instead they completely duffed it and now they’re forever known for having the greatest Super Bowl collapse in league history, while that win pretty much sealed Brady’s legacy as the GOAT in most people’s minds.
It really is absurd how close Brady was to losing this Super Bowl and the 2014 Seahawks Bowl, though I don’t use that argument much because he was also basically one 50/50 play away from winning 2007 & 2011 against the Giants and 2017 against the Eagles.