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Originally Posted by rustyp
It's typical for a team with a large lead to back off and run the clock down. Protect against the big play and even give a score away hopefully just field goals not touchdowns i.e. protect the lead. Terrible is beyond my vocabulary for what the Falcon's called after being in field goal range. They could have run the clock down another minute and a half at least or have NE spend timeouts putting even more pressure on them if they missed the field goal. A missed field goal would have been no different situation than kicking the ball away but with a lot less time for NE to work with. My vote for the dumbest call of all superbowls.
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And if the Falcon's would have missed that field goal and NE come back with little time left I would admit it was the greatest comeback ever in super bowl history. It was also a good comeback. Greatest ? Yes per statistics not strategy. If NE knew that was the end result they would have never tried on onside kick. That's a desperation shot. However it was the greatest gift in super bowl history. What do you think Roger Godall would say - lucky Pats ?