What the hell Falcons. Why attempt a pass in that situation???

[nikibatts]

All they had to do was run and kick a field goal. Sometimes coaches over coach.

[mvd]

1. I don't understand either

There were offsetting penalties that should have been called instead of just Falcons holding though.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Yup

Two running plays and a FG. Duh.

[roscoeroscoe]

16. Ding!

Exactly.

[BeyondGeography]

17. He knows

Link to tweet

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[Trust Buster]

3. Ryan committed a cardinal sin by allowing himself to be sacked in that situation.

[nikibatts]

6. Not his fault. Bad call by the coach. Period!

[Trust Buster]

8. Nope, it is the qb's responsibility to not take a sack in that situation.

[BeyondGeography]

11. And bail out the coach

They were near the 20 with two plays to run. Criminally stupid play calling.

[Ilsa]

4. Dying here. I hate OT in the NFL. nt

[Hoyt]

5. Falcons have been like that since inception. They have always played stupid, but they'll take this.

[nikibatts]

7. And to make matter worse, the Falcons stopped putting pressure on Brady. Why, why, why???

When they were pressuring Brady he couldn't find a receiver. They took the pressure off in the second half and BAM!!!!!

[maryellen99]

9. Evil wins nt :(

[avebury]

10. What on earth has happened to the Falcons? It is like

a different team came out in the second half!

[pangaia]

12. It is the old Washington defense when ahead in the 4th quarter.

Play soft, let the other team catch the ball and run...

[Blue_true]

13. Malcolm Mitchell ate the Falcons' lunch.

Any white supremacist trying to claim the Patriots didn't see that a Black rookie took the team on his shoulders and caught tough passes to spark the comeback - and a Jewish guy made an eternal highlight reel catch to keep a drive alive.

[uponit7771]

14. +1, he snagged on 32 constantly... Caught every ball...

[uponit7771]

15. +1