I just don't like how it gives one team a bigger advantage. Atlanta just got done having their defense on the field and they were gassed. They had to start overtime going right back out there and didn't stand a chance. I think both teams should have a shot at scoring.
So, do you think the NFL should have overtime the same way college football has it?
I think they should look at doing something similar to it. I'm not suggesting the same exact thing because it's not perfect either. I just don't think it's right that both teams don't get an opportunity and it most comes down to the luck of a coin toss.
Look at all other sports, they all give both teams the chance to win. I know the NFL can't do it the same as basketball, hockey and soccer but it could certainly do better.
The coin toss keeps the game honest - it's why you need a very good defense. You lose the toss, you NEED to stop them.
I just don't like how it gives one team a bigger advantage. Atlanta just got done having their defense on the field and they were gassed. They had to start overtime going right back out there and didn't stand a chance. I think both teams should have a shot at scoring.
I think the overtime rule should be changed. I think that if one of the teams in OT is the Patriots they should just bypass the OT and just award the Lombardi to the Pats and the MVP to Brady. It would save time that way and we all could get to sleep earlier. This would have helped the "gassed" Falcon D too. They would have had all night and off-season to rest up. LOL, couldn't resist :-)
The Super Bowl should not come down to who wins the coin toss.
The coin toss keeps the game honest - it's why you need a very good defense. You lose the toss, you NEED to stop them.
I see it just the opposite it's why you need a very good offense, if you win the toss you need to have a good offense that can move the ball and score the points to win the game. What NE had was a great Offense and a good Defense and that is why they won the Super Bowl and why the Bears aren't in the Super Bowl because like most of their fans they think a great defense is all they need to win and that it is total BULL, you need a good if not great offense to go along with a good defense to win the big one. You go 3-13 when you have neither or 9-7 or 10-6 if you only have a better average defense, but you still can't win the big one.
how you don't run the ball 3 straight times kick the fg and go up 31-20 with 5mins left.....sheer stupidity. Just cost you the world championship. Morons.
Quinn is a good coach. I think he learned a really tough lesson. You NEVER take your foot off the gas. I don;t think he thought that the Pats would ever catch them.
BTW, Kraft actually shook Goodells hand when he accepted the trophy.
how you don't run the ball 3 straight times kick the fg and go up 31-20 with 5mins left.....sheer stupidity. Just cost you the world championship. Morons.
Not sure how getting your team to a Super Bowl and being quite competitive (if not dominant) against the best coach/QB combo in NFL history qualifies Dan Quinn and his staff as morons. Fortunately, they'll get to find a better offensive coordinator now that Kyle's going to SF...
My thoughts exactly. But the Pats defense in the 2nd half had something to do with it as well.
Another issue I had with the Falcons offense is they don't seem to be able to really grind out a time consuming drive. Where you just jam it down the opponents throat. If they could have simply put together 3 or 4 1st downs in the 4th quarter they would have won.
Atlanta was running the ball well. They just flat screwed up. Their coaching broke down. I like Quinn (a lot) but he F'd up. He thought it was in the bag.
And yes, I just don't think that at the SB level, any team can win it with just either O or D. You have to have something at least decent on both sides. I agree, the Pats D came through for them. But of course, without Brady, they still lose.
I'm not sure that Atl got outplayed -- I thought they were outplaying NE for the whole first half. Then the game took a NE turn and the Falcons looked like they were just going to wait it out til the end of the game, without much of a real plan other than to play it out. In the end, the decisions they made led to lackluster play and they did get outplayed. FOr them, I think they were outcoached and then ultimately outplayed. They should have won that game. But kudos to NE. Those guys know what they are doing, they know how to counter and they never quit. In the end, you can't say that that kind of effort does not deserve to win. It was an epic game and an epic come back.
Whether or not they could run the ball in the 2nd half, they didn't. For the game NE had close to a 2:1 advantage in time of possession (40 minutes to 23 minutes).
They needed to eat up some clock and move down field and they did not. IMO it cost them the game.
If you look at the 4th quarter, ATL had the ball on their 17 with 9:44 to go on the game with an 8 point lead. They don't get a first down when they have a 2nd down with 2 yards to go. On 3rd down (with 1 yard to go) Ryan gets sacked and fumbles on the ATL 25 yard line. If they would have been able to get a first down on the ground in that series they could have taken a lot more time off the ball. Again IMO they do not have the kind of running game where they can just grind out 3 or 4 first downs in a row on the ground. They can gash you with big plays in the run game. But they don't have the classic smash mouth run game. This contributes to the one sided time of possession and kills your defense at the end of the game because they are totally gassed.
The coin toss keeps the game honest - it's why you need a very good defense. You lose the toss, you NEED to stop them.
I see it just the opposite it's why you need a very good offense, if you win the toss you need to have a good offense that can move the ball and score the points to win the game. What NE had was a great Offense and a good Defense and that is why they won the Super Bowl and why the Bears aren't in the Super Bowl because like most of their fans they think a great defense is all they need to win and that it is total BULL, you need a good if not great offense to go along with a good defense to win the big one. You go 3-13 when you have neither or 9-7 or 10-6 if you only have a better average defense, but you still can't win the big one.
I see it both ways, don't get me wrong. I only mentioned the defense as that is what Atlanta wasn't able to muster to stop the overtime drive. A team absolutely needs a good offense as well as a good defense. Good special teams help too, and we haven't had one of those since Toub left.
how you don't run the ball 3 straight times kick the fg and go up 31-20 with 5mins left.....sheer stupidity. Just cost you the world championship. Morons.
i really doubt the call wasn't a run pass option (the sack play) that Ryan got fooled on.