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Originally Posted by Kenny Camaro
Joe, you always have a well thought out analysis of nearly all the comments you make and you almost always make valid points. But you see the hard facts of the schedule and the Falcons plight this season, I see the Lions through a forty year lens of repeated failures and disappointments. The Lions will not make the playoffs this year. I will bet money on that.
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You want to talk disappointments? ATL had a 28-3 lead in the super bowl last year with 8:31 left in the 3rd quarter. They had run the ball successfully the entire game up to this point! But abandoned the run completely with this lead!
On 3rd and 1 what does Shanahan dial up? A deep drop, which results in a strip sack! WTF??? You have a 25 point lead! Run the damn ball! If you don't get the 1st, so what. Burn the clock, and punt.
Every possession ATL has the rest of the game burns no clock at all!
Then in the 4th quarter with 4:38 seconds left, Julio Jones makes an unbelievable catch on the NE 21. ATL is up 8. Matt Bryant had not missed a FG inside 45 yards THE ENTIRE SEASON!
1st play is a run which loses 1 yard, no big deal, burn the clock and run it twice more. Kick the FG and win the SB. BUT NO, lets do a DEEP drop on 2nd and 11 and take a sack!
OK were still in Bryant's range. Run the damn ball Shanahan!!! Nope, another deep drop and a holding call and were out of FG range. 3rd and 33. Incomplete pass. Not only did we blow the chance to put the game away with a FG, we burnt NO CLOCK!
Here Tom Brady, have the ball, we don't want to win the SB, we want to lose.
