YES PATRIOTS!!!!!!
Yes!!!
shareThat's what I'm talking about!!
shareYAY!!!
shareone thing I learned : never lose faith - I even stopped watching for a while , the entire 3rd period for instance , I missed a couple patriots touchdowns
shareThe Atlanta Falcons were like Airmen right out of boot camp. The Patriots are like combat hardened Marines. It wasn't even a contest. I do like how The Patriots toyed with the Falcons, making them think they're going to win, before they finally opened their can of whoop ass on them.
shareAnd here we have on display why the NFL's overtime rules are complete crap.
shareI never really liked the Sudden Death part. First one with the ball is most likely going to score. What about the rules do you think are complete crap?
shareWhy don't both teams possess the ball at least once? It's completely unfair and stupid as it stands - if the first team scores a touchdown, game over, if the first team scores a field goal, then the second team gets a possession. so arbitray.
shareWell, it used to be Sudden Death no matter what. So if you scored a field goal, game over. I'm glad they changed that, so overtime isn't so anti-climatic. But both teams do need possession, or, just add a 5 minute period and play the clock down, whoever scored more in overtime, wins.
shareit's simple. each team gets at least one possession. in last night's game, new england would need to have kicked the extra point and then atlanta would need to score the tying TD and extra point for the game to continue. if they didn't, then game over.
and that would be fair.
in baseball, they don't toss a coin to see who bats first in extra innings and if they score a run, game over. in basketball they don't flip a coin and the winning team gets the ball and if they shoot a three, game over. in hockey they don't flip a coin and the winning team gets the puck and a penalty shot and if they score game over. only football is this ridiculous.