OT: Philadelphia Eagles: The Atlanta Chokers edition.

[Halladay]

What a collapse. Matty Ice and the playcalling the center of it.

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[Phileeguy]

Arthur Blank is "the mush." Every time I see him on the sidelines his Falcons end up losing. I'm pretty sure he went down after the Falcons were up 28-3, and was on the field for every point surrendered since. Fox just couldn't help but keep going back to him and his wife looking more and more sullen.

That said, Brady and Belichick are now undoubtedly best QB/HC combo of all time IMO.

 

[Halladay]

I'm not sure the Falcons will ever get this close to a Super Bowl again.

 

[PALE PWNR]

Anyone else catch Jon dorenbos giving belichick a handshake in an eagles jersey at the end of the MVP ceremony

 

[YEM]

I don't even know what I'd do if we choked away a SB like that. It's the worst choke of all-time.

 

[Phileeguy]

What a collapse. Matty Ice and the playcalling the center of it.

I still don't know why they called a pass on the play after Devonta Freeman got hurt and there was the sack, fumble. They were still up 2 scores with what? 8 minutes or so left and could've converted a 3rd and short with a run. As long as they stress to not put the ball on the carpet at minimum they keep the clock moving and punt to make the Pats go the length of the field.

And the terrible execution that put them out of FG range was pretty bad as well.

 

[Protest]

That was an Eagles way to lose, unbelievable.

 

[PALE PWNR]

Yea they had to try to choke that. They were on the 27 up a TD and 2 point conversion. All they had to do was run clock and kick a fg and it's a 2 possession game. He drops back for a pass is sacked, holding call on the next play and now it's 3rd and 33 and you're out of fg range. Incomplete pass and you're punting.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

That was an Eagles way to lose, unbelievable.

Felt more like a Browns like loss to be honest.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Well, no one can every call him Matty Ice again.

He didn't earn the name.

 

[Halladay]

I still don't know why they called a pass on the play after Devonta Freeman got hurt and there was the sack, fumble. They were still up 2 scores with what? 8 minutes or so left and could've converted a 3rd and short with a run. As long as they stress to not put the ball on the carpet at minimum they keep the clock moving and punt to make the Pats go the length of the field.

And the terrible execution that put them out of FG range was pretty bad as well.

Mind numbing decisions.

I don't even know what I'd do if we choked away a SB like that. It's the worst choke of all-time.

The Eagles loss to Dallas this year was similar, as they had a 1st down on the 30 and he had Huff throw a pass and screen to sproles for -4 yards. Took me a few weeks to get over that. When the Eagles lost in 2005, took me until Liverpool won the Champions League (in May that year) to finally not feel numb. I'm not sure I would ever get over a loss like this.

 

[CHIP72]

Felt more like a Browns like loss to be honest.

The Browns never lead any game by 25 points.

 

[TheKingPin]

Seems a lot like how the falcons lost it but you really have to give it to the pats. That is not easy to do and they got it done. Brady is amazing.

 

[SaSaShi]

If it was the eagles losing like this tonight, i would have been in severe depression for god knows how long....atlanta coach quinn pulled a doug pederson special tonight....same basic mistakes made as the dallas loss where they only needed a run and kick a FG to make it 2 poss game. All on the atl coach....

 

[CHIP72]

Well, no one can every call him Matty Ice again.

He didn't earn the name.

In all honesty, Ryan DID play well in the game, but the Falcons' play-calling on their penultimate offensive possession after the Jones catch was poor. One could argue Ryan couldn't take a sack on that one play (the play that pushed them back to the 35 yard line), but the Falcons' collapse was a team effort. If their defense gets one stop on the Patriots' last two possessions of the 4th quarter (I'm excluding that play with 3 seconds left), Atlanta wins the game.

 

[achdumeingute]

Brady is the goat. No question. Look at the players he elevates.

BB is the goat IMO, due to the league hes in now, UFA...roster turnover, he won 3 10+ yrs ago, and 10 yrs later 2 in 3 yrs. In this league to win 10 games per year is absurd.

Its doubtful either person rises to this level without each other though.

 

[CHIP72]

If it was the eagles losing like this tonight, i would have been in severe depression for god knows how long...

There are certain losses in Eagles history that depending on your age, are forever burned into your memory. For people my age (early to mid-40s), it was a 1985 loss to the Vikings in which the Eagles led 23-0 early in the 4th quarter but ended up losing 28-23.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

The Browns never lead any game by 25 points.

I'm talking in general. They usually have a game or two a year where they lose in a laughably bad way that they really shouldn't have. The type of games where you really think someone related with the Browns made a bad deal sometime along the way.

 

[achdumeingute]

In all honesty, Ryan DID play well in the game, but the Falcons' play-calling on their penultimate offensive possession after the Jones catch was poor. One could argue Ryan couldn't take a sack on that one play (the play that pushed them back to the 35 yard line), but the Falcons' collapse was a team effort. If their defense gets one stop on the Patriots' last two possessions of the 4th quarter (I'm excluding that play with 3 seconds left), Atlanta wins the game.

hard for me to really fault Ryan. O scored 28...should have been enough.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

The D line was gassed. 0 pressures on Brady's last 15 dropbacks.

 

[CHIP72]

hard for me to really fault Ryan. O scored 28...should have been enough.

The Atlanta offense actually scored 21 points - one of the Falcons' touchdowns was that 82 yard INT return.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

There are certain losses in Eagles history that depending on your age, are forever burned into your memory. For people my age (early to mid-40s), it was a 1985 loss to the Vikings in which the Eagles led 23-0 early in the 4th quarter but ended up losing 28-23.

That was my first Eagles game. I was 5. I guess it prepared me well!

 

[achdumeingute]

The Atlanta offense actually scored 21 points - one of the Falcons' touchdowns was that 82 yard INT return.

true. Forgot about that.

Anyway, IMO an overall team loss.

 

[Halladay]

Brady is the goat. No question. Look at the players he elevates.

BB is the goat IMO, due to the league hes in now, UFA...roster turnover, he won 3 10+ yrs ago, and 10 yrs later 2 in 3 yrs. In this league to win 10 games per year is absurd.

Its doubtful either person rises to this level without each other though.

BB and staff did not have a good game tonight though.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

The D line was gassed. 0 pressures on Brady's last 15 dropbacks.

Yeah the Pats didn't really do anything different in the second half. They were pretty much throwing underneath a lot. Brady & his receivers just got time to do their thing as the second went on.