This Bill Belichick Quote From After The Super Bowl Is Perfect
“What this organization and Mr. Kraft has done for me and what a great partner that he’s been”.
All season, that song has played during warmups. How about the greatest franchise in National Football League history? “We have a great group of guys on this team”. The Patriots were on their way to losing by 40. White wasn’t on the active roster for the Patriots’ Super Bowl victory two years ago. This game only had one one lead change in the entire game.
The Patriots trailed by a 24-0 count to the Denver Broncos in 2013 but managed to rip off 34 points in the second half and overtime to win, 34-31.
Was this Sunday’s Super Bowl the biggest comeback in American football history?
That just made the taste of revenge even sweeter for the New England Patriots.
The key advantage in this game is the Patriots experience, as their quarterback is heading to his seventh Super Bowl.
Once again on the first Sunday in February, Super Bowl 52 is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018. The idea that people are even bothering to ask any more if Brady is the greatest quarterback ever is testimony to how much he’s reviled. He’s getting closer to cementing his legacy as the greatest coach of all time, if he hasn’t already.
For the country? For the country this has to be the … “You need to bring your best effort”.
Atlanta’s second touchdown was the ideal illustration of Jones’ “gravity” and how much stress he puts on a defense.
“It was a toss play”, White said of the final touchdown.
In 12 seasons in his first of two stints as Redskins coach, he won three Super Bowls and four NFC titles. The New England Patriots could surely get back there from the AFC. The key was the Patriots ran 93 plays and exhausted out the Falcons defense through the 4th quarter. Ryan completed five-of-six passes in the second quarter for 103 yards and a touchdown. The Falcons won the toss and deferred, giving the Patriots the ball first.
As rare as free kicks are in the league – there have only been four recorded attempts since 1984 – Belichick was of course keenly aware of the opportunity.
It was White who punched in the game-tying score, the game-winning score, and the two-point conversion that cut the deficit to 28-20. After they did, Stephen Gostkowski shanked the extra point in the direction of San Antonio.
Atlanta took advantage, running for 56 yards on five first-quarter carries. The last time it was tried in the playoffs was by 49ers kicker Mike Cofer in 1988 game, in which announcer John Madden presciently called the possibility.
They needed a play. Belichick also may be retiring in the next few years, so this Super Bowl appearance has more riding on it than any of his previous. Devonta Freeman did not attempt to block Hightower, who capitalized with a strip sack that was recovered by Alan Branch. The defense would have to endure another Falcons drive, as they were able to get into FG range.
The country gulped. The smart ones turned it off then.