Luke Skywalker vs The Evil Empire: Patriots vs Falcons Super Bowl 51 Thread

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Will be a great game. Main thing is Brady and Ryan have been lights out this season.

Brady has played some good defenses and has got the job done each time, Ryan has done the same but maybe slightly better BUT Brady has done this before all this is new to Ryan.

Throw Everything out the window from the season and appreciate the 2 best are in the Super Bowl. Patriots may not have had much pass rush but for 1 game it could show up, Falcons D could also perform better than ever on the day. So many of these players will go above and beyond for this 1 game it depends which team has the most of those players on the day.

 

[Stone]

Possessions is the name of the game here. We gotta stop Blount and Lewis. Wouldn't be surprises to see Ne try to spread us out and run the ball and go for it on 4th and less than say 5

 

[AtlienInTheGoodieMob]

Reign: New England vs. Atlanta Super Bowl LI Movie Trailer

 

[AVXL]

Hope for the Falcons: The Patriots’ No. 1 defense isn’t really No. 1
By Mark Bradley
January 29, 2017
| Filed in: Ajc-sports.ajc, Atlanta Falcons / NFL, Sp-falconspostseason



Visual proof that the Falcons can score against a good defense. (AP Photo/Joe Mahoney)

When last we met, the topic concerned Football Outsiders’ appraisal of what would happen if the Atlanta Falcons played poorly in the Super Bowl. (Spoiler alert: They’d lose big.) Today’s offering comes courtesy of another analytical site, this one Chase Stuart’s Football Perspective. And Mr. Stuart, I’m glad to report, offers hope for the Bowl-bound Birds.

We know that the Patriots yielded the fewest points among NFL teams. But that doesn’t mean New England had the No. 1 defense. Going by yards against, it was No. 8. Using Outsiders’ DVOA (defense-adjusted value above average), Mr. Stuart notes that the Pats were No. 16 — mediocre, in sum — in that metric. He also writes:

“The Patriots faced by far the easiest schedule of any defense in the NFL. New England’s strength of schedule was -7.1%, while Tennessee was 31st at -4.2% and the Bills were 30th at -3.0%. The Patriots would be tied for eighth in DVOA if that metric was not adjusted for strength of schedule, which is why the defense falls to 16th with those adjustments.

Also: The best quarterback the Patriots faced in the regular season was Seattle’s Russell Wilson, who threw for 348 yards and administered New England’s only loss with Tom Brady starting. Mr. Stuart’s conclusion: “As far as ‘No. 1 scoring defenses’ go, this is a pretty non-threatening defense to face for the top quarterback in the NFL in 2016.”

Not trying to make anybody overconfident here. The Pats are still coached by the guy who slowed the fast-break Buffalo Bills and the Rams’ Greatest Show on Turf in Super Bowls. But I don’t know that the Pats’ defense, man for man, is any better than Denver’s or Seattle’s or Arizona’s. The Falcons beat all three of those.

 

[Big Boss]

Sticky

 

[FBGPlank]

rappers & strippers galore

 

[Nostalgic]

Agent: Devonta Freeman deserves 'elite back' pay from Falcons



Michael Silver tryin to fukk up the chemistry on the Falcons on the week of the Super Bowl

 

[AVXL]

rappers & strippers galore

Someone tell Maliah I'm on fire she should work tonight

 

[AtlienInTheGoodieMob]

Agent: Devonta Freeman deserves 'elite back' pay from Falcons



Michael Silver tryin to fukk up the chemistry on the Falcons on the week of the Super Bowl

Of all time Freeman decides to do something like this

Like nikka pull this shyt after the Superbowl not when the team is preparing for it. Hope kyle wont do him like he did Roddy and dont give him any touches

 

[AVXL]

Agent: Devonta Freeman deserves 'elite back' pay from Falcons



Michael Silver tryin to fukk up the chemistry on the Falcons on the week of the Super Bowl

It's Super Bowl week breh and the eyes of the entire sporting world are on our team. The media is gonna report on every story they can so I'd say get used to it. As far as the contract, Devonta and a couple of other guys (Trufant, Gabriel, Schraeder) are up for deals. Devonta will get paid, he just gotta focus on the game

 

[Nostalgic]

Of all time Freeman decides to do something like this

Like nikka pull this shyt after the Superbowl not when the team is preparing for it. Hope kyle wont do him like he did Roddy and dont give him any touches

It's was Krtsin Campbell (Luke Campbell's wife) that said that, Not Devonta.

More than anything Mike Silver (The reporter) had and sat on this story for weeks
and decided to release this story today so the reporters could have something to talk about tonight at media day.

But compared to what the Falcons had to go through in 98 (Eugene Robinson) this shyt is HELLA light weight.

 

[PremierDaTruth]

ATL is 32nd in the league in red zone defense

Good luck brehs try not to end up like Denver 3 years ago

 

[AVXL]

ATL is 32nd in the league in red zone defense

Good luck brehs try not to end up like Denver 3 years ago

Another casual quoting season long stats that hasn't watched us play this year

But yep you're right, we're the worst defense in the world, hope y'all don't beat us too bad

 

[PremierDaTruth]

Another casual quoting season long stats that hasn't watched us play this year

But yep you're right, we're the worst defense in the world, hope y'all don't beat us too bad

Someone rooting for Atlanta calling anyone a casual

 

[Big Boss]

Opening night