WHEN IN THE HELL ARE TEAMS GOING TO LEARN NOT TO SIT ON THE BALL????!!?!??!!!

[Nick Danger]

I watched the last quarter time several time = Superbowl is rigged.

Nfl is an industry, audience is down 30% this season, they needed something big.

If you're rigging a game, wouldn't you keep it close throughout? I'll bet they lost a big chunk of their audience at 28-3.

[tommywishbone]

The Falcons didn't sit on the ball. They kept chucking it down the field. When they weren't, Freeman was taking short dumpoffs and ripping off 40-yard runs.

BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE SAT ON THE BALL with 3:57 to go, after Jones' catch at the Pats' 23. Three runs and kick a FG if you don't convert or score and you're up at least 11.

The turnaround was that sack/fumble on Ryan. Next came the sack and holding penalty that knocked the Falcons out of field goal range, when they still had a 8-point lead.

This was ALL ON THE DEFENSE. They let Brady go 91 yards on them. Then they failed to stop the Pats during the 2-point conversion.

DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS, bottom line. The Pats' D tighten up second half. The Falcons' D fell to pieces.

This. Atlanta SHOULD have gone conservative.

Tom Brady!

[Yamcha]

[8 INCH not biceps]

ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME! 21-0, 28-9 AND YOU THEN GET OUTSCORED AFTER LEADING 21-0, CONTROLLING AND LEADING THE WHOLE GAME, 34-7!!!!??

EVERY DAMN TIME, EVERY DAMN GAME, WHETHER COLLEGE OR PRO, EVERY SINGLE TIME A TEAM STOPS WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND HOW THEY WERE WINNING, INSTEAD OF KEEPING THE FOOT ON THE PEDAL AND DESTROYING THE OTHER TEAM, INSTEAD THEY RELAX, PLAY SAFE, ADDICTED TO NOT GIVING UP ANY EASY POINTS OR BIG PLAYS,  TRY TO SIT ON THE BALL AND WASTE TIME AND NEARLY EVERY DAMN IT COMES BACK TO BITE THEM ON THE ASS!!..NEARLY EVERY TIME!!!!!!!!!

IT'S BEYOND SICKENING! WTF IS WRONG WITH THESE COACHES?!

WHAT ALL OF A SUDDEN NEW ENGLAND BECOMES A SCORING JUGGERNAUT AFTER 3 QUARTERS? ALL OF A SUDDEN AFTER 3 QUARTERS ATLANTA CAN'T SCORE ANY MORE POINTS!

 I SWEAR THIS SHIT IS SO UNBELIEVABLE ONE WOULD THINK IT'S RIGGED!....

SUCKS FOR THE CITY OF ATLANTA AND THEIR FANS.. THE COACHES SHOULD (AND SHOULD DUMB ASS RYAN!) HANG THEIR HEADS IN SHAME!...

A thread about balls hopefully this makes you feel better.