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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Brady was sacked 5 times and hit 16 times, before marching the ball 91 yards down the field for the tying touchdown. Then he made 10 completions in a row in the 75 yard winning drive in OT. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Brady threw for 234 yards.
Forget coaching, forget the Falcons' choking - Brady showed astonishing poise and clutch play to win that game. It's sour grapes to take anything away from him.
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Just to put that into context - Denver hit Newton 20 times in last years Super Bowl and we all remember how shell shocked and defeated he looked.
Brady took that type of punishment over 3 quarters and then still decided that he needed to comeback and put up 19 points in the 4th quarter and drive them down the field in OT.
One thing I do think got over looked was that the Falcons defense was gassed in the 4th quarter and OT - Time of possession was 40 minutes to 23 minutes. A lot of time for that defense to be on the field.