It’s a funny story | The History of the Atlanta Falcons, Part 7
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Orange man bad! Football team good! These were the bold convictions we fearlessly carried into Super Bowl LI, the first-ever Super Bowl imbued with real political heat. Millions of us jumped on the Falcons’ bandwagon, and we all had a very good time. God bless our big old goofy trickster bird.
This is part seven of a seven-part series.
Written and hosted by Jon Bois and Alex Rubenstein
Directed by Jon Bois
Produced by Alex Rubenstein
Additional contributions by Joe Ali and Steven Godfrey
Rights specialist Lindley Sico
Secret Base executive producer Will Buikema
Secret Base managing editor Ryan Nanni
Corrections:
55:27 -- That's Chris Hogan, not Kevin.
1:20:40 -- That 20-0 score was at the end of the first quarter, not halftime.
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Australian here. Just sat through an eight hour, graph-laden documentary about a team I've never heard of from a sport I've never watched. Laughed, cried and did everything in between. Unreal work.
Yeah, this must have been rivoting if you didn't know the outcome of the superbowl!
@@TheAlexanderkl Whereas for all of us who did know the outcome this was peak horror show. There were no jump scares, we all knew how it would end, but just the pure horror of how it steadily unraveled...
When people ask why I think all sports are beautiful, it's because I read things like this. It's so much more than games.
Send me a link to a video about a perennially heartbreaking or pathetic aussie rules team
Welcome to the cinematic world of John Bois and Secret Base
Basically an hour and 37 minutes of “I used to think the Falcons were a tragedy, but now I see they are a comedy.”
"Everything can be interpreted as either a tragedy or a comedy"--someone.
Tragedy to those who feel. A comedy to those who think!
@@92alpha13 redditor
This episode is not much shorter than the movie this joke comes from!
@@biackopsspokciab6849 it was karl marx
"Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce."
Fun Fact: In the 62 games following this game, the Falcons went *exactly* 28-34.
Jesus Christ, that's just the football gods pissing on the Falcons and calling it rain.
Goddamn.
Bruh.
@@alaeriia01pkol
No
Of course they did
Alex: "Ridley and Pitts are foundational pieces of a new-look offense"
The goofy red bird: "Got em"
Oh boy, I can't wait to watch the riveting finale that finally shows our favorite Falcons achieving success at the Super Bowl, I sure do hope nothing wacky or extraordinary happens this episode!
I just hope the falcons get a 25 point lead, as we learned no one can overcome a 25 point deficit, especially not an aging qb
I stopped watching after half time. The falcons took a 28-3 lead. It's not like the Patriots could send it into overtime and then win.
Spoiler alert: This game would solidify the Atlanta Falcons glorious reputation as the NFL’s greatest failure of a franchise. Choking is just an every day occurrence in Atlanta sports
@@vomitingforever5392 I stopped at the first third quarter score.
Then later I decided to look up the final score and saw "OT" thinking what the hell and checking a second source because I couldn't believe it. But by the time I got my TV on it was showing a replay.
@@vomitingforever5392 I did too, couldn’t believe it when the next day I found out.
story telling so good I almost forgot the Falcons weren't going to win
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I swear I forgot they lost
I genuinely didn't know. Have only been into NFL a few months. I'm so mad and I just cried too. I wasn't ready for the shock.
I won't lie, I felt like crying. I actually had a little bit of tears in my eyes.
@@HlabiMoetanalo damn. Yea this was brutal. They had so many chances to win this game. Like so many small things just didn’t go their way.
As a Pats fan I started squirming looking at them being down by 16 with 8:31 in the 4th quarter lol. It was like the super bowl all over again and I didn’t think I’d get those few seconds of fear, excitement, and a feeling of certainty ever again. I had to tell myself the Pats won. Amazing storytelling
The part about the Harambe 00 dude ripping a fart and yelling "safety." That is peak comedy.
is it bad i sympathized 1000x more with farting Harambe than the self pitying dude talking about it?
Upset of the century was harambe not being #69
@@treytrent I don't understand what you sympathize about. He seemed to be doing fine
1:01:07
@@treytrent The downfall started with Harambe. And it seems nothing will stop it.
as a Lions fan who popped off when Gurley scored that TD, it is still one of the funniest moments. Defender Jamie Collins actively trying to convince the ref they just got scored on.
Probably the funniest thing without context ever
You totally missed the opportunity to talk about how the Falcons recovered 3 (technically 2) consecutive onside kicks and still lost to the Saints in 2019.
That's what I thought!!
they were losing so bad they had to kick all those onsides...
Yup, and it makes the game against Dallas in 2020 all the more Falconsy. We had a reputation by then for being good at onside kicks, and yet we fantastically conflagrate the one time we had to be good at it.
I remember that it was thanksgiving 2019
As a Mariners fan I loved the series last year, and as a Seahawks fan I'm thankful for SB51 because we only had to hear about SB49 for two years!
@Fries that was one of the greatest SBs. The MAnning lead offense was so easily torn up by the LoB, I loved watching every second of it.
I still cant believe they didn't run the ball so they could go back to back
Its crazy how one playcall led to the fall of the Hawks as an elite team. That being said the Hawks defense deserves blame for that loss. They gave up two crucial TD drives in the 4th. For me there is simply no excuse for that. An end of game goalline turnover is heartbreaking but they got bailed out by Kearse to even had a real chance to win at that point. The Falcons made a lot more mistakes and missed more oppurtinies to lose SB 51 but the entire Hawks team deserves shame for their 4th quarter performance. When they needed to do their best they folded and thats how they should be remembered.
@@thedude3065 They wanted to stop the clock without using their last timeout, thereby securing at least three more plays. And they used a high percentage throw, but Brandon Browner and Malcolm Butler made a great play. I’m not saying it was the smartest call, but I think there was a rationale.
@Fries well, it killed what should've been a dynasty. that one play fragmented the team. i think every hawks fan knows that it was special, and we might not get another chance like that in our lifetime.
Hearing that Jessie Tuggle's son was on that team, knowing how it all goes, I almost wept and threw up simultaneously. Before I started this series earlier today, I had no idea who that was. You guys are amazing.
Jon plugging ESPN and their win probability model might be the best part of this entire episode
"if someone tells you their Atlanta doesn't care about the Falcons, that's a Sandy-Springs-ass thing to say." TRUER WORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN SPOKEN
That one hit frfr
We love the falcons out here in Sandy Springs
Scrolling the comments as Jon said it I was reading it
Funny thing is there's a Sandy Spring that's a suburb of the city I'm from and it kinda tripped me up a little bit at first
This O4W resident laugh-yelled at the screen so hard when he said it. I was laughing through my tears.
Checking in after Matt Ryan blew ANOTHER big lead in a game.
No one escapes the bird
Matt Ryan blew a 33-point lead against the Vikings. Wow.
You can take the player out of the Falcons, but you can’t take the Falcons out of the player
It's ok, Jeff Saturday will bring the Colts into a new era of being the northern white ass version of the Falcons.
How does an offensive player blow a lead?
That's like saying the Yankees hitters gave up 4 runs in the ninth to lose the game. No they didn't. It was the pitcher that blew the lead.
I used to say the greatest achievement in sports documentary I've ever seen was the Dorktown History of the Seattle Mariners.
Now, I say the two greatest achievements in sports documentary...
Really, monumental work, folks.
You are missing out on the cavs one
Watch the Cavs one too
Yo, I think I'm gonna have to now! Not sure how I'd missed it.
Don't forget the MMA doc as well
@@bizwapshiznitstain, Fighting in the age of loneliness documentary is far away my favorite.
I cannot begin to comprehend the level of effort and research you guys have put in to this 7 part series. I'm in awe and have enjoyed watching every single minute of it!
I love the Donald Trump hate, only to show him right.
Why even mention that? I know they hate him, but, this is kind of like saying "the high achool bully wont win this chess game because he's too stupid". And then you reveal at the end that he actually did win.
May have been better to leave that out, as it flips...
It'd take 1 day to gather this much information on a specific subject.
A lot of it is conjecture with facts woven in between.
I watch Seven Hunnid on TH-cam all the time 😭😭I can’t stop watching his TH-cam videos, they’re amazing
@Fries that's subjective.
@@TrinityMThomas I think you meant to comment this yourself, instead of replying to an unrelated post.
Jon Bois made me believe that the Falcons were destined to soar high then collapse only to repeat it again and again and again and again. It’s as if the football gods destined them for such cruel fate much like Sisyphus was cursed by Zeus.
One must imagine the Falcons happy.
It’s like a cross between Sisyphus and Icarus. Cursed to constantly fly, only to go too close to the sun, fall, and repeat the cycle
@@noinfo1018 That's actually a perfect description of this team
I love the ESPN shoutout, those guys really are in need of it.
Pretty sure that was at least in part because Jon had a Scorigami feature on Sportscenter with Mina Kimes
I love the foreshadowing of the falcons not being able to hold on to 2 TD or more lead in other important games from the last episode. Really adds to the buildup and payoff of this episode. What a crescendo in storytelling.
"Such a Sandy springs ass thing to say" lmaooo too real bro
This was an incredible series, hats off to you guys. I can’t believe I get to watch something this high quality basically for free.
It’s hard to ever do complete justice to what a monumental moment in sports history that game is, but JB and Alex come pretty close here. I also like Jon’s throwing shade at ESPN
The Falcons have allowed 80 points through 2 games this season, the MOST in franchise history.
It breaks a record they set... last season (78 points)
so when is part 8?
The bird is drawing its tail
They're hilariously still winning in the all time saints rivalry though
The Saints have a chance to finally get the lead Nov 26 2023
As a Texas Rangers fan, I felt the collapse in my bones. I hurt with y’all, It felt so familiar. I thank god that Jon already did a multipart series on an AL West team, reducing the likelihood that we’ll have our own award-winning but soul-crushing TH-cam series on this channel.
2022 The history of the Texas Rangers coming your way.
Urinatingtree has you covered.
@@wesleyhunt7599 Like a blanket!
@@wesleyhunt7599 That was my first Tree video. Still some of his funniest work
As a Rangers fan, I'd still love to see a series like this on us. Anything would be better than how irrelevant the team feels now 😔
We've had some crazy moments over the years too:
The Canseco head-doink home run, the Nolan Ryan choke-hold brawl, the Odor punch on Bautista after the playoff bat flip the year before, the gigantic ARod contract, the 30-3 game against the Orioles, the entire Josh Hamilton experience, the Ron Washington cocaine scandal, the Elvis/Beltre bromance, and of course that dreaded 2011 world series
Jon after recapping the most crushing defeat in NFL history: So this is a comedy now
As soon as the supercut comes out you'd better believe I'm watching this all again in one go
same hahaha
Even though we all know how it ends, we can’t stop watching. It’s like a car accident
Like a clown car accident
In the UK, if there’s a crash on one side of the freeway - the other side also generates a traffic jam as the drivers slow down to take a look. It’s called “rubber-necking”. This video is 98 minutes of glorious, tragic, captivating, rubber-necking.
@@SimuLord its in an Elvis song even
As a cardinals fan I actually said "oh no" when you brought up point swings in superbowl history
As a Steelers fan I got a big smile on my face when mentioned😁
I know y'all won't believe me but I swear to God, I was on the edge of my seat actually repeating to myself, out loud, over and over again at that moment "Interception for a touchdown". Then it actually happened.
"In 2020, the bottom completely fell out"
sticking with the real world parallels, I see
You guys have made me care more about the Mariners and Falcons than I ever thought possible. Absolutely amazing job.
A three-legged race would be an improvement to a coin-toss deciding who gets first possession of O.T.
There are three phases of football. Defense is also one of them. Make the stop.
In the 2019 NFCCG the Saints won the toss in OT and lost. The same day, the Patriots won the toss in OT and won.
@@Ashar121 Yeah but if you lose the toss, you have to make a stop AND score. If you win the toss, you just have to score.
@@Ashar121 you cannot watch this whole series and retain that take
Part 7: Ends.
Crowd: *gets up, starts clapping, people cry and hug each other*
Jon Bois: "The score is now 28 to 3"
Me: gets up and goes for a long walk in the snow before coming back to finish the video
As a Falcons fan, thank you, this doc has been amazing. Thank you for validating our crazy, sometimes disappointing team we will always love. And for showing me the depth I never saw in this franchise before. SB nation y’all are the best. Rise Up!
As a notre dame and giants fan, we will both know what it’s like to lose. But no matter how much we say we hate our teams, we will never, ever leave.
Mariners Fan: man I can’t wait to get to the World Series
Side note: Any patriots fan will tell you that the pats are not Trumps team. Theyre Bon Jovi's Team
Nah, Bill Burr's.
"Falcons fandom is worse than sunk cost fallacy"
Jesus Christ that hurts the core of the soul...
But it's soooo... True...
So we’re just gonna ignore the fact he said ATL is “too black”
55:50 I like to imagine that those AOL modem sounds, are actually coming from Jon. That he physically and mentally cannot comprehend what happened. That he personally feels attacked.
Musique concrete when used correctly is completely encapsulating
As a falcons fan who didn't fully didn't know the history of the team, I really appreciate this series. I remember seeing a goofy video from you guys a few years ago and ended up coming back. Glad I did. Keep doing great work guys/gals, this world needs it. RISEUP!
1:21:19 - I died laughing at that non-effort onside kick, it looks like an 8-year old kicking rocks on the road on his way to school
Seriously, this was the most entertaining 7 part series. Amazing work on nearly every level. Secret Base should be immensely proud of this work.
The Falcon has 2 Wings Jon.
We’re just getting to halfway done with this tale.
The two wings are symmetrical. Falcons are gonna blow another 25 point lead in SuperBowl 102.
@@shantanukhandkar Led by QB Ryan Matthews.
@@Joescotterpuss and WR Johnny Julio
@@oldaccount1254 and HC Quinn Danny
@@surgeprot3ctor212 Losing to QB Brady Thomas
Well excited to see my falcons win a chip since as we all know, you can’t come back from a 25 point lead in the super bowl especially not with an aging qb
Just absolutely incredible writing and production, y’all. The whole series was a captivating watch from start to finish.
What. A. Series. Seriously unbelievable stuff. I'm a die hard Patriots fan and somehow you've given me a massive soft spot for Atlanta. This should win some sort of award. Thank you Jon and Alex.
Yeah same. Growing up in the heart of NE while we were on this run was unreal, and honestly? I'd have been fine if we could have gotten one of those rings from the Giants, instead of the Falcons.
@@njmksr8686A SB loss is definitely easier when it’s to a team that’s never won one before. The Eagles loss is much easier to swallow than either of the Giants ones, mostly because Philly had never had one. It’s like a ‘good for them’ kinda vibe that I just couldn’t afford the Giants and their fans.
(Pats fan btw)
Aftermath: Sure the Falcons went on to win another playoff game after this, but in 2020 they repeated the same choke job in that super bowl THREE times in the regular season.
And they talk about that in the video
Actually, no. They did it _four_ times. They ended up blowing a 17-point lead to Brady and the Bucs in their second match-up.
Maybe watch the full video
"The God forsaken New Orleans Saints themselves." As a Saints fan, that was wonderful to hear. I love hating on the Falcons, and I love it when they return the energy.
That pick 6 in the SB is the happiest I've ever been as a Falcons fan
youll get back there G
Please do another documentary like this, this is literally the best thing I’ve watched relentlessly for a while .
Have you seen their Mariners one? I'm not a baseball fan and I was glued to all of it.
@@akzachernuk Though not by Jon and Alex, the three-part series on the Cleveland Cavaliers was also quite interesting, and I watch 0 basketball.
They need to take an NBA team into this Dorktown documentary series!
Somebody who has a weird history both on and off the court, heartbreaking playoff defeats, and has 0 championships to their name.
Think everyone, who do we know who’s like that???
@@JWex-jy7sk The Phoenix Suns or the Clippers
@@nathanielhaley5719 A lot of the Clippers were covered in the Donald Sterling “Worse NBA owner” video but that would be a good option.
So would Phoenix, especially when they get into the breaking down the 2004-05 team that broke the league with the “7 seconds or less offense”
The graphics and Czech era tom and jerry sound effects make this whole video trippy as hell, like dying of radiation poisoning on a malfunctioning lunar lander tumbling through space
I like how they spent an entire hour thoroughly detailing the Super Bowl. Incredible
Jon Bois: I'm a numbers guy.
Momentum: That's cute Jon.
The overwhelming sense of dread I felt while watching this video is unmatched. Well done, thank you Secret Base.
i remember i was hammered on a friday after watching part 5 or 4, went to bed and fell asleep right after starting part 6, and ill never forget phasing in and out of sleep paralysis right around the "how long have they been wrong" part, it was like a nightmarish hell and amplified it so much when i rewatched it the next day
I'm a new NFL fan and had no idea about the result. I thought they won this game and didn't google. This has broken my heart. And I think these bastards have created a fan in me 😩😭🤦🏾♂️😭😭😭
How have I never seen the Shannon Sharpe/Julio phone call? Absolutely brutal stuff
As painful as that superbowl was to relive, I absolutely am thoroughly impressed and appreciative of this series giving a deep look at one of my favorite teams. Secret Base rules.
As a Steelers fan watching this game, I remember being oddly unsurprised by the Patriots' comeback. I was more surprised by how dominant the Falcons were in the first half of the game, so when the Patriots did come back it felt less like an accomplishment and more like the universe correcting itself.
i feel like every single other afc team was looking at that game like 'yeah of fucking COURSE they would'
I told everyone at my Super Bowl party the Patriots weren't done. They live for the moment when everyone thinks they're finished because they're so bored with traditional winning. Get pantsed by the Chiefs 41-14 and start a season 2-2? "We're on to Cincinnati."
Falcons fans couldn't envision any possible way to lose with the score 28-3. The Patriots knew they would still win.
P.S. I didn't vote for him, but if Donald Trump figures out a way to win back the White House in 2024, it will be this same joke writ large.
I started this series as a chance to laugh at an NFC rival. Now, I’m hoping a rift in time opens up and the Falcons don’t blow it.
We just want one moment of happiness
This day was inevitable…
Ladies and Gentlemen, secret base presents to you: *The extremely depressing Post Super Bowl Era*
Something changed in me that night, I sit here and watch this video and can relive every moment of elation I felt that night. Robert Alford's pick 6 was the moment where it all made sense. From crying in my room as a young 8-year-old when Michael Vick was arrested, to the falcons blowing their brains out against Colin Kaepernick and the Niners. it was finally all worth it, the birds had finally done it, one of the greatest offenses in NFL history, a team of destiny it seemed, had the greatest player ever on his knees, to no avail.
This probably hurts even more for Falcon fans. Matt Ryan has been traded. Their heir to Julio Jones in Calvin Ridley has been suspended for a year. On top of that, the NFL has changed the OT rules so both teams get the ball in OT in the playoffs. The trickster god Falcon is reaching his prime.
It's videos like these that make me wish I was one of the people in the comments saying that they've never watched a sportsball game in their life. This would be so much better if I didn't know the ending.
As a lifelong Phillies, I purposely rooted for the Braves in 2021, because of SB 52. A town needed a parade. I just hope when Falcons win it all, the game is played in New Orleans. That would be ultimate justice.
I feel like the 2017 superbowl was the perfect culmination of all of Falcon history.
Looks like you will need to make an eighth episode of pain and suffering after this season. We are 46 minutes in the 2021 season and I am already looking forward to next year's draft.
just talented enough to finish well out of top draft position unfortunately. should've traded away more than julio if you wanted to tank i guess /shrug
And now the chosen one is dressing in Blue and White
I’d like to applaud Jon on his flawless November 2016 Nate Silver impression in this episode.
The Great Collapse makes even less sense after watching this video. But also, another fucking MASTERPIECE from the Secret Base folks. Wonderful job.
Clicked faster than the patriots comeback.
Feb 6th is my birthday. And 2017 was the craziest one I’ve ever had watching 28-3 in a cinema a week after moving to a new city. The game ended around 2 AM. I’ll never forget how new the world felt that night. Thanks, big funny bird :)
I literally went numb during the entire SB story.
Good thing it didn't happen, that would be my worst nightmare!
Jon hit the nail on the belly button with the opening remarks. The fact that most Americans don't find comedy funny anymore isn't because the comedians aren't trying. It's because public life itself has become one.
This is the most overdramatic thing I’ve ever read
Wow, so deep bud. Bet you also think we live in a society right? Why so overdramatic
@@PareSan7 tangibly, America hasn’t changed that much. It’s just more people are telling you it’s changed a lot
@@PareSan7
I mean, Native American genocide and slavery are two pretty sordid stones to lay such a foundation on
Perhaps the real wonder is that America isn’t worse?
why am I doing this to myself? this was my first superbowl while cheering for a team. jumped on the falcons bandwagon and never left. this still hurts. but nontheless thank you for this journey through my teams past, I really enjoyed it and got to know those things I didn´t know before
Years later, knowing the outcome, I still keep rooting for the Falcons to win this.
From the start of the series I wanted to share this story about how I'll never forget Superbowl 51 between the Falcons and Patriots.
It's my freshman year of college. I decided to go pretty far away from home because I'm from a pretty small place. Go out and see the world in a way right? So my the freshman housing TA's are hosting a Superbowl watch party for everyone in my building. I of course went instead of watching the game by myself because hey, freshman year get to know more people and watch some football. I went to school in northern NY so a lot of New Englanders also went there, ergo a lot of Patriots fans. Just as described here at a certain point all the Pats fans that showed up to watch the game left. Us fools who stayed thinking we would watch something that rarely happened in our life times. The Patriots, and more specifically Tom Brady, losing a Superbowl. The Falcons are not my favorite team, but I had definitely always liked them. Turner and White were some of my favorite players to watch growing up. It was already no question who I was rooting for in this Superbowl. But then of course the collapse happened. I think most of us knew right after the Pats got to 20 that that was game over. We just sat and watched it happen. Dumbfounded at the event. And of course, the most infuriating part of the whole night came when the Pats fans who had left the watch party hours before. Had now come back. To watch the rest of us suffer as the Falcons snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. I'll never forget that Superbowl or that night. For a team that wasn't even my favorite it was one of the most crushing feelings in the world.
*As a former Falcon, this is sooo dope! I was really bitter that DQ came in cleaning house, releasing a lot of us.*
I was rooting from the Arizona tho 🙌🏾
Absolutely baller to see former Falcon(s) (hopefully more to come) in the comments. Bears fan myself, but insane props making it to the league.
PUT THE KIDS TO BED ON THIS FINAL EPISODE!!!! THIS WILL ACTIVATE PTSD FOR ALL FALCONS FANS!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
Super Bowl LI (51) was the 2nd best Super Bowl of all time.
This is the second to last episode
@@SimuLord Actually Super Bowl XLIV (44) was the best Super Bowl ever.
@@SimuLord It is like you didn’t pay any attention to the Saints record across the screen throughout the series.
I am a Patriots fan, and almost had a heart attack watching that comeback. Going into the game though, I did like the Falcons. I felt bad for the way the game slipped away from them, but of course, I was very happy that my team basically climbed a mountain to win.
Couldn’t let ‘em have this one ring though.. why do you need 6?!!
It’s interesting how in the past, secret base has made videos about he falcons making the worst coaching hire, making the worst coaching decision, playing in the worst super bowl ever, and having the worst super bowl loss ever.
I fully believe that this entire series was made to have the line, "He became so bored he drew himself, (1:14:04)" to be the rawest shit ever said
Part 8 - Calvin Ridley does a Pete Rose 🤦This franchise is just beautifully hilarious
Watching this today was the first time I've relived that Super Bowl since the day it happened and I cried until my head hurt. With the Braves winning, and UGA winning, I needed this to help the healing process, and maybe to recognize that my other teams are the kids who do what they're supposed to and eventually succeed, and my Falcons are our big dumb goofy kid who we all love and who means well, that you just hope will surprise you one day.
Gotta disagree with the "no infamous gaffe" thing. That call on 2nd and 11 at the 23-yard line is one of the worst playcalls I have ever seen in that big of a situation. At the 23-yard line at the time of the playcall, a field goal would have been 40 yards out. Matt Bryant was a perfect 9 for 9 from 40-49 yards out, and was 22 for 23 from 39 yards or fewer.
And the Falcons decided to _pass._ _PASS._ Rather than play it safe and trust the guy who had only missed 1 field goal attempt from less than 50 yards throughout the entire season, the Falcons passed. Against a team with all the momentum on the planet at that time, and whose defense had been looking like the best in football (save for that Julio catch) ever since the Falcons went up 28-3. The decision to pass was so overwhelmingly risky in FG range compared to just running it 3 times - and shocker, it failed miserably.
Was it possible that Bryant could have missed that FG? Of course. But considering that pass play ended up leading to the disasterous end sequence that denied Bryant from even getting a chance to make that possible Super Bowl-winning FG.... yeah.
You are free to disagree of course, but from my perspective, that is such a god awful playcall - especially with how automatic Matt Bryant had been all year - to make, and it resulted in the catastrophe that allowed the Pats the 2nd wind. This wasn't Cleveland, man, this was the Super Bowl.
At 28:03, the image of one of the best Falcon plays ever fades to black, and a new part of the video starts, which will not go as well for the Falcons. Brilliant timing
0:00 “a lot of the best comedy was created by Jon Bois”
The whole series was a treat, thanks.
As lifelong Pats fan who grew up with parents who grew up with a lifetime of disappointment from the Pats in the 80s and 90s I still cant help but feel totally horrible about this. I remember the SB and I remember watching it though my fingers as I thought this is it and losing my shit as we came back. But damn do I feel horrible about that now, over the series I have become a fan of the Falcons and it is hard to reconcile with my own experience feeling like the league wanted us and was trying its darnest to make us fail and coming back . I think this series plays a great point in showing that all conflicts have 2 sides and both have long history and how it meant so much to both.
every time i watch this i clench my teeth the entire time even though i know exactly what happened and how it happened. great storytelling
31:31 As a Seahawks fan, watching Malcom Butler get absolutely destroyed has made my day. Thanks once again SBNation
This is supposed to be a sports channel. Why do you talk about politics from one side. Take a neutral approach not a clearly biased one.
I always felt bad for the falcons now I'm actually glad the patriots won 🤣 he did a pretty good job at changing my mind
So what you’re saying is you’ve never watched any of Jon’s content
@@theawesomewillyt yeah but I don't remember him whining this much
Wow, as much as I don't envy the heartbreaking Super Bowl Loss. I envy the quality and legnth of this documentary. Wish My Eagles could get a team history style like this.
You got a fuxking Mark Walberg movie you greedy greedy man
Need a buffalo bills series🔴🔵
As soon as we win the Super Bowl this year you know that they're gonna do a 10 hour deep dive
🦬 #BillsMafia 🦬 #BillsMafia 🦬 #BillsMafia 🦬
there gonna need to hold that one lets see how this next few years the BIlls are gonna do
I hate to watch this so much, but I can’t peel my eyes away. This series is truly something special
Please, please, please do this for every sports team lol 🤣 this series has been incredible
@@alexandermarquardt597 totally agree! It's incredible how they can take a team that I'm not even remotely interested in and make me hang on every word on anticipation for what happens next 🤣.
Or maybe I'm just a loser with alot of free time.
Either way..lol
@@alexandermarquardt597 haha that's a very good point
If you're ever willing to do one of these about a hockey team, I would love a history of the Maple Leafs series.
The Philadelphia Flyers get somewhat overlooked in terms of snakebitten sports teams. At least the Flyers won those 2 cups in the 70s. Since then the Flyers history is full of heartbreaks including losing to some of the best teams ever, career derailing injuries to franchise defining players, key players and coaches winning elsewhere, and all other kinds of bad luck.
Despite this I continue to be a fan.
I feel like the Leafs don't quite fit the Mariners/Falcons mould, as they have quite a bit of success if you go back far enough.
Actually... hmm... Falcons' first season, 1966. Leafs' last Cup, 1967.
I've never even watched a game of American Football in my life and this is one of the most captivating things I've ever seen. Brazo.
Fantastic work Jon. However I can’t help but feel like we’re forgetting about something. Aren’t there three buddies we know who like watching bad football?…… OH GOD THE SATELLITES!
(they're deep space probes actually)
@@BrowncoatFairy JUICE is a satellite
Vick:
"They'll wait for me, I know it."
The falcons:
*immediately draft a new QB*
49:17 yeah as a fallout fan i knew that 95% didnt mean anything
As a Pokémon fan, I knew that 99.4% didn't mean anything.
Quite hilarious that the Pats are heavily associated with Trump in this part, yet the majority of New England voted for Hillary.
Another banger again, as usual though
Did you miss the part where Belichick, Brady, and Kraft openly expressed support for Trump right before the game? Less to do with New England itself and more to do with how disconnected the wealthy are in this country from the rest of us.
@@paulmartin591 Disconnected? Trump was legitimately elected. There's not enough wealthy people to only vote him in.
Yeah I think it’s funny because if I had to tell the story I’d do it the opposite
Patriots like Clinton to many represented an always winning always dominate establishment while Trump like the Falcons to many was an outsider who could take on the establishment
Combine that with the fact that the falcons are from the conservative south while the patriots are from the liberal New England the only similarities I see between the Falcons and Clinton is they both lost.
@@henryh2712 The idea that Trump was some outsider taking on the establishment is a joke. Probably why he rubbed elbows with the Clintons for years. He’s firmly entrenched. Also I would look at how Atlanta votes specifically before calling it conservative.
@@nathanrobinson1099 When did I say Trump wasn’t legitimately elected? You’re projecting the GOP’s lies about the 2020 election, which Biden won comfortably.
Georgia Tech 222 Cumberland College 0: John Heisman's black eye on the Georgia Tech Blacksmiths (yes, blacksmiths) that left twenty something chumps to face the best team in the early 20th Century. Watch and enjoy what you can do with a laptop, cardboard field, plastic electric football players and wild dogs down on The Flats across the interstate from the Varsity Hot Dog venue...
P. S. Go DAWGS!