Tremendous Bowl LI is among the most memorable championships in NFL historical past.
The New England Patriots infamously got here again from a 28-3 deficit within the third quarter to defeat the Atlanta Falcons. Jokes flooded in concerning the Falcons’ incapability to seal the sport and numerous the blame was pointed towards offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan for his late-game choices.
Shanahan joined the “Flying Coach” podcast with Peter Schrager and mentioned the ultimate minutes of the sport. Shanahan stated a failed second-and-10 operating play led to a extra aggressive method.
“So we threw it to Julio, he caught that. I ran it the subsequent play, bought it to second-and-10, and I used to be like, ‘I’m going proper to Julio,’” Shanahan stated, transcribed by The Score.
“Proper after we snapped it, the protection took it away, so it was the incorrect name. And I want we didn’t take a sack, however nobody was open, and we ended up taking a sack. And proper then I used to be like, ‘Oh my god, why did I simply attempt to finish it?’”
The next play was a holding name that led to a punt by Atlanta.
“Yeah, I want I known as a unique name on that one play,” Shanahan stated. “I don’t wish to go to the ultimate (thought course of on) every part. You’re down, you get into the two-minute (drill), you throw the ball six performs straight, however that one proper there, and I feel it will have been totally different.”
I’m unsure we’ we ever heard Kyle Shanahan undergo the ultimate minutes and the play calling choices of the Falcons Tremendous Bowl loss to the Patriots.
He does right here.
After which McVay discusses Seattle’s determination to throw and never run w/ Marshawn on Malcolm Butler INT. @ringer pic.twitter.com/UZOSJ9HAnI
— Peter Schrager (@PSchrags) July 7, 2021
On that evening, every part labored out completely for the Patriots to mount the best comeback in Tremendous Bowl historical past.
Kyle Shanahan details play-calling regret in Falcons’ Super Bowl LI loss to Patriots
