Friday, February 3, 2017

The Best Way the Falcons Can Beat The Patriots



The Atlanta Falcons have the best offense in the NFL, led by an MVP-caliber quarterback in Matt Ryan. But to get the franchise’s first Super Bowl victory they are going to have to beat the New England Patriots, owners of the league’s top defense.

Here are the three keys for how the Falcons can execute the perfect game plan to win Super Bowl LI.

The easiest way to dictate game flow is to snag an early lead, and the Falcons showed an ability to do that during the season, including the playoffs. They led the league with the most opening drives with a score (11) and have scored on their opening drive in eight straight games, including the NFC championship game against the Green Bay Packers.

[Here is the perfect Super Bowl LI plan for the New England Patriots]

When leading, Atlanta has been able to maintain a 50/50 split between running and passing plays but sees that ratio move to 40/60 when trailing. Coach Bill Belichick is a football genius on a regular day, but give him insight into a team’s play-calling tendencies and his ability to game plan becomes that much harder to overcome.

-A fast start will also put pressure on Tom Brady … not from the scoreboard but from the pass rush. Just as the Patriots will be better able to anticipate the Falcons’ play-calls if the Falcons are trailing, should the Pats need to pass often the Falcons’ pass-rushers will be able to chase Brady without fear of a handoff. And pass-rushing pressure has been the single biggest factor in tripping up Brady throughout his stellar career. Speaking of …

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1 comment:

  1. Very cool! I like how you explain how Falcons can make a perfect game plan to win Super bowl. I'm not in sports stuff so I don't know much of things, but your description is great, I understood very well. Wonder who is gonna win?

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