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Originally Posted by daedge

We've all seen bad play calling, but if you ask me, Atlanta's play calling in the final quarter was straight up the worst I've ever seen.

In fact, you could probably go back to their play calling from when they went 28-3 up.

It's baffling that everyone expect the man who earns a ton of money and is about to be the head coach of the 49ers realises they should have ran the ball three times with a 28-20 lead deep in New England territory.

Either they burn a good chunk of clock, New England's time outs and kick a FG for a two-score lead, or they actually get a first down or two and burn most or all of the clock down and go up by two scores.

But passing on second down and giving up a sack was just dreadful. As was Shanahan's refusal to go away from the run, particularly with Freeman, in the second half.

That decision is why Atlanta only had a fraction over 20 minutes of possession and their D was totally gassed come the final quarter.

Also, it must be noted that the Falcons were often snapping the ball with 10-15sec left on the play clock. On Jones' crazy good catch just before the worst play calling of all, they snapped the ball with 13sec left.

Bleed the bloody clock try.

Every second is crucial.

But we all know that. Apparently it's just that Shanahan idiot who doesn't. Oh, and probably Pagano.

I wouldn't be excited to be getting him if I were a 49ers fan.

Really grates me that the Seahawks and Falcons have both handed the Patriots titles the past two years.

I just want to fast forward to when Brady and Bill Belicheat are gone from this league and the Pats are irrelevant.

The way things are going in the NFL with so many bad teams Brady could probably play till he's 50. Plus how many teams still win when the league benches your starting QB for 4 games. Billichick has proven twice he can win without Brady.