Last night, I found myself watching a replay of Super Bowl LI with great interest. For the better part of three quarters the Falcons’ defense was stifling Tom Brady while the Falcons’ offense, directed by Kyle Shanahan and Matt Ryan was performing with rare aplomb versus a Bill Belichick defense.
As we well know by now, the Patriots, over the last frenzied 21 minutes of regulation roared back from a 28-3 deficit to accomplish the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history with their stunning 34-28 overtime win.
Watching Kyle Shanahan’s offense in that game was a superb reminder of how and why Shanahan became one of the hottest (if not the hottest) head coaching candidates in 2017.