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The Falcons go 3 & out, and the Cowboys have driven it into Falcons territory to end the 1st quarter. The Cowboys may have more than I thought.

The Cowboys know they have to play aggressive. They go for it on 4th & 2 on their own 33. Pollard is off to the races. Falcons 7 Cowboys 7 Is it my imagination, or does he actually slow down to “juke” the defender? Lol IMG_6174.MOV

The Falcons cap off a 5 play drive with a 23 yard TD pass to Cordarelle Patterson. (Only a picture since pass caught at the 1) Falcons 7 Cowboys 0

The Cowboys played the weakest schedule in the league. But, they were going to be the division winner until the Giants knocked them off in the final week. Cracks had started to show. The lowly Texans had almost beaten them. Tony Pollard had had a good season and CeeDee Lamb had stepped up in crucial situations, but they seemed to be an early out in the playoffs. The Cowboys were underdogs in both playoff games. The game against the Rams was ugly all the way around. A TD pass to TE Jake Ferguson midway through the 4th was the deciding score in a 17-13 win. Against the Lions in the Divisional round, the Cowboys trailed 21-9 early in the 3rd. The Lions seemed to be cruising to a long-destined rematch against the Falcons in the Championship game. After Prescott hit Gallup for a TD, a successful 2pt conversion made it 21-17. The next drive Aman-Ra StBrown caught a pass that was going to result in a long gain. Instead, he was chased down 53yds down the field, and this happened. IMG_5884.MOV The Cowboys recovered the fumble. From there it was a shootout, with multiple completions to 5 different Corwboy players. The Cowboys had beaten the heavily favorited Lions. The Falcons on the other hand, have mostly dominated on their way to the NFC 1st seed. Bijon Robinson, Cordarelle Patterson and Kyle Pitts have all had stellar seasons. Robinson capped off a 35-21 Divisional win against the Giants with a 62 yard TD run. Much like the Browns in AFC Championship, the Cowboys will need to capitalize on every possible opportunity. Vegas line Falcons -5.5 Over/under 57 Kickoff at 7pm CST tonight!

Starts tomorrow. Pregame writeup will come in the morning.

The Falcons would be an interesting matchup with the speedy receivers they have. They’ll have to get by the cowboys first though.

It was heartbreak for the Browns. They had ridden Jerome Ford and taken advantage of almost every opportunity in a 3 game winning streak, all over divisional champions on the road, on their way to the AFC Championship. The Colts dominated the line of scrimmage. Taylor rushed 22 times for 210yds and 3TDs. Ford was stuffed this game, only rushing for 42 yds. But, the Browns were still taking advantage of opportunities. When Brents had his only busted coverage of the day, Watson hit Elijah Moore for 62yds. And, when given enough time against the Colts blitz, Watson hit Njoku for a TD. The Colts defense seemed to have shut the door with less than a minute to go in the game stopping the Browns on 4th down at the 21. But, an unlikely fumble by Taylor gave them one more opportunity. And, again they took advantage. Ford nicked the defender on the block then got behind him in the flat. He raced 47yards to the endzone to take the lead 24-21. With 24 seconds left, it looked like the Browns had pulled off a miraculous unlikely upset win and were headed to the SuperBowl. But, with 2 TOs, the Colts completed 2 passes and kicked a FG to even the game 24-24 and send the game to OT. In OT, the Colts defense flexed its muscles one more time. After a sack on 2nd down, the Colts safeties laid back, let Kareem Hunt catch 2 balls, then flew in to make the tackle. As Kareem Hunt was wrapped up and taken to the ground, the Colts sideline didn’t celebrate so much as sigh in relief. They were the superior team, but they’d been taken to their very limit by a tough, hard-nosed, never-give-up Browns team. The Colts will head to their second SuperBowl at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas against the winner of the Cowboys/Falcons game.

I don’t use the arrow or offset though.

I use the ITZ bumpers. I like them

Complete stats and analysis coming this afternoon!

I’m going to look back at the entire season. I can’t think of one that was better from start to finish. And, it happened in a conference championship game!

The Colt’s D shuts the Browns down. Ford is stuffed at the line on 1st down. Watson is sacked on 2nd. The Colts are then able to sit back and keep the 3rd and 4th down receptions in front of the DBs and hold them to short gains. Final score: Colts 31 Browns 24 (I’m really heartbroken for the Browns. It appeared that they had pulled off a miraculous victory)

Was supposed to read “if the Browns score, should they go for 2?”

The Browns win the toss and elect to play D first since the new NFL OT rule mandates both teams get the ball. 3 plays into OT, and #23 pancakes #22. Brute force. Taylor goes 60yds. XP good. Colts 31 Browns 24 If the Browns stop the Colts, should they go for 2? IMG_6158.MOV

FG good from 28 yards. OT

Richardson throws incomplete to Alec Pierce. Then, the Browns D gives Richardson too much time. He hits Taylor for a 41yd game. TO Colts. 1 TO left with 9 seconds left. IMG_6087.MOV

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Watson is sacked. With no timeouts to go, Watson is backed to pass. Pass protection codes through again. Hunt turns #1 inside, while Ford holds up the older blitzed just enough to get out in the flats. 48 yard TD. Browns 24 Colts 21 24 seconds to go. The Colts have 2 TOs and need a FG to go to OT. IMG_6084.MOV

And the unbelievable had happened. Taylor is hit from behind and fumbles. Dice roll goes to the Browns. 32 seconds to go and the Browns have it at the Colts 38 with 1 timeout remaining. IMG_6083.MOV

Another Colts stop. On 3rd & 9, the CBs do their job. The pressure on the QB forces Richardson to throw to Hunt #27, who can make anything happen. Less than a minute to go. The Browns have all 3 TOs. They need to force a mistake. IMG_6079.MOV

The Browns are driving. Watson keeps it for 7 yards, Hunt gets a screen pass, then this beautifully drawn up play. Ford and #95 make the block on #1, while Hunts turns it up field (with a little assistance from #8 Elijah Moore) for 17 yards. IMG_6075.MOV

No opening holes on this play. Just a pancake block. Taylor for 48yds. TD Colts 21 Browns 17 IMG_6066.MOV

What’s interesting about this year’s playoffs is that you see little factors make the difference. I would have expected the Colts to dominate this game, but little things like protecting against the Colts blitz, make a huge difference. Elijah Moore getting past Brents and going 62yds was a huge surprise. And, the Colts missed a chipshot FG. These things are adding up. I still think the Colts are the favorite, but one bad mistake good cause this to go the Brown’s way.

Ford breaks one off for 18, another for 10. Then he loses a yard before catching a pass in the flats for 5 yard. Then on 3rd & 6, Ford and Hung hold their blocks on the viscous blitz game of the Colts. Watson finds TE #85 Njoku 20 yards down the field and he scores. Browns 17 Colts 14 10 seconds to go in the 3rd. IMG_6040.MOV