Conan O’Brien surprises Patriots RB James White with new truck

He was a joy for the beat writers who are well accustomed to the players who tote the party line and give very little many times. If Matt Ryan hit a deep pass on third-and-one deep in his own territory instead of getting sacked and fumbling, and if he threw while in field goal range and scored a touchdown rather than getting sacked, leading to an Atlanta penalty that pushed the Falcons out of field goal range, Kyle Shanahan would be lauded for a bold finish to a game in which he called a near flawless first half. Players wagering that there would be an overtime cashed tickets at about 6-1, meaning a $100 bet won $600. And there are so many choices, one nearly doesn’t know where to start. Under the leadership of Tom, the New England Patriots won the game on Sunday at Huston, Texas by 34-28 touchdown. The ball traveled 18 yards in the air before being deflected. Somehow, amid a pile of three tangled Falcons, Edelman gets the ball.

We learned that Tom Brady is just as calm and collected if he’s down 25 points in the Super Bowl as any other time.

The Patriots probably deserved something like this to go their way.

Isaac: This was gonna be Brady’s trophy if he threw for 200 yards and a touchdown.

The first tradition that goes along with your team winning the Super Bowl is the hat and t-shirt.

Over the last five years Atlanta has used 23 of their 36 draft picks on defensive players, including 10 defensive backs.

What is the best way to get employees motivated for Patriots-like performance? For a millisecond, the ball is free in space. I think Slater would agree this journey will be an easy one to remember. “I felt like I had it”. I don’t know if we actually said that, but there was great confidence.

I have long believed a team has to be good to be lucky and lucky to be good.

Answer: Downtown’s Plaza has covered its entire north-facing tower wall with a giant mural created by Shepard Fairey, best known for his poster of Barack Obama titled “Hope” and many Obey clothing-line designs. No one knows what the rule is.

On Monday, Texas’ lieutenant governor ordered the Texas Rangers to aide in the investigation of the missing jersey. “Blitz for Six” is the best they could come up with? The Patriots replied – at last – with a touchdown from James White, but then morale was arguably damaged even more as Gostkowski skewed the conversion wide right.

While Edelman was struggling after the game to find the appropriate description of his heroics, his teammates had much less trouble.

White had 14 catches for 110 yards and another 29 yards on six carries.

“I swear, Bill has this small notebook he carries around and everything he deems worthy is written down in there”.

Cameron: I totally understand both sides of the Brady vs James White argument. I look back at one sequence in particular. “That was just an wonderful catch”.

David Tyree makes his “helmet catch” in the 2008 Super Bowl. Here’s why these two teams are leading the pack in this early edition of the NFL Power Rankings.

“Just play”, he said.

The only thing I sometimes wonder about is this: how can a team – in this case, the Falcons – play so well for 35 minutes, with the other team – the Patriots – playing so poorly for that same time frame and see it completely reversed for the next 25-plus minutes.