Matty Ice lives up to name against Pats in Classic

by Thetruth1566 | 7 years ago | 1 Comments

If you were told that Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons were down two scores with less than two minutes to go against an undefeated Patriots team that they were dead in the water right? Everybody counted them out. Division rival Tampa included but someone forgot to tell the NFL MVP about that. Living up to his nickname, Matty Ice kept calm and cool as the other side or the pillow as he orchestrated two improbable TD drives in Foxboro with under two minutes to go to dethrone the Patriots. Ryan had already thrown three picks in that same game. Beasley had been lost to a torn shoulder earlier in the game. So without a constant pass rush, Jimmy G was eating up the Falcons secondary. Ryan got the foot ball and immediately drove down the field and with a TD to Julio Jones,  scored with less than a minute remaining. Falcons held on to all of their time outs, knowing they would be crucial. Pats ran on first down and didn't gain much. ATL burned their first TO. Second down, Pats inexplicably passed and got pushed out of bounds preserving a critical time out. On the money down, the Falcons LBs stuffed the Patriots. Having to punt back to Atlanta with 30 seconds left. Ryan with the game on the line came out in a 4 x 1 set and saw some Jabroni trying to cover Julio one-on-one. SMH, who in their right mind would do that? Ryan dropped back and heaved a bomb to Quintorris. He MOSS'd that defensive back and left him on the ground as he scored from 75 yards out with 18 seconds left to put Atlanta ahead for good. One Deion Jones pick later and the Falcons are still the class of the NFC. Undefeated. Ryan, with the Ice in his veins sent Austin into a spiraling depression. #BARS