The entire NFL world was stunned from what they were watching last Sunday. Almost everybody expected a shootout of instant classic proportions between the Green Bay Packers and Atlanta Falcons. For good reason too. It was indoors. The Super Bowl was on the line and it featured two of the best quarterbacks in the game in Matt Ryan and Aaron Rodgers.
Rodgers himself made a good enough showing with three touchdown passes. However, it seemed the rest of his team didn’t bother to get off the bus. Atlanta seized control of the game from the outset and never let Green Bay into the contest. By the end of the first half a Julio Jones touchdown with seven second left made the score 24-0.
It was just unbelievable to watch a hot, playoff experienced team like the Packers crumble like that. People grasped at theories for why it happened. Some blamed the flu striking the locker room at a bad time. Others feel it was the inability of the defense to pressure Ryan. Then again, if one asked the opponent, the real reason was obvious.
