There was a lot of blame to go around after the Atlanta Falcons blew a 28-3 lead in Super Bowl LI, but the whole game could have been changed by one play.
On second down late in the fourth quarter, the Falcons were in field goal range and decided to throw the ball. It was a controversial decision that didn’t work out for Atlanta, as Matt Ryan was sacked by Trey Flowers and they were eventually forced to punt the ball. You can argue until you’re blue in the face about the play call, but they called the league MVP’s number in crunch time and it didn’t work out.
However, there may have been one Atlanta Falcon that could have saved the day – if he was still in the league, still as talented or not a video game character. That’s right, we’re talking about “The Human Cheat Code”. With all the talk about Michael Vick’s Madden 2004 character recently, we thought we would test him out in the exact same scenario.
So, we made sure to match up all of his stats with the 2004 version of the game and put him on the bench. When the time game to try and ice it for the Falcons, it was Michael Vick's time to shine.
Just like in 2004, it was kind of unfair.
