When Tevin Coleman caught a short pass from Matt Ryan and scampered into the end zone to give the Atlanta Falcons a 28-3 lead with 8:36 remaining in the third quarter of Super Bowl LI Sunday night, it was just assumed the Falcons were on their way to their first championship.
A 25-point lead in the second half of the Super Bowl had to be safe, right? After all, no team had ever come back from more than a 10-point deficit to win the NFL’s big game at the end.