Tight end Martellus Bennett didn’t know the rules of overtime as the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons went past regulation in Super Bowl LI. No Super Bowl had ever gone to overtime.
And while viewers got graphics from the broadcast to explain that, if a team scored a touchdown, the game was over, Bennett was not privy to that explanation. So when Patriots running back James White dove into the end zone for a touchdown and the Patriots stormed the field, Bennett had to ask Tom Brady: Did we win?