ESPN.com · Feb 6, 2017
Falcons' Ryan on loss: 'There are no words'
HOUSTON -- In a season when so much went right for Matt Ryan, the Atlanta Falcons quarterback was at a loss Sunday night in describing what went wrong in a soul-crushing 34-28 overtime loss to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI.
Ryan, who won the league's MVP and Offensive Player of the Year awards for his work in the regular season, saw the Falcons let a 28-3 lead slip away.
"There's nothing you can really say,'' a somber Ryan said following the game. " ... There are no words.''
The Falcons, who led the league in scoring this season at 33.8 points per game, did not score on their last four possessions of the game and had just three first downs in the pivotal fourth quarter.