With Super Bowl LI quickly approaching, Pro Football Focus’ analysis team recently dove back into the tape archives to grade past Super Bowls with a connection to the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots.
We went back as far as the 1996 NFL season (Super Bowl played in 1997) to see the very beginnings of this New England juggernaut, as well as taking in the one and only previous occasion the Atlanta Falcons have made it to the big game. Each Super Bowl received PFF’s full treatment of grading and data collection.
Super Bowl XXXI
Green Bay Packers 35, New England Patriots 21
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