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Moment of Glory: Malcolm Mitchell, one of Pats' heroes in 28-3 comeback, now promotes literacy to kids

Not every NFL player gets to play 20 years like Tom Brady. Most won’t play five seasons. But for a select few, they’ll have one season, game or play that is truly historic. This offseason, we’ll highlight those special NFL performances in our “Moment of Glory” series.

(Yahoo Sports graphic by Paul Rosales)

The New England Patriots’ famous Super Bowl LI comeback against the Atlanta Falcons reached many critical points. One was a third-and-11 with the Patriots trailing 28-12.

If Tom Brady threw an incompletion and then didn’t convert on fourth down, the dream would have died.