ATLANTA — There was Brandin Cooks, sprinting wide, wide, wide open through the end zone, with his left arm in the sky. Nobody was even close to him. Three defenders had jumped a route underneath. With one Jared Goff dart, the Rams were about to capitalize on a bizarre glitch in Bill Belichick's defensive masterpiece and take command of Super Bowl LIII.
From afar, cornerback Jason McCourty saw this doomsday scenario playing out before his eyes. He saw the blue jersey. He saw no white jerseys. And he thought: Take off.