Super Bowl LI prediction: Patriots' stout defense to tip scales against Falcons


New England’s stingy defense will make the difference in a mouth-watering matchup between the two best quarterbacks in the league this season

Success is supposed to be fleeting in the NFL. The Atlanta Falcons are a case study in how it’s meant to be in a league whose structure is designed to promote parity. After going 14-2 and reaching their first Super Bowl in 1998, they failed to even get back into the postseason for another four years. The exact same thing happened after they went 13-3 and reached the NFC title game in 2012.

And now, all of a sudden, they are back in the big dance.

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