The Patriots lost the Super Bowl. It was wonderful and glorious and the best possible ending to an NFL season that did not feature the Steelers winning the Super Bowl. The Patriots are now tied with the Broncos for the most losses in Super Bowl history (5). As always, Twitter was at peak excellence when New England was struggling.
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With every catch, first down, and point, I feel nothing
Eat Arby's— Purple Monkey Dishwasher (@HayekandHockey) February 4, 2018
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The former punter from Plum high school with a big call early.
Gene Steratore.. A Pittsburgh Paisano.. I’m a big fan of the way he works.. Shaved his arms too.. Gene’s about to have a big night
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) February 4, 2018
You are looking live at U.S. Bank Stadium pic.twitter.com/OBC6lyIhz5
— Dan Kadar (@ByDanKadar) February 4, 2018
M&M takes the lead with the Devito commercial.
— Ross Tucker (@RossTuckerNFL) February 4, 2018
The Eagles scored and missed an extra point
Nick Foles gonna get a max contract on that throw alone.
— Jonah Tuls (@JonahTuls) February 4, 2018
Alshon is who everyone thought Dez was.
— Derrick (@Steelers_DB) February 4, 2018
oh man I hope that missed kick matters so much
— Arif Hasan, but NFL 🏈 (@ArifHasanNFL) February 4, 2018
It kind of did, but it didn’t.
No matter how many points Philly gets ahead in this game, I won’t be able to enjoy any of it tonight because of you, @AtlantaFalcons. Thanks for ruining everything.
— Del Reid 🦬 (@DelReid) February 4, 2018
When the Patriots get called for a penalty. pic.twitter.com/B77Y3nYwPg
— Josh Rowntree (@JRown32) February 5, 2018
It only happened once though. Brandon Cooks tried to hurdle a dude and it didn’t go well.
Powerbomb. Compliments of Captain Insano.
— Souf Oaklin fo' Life!!! (@Souf_Oaklin) February 5, 2018
The Pats did make us all feel good with a botched snap and missed field goal.
https://twitter.com/matthewpcharles/status/960305156352106498
Whoa. Feel like that shit never happens to the Patriots.
— Weather Moose (@WXMoose) February 5, 2018
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HIT THE POST WITH THE SHOTTTTT (Doc Emrick voice).
— Zack Morris (@ZackMorris82) February 5, 2018
The Pats tried a throwback pass to Brady and he dropped it.
Brady the LVP so far
— Goodberry (@JoeGoodberry) February 5, 2018
Brady is human after all!
— Billy “Arm Wrestled Travis Bagent” Riccette (@Billy_Riccette) February 5, 2018
Brady not yelling at the receiver for dropping that.
— Neal Coolong (@NealCoolong) February 5, 2018
Gisele was right all those years ago: her husband can't throw and catch the ball at the same time
— Craig Meyer (@ByCraigMeyer) February 5, 2018
Gisele was right. Her husband cannot also catch the ball.
— Nancy Armour (@nrarmour) February 5, 2018
I wonder if Brady's better at catching deflated footballs
— Alby Oxenreiter (@albyox) February 5, 2018
LeGarrette Blount scored to stretch out the Eagles lead.
Smoke it!!!!! Touchdown Blount! #FlyEaglesFly
— Scott Salerno (@sasalerno) February 5, 2018
wow it warms my heart to see LeGarrette Blount do well. actually no it doesn't
— J🍩ey Bag 🍩f D🍩nuts 🍩 (@joeybagovdonuts) February 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/MC_of_A/status/960310298505875456
There was a commercial break that wasn’t as the screen just went blank. If you were rooting for the asteroid, you probably thought you hit the big time.
for a second there i thought this was the end
— Danny Kelly (@DannyBKelly) February 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/atogre_cohen/status/960311715866038272
The Eagles were driving again until a weird tipped pass created a Patriots interception.
https://twitter.com/mattkoz/status/960313266990927872
Well, that did wind up as an impressive armpunt.
— Andrew Bucholtz (@AndrewBucholtz) February 5, 2018
The tipped INT … the magical 3rd down flag … I've seen this movie before. #SB52
— Brian Murphy (@knbrmurph) February 5, 2018
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I think the K balls are filled with water
— Fᴏᴏᴛʙᴀʟʟ Zᴇʙʀᴀs🇺🇦 (@footballzebras) February 5, 2018
The Eagles got the ball down to the goal line and had a 4th and goal from the 1.
"Run the ball" – Pete Carroll
— TheDevilsDen.com (@TheDevilsDen) February 5, 2018
NICK FOLES JUST CAUGHT A TOUCHDOWN PASS IN THE SUPER BOWL! #SBLII
— NFL (@NFL) February 5, 2018
FOLES >>>>>>>>>>>> BRADY
— Kevin Pulsifer (@imPULSEivity) February 5, 2018
holy shit that's so embarrassing
— Arif Hasan, but NFL 🏈 (@ArifHasanNFL) February 5, 2018
The Eagles took a lead into halftime.
Justin Timberlake opens with a song that includes the lyrics gonna have you naked by the end of this song. Haven't we been here already with him and a Super Bowl halftime performance?
— David Worlock (@DavidWorlock) February 5, 2018
The greatest thing Timberlake has done or ever will do is Dick in a Box. Come @ me.
— Buckles (@MusefulBuckles) February 5, 2018
The Patriots came out determined to get the ball to their Frankenstein’s Monster at TE.
Halftime adjustment: Throw it to the greatest TE of all time
— Josh Norris (@JoshNorris) February 5, 2018
Rob Gronkowski gets 68 yards and 1 touchdown.
68 + 1 = nice
— Rich Hill (@PP_Rich_Hill) February 5, 2018
The Eagles responded by driving back down the field and hitting a running back in the end zone for a touchdown. But wait! There might have been a bobble so it was “Is it a catch?” time…
Jesse James thinks that was a touchdown catch
— Joe Rutter (@tribjoerutter) February 5, 2018
Irregular-football-watchers throughout the country are about to become very confused.
— Brad Gagnon (@Brad_Gagnon) February 5, 2018
I’m not sure that was a catch. Might’ve been goalie interference.
— Jason Brough 🙁 (@SadClubCommish) February 5, 2018
We are about to see if football is rigged right now👀
— Vince Williams (@VinnyVidiVici98) February 5, 2018
Let’s settle in for some Riveron!
— Chris Mueller (@ChrisMuellerPGH) February 5, 2018
Holy shit they let the TD stand. I am shocked.
— MB (@MBren21) February 5, 2018
Collinsworth: “I give up.”
Twitter: pic.twitter.com/FhZXTbWMQS
— Andrew Hirsh (@andrewhirsh) February 5, 2018
What a throw by future #Bills QB Nick Foles.
— Ryan Talbot (@RyanTalbotBills) February 5, 2018
The Patriots came right back and scored with Chris Hogan doing the bulk of the work.
https://twitter.com/eileen_over/status/960335010757795840
How good was Chris Hogan at Lacrosse? Real question
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) February 5, 2018
Gronk drive then Hogan drive
— Goodberry (@JoeGoodberry) February 5, 2018
If it seemed like this Super Bowl was missing something, you were right.
This feels like a Pro Bowl. Somebody play some defense, please.
— David Dennison – P01135809 (@BILLi3ve) February 5, 2018
#SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/C8w6JvLhli
— Jonathan Mitchell (@Jon_Mitchell3) February 5, 2018
Turns out you didn’t need a defense to win this years Super Bowl
— Joe Starkey (@JoeStarkey1) February 5, 2018
Y U no cover their receivers @Eagles
— Del Reid 🦬 (@DelReid) February 5, 2018
If I’m the Steelers, after watching Jax and Philly gash the Pats, the more I’d be like “wow, we absolutely blew it. Flat blew it.”
— Will Graves (@WillGravesAP) February 5, 2018
The Pats came back and scored to take a 1-point lead. Gronk again, because of course.
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And there's your missed extra point / missed two-point conversion
— Billy “Arm Wrestled Travis Bagent” Riccette (@Billy_Riccette) February 5, 2018
As I tweeted when it happened…Chasing points early cost #Eagles…going for 2-point conversion—otherwise this could have been tied right now. #SuperBowlLII
— Bob Pompeani (@KDPomp) February 5, 2018
This was weird and they kept showing it.
Glad we got a healthy dose of Madden '04 graphics in today's broadcast. pic.twitter.com/mrSFYagAFM
— Seth Walder (@SethWalder) February 5, 2018
Philly kept their foot on the gas and down by 1 went for it on 4th down in their own territory.
S/o to the Eagles going for fourth downs. Gotta go aggressive to hang with the Patriots.
— Nick Veronica (@NickVeronica) February 5, 2018
The Eagles have sizable balls. Must be hard to fly.
— SuckMeter (@SuckMeter) February 5, 2018
Foles man he is playing his arse off
— SamHall (@SamDHallJr) February 5, 2018
Unfortunately they ran out of bounds to preserve some clock for New England.
Why are you running out of bounds there? These are the little things the Pats do well on and other teams hand to them.
— NFL Philosophy (@NFLosophy) February 5, 2018
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But Zach Ertz struck back with a touchdown grab that he fumbled and recovered as he went across the goal line to put the Eagles ahead.
👀🧐 is that a catch?? Then what was Jesse @JJames18_ Catch ???
— Ryan Shazier (@RyanShazier) February 5, 2018
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The NFL trying to figure out if this is a catch. pic.twitter.com/xA5vxQk3QZ
— Dave DiCello (@DaveDiCello) February 5, 2018
Brady got the ball back with over 2 minutes to go and only a 5-point deficit. You’d seen this movie before. Except, the Eagles made a defensive play!
Lol it's the tuck rule coming back!
— Ralphie Report (@RalphieReport) February 5, 2018
AHSHDJDJXJEKEKFKFKDJFJFJDJDJXNXNNDKSKSWOOSOS
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) February 5, 2018
BRANDON GRAHAM, MICHIGAN’S GREATEST PRO
— Ramzy Nasrallah (@ramzy) February 5, 2018
YES YES!! pic.twitter.com/X0FApmloul
— Behind the Steel Curtain (@btsteelcurtain) February 5, 2018
hello darkness my old friend pic.twitter.com/3VzMpgpSGW
— Steve Braband (@stevebraband) February 5, 2018
Thinking about work on Sunday night pic.twitter.com/ctCDVpze7i
— ⱼₐₛ (@j_a155) February 5, 2018
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Jimmy Garoppolo has never fumbled in the 4th quarter of a Super Bowl.
— Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) February 5, 2018
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From Ben Franklin to Nick Foles, a tradition of Philadelphia excellence.
— Eli Lake (@EliLake) February 5, 2018
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South Street in Philly tonight pic.twitter.com/j0vXUKWm2B
— Steve Braband (@stevebraband) February 5, 2018
Yeah, sex is great – but have you ever watched Tom Brady fumble the football late in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl?
— upgrūv (@upgruv) February 5, 2018
From there, the Eagles would kick a field goal to take an 8-point lead. The Patriots would get near midfield and get one Hail Mary to the end zone, but it fell incomplete and time expired.
Not the #Patriots
— Simon Chester (@PFF_Simon) February 5, 2018
Who is Brady's wife going to blame in the media tomorrow?
— Tammy Craps (@dying_alive) February 5, 2018
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¯_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/MHK0LPJ6uh
— Pittsburgh Clothing Co. (@PGHClothingCo) February 5, 2018
inject James Harrison ripping streamers off of his Patriots jersey straight into my veins for the rest of my life
— Mike Darnay (@MikeDarnay) February 5, 2018
Pittsburgh:
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆New England:
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆Philadelphia:
🏆— 412 (@Shop412) February 5, 2018
Happy the team that pulled off the double-throwback pass to the QB on fourth down won it. More of that, please.
— Andrew Bucholtz (@AndrewBucholtz) February 5, 2018
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I know Pittsburgh fans were dreading this game…but it was one of the most entertaining games in Super Bowl history from beginning to end
— Guy Junker (@GuyLuvTheShow) February 5, 2018
My 6-year old: Yeah, the Eagles won for all of Pennsylvania
Me: For all of America
Him: Except for Massachusetts, because everyone hates Massachusetts— The Steelers n'at (@thesteelersnat) February 5, 2018
The Pittsburgh Steelers are still the only team with 6 Super Bowls Titles
— AJ Steelers (@AJAndrew83) February 5, 2018
The Madden Curse continues…#SuperBowl
— Drew Gregory (@DrewGregory) February 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/nwblackmon/status/960352973816778753
Patriots fans love saying the Steelers never went through Brady and New England during Ben's Super Bowls like that's some sort of discredit, well Brady and their D had a cake run of Mariota, Bortles and Foles and couldn't win it all.
— nicholas. (@psamp) February 5, 2018
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Timestamp: June 2017
Had a dream tom Brady lost to nick foles in the super bowl lmao
— Jakey Manley (@OH_STANLEY_) June 14, 2017
Jeff Fisher coached a team with two Pro Bowlers and a Super Bowl MVP at QB and couldn’t win eight games.
— Sean Gentille (@seangentille) February 5, 2018
Man is it ironic that Patriots lose Super Bowl after 2 HUGE replay calls go against them.
— mike vukovcan (@mvukovcan) February 5, 2018
Al Gore’s internet is undefeated
Live shot of all fans of the other 31 teams when reading tweets from #Patriots fans complaining about calls in the #SuperBowl #SBLII pic.twitter.com/ccvuUocyot
— Simon Chester (@PFF_Simon) February 5, 2018
The internet never loses…… #SBLII #FTP pic.twitter.com/V5vPilS75p
— Andrew Justin (@COSportsNut) February 5, 2018
— SportsChannel8 (@SportsChannel8) February 5, 2018
To the pit of misery @Patriots #DillyDilly @chatzlee @BeverleyDaigle @EAHenderson10 @L_Bell26 pic.twitter.com/0XgVZzQVKv
— Hwy6burghSteelers (@6_BurghSteelers) February 5, 2018
Oh hey James Harrison…. pic.twitter.com/q2rddbXTZg
— SteelerNation (@steelernation) February 5, 2018
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Finally, two important reminders:
At 15,594 days, the Flyers now have the longest title drought in Philadelphia.
— SinceFlyersLastCup (@SinceFlyersCup) February 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/steelers4lifeFL/status/960358717534474242
See yinz next season. Here we go.
