Tom Brady leads greatest comeback in Super Bowl history as Patriots beat Falcons in OT

Down 25 points in the third quarter, Tom Brady delivered the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history on Sunday, befitting of his status as greatest quarterback of all time.

New England, down and almost out against Atlanta in the third quarter, stormed back to force overtime and then won their record fifth Super Bowl 34-28. Brady captured his fourth Super Bowl MVP award by throwing for 466 yards and two touchdowns.

Brady and company officially claimed the Lombardi Trophy after James White capped the Patriots’ overtime drive with a 2-yard touchdown run, ending an eight-play, 75-yard drive against a gassed Falcons defense.

The victory will go down as arguably the sweetest in Patriots lore. It was historic in nature. Previously no team that ever trailed by more than 10 points in a Super Bowl had come back to win. New England was down 28-3 late in third quarter, chewed up by a fast, violent Falcons club.

Tom Brady claimed championship No. 5 after leading a historic comeback in the Super Bowl against Atlanta. (AP)

Facing the kind of massive second half deficit that in the past has caused so many Super Bowl teams to quit and face a blowout, the Pats bucked up, with Brady visibly working the sideline, shouting at his teammates to keep fighting.

There was a Brady to James White 5-yard touchdown pass. Then there was a Stephen Gostkowski field goal. Then after a trip sack by Donte Hightower of Ryan set the Pats up deep in Atlanta territory, Brady hit Danny Amendola for 6 yards. They then converted the two-point conversion.

With less than three minutes left, Brady, trailing 28-20, led an epic 93-yard touchdown drive that will rank among the most astounding in league history.

They moved the chains on an out to Chris Hogan and then another to Malcolm Mitchell. The Julian Edelman caught a wild one after a deflection that was the Patriots’ answer to the old helmet catch that once did them in. That one went to 28. Three plays later James White scored on a 1-yard run. Then Brady hit Amendola for the tying two-point conversion.