Patriots were prepared for this uphill climb

Tom Brady (12) leaps as he fakes taking the snap, instead center David Andrews (60) snapped the ball directly to running back James White (28) who had an open hole into the endzone for a two point conversion that made the score 28-20 Atlanta during the fourth quarter in the Super Bowl. Jim Davis / Boston Globe

By The Boston Globe

February 6, 2017

1 minute to read

Tom Brady compiled the The Drive. Julian Edelman made The Catch.

And the Patriots have The Hill to thank for a 34-28 overtime win over the Falcons on Sunday night for their fifth championship and the craziest comeback victory in Super Bowl history.

The hill sits on the back of the Patriots’ practice field at Gillette Stadium, and Bill Belichick makes the players run it every day at the end of practice.

“We all bitch and complain about it,” Edelman said. “But hey, we did it, we put in the work, we put in the conditioning.”

The Patriots ran the Falcons ragged all game, and it paid off in a wild fourth quarter and overtime. Trailing, 28-20, with 3:30 on the clock, Brady led the Patriots 91 yards for the tying touchdown, then marched the offense 75 yards in overtime for the win.

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