The 10 Most Impactful Plays of Super Bowl LI
6. White Scores the Walk-Off Touchdown
Win Probability Swing: +10.70% | Win Probability After: 100.00%
It's fair to assume New England will forgive Blount for his fumble even if he wasn't the guy who closed it all out. Instead, that was White doing his best Blount impression.
After Brady almost threw an interception to Vic Beasley on first down, the pitch went to White on 2nd and goal from the two. With some help from a sick wipeout block from Edelman and ever-churning legs, White was golden.
IT'S OVER! IT'S OVER!
JAMES WHITE WINS IT FOR THE @PATRIOTS!
WHAT A GAME! #SB51 #PATRIOTShttps://t.co/nZzQJGWRmC
— NFL (@NFL) February 6, 2017
The only reason this play wasn't higher on the list was that New England had already gotten its win probability so high leading up to it. They got down to the two with a pass interference penalty, punching their win odds up to 93.15%. They went back down to 89.30% after the first-down incompletion before White closed things out.
This was the play that ended it all, White's third tuddy of the game. What may be most insane is that it wasn't even White's most impactful play in terms of win probability. That one is next up on our list.
