The Atlanta Falcons and the entire city of Atlanta can still taste the success that slipped away; the Lombardi Trophy that fell from their hands.
Matt Ryan penned a piece titled The Hangover for The Players Tribune in September 2017, just a few months after the Super Bowl collapse. In an emotional piece full of frustration and acceptance, Ryan said the following:
When somebody would talk to me about the Super Bowl — it could have been anybody … family, fans, the media — it would stay with me the rest of the day.