Coming off two straight trips to the playoffs, the Atlanta Falcons had high hopes of becoming the first true home team in Super Bowl history.
Well, those plans were dashed before the leaves changed colors.
Now, the city is left with a nightmare of a potential matchup as it prepares to host the NFL title game for the third time.
New Orleans vs. New England.
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“Lord please don’t let there be a Saints Patriots Super Bowl in Atlanta,” an apparent Falcons fan wrote on Twitter, expressing the sentiment of the entire A-T-L in less than 280 characters.