Imagine being a Falcons fan.
This franchise already had the national reputation of choking under pressure. No matter how talented the team is or how promising the season may seem, Falcons fans wait for the inevitable collapse. It’s similar to the mindset of the pre-2004 Red Sox fan.
But imagine the combined hope and paranoia of Atlanta fans when they led the Patriots 28-3 in the Super Bowl two years ago. I think most Packers fans have yet to fully recover from the NFC Championship collapse in Seattle four years ago. A Super Bowl failure of that caliber could take decades to move on from.