Any questions about a potential Falcons hangover resulting from their devastating Super Bowl loss seven months ago have been answered in the first two weeks, highlighted by dominant win over the Packers on Sunday night in Atlanta’s new state-of-the-art stadium.
The win made the Falcons just the fourth Super Bowl loser to start the following season 2-0.
“I don’t think about it too much,” Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan told reporters Sunday night when asked about the 25-point lead Atlanta squandered to New England in February. “I think everybody else does because the question keeps coming up. Were we disappointed in it?