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How the Falcons can win the Super Bowl: Eight steps to an Atlanta upset

HOUSTON — The Patriots continue to be favored by three points against the Falcons in Super Bowl LI, with 67% of public money coming in on New England. The Patriots have been in the Super Bowl seven times with Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, including two times in the past three years.

The Falcons were 8–8 a season ago and hadn’t won a playoff game since 2013. Matt Ryan has never been in a Super Bowl, and Dan Quinn has never been a head coach in this game before. And in the previous seven Super Bowl matchups between the No.