Atlanta Magazine: Atlanta deserved a better football game for Super Bowl LIII (1 Viewer)

[zatsnzapps]

This is magnificent.

As the final shards of Lombardi Trophy-shaped confetti twinkled around Tom Brady on Mercedes-Benz Stadium’s field, and New England Patriots fans began their march to the Hyatt Regency on Peachtree Street to greet the victors, many Atlantans realized what fans of the Los Angeles Rams certainly had already internalized—Super Bowl LIII just wasn’t that good.

It’s safe to say that Atlanta was far and away a Rams town on and leading up to Sunday. The city was cheering for the West Coast team after the NFC Championship game put an end to the thought of a New Orleans Saints Super Bowl—the arch rival of the home team Falcons—in Atlanta. Then there was the fact that the Rams were decidedly not the Patriots, who just two years ago were able to overtake the Falcons’s 28-3 lead to win Super Bowl LI.

The coup de grâce:

And while Atlanta may still be glad the Saints weren’t a part of Super Bowl LIII, it might ruffle a few Falcons fans’ feathers to know that it would have been the better game if they were. I say this, admittedly, as a lifelong Saints fan, but bear with me for a minute:

Imagine if instead of a 13-3 punt-fest, we had Drew Brees and Tom Brady competing directly for the title of the G.O.A.T. Consider the anguish of Atlantans, who would have had to choose between rooting for the team that came back from 28-3 or their ultimate rival. Either team losing would have given Falcons fans plenty of new snarky retorts—meaning Atlanta fans would have won either way. Envision Bourbon Street driving itself just seven hours up to Peachtree Street, surely pumping in more dollars to our economy than Los Angeles did. From whatever angle you look, it was just the better story.

https://www.atlantamagazine.com/new...d-a-better-football-game-for-super-bowl-liii/

The whole article is worth the read. I love the parts about watching paint dry and the concession workers cheering with the Rams fans and getting totally drowned out by the Pats fans.

If Matt Walljasper is a member here, kudos to you, sir. Kudos.

 

[Zack Lee]

Atlanta deserves __________


So much fun to be had with that blank. They deserved a Fraud Bowl in the Big A Bung Hole and the got that.

 

[Epic Brownie]

ATL deserves nothing.

 

[football]

Didn't the mayor tweeted that she hope someone else make the Super Bowl other than the Saints?

 

[whodatlady]

Since I had made plans in ATL for the SB weekend I kept them and went to the city for the weekend. Wore my Saints gear everywhere and got nothing but love from the people I encountered Many high fives, who dats, and y’all got robbed. A lot of Saints fans in ATL.

 

[zivivi]

Didn't the mayor tweeted that she hope someone else make the Super Bowl other than the Saints?

She, sure did.

 

[zivivi]

Since I had made plans in ATL for the SB weekend I kept them and went to the city for the weekend. Wore my Saints gear everywhere and got nothing but love from the people I encountered Many high fives, who dats, and y’all got robbed. A lot of Saints fans in ATL.

I work in Atlanta all the time and don't hide the fact I'm a Saints fan. I haven't ran across a hater yet. I'm sure they are there but I haven't come across one.

 

[Big_L]

Atlanta deserves __________


So much fun to be had with that blank. They deserved a Fraud Bowl in the Big A Bung Hole and the got that.

I can't answer, I don't have any profanity points in the tank . . .

 

[WestCoast Saint]

Didn't the mayor tweeted that she hope someone else make the Super Bowl other than the Saints?

Yeah, and I guess she is now satisfied with the outcome. Lol. I hate all politicians, but sometimes, they make me laugh or the crap they create for themselves.

 

[MSUSousaphone]

 

[renegadewa]

Didn't the mayor tweeted that she hope someone else make the Super Bowl other than the Saints?

She didn't tweet it..................she said it in a press conference leading up to the NFCCG!!

They got one of the worst Super Bowls in a decade....................so in other words they got EXACTLY what they deserved!!

 

[WhoDat9to12]

 

[Big_L]

She didn't tweet it..................she said it in a press conference leading up to the NFCCG!!

They got one of the worst Super Bowls in a decade....................so in other words they got EXACTLY what they deserved!!

Worst fan base deserves it . . .

 

[Kicks]

She, sure did.

I wonder how she feels now. Rivalry over economic surge?

 

[RedStickBred]

Didn't the mayor tweeted that she hope someone else make the Super Bowl other than the Saints?

I guess the moral is: Be careful what you wish for