The Atlanta Falcons: A Franchise Built on Losing

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Published: July 25, 2009

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... a winning season in 2009? Something – that’s a given. Back-to-back winning seasons aren’t anything this franchise wants any part of. The trend of losing goes back to the team’s beginnings in 1966, but a look at Atlanta’s recent history offers the team no hope whatsoever this season.

 

Let’s start with 1999. The “Dirty Birds” were coming off their only Super Bowl appearance via what I like to call “The Fluke at the Metrodome,” a ridiculous win over the 16-1 Vikings they had no business winning, as they would later prove in a lopsided loss to the Broncos in the Super Bowl. But with a 14-2 regular season finish in ’98, the expectations were high for the new season.

 

So what happened?...

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