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Arthur Blank still hasn’t recovered from Falcons’ playoff exit
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10:15 am January 29, 2011, by Jeff Schultz
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Late in the third quarter against Green Bay, he watched from his private box as the Packers scored their scored fifth consecutive touchdown to take a 42-14 lead. Fans began to stream out of the Georgia Dome.

“People said to me, ‘You must be upset about that,’” Blank said. “I said no. I wasn’t upset that they were leaving, I was upset about the way we were playing. The fans were incredibly supportive all year. After that third quarter, it would’ve taken a miracle just to come back and make the game competitive. It was like the fans were getting hit on the head with a hammer, and it wouldn’t stop. The only way they could make it stop was by leaving. So they left.”

Blank’s head was still throbbing the following week when NFL meetings were held in Atlanta. During a lunch break, he sat with New England owner Robert Kraft, whose team was stunned in its first playoff game by the New York Jets (the day after the Falcons’ loss).

“There we were, the owners of the two No. 1 seeds, having lunch,” Blank said, managing a chuckle. “Nobody else sat at our table. We were two sorry sacks. You never get used to it.” continue
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You know... Bob, Arthur, I know exactly how you felt. Last year we had a playoff victory taken away from us with a facemask on our QB that was seemingly ignored. Then we had Mike Perreira tell us that was an "incidental facemask" as if it wasn't really a penalty.

Pardon me if I don't cry with you.
Fun to read the comments from the fans on that link. I guess being an Atlanta sports fan is its own special form of torture. They do seem to appreciate that the owner cares, though many correctly see that the Defense is a weak spot.
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Originally posted by michiganjoe:
Having a #6 seed come into your house and administer that kind of beating has to be difficult to stomach, but the Falcons were never as good as their record or the media indicated.


See: Vikings 31, Packers 17 (2004 wildcard); Falcons 27, Packers 7 (2002 wildcard). We feel your pain, Artie boy.
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“There we were, the owners of the two No. 1 seeds, having lunch,” Blank said, managing a chuckle. “Nobody else sat at our table. We were two sorry sacks. You never get used to it.”


, They never get used to being "sorry sacks"?

I'll bet they both hire Ho's to just sit and talk.

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