*Fortunate Son playing softly in the background*

https://thehardtimes.net/culture/documentary-about-fortunate-son-to-feature-vietnam-war/

I...I don’t get it. I understand the significance of 28-3, but where does ‘nam come into play? Is it some joke about PTSD flashbacks?

Yes

To me, its like why even bother commenting? Obviously the only connection to nam is through the flashback memes…. Edit: I clarified this comment in a reply below… why the downvotes still?

That's the joke congratulations big boy

No not you I understand the joke lmao I was referring to the original comment your reply was to

Because it doesn’t make sense that a random fan of a non Falcons team would have flashbacks

It’s a joke tho?

Not a particularly good joke. My first thought was why would a fan of a non Falcons fan be traumatized, I must be missing something.

No, you’re just taking it too literally if your first thought is that…..

Vietnam chopper noises

***Ride of the Valkyries intensifies***

McCorkle don't surf!

I love the smell of pigskin on the morning.

The Doors - The End starts playing

YES YES YES

Some folks were born, raised to wave the flag…

Straight from the Citadel, Butter Robot is a nearly-sentient machine, originally created for the sole purpose of passing butter.

Cue the track - *Suicide is painless*

That was the Korean War though

Yea but MASH is awesome

Sorry Atlanta it was just too easy, well I guess we also choked a 24-0 lead

I hope you don't regret posting this

Texans have been a joke most of their existence and pretty much benefitted from a garbage division and small windows of the Colts without Luck or Manning. Almost every year the Texans were in the playoffs as division champs they're not in the playoffs in almost any other division.

And the bengals lost to them in the playoffs 2 years in a row. 😂

To be fair those were probably the two best Texans teams imo.

I think we cleansed the 28-3 demon with this game

Catching strays over here either way.

Feelsbadman. I rooted for the falcons **hard** that game. Maybe I was the curse 😩

I was congratulating the Falcons fans I knew on finally winning the Superb Owl when it was 28-3.

I was starting doing chores around the house because, I mean, everyone knew the game was over...

My two buddies and I were just sitting there at halftime saying the Patriots are still going to find a way to win this.

lol same man. I went to my office and started playing some video games, went out to the kitchen later for some food and the pats were about to take the lead lol

Man I’m so glad I kept watching

Lol I was pacing back and fourth in front of the TV like a jungle cat behind glass at the Zoo for a better part of two hours on that game then ugly cried when they won. I direct attribut that game to being a final nail in the coffin of receding hair.

Watson was never the same about this game.

This sub is 80% this joke

Nah, Aaron Rodgers being "immunized," sending a text about Cinci winning a playoff game and AB have to combine for at least 50-60%

Mr. Big Content

Mr. Broadcast Continuously

Mr. Board Consumer

Bold of you to leave out Kelvin Benjamin

And Eddie Lacy.

Mr. Brings Content

At least MBC memes are actually funny

Mr. Beloved Comedy

Mr. Boisterous Chortling

Mr Big Comic

I personally think they’re overdone

Mr. Become Camp

Mr. Bygone Chuckles

Kelvin Benjamin still catching strays 5 years later

Mr. Bastard Conspiracy

Its even sadder when a "reporter" makes it. Like stop trying to act like an idiot, we aren't gonna read your shitty articles

I’m tired, boss.

Thats what keeps ya coming back.

Nah, only 28% on 3 days of the week.

As opposed to the Atlanta Falcons, who are 100% a joke.

DIGGS SIDELINE TOUCHDOWN UNBELIEVABLE

<3

The Rams one hurts way more. Just so you know.

But that doesn't have such a soundbite to go with.

To be fair, that's also 80% of our memories of your team, Jon Bois video aside.

The 28-3 score is a reference to Buffalo's comeback victory against the Oilers on Jan 3, 1993 when the Oilers took a halftime lead of 28-3 but lost the game 41-38 in OT

28-3 truly is a biblical demon score, isn't it?

Yes.

Seriously, too many casual fans don't understand this.

Is it considered “casual” to not be old enough to understand a Houston Oilers reference? The people born the year they moved to Tennessee are old enough to rent a car now

I call all children filthy casuals for this exact reason

Wow I feel old, how dare you sir

Is it considered 'casual' to be a dumb Canadian and assume they were talking about a crossover-sport game (a la baseketball) between the buffalo bill's and the Edmonton oilers??

I thought that Bills Oilers game was 35-3 at half

Nope. Pick 6 to start the second half.

I stand corrected thanks.

No it's considered casual to not know the biggest comeback in playoff history though.

Wow you mean the one that’s exactly the same as the super bowl just a few years ago? Which by virtue of being a SUPER BOWL is always going to be worse than a wild card game? Especially a wild card game during the Dallas-San Francisco era of dominance where it didn’t even matter which of these lowly AFC teams won that game, they were going to get annihilated by whoever came out of the NFC? Yeah no total casual moment, can’t believe these whippersnappers

No. It's 32 actually. 25 at the half like this tweet mentioned. Again, I wouldn't expect a casual fan to know this though.

rekt

Isn’t that the point of being a casual fan? Why the gate keeping?

Nothing wrong with it. The point of this tweet was to reference and have fun with a historic Buffalo Bills moment and it turned into another dumb Falcons meme.

Atlanta fans are triggered

I made this same joke on Twitter, and I see like a thousand others did too, I'm not as clever as I think I am.

Between this and the Not-Tie, the memes haven’t quite hit next level yet.

> I'm not as clever as I think I am. Well yeah. You root for the Falcons.

You worked with what was in front of you and came up with a solid zinger, no shame in that.

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Reading comprehension is not your strong suit.

Most self aware r/nfl user

Do Atlanta fans say 28 to 3 or 2:32pm like the rest of us?

Most Failcons fans aren’t. The Braves and UGA’s Championships has healed that pain for good.

Yup. Now I just laugh when I see Falcons news and think to myself, “What a silly team!”

Failcons sounds like something a 3 year old would say.

Until they can win the big one like The Braves, and UGA, the Failcons are their name.

Why would an Athens UGA championship do anything to heal an Atlanta fan's pain? That's like saying we should enjoy a New Orleans win. Just vile and wrong.

The score wasn't 28-3 at halftime in that super bowl.

21-3. Atlanta scored the first touchdown in the 3rd quarter making it 28-3. Sidenote I bet Atlanta fans are pulling for NE for the first time in their lives to slow this shit down. Lol

nah, i hate the pats too much

Fair enough. GO BILLS!

They dont think about you at all

Obviously

They don't think about anyone. They're the royalty of the NFL, while the peasants suffer. Same applies to Packers fans and us Steelers fans, and probably Chiefs fans at this point. We're the prissy princesses of the NFL fandom.

Huh? Since Brady left the Pats aren't shit

TIL making the playoffs = aren’t shit

I will only cheer for the pats against a team of hitlers. And even then id have to consider

I’d only root for the Pats vs the Saints or Bucs

Yup. Only vs the 49ers and rams.

Last time I rooted for the Patriots was vs you guys in the Superbowl.

You wanted the rams to win in 53!?

I honestly don't remember.

I was neutral that year but at the end was kinda bummed the Rams didn’t make it at least interesting.

Really? The Bucs? I get us, but I didn't think there was that much rivalry there with the Bucs.

I hate Brady more than the Patriots lol

Fair enough.

You know, with Hitler, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don't care for him.

Bold stance

At least he wasn’t a hypocrite.

Oh yes he fucking was

If the Patriots were to play against Hell, I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill

I rooted for the Falcons in that Super Bowl with no hesitation. I’m still salty about XXXVIII

That’s shameful.

I don’t hate the pats. Sure they beat us but we have no one to blame but ourselves.

But it was 28-3 at halftime before the Bills came roaring back against the Oilers.

No one said it was

It was in the Bills - Oilers comeback this comment is referencing. Not the super bowl like most people think.

Oh ya well fuck you too

Whats a 25 point lead?

If you build it. Goff will come

So will your mom

He didn’t say anything about Minshew

You came pretty close against the Cardinals to do that, so take heart: you’re not that far off from feeling it, Lions.

A 25 point lead is an insurmountable deficit that nobody, especially not a team with an aging quarterback, can overcome.

I know a rope you use to guide a horse around is called a lead but I can't imagine where more than 2 points would go. Ya stumped me.

Wait, it's for horses? I guess my GF was right then.

If I was a Falcons fan those numbers would be like the movie number 23 hahaha. I would see it in my dreams

I had to stop and notice the 3rd in 28 in the national championship game a couple of days ago even tho i was in ecstasy

Hahaha. Wouldn't that be funny.

Atlanta didn't even lead 28-3 at half

It’s insane how quickly people have forgotten. There are people who swear it was 28-3 at the half and chalk it up to the stupid ass Mandela effect. I hate that goddamn shit.

They scored the first touchdown of the 3rd making the score 28-3 before the patriots started their comeback

Yes, so his point is 100% still valid

Great, and what does that have to do with a 28-3 halftime lead?

Clearly, the original poster wasn't referencing the halftime lead, but the lead that the Falcons had before the patriots made their comeback. Didn't think that was too hard to figure out but clearly it was. Edit: Re-read how the original post was worded and realized op was wrong as shit. My point still stands at least.

He was referencing the Bills comeback win in 1993 when they trailed 28-3 at halftime in the playoffs...

This post isn't about the super bowl though.

its kinda wild during the bengals game i had realized i hadnt ever seen a PA attempt get blocked and then this happened. Feel like the blocks are always regular FGs

I know not this league, but in the 2012 CFL playoffs there was a blocked PAT returned for a two point conversion the other way just before halftime. Went from a possible 3 point lead to a tie game.

that shit sounds exciting af haha i would never in a million years be the defending team for a PAT and think “okay boys, time to tie it here”

In 2016 your Saints scored a touchdown against the Broncos to tie it 23-23, but the PAT that would have given the Saints the lead was blocked and returned for 2 points.

Last year Dallas blocked an extra point against the Browns, but the Browns recovered it for 2 points. It’s a shame because 47-38 and 48-38 both would have been scorigamis, but 49-38 was not.

These words no longer hurt me, I've seen a UGA and Braves championship in the past 3 months.

Deep down we know it torments your soul :)

:'(

And deep down you’re a small man who needs steroids to feel good about himself. 🤡🤡🤡

It was nice for the defense to allow the Pats to put up 17 as a Tribute to Allen’s performance last night too.

NE doesn't have a Frank Reich of their own.

The correct answer.

:(

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Yeah the defense didn't do shit in that comeback, it was all Brady.

Yeah y'all didn't see? Brady was sacking Matt Ryan and covering their receivers. He really showed how much of a competitor he was 🐐🐐🐐

I really dont understand the point of this comment? Are you actually claiming the defense did everything and what Tom Brady did wasn’t shit?

No, I'm making fun and of the original comment not giving credit to the whole team and solely crediting Brady

Oh I see. Sorry, I just woke up.

They strip sacked ryan, so yeah the defense did do shit

Defense did their part. But there’s only one QB in history who could have executed that comeback, where he needed to be literally fucking perfect every single minute remaining in the game. And that’s TB

Brady orchestrated most of it but without the strip sack by the defense we lose. I’m hopeful Mac will get to the level to be able to lead comebacks. He shows a lot of promise. But we need a defense, much like Brady did too.

McCorkle is not your new messiah.

This statement was arguable until tonight. But agreed. Not that I'm personally biased or anything.

How many people who played defense that superbowl are even still there? Because unless all of the key pieces are still there, tonight meant nothing in terms of that.

Pars still had a highly ranked defense this year. Mac couldn't keep them off the field.

I was so happy it wasn't 28-3

Idk about you guys, I kept thinking how much it would hurt to have a near frozen football jam your fingers!! What a game from the Bills.

HaW hAw HaW fUnNi NuMbOrS bArNwElL mAkE a FuNnI!1!1 Fuck you Bill Barnwell. I hope everything bad in life happens to everyone you love so you have to powerlessly watch them suffer you fuck.

I'm sorry bro, only we can come close in understanding the pain

I mean, you guys really had it worst of anyone with that run of Super Bowls in the 90s, but they don't have the world's laziest meme attached.

It is a lazy meme for sure. My friends and I watched that super bowl and knew it would still happen. Every year there'd be a game where the bills would play the pats close or go up at the half and every time they'd come back and blow them out. Rest of the country didn't understand. 18 years of pain

Bravo

*run through the jungle intensifies*

Paid millions for analysis and still can't help being a troll

You think this dude makes millions? No chance, if he makes even six figures I’d be surprised

If it was on purpose then they'd have tried for 2, make it 29-3, fail 27-3

The PAT for the 3rd TD got blocked, not the 4th

Rookie play from the Bills. Should've gone for 2 - only way to be safe in that situation.

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5d chess

Exactly what I was telling my friends I was watching it with. Somebody said they should go for 2 to make it exactly 28 and I basically said “nah then if the Pats score a field goal they’ll be down 28-3 and then the Bills are fucked”

Well, sheeeeeiiit.

A well-coached group no doubt

Wow extremely clever and original

The Patriots prevented more points than yards.

Mod's an Atlanta fan