It has been nearly eight years since the Atlanta Falcons completely collapsed in Super Bowl LI, but they still cannot escape the trolling.
Paul Goodloe of The Weather Channel was in Sarasota, Fla., this week covering Hurricane Milton, which made landfall as a Category 3 on the West Coast of the Sunshine State on Wednesday night. Goodloe wanted to warn viewers and residents to not think the storm was over when the eye passed directly over and things briefly calmed down.
In order to make his point, Goodloe compared the hurricane to when the Falcons were leading the Patriots 28-3 in the first half of Super Bowl LI. Tom Brady and the Patriots then came storming back (pun intended) and won the game 34-28.
“There’s a lot more to go. I think back to, you know, the Atlanta Falcons first-half Super Bowl winner. We know what happened in the second half when the Patriots came back to life. So, do not sleep on the second half of Milton,” Goodloe said.
WTF IS THIS @weather channel?????????? UNCALLED FOR pic.twitter.com/qsUPgZzsOw
— Jackson Ramer (@JacksonRamer) October 10, 2024
The Falcons have heard countless 28-3 jokes since that dreaded game in 2017. Still, that one caught many people off guard. Goodloe must have been waiting a long time to work that joke into one of his severe weather alerts.
