ATLANTA — Falcons fans, your prayers have been answered.
After the New Orleans Saints lost in a heartbreaking OT loss, the LA Rams will be headed to Atlanta for Super Bowl LIII... and the entire city breathed a sigh of relief.
Had the Saints won the NFC Championship game, they would have been the "home" team, meaning they would be using the Falcons' facilities - including their locker room at Mercedes-Benz Stadium - as their own. Something Falcons fans could not stand for. Even Atlanta's own mayor was rooting for "anybody other than the Saints."
Online, Falcons fans gleefully poked fun at the Saints' loss, further fueling the long-standing rivalry.
But no one was more excited about their win than the Atlanta Falcons and the Atlanta Hawks:
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