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Atlanta Falcons: Deion Sanders and Arthur Blank win at least one Super Bowl together

By Jeff Benedict

ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 16: Former Atlanta Falcon Deion Sanders is presented with his Hall Of Fame ring by team owner Arthur Blank at halftime of the game against the Carolina Panthers at the Georgia Dome on October 16, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 16: Former Atlanta Falcon Deion Sanders is presented with his Hall Of Fame ring by team owner Arthur Blank at halftime of the game against the Carolina Panthers at the Georgia Dome on October 16, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images) /
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TEMPE, AZ – NOVEMBER 26: Chris Doleman #56 of the Atlanta Falcons in action against the Arizona Cardinals during an NFL football game November 26, 1995 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Doleman played for the Falcons from 1994-95. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

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Atlanta in the mid-90s was where it was at. Buckhead was jumping every night, So So Def was cranking out hits from Atlanta artists, Freaknik had made Atlanta a vacation destination and the Olympics made Atlanta a place to live.

NFL players want to win, yes they enjoy making money, but they are competitors and want to win. That 1995 season and a potential Super Bowl win changes the entire trajectory of the franchise. Atlanta would have been seen as a winner and a place that players can be successful, instead, they had to wait almost another decade for Michael Vick to arrive.

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All it would have taken was two very different but very simple moves and the franchise we know and love today would have been a very different looking franchise. One that has a couple Super Bowl wins, and whose quarterback would not be the target of harassment from talking heads at major media corporations.

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