Twitter users compare Atlanta streets to Falcons’ Super Bowl collapse

It hasn’t been Atlanta’s finest hour.

Casualties include I-85, I-285, the Downtown Connector, I-20 and now city streets in Atlanta are being swallowed up by sinkholes.

Patriots fans troll Atlanta on 3-28 day

The response has frustrated drivers, but it’s also brought back memories of another collapse: The Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl.

Even as Matt Ryan and the Falcons say they are moving forward, there have been recent reminders of the Falcons' blown 25-point lead - including the Boston Marathon.

For some, it may all be still too raw, for others it’s a moment of comic relief:

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