Photos: The scene at the Super Bowl Friday

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Photos: The scene at the Super Bowl Friday

The Falcons play the Patriots Sunday in Houston.

February 3, 2017, Houston: Falcons mascot Freddie Falcon makes his way in to the NFL Experience in the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

February 3, 2017, Houston: Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, wearing a team color bright red jacket, chuckles while asked a question about his dancing while holding his only media availability in Houston for the Super Bowl during a press conference at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Blank has danced in the locker room and on stage with his players on their march to the Super Bowl. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

February 3, 2017 Houston, TX - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (right) poses with Houston Texans fan Steve Beckholt (left) after a fan forum prior to the Super Bowl LI in Houston, TX, on Friday, February 3, 2017. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

February 3, 2017, Houston: University of Georgia legend and former professional American football player Herschel Walker pauses for a photo with a young fan on Radio Row at the NFL Experience in the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

February 3, 2017, Houston: Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank answers questions while holding his only media availability in Houston for the Super Bowl during a press conference at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

February 3, 2017, Houston: Five-year old Falcons fan Micah Fanning is not quite tall enough to fit into the Falcons uniform while his dad Travis Fanning takes his picture at the NFL Experience in the George R. Brown Convention Center during their trip to the Super Bowl on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

February 3, 2017 Houston, TX - Fans raise their smartphones to take pictures as (from left) NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year finalists New York Giants' Eli Manning, Arizona Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald, and Carolina Panthers' Greg Olsen appear during a fan forum prior to the Super Bowl LI in Houston, TX, on Friday, February 3, 2017. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

February 3, 2017, Houston: A visitor walks past a giant Falcons shirt at the NFL Combine Authentic display inside the NFL Experience at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

February 3, 2017, Houston: Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank answers questions while holding his only media availability in Houston for the Super Bowl during a press conference at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

February 3, 2017 Houston, TX - Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year finalists (from left) New York Giants' Eli Manning, Arizona Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald, and Carolina Panthers' Greg Olsen appear during a fan forum prior to the Super Bowl LI in Houston, TX, on Friday, February 3, 2017. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

February 3, 2017, Houston: University of Georgia legend and former professional American football player Herschel Walker gives a young fan a fist bump on Radio Row at the NFL Experience in the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

February 3, 2017, Houston: Falcons fans Don and Twinkle Billups, Atlanta, pose for a souvenir photo in a photo booth at the NFL Experience in the George R. Brown Convention Center during their trip to the Super Bowl on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

February 3, 2017, Houston: A young fan has her picture take with Houston Texans cheerleaders during Super Bowl events at the NFL Experience in the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

February 3, 2017, Houston: Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank answers questions while holding his only media availability in Houston for the Super Bowl during a press conference at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

February 3, 2017, Houston: A young fan has his picture taken with cutout figures of the Houston Texans football team at the NFL Experience during Super Bowl events in the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

February 3, 2017, Houston: Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank answers what he said was a text from his head coach Dan Quinn as he takes the stage for his only media availability in Houston for the Super Bowl during a press conference at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

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February 3, 2017, Houston: Falcons mascot Freddie Falcon makes his way in to the NFL Experience in the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

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