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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 12: Host Peyton Manning speaks onstage at The 2017 ESPYS at Microsoft Theater on July 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Credit: Kevin Winter

Credit: Kevin Winter

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 12: Host Peyton Manning speaks onstage at The 2017 ESPYS at Microsoft Theater on July 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
By Juliakate E Culpepper
July 13, 2017

The Atlanta Falcons just can’t live down that Super Bowl loss.

During Wednesday night’s 2017 ESPY Awards, host Peyton Manning brought up the well-known fact that the Falcons blew a 28-3 lead in the fourth quarter of February’s Super Bowl and went on to lose to the New England Patriots in overtime.

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“I believe in the Falcons,” Manning said. “I believe in Matt Ryan and Dan Quinn and I know in my heart the Falcons will be back. I wanted the Falcons to hear that from me now, at the beginning of the show, because they’re going to stop paying attention three-quarters of the way in. Because that’s what they seem to do.”

Manning also gave a shout out to Falcons running back Devonta Freeman who was in attendance on Wednesday.

Falcons fans took to Twitter after the Manning’ roasted the reigning NFC Champions:

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