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Even the FBI is joining the Falcons’ bandwagon

A giant Matt Ryan and Tom Brady centerpiece the main entrance to NRG Stadium, site of the Super Bowl, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Houston
A giant Matt Ryan and Tom Brady centerpiece the main entrance to NRG Stadium, site of the Super Bowl, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Houston
By Joshua Sharpe
Feb 2, 2017

The FBI’s Atlanta division is getting behind the Falcons ahead of the Super Bowl.

The FBI Recreation Association is holding a “Rise Up! celebration” Friday morning at the local office, which is in DeKalb County.

“FBI employees will be decked out in their favorite Falcons gear,” spokesman Kevin Rowson said, “and hot dogs and hamburgers will be served.”

The employee-only event is just one way Atlantans are rallying to support the Falcons in their first Super Bowl appearance in some two decades.

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Atlanta Falcon fans have waited so long for the Falcons to advance to the Super Bowl. Some longtime Falcon fans in two separate local Atlanta barbershops express this year is the year of the Falcons. (Armani Martin / AJC)

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