The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta that competes in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League. The Falcons were established in 1966 as an expansion team. They have won two NFC championships, in 1999 and 2017. In 2016 the Falcons scored 540 points, which is the seventh-highest total in NFL history. They made it to the Super Bowl that year but lost to the New England Patriots in overtime. Kyle Shanahan was the Falcon’s offensive coordinator in 2015 and worked with quarterback Matt Ryan.
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