Falcons fans light Packers flag on fire (Video)
Atlanta Falcons fans decided to get ready for the NFC Championship Game by lighting a Green Bay Packers flag on fire.
Every fan base has different rituals while tailgating in the parking lot. Some just do the traditional tailgate with beers, barbecues and bad country music and others get crazy. Buffalo Bills fans like to turn every tailgate into a WWE match. Before the NFC Championship Game on Sunday, Atlanta Falcons had their own pregame ritual.
As fans got excited for their final game inside the historic Georgia Dome, they decided to celebrate a cold day in fashion. With storms rolling through the area bringing cold temperatures, Falcons fans decided to get warm by lighting a Green Bay Packers flag on fire, as pointed out by Busted Coverage.
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Fan bases have to step up like their teams when they reach the spotlight and they pulled something out of a playbook you might see from fans of other teams. No one likes the enemy when they come into town and the only warm welcome they were going to give the Packers was by creating their own fire.
Now this behavior probably isn’t recommended for most but it’s nothing unlike what we have seen from other tailgates over the years. Sometimes fans will even go as far as to burn the jerseys of the players on their own team.
The Falcons started the game on fire much like this flag. Green Bay struggled with turnovers and putting points on the board. Atlanta took full advantage and the home crowd was as lit as that Packers flag.