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Kyle Shanahan, other Falcons coaches got stuck upstairs while Patriots fans celebrated

You know the term, “adding insult to injury?” It certainly applies here. Kyle Shanahan and other Atlanta Falcons coaches ended up getting stuck upstairs for a period of time while the New England Patriots and their fans celebrated their Super Bowl LI overtime victory.

As Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution passed along, Shanahan and other Falcons assistants were left behind when elevators usually reserved for coaches took fans down instead. Then they were told it might be better to hike down the stairs, rather than wait for an elevator. So they did, ending up “in an NRG plaza with fans, outside of concession stands, as several New England fans were shouting and celebrating their team’s win.”

Then the coaches were instructed to head back to an elevator so they could get all the way down to the locker room, and they did. Then, they waited. And waited. And waited.

“It was another several minutes before an elevator came, but not before all had vented to stadium employees and Shanahan let out some expletives. Shanahan eventually walked away to lean against a wall and cool off. In total, it was at least 20 minutes from the time the coaches waited for their first elevator before they reached the ground floor.”

That’s just brutal.

It’s hard enough to have to deal with the kind of meltdown that occurred on the field Sunday when the Falcons let a 25-point lead slip through their fingers in the second half. But to endure such a trial afterwards is something this scribe doesn’t even want to imagine.

It was a sad ending to what turned out to be a very sad day for the Falcons and their fans.

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