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Dignity in Defeat

There are two moments from Super Bowl LI that will forever be burned into my brain.

The first came while confetti blanketed the camera view. It being the first overtime Super Bowl, the postgame chaos seemed more frenetic than usual. There's usually a thousand moving parts, setting up a podium, electronics, fireworks, music, and media cameras and photographers swarming a team trying to get situated for the Vince Lombardi trophy.

Amidst everything going on, just minutes removed from watching his team lose in an overtime period in which he never had a chance to possess the ball, Matt Ryan walked out onto the turf.