Boston.com · Feb 2, 2019
The 28-3 meme is still refusing to die
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan reacts after losing Super Bowl 51 to the Patriots in Houston.Matt Ryan can’t escape it.
With the Super Bowl — and the New England Patriots — back in Atlanta two years after the hometown Falcons infamously blew that 25-point lead in Houston, Ryan says he’s still getting heckled by fans wielding those two painful numbers: 28-3.
Asked by USA Today how much he hears 28-3, the Falcons quarterback said “more than I care to.”
“That’s become a popular thing to just yell at me randomly,” he said, chuckling, in the interview Thursday. “I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, I get it.'”
Ryan’s remarks are the latest, cruel example of how the 28-3 meme has refused to go away with time.
