{"id":4332,"date":"2024-11-05T00:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T00:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4332"},"modified":"2024-11-05T00:45:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T00:45:02","slug":"hot-search-the-falcons-social-media-team-is-on-a-war-path-to-troll-the-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4332","title":{"rendered":"HOT SEARCH: The Falcons\u2019 social media team is on a war path to troll the Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"teaser\">Atlanta&#8217;s social media team certainly talked the talk after a stellar performance from the Falcons Sunday afternoon.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"headline-meta\">\n<p>The Atlanta Falcons&#8217; social media team basked in the national attention generated by taking down America&#8217;s team Sunday evening, penning a series of inflammatory posts of X targeted at the Dallas Cowboys and their fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>After recovering a decisive on-side kick, the team&#8217;s Twitter account tweeted out &#8220;America&#8217;s Team,&#8221; the first letter of which was replaced with a red emoji &#8220;A&#8221; to represent Atlanta, and a link to a recap of the 27-21 victory from Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Minutes later, the Falcons posted a video of noted Cowboys fan Post Malone dancing with an Atlanta logo overlayed on the American rapper and an image of the final score added to the bottom of the video.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcons saved their best, or at least most viral, celebratory barb for last, posting a picture of a downtrodden New York Yankees fan with the caption, &#8220;Tough week to be a Yankees fan.&#8221; The post references the bandwagon reputation of both Yankees and Cowboys fans \u2014 the Bronx Bombers suffered a five-game defeat in the 2024 World Series earlier this week \u2014 attracting 113,000 likes and over 4.1 million total impressions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tough week to be a Yankees fan <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T5danIEjHH\">pic.twitter.com\/T5danIEjHH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtlantaFalcons\/status\/1853186214305698024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s win continued a strong start to the season for the Falcons, improving their record to 6-3 while extending their lead to 1.5 games in the NFC South. Dallas took an early lead via Brandon Aubrey&#8217;s 34-yard field goal, but\u00a0Kirk Cousins\u00a0quickly responded with a nine-yard touchdown pass to\u00a0Drake London\u00a0to kickstart another tremendous afternoon for the first-year Atlanta player \u2014 he ultimately finished 19 of 24 through the air for 222 yards and three passing touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Allgeier\u00a0gave the Falcons a commanding 27-13 lead early in the fourth quarter with a rushing score, and while the Cowboys notched a consolation touchdown in the final 90 seconds, a recovered onside kick and three kneels iced Atlanta&#8217;s fourth win in five games.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"aligncenter figure\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/s3media.247sports.com\/Uploads\/Assets\/627\/130\/11130627.jpg?fit=bounds&amp;crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&amp;width=620&amp;height=320\" media=\"(max-width: 620px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/s3media.247sports.com\/Uploads\/Assets\/627\/130\/11130627.jpg?fit=bounds&amp;crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&amp;width=620&amp;height=320\" media=\"(min-width: 620px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/s3media.247sports.com\/Uploads\/Assets\/627\/130\/11130627.jpg?fit=bounds&amp;crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&amp;width=620&amp;height=320\" media=\"(min-width: 900px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3media.247sports.com\/Uploads\/Assets\/627\/130\/11130627.jpg?fit=bounds&amp;crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&amp;width=620&amp;height=320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3media.247sports.com\/Uploads\/Assets\/627\/130\/11130627.jpg?fit=bounds&amp;crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&amp;width=620&amp;height=320\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3media.247sports.com\/Uploads\/Assets\/627\/130\/11130627.jpg?fit=bounds&amp;crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&amp;width=620&amp;height=320\" \/><\/picture><figcaption>The Falcons outlasted Dallas 27-22 Sunday afternoon\u00a0<span class=\"meta\">(Photo: \u00a9 Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports, USA TODAY Sports)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Atlanta&#8217;s social media team proved the most prolific, several NFL teams quickly took to X for some good-natured ribbing after pulling off big wins during the Week 9 slate.<\/p>\n<p>The Bills made a\u00a0pair of posts\u00a0at the expense of Miami after completing a season sweep over the Dolphins, creating a graphic that read Miami Twice, a pun on the television show Miami Vice with the city&#8217;s distinct Art Deco font and pastel colorway, before quote posting disparaging remarks that &#8216;Fins tight end\u00a0Jonnu Smith made about the city of Buffalo with a shrugging emoji.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0celebrated their 24-14 victory over NFC North rivals\u00a0Green Bay\u00a0with a picture of safety\u00a0Kerby Joseph\u00a0smiling,\u00a0captioned &#8220;cheesin'&#8221;\u00a0in a reference to Green Bay&#8217;s famous &#8220;Cheesehead&#8221; fandom. Meanwhile, the\u00a0Washington Commanders\u00a0moved to 7-2 with their own divisional victory over the\u00a0New York Giants, punctuating their 27-22 win in the Big Apple with a\u00a0post\u00a0that read &#8220;How &#8217;bout them apples.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta&#8217;s social media team certainly talked the talk after a stellar performance from the Falcons Sunday afternoon. 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