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A couple of years back, a throwback Atlanta Falcons logo design was raising eyebrows due to an unfortunate resemblance. Although it was a revival of an old design that the NFL team had used in 1960s, the combination of black on red and the hard stylisation of the bird of prey motif reminded some of the aesthetic of a certain fascist regime from the 1930s.

It seems the team wasn't fazed by the controversy one iota. Two years on, it's doubled down with a remixed design that takes the Third Reich resemblance even further. The memes didn't take long to arrive.

@AtlantaFalcons Please explain how you missed this? https://t.co/noRcZcfBVG October 22, 2026

@AtlantaFalcons not a good look, meinami https://t.co/3qv6FNS4L1 October 23, 2026

On social media, the Atlanta Falcons' new profile picture has been dubbed the "gridiron cross" and the "Bird Reich".…