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The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965 as an expansion team after the NFL offered then-owner Rankin Smith a franchise to keep him from joining the rival American Football League (AFL). The AFL instead granted a franchise to Miami Florida (the Miami Dolphins).