Falcons owner honors himself in own team's Hall of Fame

I'm assuming that the conversation about the entire affair ended something like this. A long discourse coming from an otherwise hushed room as Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank faced every one of his employees at an offseason summit before concluding with something like, "Therefore, the only course of action is for me to honor.... me!"

The Falcons are hosting the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football in a game that some sources within the team were calling the single most important game in the history of Mercedes-Benz Stadium (that's seven years of history). And on such a memorable, historic night, the Falcons are inducting one of their own into the Ring of Honor.

Yeah, the owner is inducting the team's owner into the Hall of Fame.

There are a number of weird things going on here, starting with the fact that it all sounds straight out of a sitcom. There's an episode of the American version of The Office where Jim finds himself in a bit of hot water after devising a plan to award himself Employee of the Month (via Dwight's clever shenanigans). So yeah, this is already weird.

Beyond that, the idea of making this year's other entrant, Matt Ryan, wait for Blank to be the first inducted here is hilarious. One is a franchise quarterback who, you know, did all the things that players should do for induction. The other spent money.

But hey, what better way to celebrate all of this than "FREE GORDON FOOD SERVICE HOT DOGS FOR ALL!" What an owner! Bread and circus!

Anyway, it all feels like this, does it not?

Here's hoping the Arthur Blank Tribute Inception happening tonight isn't too distracting for a Chiefs team aiming for their third win in three games.