Impacts of Falcons firing HC Raheem Morris, GM Terry Fontenot | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

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1. BB wouldn't have done any better. Anyone who looks at the shitshow in North Carolina or the last seasons at New England after Brady left and thinks BB is the answer is fucken stupid.

2. Penix is not good at football and Cousins is washed. 28-3. Never forget.

3. Just as a casual observer of the Falcons, it looked to me like when Cousins was out there, they did well, and when he wasn't, they didn't. Cousins was clearly rounding into form near the end of the season, and the Falcons should stick with the guy for the next couple of years to see what he can do for them.

4. Did Morris axe why he was axed? 😮
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5. Nobody fires BLANKs!
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6. "You like THAT?"

7. BLANK wants to win now. Next coach will be BELICHICK.

8. Finally, I've watched an episode where Simms really challenges Florio's conspiracies. I'd like to see Aaron Rodgers fill in for Chris like, maybe, once-a-month in the off-season

9. Wait. Didn't he start coaching for them in 2024?

   Why bring up history of head coaching that didn't involve him like 2017 as being the last time they made the playoffs and losing to Nick Foles?

   I'm sorry, but that make no sense to me.
   Speak on him, not conflate the past coaches with his record. 🤦🏾‍♂️

   Cousins has always been overrated.
   When will the NFL realize this?

10. I’ve never seen someone look so uncomfortable in a football jersey.

11. Signing Kirk Cousins was a Morris decision, he inherented that disaster

12. Morris great rah rah guy says all the right things in an interview but serious multiple coaching irregularities are a fact and undefendable. I could go for days with examples but AB knows and Morris was fired many games ago in reality. Penix was lightning fast in college even after the knee surgeries but he knew he would end up like RG3 if he started running in the NFL. He doesn't even begin to think about scrambling. You have to have the dual threat aspect to be a successful qb now, there are no offensive lines that can contain the pass rushers. Brady had the last ones, the only SB games he lost were because the o-line didn't hold up that day and to give him credit it still took spectacular one off plays to beat him. I have a whole list of things l would do if they would hire me as a consultant. You cannot overlook the smallest details they are the difference, just like one or 2 plays are the difference in a game and one or 2 games are the difference in a season. I'm local, used to know Arthur's personal secretary but that was 25 years ago. My company also did a bunch of work in 2016 for his ex -wife at the Hurt Mansion she bought in Inman Park in Atlanta. Jerry Glanville had the best quote after he got fired in 94. NFL stands for not for long if you don't get results. He made it 4 years.

13. Preach it so the guy in the back can hear you Mike

14. Rich McKay will never be fired even though he's part of the overall problem of the culture at Atlanta. McKay seems to have no accountability for the culture with the Falcons and that's wrong. The owner loves McKay to the point that he allows him to do nothing there and not hold him accountable for anything.

15. Fontenot deserved the boot the day he drafted Penix (after signing Cousins). Fontenot spun it to the media and Blank why it was a smart move. And the fans ate it up. haha. Seriously though, Fontenot shouldve been fired that day (even though it never happens that way).

16. Arthur Blank removed Rich McKay since Rich is too far involved with AMBSE to be worried about the Falcons. Blank is clearing the landscape.

17. Isn't Florio a diehard Vikings fan?

18. Remember fighting with falcons fans trying to rationalize drafting penix after that huge huge contract to Kirk. Wowza 😂 right again 🏈🏈🏈

19. Again Florio being woke inz his take. Falcons did DEI hires, they were a joke and now Blank realized it. Thats the take

20. I believe that Terry and Rich made bad choices and put the coach in a bad position that he didn’t have a chance to win because of there stupidity.not saying the coach didn’t make mistakes but he has to play with what they gave him is tired of always seeing McKay get by with no responsibility for his actions as a team president. It all starts at the top and lands on him.

21. Im feeling this issue with McKay for a loooong time. People come and go but he is the only one who is still there and still whispering to Mr Blank that he is the most important piece of the organisation😢

22. Rich McKay helps Blank make all big decisions.

23. Because of the " win now mentality" Morris was fired too soon and Fontenot was just in over his head..

24. Firing Morris and Fontenot was a massive mistake. Kirk is off the books this year or they can bring him back on a reduced salary, and that saving can be used to sign London and whoever. Penix is still on a cheap deal, just like the core of your defensive roster. The team finished with 4 straight wins and now you fired the people who has shown some promise??? This is why the Falcons are trash 🚮

25. Great points on Rich McKay… Blank never let Terry Fotenote have any real power over this team. Its sad to see him go. Morris had to go, his terrible management of the special teams is unacceptable