{"id":892362,"date":"2026-05-16T01:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/892362\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T01:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:06:17","slug":"49ers-week-7-game-vs-falcons-offers-raheem-morris-perfect-chance-for-revenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/892362\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers&#8217; Week 7 game vs. Falcons offers Raheem Morris perfect chance for revenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5h\">On one hand, the San Francisco 49ers had to be thrilled the Atlanta <a href=\"https:\/\/bloggingdirty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Falcons<\/a> opted to fire head coach Raheem Morris after a frustrating conclusion to the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5k\">After all, it gave head coach Kyle Shanahan a golden opportunity to reunite with one of his coaching favorites, and it didn&#8217;t take long for the Niners to announce Morris as their new defensive coordinator, replacing now-Tennessee Titans head coach Robert Saleh.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">Morris has to be excited, too, inheriting a Saleh-molded defense that still managed to be effective a year ago despite injuries, a league-low 20 sacks and few turnovers, meaning the former will have every opportunity to put his own fingerprints on that side of the ball entering 2026.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5q\">And Morris will hope few other chances stand out more than San Francisco&#8217;s Week 7 game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5t\">With the <a href=\"https:\/\/ninernoise.com\/49ers-schedule-release-date-rumors-leaks-opponents-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 regular-season schedule<\/a> now released, Morris and the 49ers will travel to take on the Falcons on Sunday, Oct. 25. <\/p>\n<p>Raheem Morris&#8217; grudge match vs. Falcons is a prime NFL schedule storyline for 49ers<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5z\">Not since the days of the Falcons being in the NFC West (why was this ever a thing in the first place?) have the two teams been true rivals. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"62\">However, that changes slightly with Morris&#8217; return to Atlanta where he served as head coach for two years, 2024 and 2025. Additionally, Shanahan&#8217;s own former connections with the Falcons will be talked about, but it&#8217;ll be Morris who draws the bulk of attention when Week 7 rolls around.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">Understandably, Atlanta has <a href=\"https:\/\/bloggingdirty.com\/falcons-opponents-granted-their-new-regime-a-gift-they-can-t-afford-to-waste-01kre8nz0f4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">plenty of optimism<\/a> surrounding new head coach Kevin Stefanski and his arrival from the Cleveland Browns, and much of that centers on delivering better outcomes than what Morris showcased during his two-year stint.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">On the other hand, though, Morris would love nothing more than to &#8220;stick it&#8221; to his former squad and show the Falcons they made a mistake in dismissing him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">While there are plenty of other higher-profile games on the Niners schedule, Week 7 figures to be just as juicy, thanks to Morris wanting an ax to grind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow ninernoise.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=ninernoise.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On one hand, the San Francisco 49ers had to be thrilled the Atlanta Falcons opted to fire head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,224,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-892362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-atlantafalcons","11":"tag-falcons","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116581576667625637","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}