Falcons News, Analysis & Tomfoolery For and By Fans
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Falcons fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The Falcons find themselves in a fascinating position as a team seeking a new coach. They […]
26 days ago | 4 reads
The season might be over, but the Atlanta Falcons winning continues. Rookie OLB James Pearce Jr. has won the NFC Defensive Rookie of the Month award, and he couldn’t be more deserving. Pearce has been under a microscope since April, with the initial reaction to the trade that brought him in being that the former […]
26 days ago | 2 reads
The Falcons feel like they have candidates pretty well locked in for their president of football and general manager openings, given that Matt Ryan is the widely reported favorite for the former and Ian Cunningham is the sole candidate set to be interviewed for the latter. Head coach feels a bit more wide open, and […]
27 days ago | 3 reads
The Carolina Panthers weren’t good, exactly, but the arrow appears to be pointing up for the reluctant NFC South champions. That means their brass are attracting a little bit of attention from other teams. That includes one team in their own division. The Atlanta Falcons are reportedly asking to interview Brandt Tillis, an executive vice […]
28 days ago | 3 reads
The news about all three of Atlanta’s big searches—for head coach, for general manager, and for the new president of football—is coming in fast and furious just two days after they fired Raheem Morris, canned Terry Fontenot, and shuffled Rich McKay out of his CEO gig. While Matt Ryan is considered the heavy favorite for […]
28 days ago | 4 reads
The Atlanta Falcons continue to waste no time with their head coaching search and have now extended a request to Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph. Joseph has been a defensive coach in the NFL since 2005, starting with the San Francisco 49ers as an assistant defensive backs coach. His first coordinator gig came in 2016 […]
28 days ago | 2 reads
Atlanta appears to be lining up to hire Matt Ryan as their president of football, a new role meant to oversee the front office and coaching staff, but they were never going to just interview him and call it a day. So now we have another candidate in the mix in the form of Josh […]
28 days ago | 8 reads
Kirk Cousins is going to be playing elsewhere in 2026. I know that, you know that, he knows that, and the Falcons know that. It doesn’t have to be a messy divorce, as it would have been after he was benched in 2024, but from a performance and contract standpoint, there’s very little sense in […]
29 days ago | 2 reads
The conclusion of the Falcons’ season felt reminiscent of how it ended in 2019. Although the start of 2025 was nowhere near as painful as it was with a 1-7 start in 2019, both seasons had stretches where the organizational outlook couldn’t look more grim. A team built to compete now either found ways to […]
29 days ago | 2 reads
As a first round draft pick in 2008, Matt Ryan become one of the greatest Atlanta Falcons ever. He’s the sole league MVP in team history, its all-time leading passer in every category that counts, and went to the playoffs far more frequently than any other quarterback the team has had. He’s not a lock […]
29 days ago | 0 reads
The Atlanta Falcons have already gotten started on lining up head coaching interviews, with requests in to the Miami Dolphins and Seattle Seahawks for Anthony Weaver and Klint Kubiak, respectively. Now we’ve gotten word that they have reached out to the Chicago Bears to interview assistant general manager Ian Cunningham for their open GM gig. […]
29 days ago | 0 reads
After another disappointing season, the Falcons made the decision to fire head coach Raheem Morris and general manager Terry Fontenot. Kevin Knight, Tre’Shon Diaz, and Adnan Ikic break down the news, including thoughts on the firings, the potential hire of Matt Ryan, and the latest on Atlanta’s initial head coaching interviews. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to […]
29 days ago | 6 reads
Well, with the Atlanta Falcons victory (and sweep) of the New Orleans Saints in Week 18, the season comes to an end for the struggling Falcons who finish with a below .500 record for the eighth consecutive year. Prior to Week 18, it was unclear who the remaining Falcons opponents would be in 2026, as […]
30 days ago | 2 reads
Atlanta’s already lined up two candidates they’d like to interview, with NFL insider Tom Pelissero reporting Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver earlier today and now Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak. Because the Dolphins are out of the playoffs and the Seahawks have a bye, the Falcons can interview both right now. The tricky bit, as […]
30 days ago | 2 reads
We’re getting news already about the Atlanta Falcons lining up interviews for their head coaching vacancy, and Raheem Morris was fired less than 24 hours ago. As I said earlier today, I expect this team to move quickly, and they are doing just that. Per NFL insider Tom Pelissero, the Falcons have requested an interview […]
30 days ago | 3 reads
Well, that’s it, folks. Seventeen games. Eighteen weeks. And somehow, a season that still leaves more questions than answers. How were the Falcons able to go toe-to-toe with teams like the New England Patriots, beat the Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills, yet stumble against squads like the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets? Why […]
30 days ago | 8 reads
What a ride this 2025 season was, right? And it sure wasn’t always a fun one. That’s how we landed where we are currently: waiting to find out what the new direction of the Atlanta Falcons will be after another leadership change. We know that Terry Fontenot and Raheem Morris are gone. I’d sure like […]
30 days ago | 3 reads
Rich McKay has been a prominent part of the Atlanta Falcons organization for over two decades now. Hired as general manager under new owner Arthur Blank back in 2003, McKay oversaw one playoff team and drafted franchise stalwarts like Roddy White and Jonathan Babineaux before a disastrous Bobby Petrino hire led to Blank replacing him […]
30 days ago | 0 reads
When the victories are hollow in the big picture, you can only make them a little fuller and sweeter by diving into the details. Atlanta’s season was already over on Sunday, but they capped off the year by moving to 2-0 against the Saints for the first time in a while, wrecked Tampa Bay’s playoff […]
30 days ago | 2 reads
One fun wrinkle in this lost season for the Atlanta Falcons is that these late-season wins technically didn’t hurt their first-round draft position. That’s because Atlanta has no first-round pick in 2026. Atlanta drafted Georgia EDGE Jalon Walker with the 15th overall pick, then swapped with the Rams to move back up into the first […]
30 days ago | 0 reads
Apparently, I needn’t have worried that the Falcons were going to let the last few weeks of the season influence whether they kept Raheem Morris and Terry Fontenot. Per NFL insiders Ollie Connolly and Josina Anderson, who in my experience has been pretty accurate in their reporting, Atlanta has “had feelers” out to potential candidates […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The Atlanta Falcons hired Raheem Morris believing he could take a roster that had been built in slow and disappointing fashion under Arthur Smith and Terry Fontenot and take it to the next level. It was a gamble on a coach players and fellow coaches love, one who had already had a stint in Atlanta […]
about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The general manager of the Atlanta Falcons for the past five seasons has been canned. Terry Fontenot came in to oversee a rebuild-we-don’t-call-a-rebuild back in 2021 and was tasked with creating a sustainable winner out of the wreckage of the Dan Quinn/Thomas Dimitroff era. Instead, he’ll leave the job having overseen five straight losing seasons, […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
The Atlanta Falcons swept the New Orleans Saints, ending the season on a four-game win streak after a midseason collapse that cost them a chance at the playoffs. The Falcons are technically tied for 1st place in the division, but after doing the math, they fall to 3rd in the playoff tiebreaker order. Here’s the […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
It wasn’t pretty, but Falcons-Saints rarely is. It wasn’t exactly a testament to this team’s strength of roster or coaching, but it wasn’t expected to be. What it ultimately was a win, a 2025 sweep of the Saints, and a second-straight 8-9 season locked up. The Falcons struggled offensively much of the day, which meant […]
about 1 month ago | 5 reads