The Falcoholic
The Atlanta Falcons have officially produced their 8th consecutive losing season after getting plucked by the Seattle Seahawks. Raheem Morris’s staring contest with the Jumbotron hasn’t yielded results, and another season has passed the team by. Here’s the Week 14 snap reactions.
This game was 6-6 at halftime, and then the 3rd quarter kickoff happened. Is it their inability to adjust? Or did the team gas itself up during halftime for “being in it”? Regardless of the why, this team quit in the second half, and that’s a reflection of the internal culture. If all they have to play for is pride, then they left this game with none.
The defense finally snapped after carrying this team all season, putting forth one of the worst efforts we’ve seen all year. The positive vibes Kirk Cousins spoke of were nowhere to be seen in this game. This team has folded all year when faced with an ounce of adversity, and today was no different.
The Falcons completed the hat trick of embarrassment on special teams today with a blocked field goal, kickoff return touchdown, and out-of-bounds kickoff. If you told me Tim Robinson was pulling the strings as a bit at this point, I’d believe you. There’s no excuse for this product; the Falcons prioritized special teams in the offseason, and “good communication” won’t save them.
Zac Robinson is the worst Sean McVay disciple, and it isn’t close. He has no answers for third down, he has no idea what rhythm is, and if his offense gets behind on the scoreboard, the game is essentially over. Calling his second season a disaster is an understatement.
His overconfidence in his scheme and off-base player evaluations have cost the Falcons their season and could put a dagger in his coaching career. Raheem Morris has signed off and supported Robinson every step of the way; he’s just as responsible for this mess.
So that’s what second-half adjustments look like, neat! Kubiak is the hottest name on the market, and it’s easy to see why. Kubiak put his receivers in favorable matchups, got the run game going, and made this Falcons defense quit.
People say it’s a bad year to need a head coach, but there’s always one successful hire each cycle. The fear of missing is not a good enough excuse to run it back with a head coach that is well below .500 in his career.
2024 was the second-best season of Morris’ career from a win-loss standpoint. This team is not getting over the hill with him; he is the hill. When you’re the CEO, you don’t get multiple mu;ligans on coordinator hires. Raheem has to go down with the ship. If ZRob and Marquice Williams get canned, what argument can Morris make that he’s still fit for the HC job? What is it that he’s good at?...
