The Falcoholic
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 for the team to keep Jeff Ulbrich, but now there are a lot of moving parts that may or may not keep that from happening. I have to assume that Zac Robinson is gone (and if not, you’ll be hearing A LOT about that from me this offseason because I will be mad), as well as Marquice Williams. Atlanta moved Rich McKay out of the football operations sphere, replacing him with Greg Beadles on that side of things, and the team is hiring a new executive — and many in the industry assume that will be Falcons legend Matt Ryan.
It’s a lot of uncertainty for a fanbase that’s had more than enough of it. And Arthur Blank knows that. He addressed that in a letter to the fanbase on Monday, which you can find below. As always, talk about it with your fellow fans in the comments.
To our Atlanta Falcons Fans and Community,
No statement can change the disappointment of the past several seasons. I know we have fallen short of the standard you expect and we as an organization have for ourselves. That responsibility rests with me. When results do not match expectations over time, as the owner, accountability cannot be shared or softened. I believe this team should be competing at a higher level than it has, and I share your deep frustration.
You, our fans, and the community we are proud to represent are the heartbeat of this franchise. Week after week, season after season, you show up, you believe, and you support this team with pride. You have invested your time, money and emotion into the Falcons, and that commitment deserves a team that competes for championships year in and year out. We have not delivered that consistently enough in recent years. To respect your continuous support of our team and the necessity to put a consistently winning product on the field, we recently put everything on the table to determine how to best move forward.
With the help of Sportsology Group, we have conducted a deep, thorough and intentional health assessment of our entire football operation over the last two months. Knowing adjustments across our operation are necessary to achieve our goals, we will be making significant changes. As we announced last night, we will have a new head coach and general manager in 2026, but that is only one part of our approach in a new era.
The process we embarked on in recent months was an honest review of our football team from top to bottom; how football decisions are informed, made and implemented; how we are...
