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A Falcon once more, Matt Ryan now has to build a winner instead of passing his way to victories. It’s a new challenge for a former player who was once at the top of his profession and finds himself back there, this time with a fresh set of questions. Can he build a winning Falcons […]
The Falcons announced Matt Ryan as the new president of football on Tuesday. Kevin Knight and Tre’Shon Diaz discuss their thoughts on the hire, Ryan’s opening presser, and break down their top choices for Atlanta’s general manager and head coaching searches. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to another episode of the Dirty Birds and Brews podcast! You […]
Atlanta’s list of candidates keeps growing, and they’re not shying away from scouring the ranks of defensive-minded coaches for their head coach vacancy. The latest candidate is an interesting one, as the team is one of eight (!) to request an interview with Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter. The longtime Harbaugh disciple—he was with John […]
John Harbaugh was bound to be a candidate of interest for every single team with an opening. Over 18 years in Baltimore, Harbaugh went 180-113 with a 13-11 postseason record, including a Super Bowl win back in 2012. He only had three seasons of under-.500 ball in that span, presided over some truly great teams […]
The Atlanta Falcons have announced that they will be unveiling new uniforms in April 2026. No words were posted, as you can see in the video above. Just a horrible jersey being removed from a locker and the date of April 2026 being posted. I’ve been no stranger to criticizing them; I think the Falcons […]
The Atlanta Falcons are building a deep list of candidates to interview for head coach, the same approach they took in 2024 before landing on Raheem Morris. Some of the same faces are popping up in this search, too. One of them in Panthers defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero. The team conducted two interviews with him […]
Mike McDaniel was an offensive assistant with the 2015 and 2016 Atlanta Falcons, which meant he was part of the coaching staff that helped pilot the team to the Super Bowl while Matt Ryan enjoyed an MVP season. Now, there’s at least a possibility that McDaniel will be working for Ryan as the next head […]
The Atlanta Falcons fired Raheem Morris and Terry Fontenot the same day they won their final game of the 2025 regular season, and jumped immediately into the search for their successors. There are already multiple reports out there about candidates they’ve asked to interview or intend to talk to, so don’t expect this empty spot […]
The Falcons announced Sunday that former Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski has interviewed for the vacant head coach position in Atlanta. From the team’s release: Stefanski spent the past six seasons (2020-25) as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Prior to the Browns, Stefanski spent 14 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, where he began his NFL coaching career as the assistant to the […]
There was plenty of buzz last night about former Falcons coach Matt LaFleur potentially losing his job after his Green Bay Packers collapsed against the Chicago Bears, and whether the Falcons would scoop him up if that happened. While that collapse was in progress, however, the Falcons were announcing they had interviewed another former coach. […]
The NFL coaching carousel is in full force following decisions made by Baltimore and Miami to part ways with their respective head coaches. It creates more competition between teams in search of their new leader. It also brings more intrigue with John Harbaugh’s remarkable resume and Mike McDaniel’s strategic offensive mind. Harbaugh will command the […]
Bijan Robinson just led the entire NFL in scrimmage yards during a wizardly campaign where he rushed for a career-high 1,478 yards, reeled in a career-high 79 passes for 820 yards, and scored a combined 11 touchdowns. It was one of the most impressive seasons in franchise history, and it’s now earned him a first-team […]
There was never much suspense about the outcome here. The Atlanta Falcons have ushered in a new era with the hire of franchise legend Matt Ryan as the new president of football, a position created this offseason to oversee the front office and coaching staff. Atlanta announced the hire on Saturday morning after finishing their […]
The Falcons began their search for a new “president of football” alongside their search for a new head coach and general manager, with interviews already underway. Kevin Knight breaks down the top candidates for each position, along with potential timelines for the hires at all three spots. Also some offseason talk, including the adjustment to […]
Arthur Blank met with media on Thursday for the first time since the team fired Raheem Morris and Terry Fontenot, and predictably he was asked a lot of questions about those firings, what’s next for Atlanta, and what consulting firm Sportology found wrong with the organization. Calling himself “a custodian of the franchise for the […]
The Atlanta Falcons are casting a predictably wide net with their head coaching interviews, and the latest sign that this part of the search may take a bit is that they’re requesting interviews with coaches they can’t actually interview just yet. Jeff Hafley is one such candidate. A longtime college coach who broke into the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]