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PFT Live with Mike Florio

Head coaching changes in Washington and Atlanta + What's wrong with Eagles? (1/08 Hour 2)

PFT Live with Mike Florio

Mike Florio

Sports

4.31.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Hour 2: Mike Florio (@ProFootballTalk) and Chris Simms (@CSimmsQB) discuss latest news in NFL including Falcons fire HC Arthur Smith, Commanders release HC Ron Rivera and breaking down what's wrong with the Eagles.

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0:00.0

Well, the Atlanta Falcons, waited until Monday.

0:07.0

Man.

0:08.0

12.1 a.m. Eastern, the announcement went out.

0:12.0

The Falcons have dismissed Arthur Smith as the teams have and the Rich McKay. Wow. Terry Font know the GM is Stang.

0:24.0

The point I made standing right there last night.

0:26.0

How high up the ladder will the changes go?

0:29.0

Right.

0:30.0

There was a sense that after 7 and 10, 7 and 10, 7 a new coach same GM yeah and I'm a firm

0:36.2

believer that the GM and the coach need to have equal accountability if one goes

0:40.5

both go yeah because you can never I think if you want to have a properly function organization

0:47.0

You can't have a situation where Terry Fontano thinks you know what if I blame this on him yeah I might stay and then the

0:56.8

coach thinks you know what if I blame it on talent I might say and we talked

1:01.5

about it who's responsible for Desmond Ritter

1:03.6

Yeah, whoever's responsible for Desmond Ritter should not be that's the big

1:06.8

It was an experiment right it failed badly and that should be if you're looking for and if it's a close call right the reason why someone

1:13.7

should go whoever said I want Desmond Ritter is the one who should be

1:18.0

accountable if anyone I think it's everyone or no one yeah I got I got you there. And it just creates a mess and I've already heard some talk that they're interested in Bill Bellachik. Well, if you want Bellachik, you better clear the decks. You better clear the decks and be ready to give Bell to check everything because he's not

1:33.9

going to go work with Terry Font knows GM he's not going to want to work with anybody

1:37.2

as a GM he's especially not going to work with somebody who doesn't know he's

1:40.4

gonna want one of his own guys I'll work with the GM fine, bring back Scott Piola.

1:44.4

Yeah, right.

1:44.8

Go get Nicosaria.

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