Raheem Morris FIRED As Falcons Head Coach | Instant Reaction, Possible Replacements & MORE!
Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast
CBS Sports, Football, NFL
4.2 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta react to the Atlanta Falcons firing Raheem Morris as their head coach.
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| 0:00.0 | Didn't take long, JP, the black Monday that we usually get well, it was a black Sunday in Atlanta, pushing the pile here. |
| 0:24.5 | Mike Redder, J.P. Acosta. I'll welcome it to the show here. |
| 0:27.2 | A very special dish. We're going to be doing a few of these over the next few days. |
| 0:30.1 | But the Atlanta Falcons, like I said, could not wait. They make Terry Fontno, their GM. |
| 0:36.6 | He's gone. |
| 0:40.1 | Head coach, Rahim Morris, he's gone as well. |
| 0:41.9 | It is a house cleaning for the Falcons. |
| 0:45.8 | I'm honestly kind of surprised that they didn't wait until Monday. |
| 0:52.2 | It's honestly a little funny that they finished eight and nine, technically tied for the division lead. |
| 0:53.0 | They also tied with the Bucks and the Panthers |
| 0:55.3 | for the record in the conference at 3 and 3. |
| 0:57.9 | And they're probably maybe. |
| 1:00.1 | I'm not completely sure, |
| 1:01.4 | but they're one of the only teams in the division |
| 1:03.8 | that are going to be firing their GM and head coach. |
| 1:08.1 | It is unbelievable because, I mean, usually, like like as much as we say it probably doesn't matter that they won four straight |
| 1:17.3 | it's probably not super indicative of where you're going to be long term usually it feels like owners |
| 1:22.0 | give deference to especially head coaches if they finish the season strong. |
| 1:29.9 | It's hard to say that anyone finished too much stronger than the Falcons did. |
| 1:34.0 | I mean, four straight wins. |
| 1:35.2 | You only had the Texans, the Jags, the Vikings, and the Seahawks have longer winning |
| 1:41.3 | streets heading into the playoffs. |
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