FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Five straight losses. No path to the playoffs in sight. A franchise spiraling through mid-November with no draft pick to tank for, no inspiring direction, and a head coach who keeps making the same mistakes. That’s the 2025 Atlanta Falcons under Raheem Morris — and it’s not just disheartening. It’s embarrassing.
Let me tell you: when you’re consistently losing and owning nothing—not wins, not vision, not even a credible explanation—you’re not rebuilding. You’re circling the drain. Morris, GM Terry Fontenot, owner Arthur Blank, Rich McKay all deserve a spotlight on how spectacularly they’ve mismanaged what should have been a promising rise.
A Franchise That Just Can’t Win
Atlanta has now lost five straight games, dropping to 3–7 on the season. Mid-November and already out of the wild-card conversation, the team is worse than it was last year. That’s a brutal regression—but not surprisingly so.
Under Morris, who became Falcons head coach on Jan. 25, 2024, the team looked hopeful. He’d just come off a Super Bowl ring as a defensive coordinator for the Rams. But a coach is only as good as his roster, and Morris has stumbled in every direction, proving he had very little to do with the Rams’ success under Sean McVay, as if that was even up for much debate to begin with.
The Rams, who had become stagnant during the waning days of Morris’ tenure, are atop the NFC once more. Meanwhile, the Falcons are still stuck in the gutter. Oh, and the Rams have the Falcons’ pick, which their GM gave up in a last ditch effort to save his job.
Sure, James Pearce Jr. has been fine for the Falcons, but fans have nothing left to even look forward to, win or lose. No playoffs, no draft pick, no cap room. Brilliant.
A rookie quarterback contract can’t even be exploited because of the Kirk Cousins signing, but hey, at least you have him at starter again with Penix sustaining yet another injury!
The Blind Spending Machine
Owner Arthur Blank claims he wants to win. Deep down, I believe he really does. But he keeps backing the wrong people. His circle includes Rich McKay, who has stuck around despite consistent failure, and the front office led by GM Terry Fontenot has shown zero urgency to shake things up. Morris, for some reason, remains the captain of a sinking ship, re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
Well, the Titanic may be too kind of a sugarcoating because this ship is stuck further in the depths of hell than the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior (which just surpassed its 50th anniversary of its demise, if you’re a history buff, like me, by the way).
“The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin.”
Speaking of pride, the Falcons sure do lack it, even when it’s all that’s left to play for.
Here’s the real kicker: they’ve been hiding real injuries. Raheem Morris recently revealed that WR Darnell Mooney broke his collarbone on the first day of training camp—yes, that was all the way back in July. So why was it labeled a “shoulder injury” for months? That’s not cautious health management. That’s a cover-up. By Week 11, fans still had no real idea why Mooney wasn’t cutting loose. That’s bad transparency. That’s worse leadership.
Then there’s Michael Penix Jr. — the rookie QB they paid great draft capital for—who’s been dogged with injuries all year. Meanwhile, they handed Kirk Cousins a massive contract. That’s like paying two quarterbacks to drive your failing RV, and then wondering why you’re still stuck broken down on the side of I-20, missing a fun weekend on Talladega Boulevard. The Falcons drafted Penix to be the future, yet they kept Cousins as the fallback. The identity crisis is real in Atlanta.
Drafted Whiffs & Failures
This team flung draft picks and money like coins into a wishing well, hoping one would land. Instead, they got misses. I mean, Kyle Pitts. How do you pass on Ja’Marr Chase or Penei Sewell and take Pitts, then double down on the mistake? That’s a “big brain” move that aged like milk. And don’t even get me started on kicking. It’s 2025, and they still don’t have a reliable kicker? Warning flags were waving last season — now it’s a full-blown SOS, as the fan base laughs and shrugs.
No Vision, No Direction, No Faith
Look, fans want to believe. They bought PSLs, they cheered in the old Georgia Dome, they stuck around for Mercedes-Benz Stadium thinking things would change. Instead, we’re watching a team that practices over an hour away from the city, with coaches who don’t seem to know how to build, a front office that refuses to clean house, and an owner with more interest in buying women’s soccer teams than building a championship NFL squad.
If you’re Atlanta, how do you sit through this? You stay loyal—you bleed red and black—but don’t mistake loyalty for blindness.
Time to Clean House
Here’s the medicine:
- Fire Raheem Morris. He’s blown his opportunity and then some.
- Fire GM Terry Fontenot. He’s backed every bad call.
- Fire Rich McKay or at least give him a long exit. He’s part of the problem and should not be anywhere near a football franchise.
- Upgrade the uniforms, too — ditch the cartoon-arena league garb, bring back the classic Falcons throwbacks.
- Hire a real offensive guru. Or at least a coordinator who can turn all this talent into points.
- Stop playing mind games about injuries. Be honest with your fans.
Falcons fans, all we can say is we’re sorry. You truly deserve better than this flaming dumpster fire in Flowery Branch.
Build a practice facility near the city and start over. It’s beyond time.
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