Should the Falcons have hired Raheem Morris as HC?

While the Atlanta Falcons are coming off of another disappointing season in which they went 7-10, their former interim head coach is coming off of the greatest achievement in sports—winning the Super Bowl.

Should the Falcons regret not making Raheem Morris their full-time head coach?

The Falcons might end up regretting passing on Raheem Morris as HC

Following the dismissal of head coach Dan Quinn, after he started the first five weeks of the 2020 season without a win, the Falcons elected to promote defensive coordinator, Raheem Morris, to interim head coach.

Raheem Morris went on to win four out of the next 11 games during the season. He was working with a team that was not suited to consistently win, but it was obvious just watching them that they were playing much better under the guidance of Raheem Morris compared to Dan Quinn.

Fast forward to the offseason, the Falcons did consider Morris for the head coaching job, but who knows if he actually had a fair shot—as it always seems like interim head coaches get the short end of the stick.

The team instead elected to hire the Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator, Arthur Smith.

Obviously, we are just one year into Smith being the head coach and he went 7-10, which is respectable when you consider the lack of talent on the roster.

However, this begs the question, should the Falcons have hired Raheem Morris who is now fresh off a Super Bowl victory in which his defense sealed the game?

Morris also led the Buccaneers to a 10-6 record as their head coach back in 2010, so he has more coaching experience than Arthur Smith. The downside, however, is that his overall record as Buccaneers head coach is less than ideal as he went 17-31.

Until we see more of Arthur Smith and hopefully, see Raheem Morris land another head coaching job, we will not know the answer to this. For the sake of Atlanta, let’s hope that Arthur Smith ends up having the leg up.