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ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Falcons fired coach Raheem Morris and general manager Terry Fontenot.
The team announced the moves hours after completing its its second straight 8-9 finish under Morris and eighth consecutive losing season. Morris said after Sunday's win over the New Orleans Saints that he expected to return for a third season. Instead, his 16-18 record was not enough for him to keep his job after the year began with optimism that the Falcons would reach the playoffs for the first time since 2017.
Owner Arthur Blank said in a statement that he has "great personal affinity" for Morris and Fontenot but he believes a change is needed.
Colts coach, GM returning?
INDIANAPOLIS -- New Indianapolis Colts co-owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon and her two sisters appear poised to bring back general manager Chris Ballard and coach Shane Steichen for next season despite a second-half collapse that extended the franchise's playoff drought to five years.
While no announcement was made Sunday after Indy lost 38-30 at Houston to finish the season on a seven-game skid, the team issued a media schedule that included Steichen and Irsay-Gordon speaking to reporters Monday, with Ballard expected to hold his season-ending news conference later this week.
Shortly after the schedule release, a reporter employed by the team posted on X that Ballard and Steichen will return in 2026, and the team reposted it.