Who’s to blame for the Falcons’ embarrassing loss to the Seahawks? Maybe it’s on us fans who actually had some faith in the Atlanta football team. In all seriousness, Raheem Morris bears most of the blame.
The club came out with poor game plans on both sides of the ball. Zac Robinson didn’t continue to attack Seattle’s terrible run defense, and Jimmy Lake has proven to be a well-below-average defensive coordinator who had no answers for an average (at best) Seahawks offense.
But more than anything, the Falcons just didn’t come out with any sense of focus or urgency, and that’s a head coaching issue.
“Obviously didn’t play as well. Came out flat. For whatever reason, they didn’t play well. Those guys got the win today. Hats off to the Seattle Seahawks and what they were able to. We’ve got to play better next week,” Morris said in his opening statement in the post-game press conference, via D. Orlando Ledbetter of Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The Falcons’ lack of energy can be attributed to a number of factors, including the matchup itself and the club’s leaders, but most of all, it’s a head coaching issue, and Morris isn’t sure why his team came out flat.
”You know, you can’t really put a finger on it right now. You’ve got to go back and look at it, what you’ve got to get done and how you want to do it, but we did not come out with the energy that was required to win a football game today,” Morris said when asked how surprised he was at the team starting off the game flat, via D. Orlando Ledbetter of Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Thus far, Raheem Morris has proven to be an upgrade over his predecessor, but things like not showing up for a home game against a .500 team to take a commanding lead in the NFC South will make Falcons fans think he’s no better than Arthur Smith, and they might be right if this starts to become a trend.
For a head coach who isn’t immediately involved in play calling duties and has been touted as a player’s coach, one would think that Morris’ expertise would cover motivating his team.
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