Get rid of the whole team, they aren't going to ever be anything after they blew the super bowl, like they did. Should have been kicked out after that.
Tahanee - 1 year ago
Yes I've always said fore the coach and bench Ridder. Dude is Garbage
DONE w/the Arthur & Arthur Show or Arthur 2.0, FIRE the Coach and Blank sell the team so someone that knows about football, instead home supplies!!! Done w/those 2 jackasses. It will be a cold day in hell before I but ANY Falcon schwag either. If you want to make a point, DON"T GO TO THE GAME tomorrow. See how it is playing in an empty stadium with no fans or a bunch that hate your ass anyways. He is still a Titans fan, and funny, Titans get rid of him, they get better. I don't know who is worst, Biden wrecking our country in one fail swoop, same amount of time or this coach wrecking the Falcons franchise in just about the same amount of time. Hell, Biden & Smith are probably related, distant cousins, PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF! FIRE HIS ASS, IMMEDIATLY!!
Darin Kent Suffridge - 1 year ago
DONE w/the Arthur & Arthur Show or Arthur 2.0, FIRE the Coach and Blank sell the team so someone that knows about football, instead home supplies!!! Done w/those 2 jackasses. It will be a cold day in hell before I but ANY Falcon schwag either. If you want to make a point, DON"T GO TO THE GAME tomorrow. See how it is playing in an empty stadium with no fans or a bunch that hate your ass anyways. He is still a Titans fan, and funny, Titans get rid of him, they get better. I don't know who is worst, Biden wrecking our country in one fail swoop, same amount of time or this coach wrecking the Falcons franchise in just about the same amount of time. Hell, Biden & Smith are probably related, distant cousins, PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF! FIRE HIS ASS, IMMEDIATLY!!
Gary Jones - 1 year ago
Never hire another Falcon's coach whose last name is Smith or first name is Dan. The Falcons have historically been terrible at drafting quarterbacks, going many decades past to when they drafted Pat Sullivan and never played him, because he wasn't up to it. Maybe the only hope at selecting a quarterback is through artificial intelligence, because there is no natural intelligence in the Falcon's organization.
Mike Walker - 1 year ago
It would be good if all falcons fans could get on the same page and do something that’s never been done to show how tired we are of the same old crap. Start an empty stadium movement. No one go to a game, buy merchandise, etc until significant improvement is made in the organization. Would be appropriate given the horrible state of the franchise and would undoubtedly bring about quick change.
Mike Walker - 1 year ago
I don’t think Arthur Smith is competent enough to coach my children’s little league team. The whole season has been a lesson in underachievement, turnovers, horrible play calling, and all around incompetence. I’m not gonna live forever and three more seasons have been wasted with smith as coach. On a related note, I’m not convinced our GM is the right guy either. Falcons have cap space but other than Bates, Ellis, and Landman, I haven’t seen much improvement in the roster.
Cy - 1 year ago
I believe Arthur Smith should be fired for the simple fact that he is over play calling if you know your quarterback is struggling on passing when you get into the red zone why keep throwing the ball but you never stopped the play and each time they pass in the Red zone it's an interception. That falls upon the head coach
Bijan Lover - 1 year ago
Bro Fire him he is wasting talent away
Marquez Anderson - 1 year ago
Just go out there and get bill from new England as our head coach or gm the defense coordinator is doing great Jessie Bates a beast we have weapons on offense but this the Atlanta falcons not Tennessee titans where Derrick Henry in the back field running as a freight train should have kept Kyle as HC if we don't get Bill look at Mike Tomlin he's in the hot seat as well
Noon Ball - 1 year ago
I'm a die hard falcon fan an we need to fire Arthur Smith immediately like right now his play calling is so predictable an rider needs to be traded.... It's even deeper the falcons should have never let Kyle Shanahan get away fr look at the success he's had since leaving Atlanta he's the reason we got to the super bowl.. We're losing fans an support daily Arthur blank needs to step immediately
Mia Evans - 1 year ago
Fire him!! This is the only job that I know where you keep performing poorly and they keep you. SMH.. I'm a native and love Falcons but sick of this year and year. I bet if you dock there pay every time they loose you might get better results
Shaun - 1 year ago
They should definitely fire the coach. Then you need to fire Ridder. We get a great tight end that we barely ever use. Maybe it's time for Arthur blank to leave too I think he's too old to own a team when he won't fire anybody. We kept Matt Ryan for two extra years longer than we should have, lost out on a good quarterback. We got a great defense that'll even keeps getting better. We got good receivers good running backs the problems the quarterback and coach. Even a blind person could see that. It just sucks being a falcons fan for all these years and want them to do good but we can't get it done it's depressing.
Channing wood - 1 year ago
I have been a diehard Falcon fan for a very long time living just across the state line in Alabama. I proudly have a arm tattoo of the Atlanta Falcons that’s almost 30 years old. I don’t know why they won’t get a decent QB1 with all the recent excellent ones coming out of the SEC and maybe they could benefit from a drastic change in leadership across the board with bringing a championship to Atlanta the #1 goal!
James Rodriguez - 1 year ago
I can do a better Job coaching than this guy! I'd even do it for half his contact... Put me in, I'll show you how to get it done!
Westbrook - 1 year ago
This is fuckin pathetic they need a serious sit down year after year this same bullshit happens. Get him up outta there asap
Greg woodruff - 1 year ago
It's a shame what the people of the state of georgia have to watch week in an week out the product that the Atlanta falcons put on the field a coach who has no idea how to call plays .a quarterback that was drafted out of desperation an the stage is to big for him . Don't know when to run, can't take the all from the center without a fumble, tries to force the ball down the field an gets intercepted, wide receivers that can't get open tightend drafted with the fourth pick that can't get open cornerbacks that grab an hold an can't cover a owner an gm that are not interested in winning ,time to move in a different direction take author smith, desmond ridder, Jeff okudahh, ,grant, with you.
Stephendbear - 1 year ago
If he stays or goes it doesn't matter, he needs to stop calling plays like he is protecting his average at best defense. Open up the offense and use the talent that is available and maybe they can score some points. The fans want to see the ball thrown down field. As for Ridder he should still be holding a clipboard. Only a seasoned veteran can run that lethargic offense and reduce the chances of mistakes.
Stephendbear - 1 year ago
If he stays or goes it doesn't matter, he needs to stop calling plays like he is protecting his average at best defense. Open up the offense and use the talent that is available and maybe they can score some points. The fans want to see the ball thrown down field. As for Riddick he should still be holding a clipboard. Only a seasoned veteran can run that lethargic offense and reduce the chances of mistakes.
Fred - 1 year ago
Why did the Falcons use high draft capital on skill players then not use them? Pitts, London, and Robinson are wasting their prime years under this dufus. It’s criminal.
Jay Rainey - 1 year ago
Give him a legit shot with a decent QB. Ridder needs to develop behind a veteran we have to much talent on the offensive side for all the silly turnovers
Byron - 1 year ago
This is not real pro football. It is apparent that the coaches and players are not of even average knowledge. This franchise is 116 games under 500 lifetime. Do you realize how hard that is to do.
Michael williams - 1 year ago
Bill bellechick is giving it up with the patriots after this season we need to get rid of Arthur Smith and now and sign a contract with Bill. How fittingg would it be to have him coach the falcons to a superbowl victory with his quarterback he has in New England in tow . Don't say this can't happen because is a very real possibility .Bill has already said he could coach another 4 years .Smith and rider need to get lost hell Matt Ryan could come back and e better than ridder could ever be .
Robert Coleman - 1 year ago
get rid of Ridder and Arthur Smith neither one of them no what they are doing it’s unbelievable the way we have been losing
Olga - 1 year ago
As a Falcons Fan (still learning the sport), Arthur Smith sucks as a coach. For a ‘coach’, he don’t seem to show support/enthusiasm for the team, can’t express himself on radio/TV, & seems discriminatory to most players other than Ridder. ‘Get Rid of Ridder’! ….. 90% of time, even I see clearly who he passing ball to, he’s seems afraid to get sacked (great) but doesn’t run, isn’t aware of his surroundings therefore gives the ball away/not much of an aim & doesn’t seem to recall the play. His talk about having offense do more… well - just that Words & No Action. Thank you Defense! PLEASE practice Heineke for next games!
Randy Lee - 1 year ago
Arthur Blank will continue to lose the respect and ticket sale support of the fans as he continues to procrastinate on the fate of Arthur Smith. I think he is the worst HC the Falcons have had in a long time. No QB will ever be successful with Arthur Smith calling the plays! The Falcons have had three QB’s fail under his leadership and play calling! Sadly, this is obvious to everyone but Arthur Blank. Maybe we need new ownership as well; someone that is committed to building a winning team! Arthur Smith has had three years of sub par performance with no year over year improvement.
Eric Myers - 1 year ago
Athens is hardly an hour’s drive from Atlanta, and yet the passion for football is night and day. If Falcons fans demanded the same of their team as Bulldog fans do, this wouldn’t even be a poll question. (Nor would this stand in NFL cities where fans demand value for their time, money and energy). What a joke this has become in Atlanta. And it all falls on ownership at this point, as he is the only person defending this inevitable failure that has been the exhausting Arthur Smith experiment.
Lets be very honest. We are well on our way to 6-11 or 7-10 for the third year in a row. We now have 6 seasons in a row of losing football. We haven't hosted a playoff game in the Benz since its inception. Smith and Fontenot completely whiffed on the 2021 draft with either significant busts or obtaining weapons that he doesn't know how to use. He has had three seasons to get an answer at QB and has elected that to be Ridder, who is obviously a back up at best. We are in the worst division, had the easiest schedule, has almost $100 million in cap space this year to build the team to specification, and we still can't do better than previous years? Hell, we are actually poised to be worse as I don't think we can win any of our remaining games given the performance through 15 weeks. Bijan didn't sniff the red zone until week 10. Pitts can't beg for targets and has been reduced to a blocker, which he sucks at. London is solid...when we actually use him, but is he better than Olave or Wilson who went after him? I don't really think so at this point. You got rid of Ryan the instant you could, ate the cap hell from last year, and this is the product put on the field? Year 3 of a 3 year plan looks worse than the previous two for this "offensive-minded" coach. Should have not been allowed on the bus back from Carolina. Ridder should have had 7 games to evaluate last year following the TNF Carolina game where we could see in a solid sample size what he was for the future. You chose instead to ride it out with Mariota who couldn't complete a pass more than 15 yards deep and embarrassed us on prime time last year. This team should be 8-9 wins right now, and instead we are staring at another dismal season. SPOILER ALERT!!!! If the season ended today, then next year we play the AFC West (all of them would beat us), the NFC East (all of them would beat us), 6 NFC South games (obviously we are likely splitting), the Bengals, the Seahawks, and the Packers. How many games are we winning with Arthur Smith and this schedule in 2024? This was the year to do something and you blew it. Get out of my state. Get out of my stadium. Get out of my team's locker room. Get out of here Arthur, we done with you!!!!!
Ronnie Lummus - 1 year ago
Coach should be fired and Ridder should be benched. Things can't get much worse
Jimmy - 1 year ago
Need to hire an offensive coordinator.
Juan - 1 year ago
Under Arthur Smith the offense never looks smooth, synchronized, nor capable of producing above average scoring. Let alone the QB development. If the team is going to select a QB in the upcoming draft, he's not the guy to develop him. Why did you selected so many offensive players if you don't know how to use them ?
Mediocrity reached the damn limit. Bye coach, time for beers!!
Mike Oxbig - 1 year ago
We have the dumbest coach and front office in the league.
Falcons fan Nate - 1 year ago
The Arthur Smith and Desmond Ridder experiment needs to be over. Never should have hired Smith in the 1st place.
Grierg - 1 year ago
I bet everyone miss Matt now I don’t think people really understand how much qb matters we have solid everything outside of that that’s not on coaching we can only use what we have
Edward Wilkerson - 1 year ago
Arthur Smith is not a good coach for the Atlanta Falcons the play calling is stupid quarterback decision is stupid Deshawn Robinson is a good running back but Cordele Patterson was a Workhorse last year and you don't use him the way you supposed to I know the decision of the spirit makes his retarded we ran them same plays and Elementary School Arthur Smith make bad decisions Heineken should have been the quarterback at 54 years old I can get out there and do better than Desmond Ritter
Greg Mayfield - 1 year ago
The true firing should be firing the owner Arthur Blank. It is obvious he has no business being an NFL owner The city of Atlanta, Falcon fans and fans of the the NFL should completely boycott the Falcons until Blank gives Atlanta a true Christmas miracle...selling the team and forever no longer being seen on the sidelines.
Diego - 1 year ago
What's insulting is the fans can see the deficiencies with this coach and now with the latest loss if Blank does not move on from Smith now and not at the end of the season we can now finally see the deficiencies of this owner! The Mike Smith hiring is on him and Rich McKay! This team and this organzation is an embarrassment!
James Price Jr - 1 year ago
Arthur Smith should definitely go. Been a season ticket holder for 13 years (my late parents were season ticket holders) and been with this team since the NFL gave Atlanta the franchise. I am tired of "rebuilding." I have also been a Ridder advocate but enough is enough! Why not allow the GM to hire his own pick for a coach? The Falcons, as usual, did everything backwards! They hired a coach THEN a GM. Additionally, why did the organization NOT draft any UGA players - 90 miles away and full of national champions? You also wasted a draft pick on a running back (who fumbles) when we already had a back with a 1,000 yards (Allgiers)? I have already transferred my tickets to my children for the season. I'm DONE!
Glen Mercer - 1 year ago
Yes and give the job to our Defensive Coordinator he has some spunk to him and knows how to work with players
James - 1 year ago
Wake up front office. With the talent this team has they should be 2 or 3 games ahead in their division. But no yall got an arrogant narcissistic as a coach along with a quarterback who helps the opposing team score more than his own. Next coach you hire tell him he's getting an OC and to shut up about it.
Ron - 1 year ago
When you have an arrogant Coach and quarterback who cannot read a defense. That's a recipe for disaster.
Both people need to go. Season ticket holders since 91. Sorry Falcons no more I'm done.
Dirk - 1 year ago
Why he kept calling run plays to the left side all game long blows my mind. Furman was blowing Matthew’s up and stuffing the run to the left. But Smith kept calling them wasting downs. Smith obviously likes smash mouth football and is not interested in being unpredictable and involving the receivers more often
Enough is enough - 1 year ago
Fire him now, losing like this gotta stop! This season might be lose, but we can still build momentum for next year. We have to change things now! Every week I watch my team take the field with no plan and no sense of direction. They have talent an should be in first place. Remember, time waits for no one and tomorrow is not promised! This gotta stop now!!!
Losing my faith!
Still - 1 year ago
Patterson went from our top rusher and second best receiver.
DUDE IS DYNAMIC. He is definitely our 3rd best runner, but has shown he can do it all! This coach has hardly had him on the field. Move on from Smith
Reggie Taylor - 1 year ago
Maybe Bijan Robinson could date Brittany Spears. Lol
Danny - 1 year ago
Could someone on our team start dating Taylor Swift?
RatedCensored - 1 year ago
Fire smith, mckay and fontenont. Can ridder. Try like heck to get harbaugh from Michigan to come to Atlanta. Draft for QB don't spend.
Too bad we can't fire blank either because he's just terrible at hiring. Born loser who rode his partners coattails at home Depot.
Reggie Taylor - 1 year ago
Ridder is not the answer we've been looking for. Hineke isn't a bad back up but he's a backup for a reason . We had a better chance to win this division 6 weeks ago if Blank and Smith would have just brought Matt Ryan back. At least he has a passion to win and is not afraid to show it on the field
Phillip Scott - 1 year ago
Shidddd, I am lost for words, this so called organization is terrible from top to bottom. 3000 for 2 season tickets y'all s motherfucking joke.
Greg woodruff - 1 year ago
They way that the falcons play is to always give the other team no matter if the team has a rookie quarterback or a quarterback who has just got off the bus it's a guarantee d loss and the play calling is awful I would fire authur smith the owner the bus driver the janitor and gm because he brought in Jeff okuda who can't cover my granny everyone need to go an turn the lights off when u leave
Danny - 1 year ago
He played Marcus Mariota last year when he was done, choose Ridder this year. Spend 150 million and never once got better at QB.I am so over the next man up...get on the field or move on. 9-7 score with all that's on the line. Who to blame the fans we go watch a home game, we're out numbered out cheered and out played. I love this group of fans so "NEXT MAN UP"
Brick - 1 year ago
From owner to player everything stinks
Cynthia - 1 year ago
Change up the. Plays
Cynthia - 1 year ago
We should be 9 or 10. And quarter back he need eye surgery
Gerald L Cook - 1 year ago
I think Arthur Smith needs to bench Ridder put in the backup Quarterback to start, do the rotation on running the three backs and hit the deep pass of London or Pitts and stick with this with the backup Quarterback
DCB - 1 year ago
Agree with earlier comment that the coach is the son of a billionaire. Suggests a look of nepotism among the CEO realm of our economy, etc. As OC for Titans it wasn't very hard to just hand the ball off to Derek Henry on three downs at 3-4 yards a clip. Every since the Super Bowl calapse team gets worse. Hire a new coach, new GM, and new QB. Aside from all QB draftees, there are good dual threat QBs already in NFL too. Wake up Mr Blank and stop settling for mediocrity.
Randy Lee - 1 year ago
Arthur Blank needs to step up and be a leader. This team has too much talent to lose games by a field goal. That should tell Mr. Blank that the HC is not the right person for the job! Arthur Smith is losing games, he will soon lose his locker room if he hasn’t loss it already. He needs to be fired ASAP. Mr Blank may not be able to salvage this season but he can show the fans that he is a leader that is committed to win!!
A. Jones - 1 year ago
Should've beenn fired several games ago. My vote is for Todd Monken. Mr. Blank needs to stop hiring all these WANNA BE head coaches. Hire someone with a proven track record.
nathan benoit - 1 year ago
I voted to absolutely not fire him!!!!!!!!! But then again , i am a Saints fan
Cheryl - 1 year ago
If Arthur Smith is still the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons after this lost to the Carolina Panthers, I will not be attending the game against the Indianapolis Colts. This will be the end of my home attendance until next season. This lost to the Carolina Panthers was a disgrace to the entire Falcons’ organization and the NFL as a whole.
Walt - 1 year ago
If Blank is serious about building something in Atlanta, Smith has to go. This team is too talented, to lose to the Panthers, Cardinals and Vikes, with a newly signed QB, that has been benched
Raymond - 1 year ago
Coach and QB has to go
Coach Gridiron - 1 year ago
Take a page out of the Charger's playbook. Fire Smith and Fontenot. Both have brought in terrible pieces to the organization. Watching from sideline level, there is zero focus and intensity on that sideline. Substitution patterns on offense are ridiculous and the game plan does not require top tier athletes to perform. 3 targets for London and nothing until the 4th quarter. Not using Patterson properly. Poor 2nd short play calling. It's not going to improve, time to move on and find out who the real dogs are going into the off-season.
Sharon Lowe - 1 year ago
Yes fire the coach and take ridder with you. If you don’t see how empty the stadium will be. Too much talent on this team. Draft a quarterback.
Linton - 1 year ago
Smith should go because he believes Ridder is the answer to quarterback and the only thing he does well is lose the game at the end. The results in the first 3.5 quarters are not much better. Play calling is some of the worst I've seen and i religiously watched the Falcons since they started in the 60's and now I don't care if I can see the game or not!
Pat Connors - 1 year ago
Ridder isn't the worst QB in NFL history. Heck, he's not even the worst QB in Falcon history. It's just that he isn't the right QB for the Atlanta Falcons. There are several QB's in this year's draft that could make the Falcons a legit team: Williams, Maye, Nix, Penix, Daniels, Beck, McCarthy, Sanders, Riley & Leonard.
jschaffer - 1 year ago
Once you start getting used to losses like today's, something has to be done.. Arthur Smith should be fired by 12 noon Monday December 18th. He's a child of a billionaire for Christsakes!
Michael Young - 1 year ago
I have been waiting for a Falcons Superbowl win since 65', will not happen with this coach or Ridder. Logan Woodside beat Miami 1st game (pre season), play Logan.
Nick Feinsand - 1 year ago
The falcons should fire Arthur Smith because he lost to the worst teams in the league. He also lost most of the divisional games
Craig - 1 year ago
Arthur Blank needs to sell the team. He needs to go along with the Coach , McKay is stealing money. The fans should boycott the raggedy team. The people of Atlanta gave suffered to long with this terrible product.
Shameful to lose to Carolina.
Bob Carroll - 1 year ago
Without a QB in this league your doomed to failure. Case in point the great Bill Belichick who has become a shell of himself since Brady's departure. Ridder says all the right things in his press conferences but continues to be a turnover machine.
sean keenan - 1 year ago
Arthur Smith should’ve been fired after losing to the 1-win Cardinals before the bye week. The owner and team are a joke. Steven Smith was right a few years ago: this is the DUMBEST organization in ALL of pro sports.
Bob Carroll - 1 year ago
Its not that he's a bad coach, its the fact neither he or the GM realized what they had at the QB position before the season began and even to make matters worse played Ridder less than one half of a solo preseason game.
Chadwick - 1 year ago
Got way too much talent on the offense and has no clue how to use them Play calling is either run or dump off passes When they do throw the ball downfield it is successful cause defense not looking for it Please reserve a fed ex truck for Arthur and send him to anywhere but Georgia and send Ridder to cfl
Horatio Pitts - 1 year ago
Why keep him, we all know he is not head coach material
Folando - 1 year ago
His play calling is terrible and ridder is trash!...
ATLANTA FALCONS HEAD COACH JIM HARBAUGH
Get rid of the whole team, they aren't going to ever be anything after they blew the super bowl, like they did. Should have been kicked out after that.
Yes I've always said fore the coach and bench Ridder. Dude is Garbage
I would fire the kicker
I would fire the kicker
DONE w/the Arthur & Arthur Show or Arthur 2.0, FIRE the Coach and Blank sell the team so someone that knows about football, instead home supplies!!! Done w/those 2 jackasses. It will be a cold day in hell before I but ANY Falcon schwag either. If you want to make a point, DON"T GO TO THE GAME tomorrow. See how it is playing in an empty stadium with no fans or a bunch that hate your ass anyways. He is still a Titans fan, and funny, Titans get rid of him, they get better. I don't know who is worst, Biden wrecking our country in one fail swoop, same amount of time or this coach wrecking the Falcons franchise in just about the same amount of time. Hell, Biden & Smith are probably related, distant cousins, PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF! FIRE HIS ASS, IMMEDIATLY!!
DONE w/the Arthur & Arthur Show or Arthur 2.0, FIRE the Coach and Blank sell the team so someone that knows about football, instead home supplies!!! Done w/those 2 jackasses. It will be a cold day in hell before I but ANY Falcon schwag either. If you want to make a point, DON"T GO TO THE GAME tomorrow. See how it is playing in an empty stadium with no fans or a bunch that hate your ass anyways. He is still a Titans fan, and funny, Titans get rid of him, they get better. I don't know who is worst, Biden wrecking our country in one fail swoop, same amount of time or this coach wrecking the Falcons franchise in just about the same amount of time. Hell, Biden & Smith are probably related, distant cousins, PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF! FIRE HIS ASS, IMMEDIATLY!!
Never hire another Falcon's coach whose last name is Smith or first name is Dan. The Falcons have historically been terrible at drafting quarterbacks, going many decades past to when they drafted Pat Sullivan and never played him, because he wasn't up to it. Maybe the only hope at selecting a quarterback is through artificial intelligence, because there is no natural intelligence in the Falcon's organization.
It would be good if all falcons fans could get on the same page and do something that’s never been done to show how tired we are of the same old crap. Start an empty stadium movement. No one go to a game, buy merchandise, etc until significant improvement is made in the organization. Would be appropriate given the horrible state of the franchise and would undoubtedly bring about quick change.
I don’t think Arthur Smith is competent enough to coach my children’s little league team. The whole season has been a lesson in underachievement, turnovers, horrible play calling, and all around incompetence. I’m not gonna live forever and three more seasons have been wasted with smith as coach. On a related note, I’m not convinced our GM is the right guy either. Falcons have cap space but other than Bates, Ellis, and Landman, I haven’t seen much improvement in the roster.
I believe Arthur Smith should be fired for the simple fact that he is over play calling if you know your quarterback is struggling on passing when you get into the red zone why keep throwing the ball but you never stopped the play and each time they pass in the Red zone it's an interception. That falls upon the head coach
Bro Fire him he is wasting talent away
Just go out there and get bill from new England as our head coach or gm the defense coordinator is doing great Jessie Bates a beast we have weapons on offense but this the Atlanta falcons not Tennessee titans where Derrick Henry in the back field running as a freight train should have kept Kyle as HC if we don't get Bill look at Mike Tomlin he's in the hot seat as well
I'm a die hard falcon fan an we need to fire Arthur Smith immediately like right now his play calling is so predictable an rider needs to be traded.... It's even deeper the falcons should have never let Kyle Shanahan get away fr look at the success he's had since leaving Atlanta he's the reason we got to the super bowl.. We're losing fans an support daily Arthur blank needs to step immediately
Fire him!! This is the only job that I know where you keep performing poorly and they keep you. SMH.. I'm a native and love Falcons but sick of this year and year. I bet if you dock there pay every time they loose you might get better results
They should definitely fire the coach. Then you need to fire Ridder. We get a great tight end that we barely ever use. Maybe it's time for Arthur blank to leave too I think he's too old to own a team when he won't fire anybody. We kept Matt Ryan for two extra years longer than we should have, lost out on a good quarterback. We got a great defense that'll even keeps getting better. We got good receivers good running backs the problems the quarterback and coach. Even a blind person could see that. It just sucks being a falcons fan for all these years and want them to do good but we can't get it done it's depressing.
I have been a diehard Falcon fan for a very long time living just across the state line in Alabama. I proudly have a arm tattoo of the Atlanta Falcons that’s almost 30 years old. I don’t know why they won’t get a decent QB1 with all the recent excellent ones coming out of the SEC and maybe they could benefit from a drastic change in leadership across the board with bringing a championship to Atlanta the #1 goal!
I can do a better Job coaching than this guy! I'd even do it for half his contact... Put me in, I'll show you how to get it done!
This is fuckin pathetic they need a serious sit down year after year this same bullshit happens. Get him up outta there asap
It's a shame what the people of the state of georgia have to watch week in an week out the product that the Atlanta falcons put on the field a coach who has no idea how to call plays .a quarterback that was drafted out of desperation an the stage is to big for him . Don't know when to run, can't take the all from the center without a fumble, tries to force the ball down the field an gets intercepted, wide receivers that can't get open tightend drafted with the fourth pick that can't get open cornerbacks that grab an hold an can't cover a owner an gm that are not interested in winning ,time to move in a different direction take author smith, desmond ridder, Jeff okudahh, ,grant, with you.
If he stays or goes it doesn't matter, he needs to stop calling plays like he is protecting his average at best defense. Open up the offense and use the talent that is available and maybe they can score some points. The fans want to see the ball thrown down field. As for Ridder he should still be holding a clipboard. Only a seasoned veteran can run that lethargic offense and reduce the chances of mistakes.
If he stays or goes it doesn't matter, he needs to stop calling plays like he is protecting his average at best defense. Open up the offense and use the talent that is available and maybe they can score some points. The fans want to see the ball thrown down field. As for Riddick he should still be holding a clipboard. Only a seasoned veteran can run that lethargic offense and reduce the chances of mistakes.
Why did the Falcons use high draft capital on skill players then not use them? Pitts, London, and Robinson are wasting their prime years under this dufus. It’s criminal.
Give him a legit shot with a decent QB. Ridder needs to develop behind a veteran we have to much talent on the offensive side for all the silly turnovers
This is not real pro football. It is apparent that the coaches and players are not of even average knowledge. This franchise is 116 games under 500 lifetime. Do you realize how hard that is to do.
Bill bellechick is giving it up with the patriots after this season we need to get rid of Arthur Smith and now and sign a contract with Bill. How fittingg would it be to have him coach the falcons to a superbowl victory with his quarterback he has in New England in tow . Don't say this can't happen because is a very real possibility .Bill has already said he could coach another 4 years .Smith and rider need to get lost hell Matt Ryan could come back and e better than ridder could ever be .
get rid of Ridder and Arthur Smith neither one of them no what they are doing it’s unbelievable the way we have been losing
As a Falcons Fan (still learning the sport), Arthur Smith sucks as a coach. For a ‘coach’, he don’t seem to show support/enthusiasm for the team, can’t express himself on radio/TV, & seems discriminatory to most players other than Ridder. ‘Get Rid of Ridder’! ….. 90% of time, even I see clearly who he passing ball to, he’s seems afraid to get sacked (great) but doesn’t run, isn’t aware of his surroundings therefore gives the ball away/not much of an aim & doesn’t seem to recall the play. His talk about having offense do more… well - just that Words & No Action. Thank you Defense! PLEASE practice Heineke for next games!
Arthur Blank will continue to lose the respect and ticket sale support of the fans as he continues to procrastinate on the fate of Arthur Smith. I think he is the worst HC the Falcons have had in a long time. No QB will ever be successful with Arthur Smith calling the plays! The Falcons have had three QB’s fail under his leadership and play calling! Sadly, this is obvious to everyone but Arthur Blank. Maybe we need new ownership as well; someone that is committed to building a winning team! Arthur Smith has had three years of sub par performance with no year over year improvement.
Athens is hardly an hour’s drive from Atlanta, and yet the passion for football is night and day. If Falcons fans demanded the same of their team as Bulldog fans do, this wouldn’t even be a poll question. (Nor would this stand in NFL cities where fans demand value for their time, money and energy). What a joke this has become in Atlanta. And it all falls on ownership at this point, as he is the only person defending this inevitable failure that has been the exhausting Arthur Smith experiment.
We need to draft a quarterback
Lets be very honest. We are well on our way to 6-11 or 7-10 for the third year in a row. We now have 6 seasons in a row of losing football. We haven't hosted a playoff game in the Benz since its inception. Smith and Fontenot completely whiffed on the 2021 draft with either significant busts or obtaining weapons that he doesn't know how to use. He has had three seasons to get an answer at QB and has elected that to be Ridder, who is obviously a back up at best. We are in the worst division, had the easiest schedule, has almost $100 million in cap space this year to build the team to specification, and we still can't do better than previous years? Hell, we are actually poised to be worse as I don't think we can win any of our remaining games given the performance through 15 weeks. Bijan didn't sniff the red zone until week 10. Pitts can't beg for targets and has been reduced to a blocker, which he sucks at. London is solid...when we actually use him, but is he better than Olave or Wilson who went after him? I don't really think so at this point. You got rid of Ryan the instant you could, ate the cap hell from last year, and this is the product put on the field? Year 3 of a 3 year plan looks worse than the previous two for this "offensive-minded" coach. Should have not been allowed on the bus back from Carolina. Ridder should have had 7 games to evaluate last year following the TNF Carolina game where we could see in a solid sample size what he was for the future. You chose instead to ride it out with Mariota who couldn't complete a pass more than 15 yards deep and embarrassed us on prime time last year. This team should be 8-9 wins right now, and instead we are staring at another dismal season. SPOILER ALERT!!!! If the season ended today, then next year we play the AFC West (all of them would beat us), the NFC East (all of them would beat us), 6 NFC South games (obviously we are likely splitting), the Bengals, the Seahawks, and the Packers. How many games are we winning with Arthur Smith and this schedule in 2024? This was the year to do something and you blew it. Get out of my state. Get out of my stadium. Get out of my team's locker room. Get out of here Arthur, we done with you!!!!!
Coach should be fired and Ridder should be benched. Things can't get much worse
Need to hire an offensive coordinator.
Under Arthur Smith the offense never looks smooth, synchronized, nor capable of producing above average scoring. Let alone the QB development. If the team is going to select a QB in the upcoming draft, he's not the guy to develop him. Why did you selected so many offensive players if you don't know how to use them ?
Mediocrity reached the damn limit. Bye coach, time for beers!!
We have the dumbest coach and front office in the league.
The Arthur Smith and Desmond Ridder experiment needs to be over. Never should have hired Smith in the 1st place.
I bet everyone miss Matt now I don’t think people really understand how much qb matters we have solid everything outside of that that’s not on coaching we can only use what we have
Arthur Smith is not a good coach for the Atlanta Falcons the play calling is stupid quarterback decision is stupid Deshawn Robinson is a good running back but Cordele Patterson was a Workhorse last year and you don't use him the way you supposed to I know the decision of the spirit makes his retarded we ran them same plays and Elementary School Arthur Smith make bad decisions Heineken should have been the quarterback at 54 years old I can get out there and do better than Desmond Ritter
The true firing should be firing the owner Arthur Blank. It is obvious he has no business being an NFL owner The city of Atlanta, Falcon fans and fans of the the NFL should completely boycott the Falcons until Blank gives Atlanta a true Christmas miracle...selling the team and forever no longer being seen on the sidelines.
What's insulting is the fans can see the deficiencies with this coach and now with the latest loss if Blank does not move on from Smith now and not at the end of the season we can now finally see the deficiencies of this owner! The Mike Smith hiring is on him and Rich McKay! This team and this organzation is an embarrassment!
Arthur Smith should definitely go. Been a season ticket holder for 13 years (my late parents were season ticket holders) and been with this team since the NFL gave Atlanta the franchise. I am tired of "rebuilding." I have also been a Ridder advocate but enough is enough! Why not allow the GM to hire his own pick for a coach? The Falcons, as usual, did everything backwards! They hired a coach THEN a GM. Additionally, why did the organization NOT draft any UGA players - 90 miles away and full of national champions? You also wasted a draft pick on a running back (who fumbles) when we already had a back with a 1,000 yards (Allgiers)? I have already transferred my tickets to my children for the season. I'm DONE!
Yes and give the job to our Defensive Coordinator he has some spunk to him and knows how to work with players
Wake up front office. With the talent this team has they should be 2 or 3 games ahead in their division. But no yall got an arrogant narcissistic as a coach along with a quarterback who helps the opposing team score more than his own. Next coach you hire tell him he's getting an OC and to shut up about it.
When you have an arrogant Coach and quarterback who cannot read a defense. That's a recipe for disaster.
Both people need to go. Season ticket holders since 91. Sorry Falcons no more I'm done.
Why he kept calling run plays to the left side all game long blows my mind. Furman was blowing Matthew’s up and stuffing the run to the left. But Smith kept calling them wasting downs. Smith obviously likes smash mouth football and is not interested in being unpredictable and involving the receivers more often
Fire him now, losing like this gotta stop! This season might be lose, but we can still build momentum for next year. We have to change things now! Every week I watch my team take the field with no plan and no sense of direction. They have talent an should be in first place. Remember, time waits for no one and tomorrow is not promised! This gotta stop now!!!
Losing my faith!
Patterson went from our top rusher and second best receiver.
DUDE IS DYNAMIC. He is definitely our 3rd best runner, but has shown he can do it all! This coach has hardly had him on the field. Move on from Smith
Maybe Bijan Robinson could date Brittany Spears. Lol
Could someone on our team start dating Taylor Swift?
Fire smith, mckay and fontenont. Can ridder. Try like heck to get harbaugh from Michigan to come to Atlanta. Draft for QB don't spend.
Too bad we can't fire blank either because he's just terrible at hiring. Born loser who rode his partners coattails at home Depot.
Ridder is not the answer we've been looking for. Hineke isn't a bad back up but he's a backup for a reason . We had a better chance to win this division 6 weeks ago if Blank and Smith would have just brought Matt Ryan back. At least he has a passion to win and is not afraid to show it on the field
Shidddd, I am lost for words, this so called organization is terrible from top to bottom. 3000 for 2 season tickets y'all s motherfucking joke.
They way that the falcons play is to always give the other team no matter if the team has a rookie quarterback or a quarterback who has just got off the bus it's a guarantee d loss and the play calling is awful I would fire authur smith the owner the bus driver the janitor and gm because he brought in Jeff okuda who can't cover my granny everyone need to go an turn the lights off when u leave
He played Marcus Mariota last year when he was done, choose Ridder this year. Spend 150 million and never once got better at QB.I am so over the next man up...get on the field or move on. 9-7 score with all that's on the line. Who to blame the fans we go watch a home game, we're out numbered out cheered and out played. I love this group of fans so "NEXT MAN UP"
From owner to player everything stinks
Change up the. Plays
We should be 9 or 10. And quarter back he need eye surgery
I think Arthur Smith needs to bench Ridder put in the backup Quarterback to start, do the rotation on running the three backs and hit the deep pass of London or Pitts and stick with this with the backup Quarterback
Agree with earlier comment that the coach is the son of a billionaire. Suggests a look of nepotism among the CEO realm of our economy, etc. As OC for Titans it wasn't very hard to just hand the ball off to Derek Henry on three downs at 3-4 yards a clip. Every since the Super Bowl calapse team gets worse. Hire a new coach, new GM, and new QB. Aside from all QB draftees, there are good dual threat QBs already in NFL too. Wake up Mr Blank and stop settling for mediocrity.
Arthur Blank needs to step up and be a leader. This team has too much talent to lose games by a field goal. That should tell Mr. Blank that the HC is not the right person for the job! Arthur Smith is losing games, he will soon lose his locker room if he hasn’t loss it already. He needs to be fired ASAP. Mr Blank may not be able to salvage this season but he can show the fans that he is a leader that is committed to win!!
Should've beenn fired several games ago. My vote is for Todd Monken. Mr. Blank needs to stop hiring all these WANNA BE head coaches. Hire someone with a proven track record.
I voted to absolutely not fire him!!!!!!!!! But then again , i am a Saints fan
If Arthur Smith is still the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons after this lost to the Carolina Panthers, I will not be attending the game against the Indianapolis Colts. This will be the end of my home attendance until next season. This lost to the Carolina Panthers was a disgrace to the entire Falcons’ organization and the NFL as a whole.
If Blank is serious about building something in Atlanta, Smith has to go. This team is too talented, to lose to the Panthers, Cardinals and Vikes, with a newly signed QB, that has been benched
Coach and QB has to go
Take a page out of the Charger's playbook. Fire Smith and Fontenot. Both have brought in terrible pieces to the organization. Watching from sideline level, there is zero focus and intensity on that sideline. Substitution patterns on offense are ridiculous and the game plan does not require top tier athletes to perform. 3 targets for London and nothing until the 4th quarter. Not using Patterson properly. Poor 2nd short play calling. It's not going to improve, time to move on and find out who the real dogs are going into the off-season.
Yes fire the coach and take ridder with you. If you don’t see how empty the stadium will be. Too much talent on this team. Draft a quarterback.
Smith should go because he believes Ridder is the answer to quarterback and the only thing he does well is lose the game at the end. The results in the first 3.5 quarters are not much better. Play calling is some of the worst I've seen and i religiously watched the Falcons since they started in the 60's and now I don't care if I can see the game or not!
Ridder isn't the worst QB in NFL history. Heck, he's not even the worst QB in Falcon history. It's just that he isn't the right QB for the Atlanta Falcons. There are several QB's in this year's draft that could make the Falcons a legit team: Williams, Maye, Nix, Penix, Daniels, Beck, McCarthy, Sanders, Riley & Leonard.
Once you start getting used to losses like today's, something has to be done.. Arthur Smith should be fired by 12 noon Monday December 18th. He's a child of a billionaire for Christsakes!
I have been waiting for a Falcons Superbowl win since 65', will not happen with this coach or Ridder. Logan Woodside beat Miami 1st game (pre season), play Logan.
The falcons should fire Arthur Smith because he lost to the worst teams in the league. He also lost most of the divisional games
Arthur Blank needs to sell the team. He needs to go along with the Coach , McKay is stealing money. The fans should boycott the raggedy team. The people of Atlanta gave suffered to long with this terrible product.
Shameful to lose to Carolina.
Without a QB in this league your doomed to failure. Case in point the great Bill Belichick who has become a shell of himself since Brady's departure. Ridder says all the right things in his press conferences but continues to be a turnover machine.
Arthur Smith should’ve been fired after losing to the 1-win Cardinals before the bye week. The owner and team are a joke. Steven Smith was right a few years ago: this is the DUMBEST organization in ALL of pro sports.
Its not that he's a bad coach, its the fact neither he or the GM realized what they had at the QB position before the season began and even to make matters worse played Ridder less than one half of a solo preseason game.
Got way too much talent on the offense and has no clue how to use them Play calling is either run or dump off passes When they do throw the ball downfield it is successful cause defense not looking for it Please reserve a fed ex truck for Arthur and send him to anywhere but Georgia and send Ridder to cfl
Why keep him, we all know he is not head coach material
His play calling is terrible and ridder is trash!...