How the league and team reacted to the Raheem Morris hire

I think it would be fair to say that fans are split on the Raheem Morris hire. That doesn’t seem to be the case across the wider NFL landscape, where the hire was met with a wave of positivity.

That has to be pleasant for the Atlanta Falcons, who have endured plenty of questions in recent weeks about their search for a head coach and the power structure in Flowery Branch. The Falcons are exuding confidence that Morris is the right hire, and more than that, that the process that got them here was the right one, and that the reality inside the building was very different than what it looked like outside the building.

Here’s a quick roundup of reactions to potentially shade in why the Falcons hired Morris, as well as some inside-the-building insight Into the process.