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Breaking news in a CBS Sports HQ after three years at the helm Arthur Smith has been released as Falcons head coach fired after three campaigns all three years ending in seven and 10 there’s now four active vacancies for NFL head coaching positions Atlanta joining the Chargers the Raiders and the

Panthers in studio to explore Joe muso alongside Bryant mcfaden bmac this seemed like one of the games on Sunday that might decide a coaching fate and the Fate comes down here for Arthur Smith are you surprised at all by the timing mere hours after the loss and even the scuffle at Midfield between

Head coaches that this is the ultimate end no I’m not surprised and here’s why it was an embarrassing loss for the Atlanta Falcons he played against a divisional foe even though you’ve been struggling over the last few weeks you still had an opportunity to stay within the playoff conversation the same can be

Said for the New Orleans Saints so everything that was at stake for the saints were were at stake for the Atlanta Falcons and you just got embarrassed you got embarrassed your quarterback didn’t show any signs of developing this was the guy that Arthur Smith gave the starting job to because

If you look at the Timeline with Desmond Ritter it wasn’t like he ever earned the quarterback job it wasn’t a competition throughout training camp getting ready you know for preseason football it was never a competition this was a guy you just kind of gave the keys to the car

And say hey drive and he wasn’t able to handle that said pressure of being a quarterback consistently in the National Football League then you look at some of the Personnel that they have you know Kyle pittz where has he been is it more about the scheme or the lack thereof or

Just his ability to not buy into the offensive structure what about bjan Robinson remember this was the guy you invested a high draft pick in and he shown flashes but there were moments throughout the season where he disappeared as well Drake London another high invested uh draft guy off

Offensively so you have a a lot of quote unquote highlevel Personnel especially on the offensive end that haven’t really lived up to the dilding and the the reason Arthur Smith got the head coaching job in Atlanta was because of his play calling ability when he was a

Tennessee Titan off as a coordinator so enough is enough clearly the owner off the blank you know his patience was extremely short and if he’s going to cut ties let’s do it now Arthur Blank said just a few weeks ago he did not want to fire the head coach barring some sort of

Collapse late in this season I don’t know if it constitutes collapse but I believe that was said prior to the Colts win 2910 followed up by a bears loss 3717 then another lopsided loss 4817 here against the Saints in the finale and don’t forget the loss to Carolina in

Carolina and Carolina is a nice tie in here because of these four vacancies what sort of job is Atlanta I mean it’s a franchise that has some history and maybe not the best history when it comes to getting done and get into the final Mountaintop but you look at these jobs

The Chargers yeah the head coaches former that’s nice but the quarterbacks you feel like you got one in La that’s an opportunity for a head coach Carolina you’ve got one cuz you just drafted one number one Atlanta Las Vegas bigger question marks at the quarterback position does that make it

More of a a job ahead coach would want because they get to build it in their image or is it a tougher Hill to climb knowing that you don’t have that guy yet of course I think it’s a tougher Hill to climb because you don’t know exactly

Which direction you’re going to go but if you’re a head coach and you have the opportunity to hypothetically speaking become the head coach for for Atlanta and they give you the ability to be involved in who you’re looking at at the quarterback position then that’s appealing yeah but if it’s solely it’s

Solely on the general manager and you don’t really have a say so about the direction you’re trying to go then that is a bit annoying as well you know what I mean it’s like owning a restaurant but not being allowed to pick your Chef you

Know what I mean when you you go through a taste test and you say hey I like this Chef better compared to this chef and but I own the restaurant but you hey I and that’s who I’m going going to have to work with but I can’t pick that Chef

You know so if you’re offensive offensive minded guy and you become the head coach at in Atlanta if they are giving you the ability to be able to dissect and understand and say this is the guy want to lead our organization then you might it might be more

Appealing but we have to wait and see because clearly you’re going into and going into a situation where you got to find a quarterback and I’ll say this over and over again if you don’t have a quarterback the football field feels like it’s 150 yards it is our first

Firing of beyond the regular season four vacancies now open and a new one in Atlanta is Arthur Smith it’s now a thing of the past as the head coach of the Falcons to have a statement from Arthur Blank the owner of the Atlanta Falcons who always makes himself visible and

Wants nothing more than a winner he said quotes we have profound respect for Coach Smith and appreciate all the hard work and dedication he has put into the Falcons over the last three years goes on to say in his statement after significant thought and reflection we have determined the best

Way forward for our team it’s new leadership in the head coaching Position more coming on HQ will get you back out to Miami josena Anderson offering her thoughts from field level next on CBS Sports HQ